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Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A Hidalgo County jury has given an Alamo man 37 years for the December 2011 murder of a San Juan man.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  A man whose father killed two people at a Delaware courthouse before taking his own life has been transferred from a state prison to begin serving a six-month federal sentence.

Monday, April 15, 2013  A jury has sentenced a 55-year-old man to six years in prison for running over a Port Isabel woman in a DWI accident.

Friday, April 05, 2013  A Harlingen attorney convicted in the Abel Limas “cash for court favors” scandal has been released from federal prison almost a month early.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013  An annual assessment of threats posed to Texas by gangs has found that the Tango Blast prison gang now leads the list.

Monday, March 25, 2013  The teen allegedly behind the wheel in a deadly crash that killed nine illegal immigrants last April went before an Hidalgo County district judge Monday who will decide if he will be tried as an adult.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A mother in Harlingen reached out to Action 4 News after she said the man who robbed her daughter of her innocence is posting online searching for pen pals.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A 28-year-old was sentenced to a 60-month prison term and three years of supervised released for entering the U.S. illegally with a gun in October 2011.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A pattern of greed and corruption. That's what authorities say about an investigation that ended with the arrest of 12 jail guards and 17 others.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Authorities are on a alert following a jail break south of the border in Miguel Aleman, a city just across the border from Roma.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  The IRS is now going after a former attorney jailed for his role in the Abel Limas cash for court favors scandal.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  A second person is behind bars in connection to a drive-by shooting in Harlingen.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Members of the Texas Syndicate prison gang are believed to have been involved in planning a botched home invasion in Harlingen.

Friday, December 21, 2012  A former U.S. Marine was released from a prison in Matamoros on Friday afternoon.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  The defense attorney for a former U.S. Marine jailed south of the border in Matamoros says he will not rest until his client is a free man.