Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Harris County Sheriff's Office
Wednesday July 8th, 2015 :: 05:33 p.m. CDT

Community

HCSO Robbery Investigators Arrest And Charge Over 24 Defendants in Cell Phone Store Robberies.

HARRIS COUNTY, TX- Harris County Sheriff’s Office Robbery Division have announced the charging and arrests of over 24 adults and 2 juveniles in a series of aggravated robberies in the northeast Harris County and the city of Houston.

Investigators with the HCSO Robbery Division, the Houston Police Department Robbery Division, and Harris County District Attorney’s Office filed more than 54 felony charges on the 24 adult and 2 juvenile defendants. Charges include aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and engaging in organized criminal activity, aggravated assault on a peace officer.

The incidents took place in a variety of areas in northeast Harris County and also in the City of Houston. The defendants would enter the businesses at gunpoint and demand iPhones and cash from the employees and customers. They would threaten to kill the employees, if they gave them iPhones with tracking devices.

A great cooperation between local law enforcement and the Harris County District Attorney's Office for bringing justice to all victims involved.

The following cases were closed from this arrest of these defendants:

09/29/2014 12600 Woodforest Boulevard Fed Ex Truck
09/29/2014 14500 Longview Fed Ex Truck
10/10/2014 12700 Hidden Castle Drive
10/10/2014 5800 E Sam Houston Parkway N
10/15/2014 4800 Wilson Road T-Mobile Wireless
01/29/2015 960 S Beglis Sprint
03/18/2015 9500 West Road Verizon Wireless
04/03/2015 5185 W. 34th Street Radio Shack
04/13/2015 600 Block Maxey Road
04/15/2015 15735 Wallisville Road Verizon Wireless
04/26/2015 2123 Crosby Freeway AT&T
04/27/2015 2500 Green Oak Drive T-Mobile Wireless
04/30/2015 12661 W. Lake Houston Parkway AT&T Wireless
05/08/2015 710 Kingwood Drive Verizon Wireless
05/08/2015 12661 W Lake Houston Parkway AT&T Wireless
05/11/2015 710 Kingwood Drive Verizon Wireless
05/16/2015 10222 Gulf Freeway Sprint Wireless
05/21/2015 566 W FM 1960 Sprint Wireless
06/16/2015 5001 Aldine Mail Road
06/18/2015 11818 Airline Boost Mobile

The mugshots can be found via the Dropbox link:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lzqli5ecn66lu1s/AADs2YNIJR08a8rAJ8YIvQYVa?dl=0

Address/Location
Harris County Sheriff's Office
1200 Baker St
Houston, TX 77002

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 713-221-6000

Navigate & Discover