On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Sep 13, 2018 | Violent Crimes
A 20-year-old Texas man has been charged with killing his girlfriend just hours after she celebrated her 19th birthday. The woman’s badly disfigured body was discovered by San Antonio Police Department officers on Camp Bullis Road at about 12:51 a.m. according...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Sep 6, 2018 | Violent Crimes
An indictment against a 34-year-old nurse who worked at Christus Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler details accusations of murder and assault. Investigators have attributed the deaths of two patients to the nurse and also charged him with two aggravated assaults....
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Aug 24, 2018 | Violent Crimes
Unsolved murders continue to be a serious concern in Texas and across the country. In 2016, the national clearance rate for murders declined to 59.4 percent, the lowest rate since the FBI has tracked nationwide investigations. This rate measures the percentage of...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Aug 10, 2018 | Violent Crimes
The 17-year-old student accused of shooting classmates and faculty at Santa Fe High School was indicted by a Texas grand jury on Aug. 9. In the indictment, the teenager was charged with capital murder, a crime that carries an automatic life sentence under Texas law....
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jun 18, 2018 | Violent Crimes
An individual who is charged with first-degree murder in Texas could face decades in prison or even a death sentence. The severity of the penalty handed down depends on the facts of the case as well as the criminal record of the defendant. Sentences are often more...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jun 14, 2018 | Violent Crimes
A Texas man has been charged with capital murder for allegedly shooting his wife and a friend to death at the couple’s home on June 10. Authorities were reportedly called to the Poth home, located in the 400 block of Carrol Street, at about 12:30 a.m. The...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | May 23, 2018 | Violent Crimes
One in six women and one in 19 men around the country have been plagued by a stalker at least once according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the data suggests that the perpetrators in the vast majority of these cases in Texas and...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Apr 5, 2018 | Violent Crimes
Officers with the Plano Police Department have charged a 45-year-old maintenance man with capital murder in the death of an 81-year-old woman. The man is also facing charges of attempted murder and robbery for attacks that were committed on two other elderly women....
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Mar 19, 2018 | Violent Crimes
It’s no secret that the taking of property that belongs to another is a crime. Theft and burglary are typically the crimes related to property that first come to mind for most people. However, another fairly common crime related to illegally obtained property or...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jan 5, 2018 | Violent Crimes
Texas residents may be interested to hear that the murder rate in Houston was estimated to be down by 20.5 percent in 2017. This is part of a downward trend for both crime overall and violent crimes in particular. Violent crimes are forecast to drop by .6 percent...
