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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Former county commissioner Sylvia Handy is back in court today where she plead ‘no contest’ to eight state charges.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Former Hidalgo County Commissioner Sylvia Handy pleaded no contest to several state charges in connection to the Phantom Employee scandal.

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.

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.

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.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  A Cameron County jury sentenced a La Paloma man to 40 years in prison for the death of a baby who died from malnutrition.

Monday, February 18, 2013  A San Benito dad accused of giving his 9-month-old son a potentially lethal over-the-counter medicine has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in a gun-buying scheme.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Carlos Ochoa headed to the Hidalgo County Jail late Monday afternoon after the first day of this sentencing trial.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A Brownsville couple has been sentenced to prison for running a drug distribution ring that moved cocaine provided by a Mexican cartel to a St. Louis street gang.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Angelita Treviño spent 25 years on the run after being sentenced in a federal drug trafficking case in Brownsville back in 1987.

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.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A federal judge has sentenced a Progreso man to six years in prison for traveling to Mexico to have sex with a teenage girl.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  A Gulf cartel boss who once threatened two U.S. agents in Mexico with his assault rifle has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for trying to bribe his way to safe release.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled on Wednesday to uphold the conviction and death penalty for Brownsville child killer John Allen Rubio.

Friday, August 31, 2012  An ex-Corpus Christi police officer has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for having an improper online and sexual relationship with a girl.