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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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View MoreHurricane Polo forecast to push flood risk into Texas Tuesday
Hurricane Polo won't hit Texas directly, but forecasters warn its moisture combined with a cold front arriving Tuesday could bring flash flooding risk to the Houston region, including The Woodlands.
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View MoreConroe ISD warns of phishing scam targeting job-seekers
Conroe ISD issued a security alert Thursday after scammers began sending phishing emails and fake job postings impersonating district recruiters, urging Woodlands-area families and job-seekers to verify all communications come from official @conroeisd.net addresses.
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View MoreWoodlands hospital worker gets 4 years for hidden bathroom cameras
Robert Shrader, 41, pleaded guilty to seven felony counts of invasive visual recording at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center and was sentenced to four years in a state jail facility after hidden cameras were found in hospital bathrooms.
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View MoreWoodlands lab Othram helps solve 1988 Air Force base killing
The Woodlands-based forensic DNA company Othram helped crack a 37-year-old cold case involving a newborn found dead at Sheppard Air Force Base, leading to a guilty plea from the infant's mother, former airman Tammy Sue Kerns.
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View MoreFather's CPR saves toddler after Woodlands pool near-drowning
A two-year-old boy survived a near-drowning in a Woodlands-area swimming pool on Sept. 6 after his father found him face-down, pulled him out and performed CPR. The family visited the MCSO District 6 office on Sept. 14 to thank the responding deputies.
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View MoreMontgomery County Flock shutoffs put Woodlands cameras in spotlight
Willis shut off its Flock Safety camera network on Sept. 8 pending a city council review, joining other Montgomery County communities pulling back from the surveillance technology that the sheriff's office also operates in The Woodlands.
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View MoreReported F-16 flyover rattles Woodlands residents overnight
A loud noise that woke Woodlands residents around 1:30 a.m. Thursday has been attributed to an F-16 fighter jet from an alert detachment at Ellington Airport, though no official military confirmation has been issued.
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View MoreCommissioner Gray faces civil trial over Great Wolf Lodge altercation
Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Matt Gray faces a civil trial Sept. 14 over an October 2024 altercation between children at Great Wolf Lodge, with the opposing family questioning courthouse ties between Gray's attorney and the presiding judge.
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View MoreFentanyl, hundreds of stolen IDs found in Woodlands stop
Montgomery County sheriff's deputies arrested a woman on Lake Woodlands Drive after a traffic stop uncovered fentanyl and personal identifying information belonging to hundreds of potential victims.
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View MoreWoodlands Flock cameras stay active amid statewide surveillance shakeup
The 30 Flock surveillance cameras the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office operates in The Woodlands remain active as the Texas Department of Public Safety keeps its 940-camera network running despite Gov. Abbott's spending ban, while restricting data access after thousands of agencies searched the system without agreements.
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View MoreWoodlands man faces four felonies in multi-state coin theft case
Fort Bend County detectives arrested 28-year-old Artur Kryvytskyi at his Woodlands home on Sept. 2 after linking him to the theft of a FedEx package containing approximately $17,400 in gold and silver coins, with the investigation now spanning multiple states.
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View MoreWoodlands lab Othram identifies woman found beneath Ontario home
Othram, the forensic genetics company headquartered on Technology Forest Boulevard in The Woodlands, used its DNA sequencing technology to identify Brenda Marie LeBlanc, whose remains were discovered beneath a vacant home in Niagara Falls, Ontario, in November 2023. Canadian police are investigating her death as a homicide.
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