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Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A bill before the Texas Legislature would make it against the law to send a text message while driving.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Authorities have filed new criminal charges against a man who allegedly had sexually explicit photos of his underage girlfriend.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A UTPA student watched her sister win the women's competition at the Boston Marathon but the celebration was short-lived.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Police are looking for a suspect who stole two cell phones from a Cricket Wireless store in Brownsville.

Friday, March 29, 2013  BlackBerry appears to be making a comeback in the world of cell phones.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A Harlingen man facing child pornography charges met a teenage girl on a “party line” where she allegedly lied about her age.

Monday, March 25, 2013  A Harlingen man is out on bond following a traffic stop where authorities allegedly found that he had child pornography.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Thirteen jailers, including one from the Rio Grande Valley, are facing criminal charges after being accused of taking bribes to smuggle cell phones and drugs to inmates at a state prison in Beeville.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A Brownsville man is facing criminal charges after an incident where he was allegedly caught taking pictures of a teen girl's breasts.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  A Weslaco man is behind bars after he allegedly raped a 12-year-old boy he met on a dating website.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A former guard at a South Texas detention center that houses federal detainees for U.S. marshals has been sentenced to one year in prison for smuggling a cellphone into the facility.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  Texting and driving is being blamed in an accident that claimed the lives of a woman, her 11-month-old baby and an elderly man in another vehicle.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Victim that was brutally beaten claims a birthday greeting via text caused her husband to beat her.

Sunday, December 02, 2012  A Michigan mom is asking for the public’s help in finding her 23-year-old son, Kyle Adams Ebert.

Monday, November 26, 2012  The victim told police that the 27-year-old man assaulted her after arguing over cell phones.