Southwest
Texas DPS discovers 17 illegal immigrants hidden inside 'cloned' delivery truck compartment: video
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) arrested a Mississippi man after allegedly finding 17 illegal immigrants crammed inside a false compartment of a “cloned” home improvement store box truck in Kinney County, according to police bodycam footage.
Cezanne Megel Patterson, 28, of Jackson, Mississippi, was arrested and charged with human smuggling with the likelihood of serious bodily injury or death.
The DPS said in a press release that one of its troopers conducted a traffic stop on what appeared to be a Lowe’s Home Improvement store delivery truck outside of Del Rio, Texas, on US-277, near the southern border during the early morning hours on Friday.
After stopping the truck, the trooper interviewed Patterson and noticed he was demonstrating “strange behavior” and had multiple discrepancies with his travel itinerary, including expired tags on the truck, DPS said.
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DPS conducted a traffic stop in Kinney County, Texas, and reportedly found 17 illegal immigrants crammed into a false compartment in the cargo area of a box truck made to look like a home improvement store truck. (Texas DPS)
Patterson consented to a search of the truck, and when troopers went inside the cargo area, they found a false compartment toward the front.
Using crowbars and other tools, the troopers opened the compartment and found 17 illegal immigrants crammed inside the 3-foot-wide space, which lacked ventilation.
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DPS conducted a traffic stop in Kinney County, Texas, and reportedly found 17 illegal immigrants crammed into a false compartment in the cargo area of a box truck made to look like a home improvement store truck. (Texas DPS)
Video released by DPS showed the migrants in various positions to maximize the number of people inside the tiny space.
DPS said the migrants consisted of four females and 13 males from Columbia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
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Cezanne Megel Patterson faces human smuggling charges. (Texas DPS)
All 17 of the migrants were told to get out of the compartment one at a time and to sit inside the box truck with their legs crossed.
They were also treated for dehydration before being referred to Border Patrol.
Patterson was ultimately charged with human smuggling with the likelihood of causing serious bodily injury or death. He was taken to the Val Verde processing center.
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One lucky Southern Californian is the state’s newest millionaire after numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot were drawn Friday night.
The winning numbers were 6, 23, 41, 59, 63 and the Mega Ball number was 25. The Megaplier was 2X.
Although no winning ticket matched all six numbers to claim the $740 million jackpot, one SoCal winner matched five numbers and will take home $2,233,779.
The winning ticket was sold at an ARCO ampm gas station located at 27900 Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City in Riverside County.
The current pot has been growing since a $552 million prize was won in Illinois in early June. The $740 million jackpot ranked as the seventh-largest in game history.
The jackpot will increase to an estimated $800 million for next Tuesday night’s drawing on Sept. 9.
Lottery officials confirmed there were 249,974 other winning tickets drawn on Friday, with prizes ranging from $2 to $10,931.
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot is about 1 in 302.6 million.
USA Mega, which tracks Mega Millions statistics, says the most common Mega Millions numbers are 10, 3, 17, 14 and 46 for the first five numbers. The most common Mega Ball number is 11.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Tickets are $2 and there are a total of nine ways to win a prize. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m.
Southwest
Suspect in custody after Texas constable deputy shot, killed at red light by 'assailant': police
A suspect is in custody following a manhunt after a Texas deputy constable was shot and killed on his way to work, police said.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Harris County Constable Precinct 4 identified Deputy Maher Husseini as the officer who was killed. Police said that the suspect was in custody following a short manhunt. The Galveston County Sheriff’s Office spotted the suspect’s vehicle and gave chase before it crashed into the water by Old Causeway in Galveston, FOX 26 Houston reported.
Calling the suspect an “assailant,” Houston Police Department Chief Noe Diaz said that Husseini was on his way to work in his personal car and had stopped at a red light when a man exited a vehicle, walked up and shot the deputy.
“We are working on an unfortunate, a tragic incident, where a local constable was shot by an assailant who we have yet to identify,” Diaz said, noting that Husseini was shot multiple times.
TEXAS DPS ARREST MISSISSIPPI MAN AFTER ALLEGEDLY SMUGGLING 17 MIGRANTS INTO THE US IN A BOX TRUCK
Deputy Maher Husseini, left, was identified as the officer who was shot and killed. (Mark Herman, Harris County Constable Precinct 4)
Authorities have not provided a name of the suspect, but said that he was a Middle Eastern male, 35 to 40 years old, 5-foot-9, 200 pounds, who was last seen wearing a dark shirt, dark pants, with dark thinning hair.
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The suspect’s vehicle was described as a charcoal-gray Chevy Impala with a “very unique bumper disfigurement underneath,” Diaz said.
Authorities said Husseini had been with Constable Mark Herman’s Office since 2021, and patrolled the South-Central District.
“Please keep Deputy Constable Husseini in your prayers,” the Harris County Constable Precinct 4 posted on X.
Houston Police Chief Diaz, center, provides an update about a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a deputy on Tuesday. (Houston Police Department)
Diaz previously shared how the loss of life impacted the local community, saying that it was “terrible” and “shouldn’t happen.”
“Any loss of life is trauma. Any death is terrible in this community,” he said. “Being a deputy, it just brings us closer as police officers who are here to serve the community. It shouldn’t happen.”
A Harris County Precinct 4 deputy was shot and killed while he was on his way to work Tuesday. (iStock)
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477 or HPD’s Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.
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Pasadena Water and Power, the public energy and water utility that services the Pasadena region, implemented rolling outages late Friday afternoon due to excess heat.
With temperatures in the mid-100s, the utility was forced to institute the rolling outages due to equipment failures caused by the heat.
The outages began around 4:30 p.m. and were expected to remain in place for about an hour.
By 5:30 p.m., the temperature in Pasadena remained around 107 degrees, but was expected to begin to let up after sundown around 7:15 p.m.
Those affected by the outages were encouraged to follow the latest updates on the PWP outage map on the city’s website.
Beyond Pasadena, the California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s energy grid, said the grid was stable and there was sufficient supplies to meet demands.
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