Police Chief Charles McClelland described the drop in violent crime as “unprecedented” and said that crimes have continued to decrease in the first half of this year.

Violent crime was also shown to have decreased in several cities near Houston last year.  These cities include Katy, Pasadena, Humble, Santa Fe, Texas City, Pearland, League City, Bellaire, Baytown, and La Marque.  In Sugar Land, Nassau Bay, Cleveland, Missouri City, and Kemah, violent crimes increased in 2010.

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In total, violent crimes decreased by 5.5 percent across the country in 2010.  Furthermore, all four types of violent crime decreased.  Aggravated assaults decreased by 3.6 percent, forcible rapes decreased by 4.2 percent, armed robberies decreased by 9.5 percent, and non-negligent manslaughters decreased by 4.4 percent.

Within the different types of city groupings, cities with populations between 250,000 and 500,000 residents saw the largest drop in violent crimes of 6.9 percent.

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The incident occurred just after 3 A.M. in west Houston when two men entered the restaurant.  The men reportedly verbally harassed a woman until she stood up and told them to leave her alone.  The men pushed her down and the off-duty officer attempted to intervene.  One of the men then punched the officer in the face.

The men quickly ran out of the restaurant and left in an unidentified car.

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Typically, one man enters the store, purchases something, then leaves.  Police believe the first man to enter then informs the robber of the layout of the store and its employees.

In the most recent occurence, the suspect approached the register, gave the clerk a pile of clothing and showed him the outline of a gun in his waistband through his clothing, then told the clerk to empty the register.

The suspected serial robber is described as an african american man in his thirties, a little over six feet tall, and around 250-280 pounds.

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Residents at the apartment said they heard several gunshots and looked out into the parking lot  in time to see a man run from the scene and get into a car.  No other injuries were reported.  Police said investigators have no motives or suspects yet.

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Texas state law does not require charter schools to undergo the same rigor of standards that public schools are accounted to uphold. Instead, the state-wide requirement for charter schools came in a 2007 law that required a criminal background check and fingerprints from teacher applicants. The charter school under scrutiny has refused to comment on the abusive teacher’s background.

No criminal charges have been pressed against the teacher as of yet for this particular incident, but they are expected to compound her previous record.

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The driver of the vehicle was headed in the wrong direction on Wayside when it was pulled over by police. When the officer attempted to cite the driver for DWI, one of the people in the car attacked the officer. The officer’s partner then used a Taser gun to subdue the assault. Although all five people in the car were arrested, only oen 25-year-old man is being charged in the assault.

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