A 51-year-old habitual offender was sentenced to 45 years for his role in a double murder at a restaurant in Houston’s Little Saigon neighborhood in 2022, announced Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg.

“Two of the three men responsible for this violent double murder have been brought to justice,” Ogg said. “Now we need the public’s help to find the third suspect and hold him accountable.”

Hieu Trong Nguyen pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Thursday.

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A former nurse at Houston Methodist who stole drugs meant for patients for her personal use will surrender her Texas nursing license for life, spend 120 days in the Harris County Jail and then be placed on four years of probation, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“Our job is to protect the community, and in this case it means ensuring that this woman never be allowed to be a nurse again,” Ogg said. “Being a nurse, or any health care worker, carries an incredible amount of responsibility, and anyone who does not maintain the highest level of integrity should not be allowed to work in that field.”

Alexis Joann McNeilly, 25, was arrested last year after being caught manipulating a medication-dispensing system at the hospital in the Texas Medical Center so that she could steal the drugs for personal use.

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A 43-year-old man from Alvarado, a small town south of Dallas-Fort Worth, was sentenced last week in Houston to life in prison without parole for molesting six young girls in different places, including Harris County, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“This is exactly the kind of predator who deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison,” Ogg said. “He abused children, the most vulnerable people in our community, and showed over and over that he cannot be trusted.”

Buck Oddason McCoy, 43, worked to ingratiate himself into different families beginning in 2012 and continuing for eight years. McCoy would work to gain the trust of parents and then take advantage of that trust by molesting the girls, usually ages 10 to 12, when he was taking care of them.

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A Honduran man who lived in Houston was sentenced to life in prison this week for repeatedly sexually assaulting two girls and then trying to kill both and burn down their house in 2020, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said.

“We have to protect our community, our children, from monsters like this,” Ogg said. “Not only did he sexually assault two little girls, he tried to kill them and burn their house down to cover his tracks. He is a predator.”

Jose Orbin Martinez-Lopez, 46, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14. Martinez-Lopez cannot appeal the conviction.

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A Houston man who made headlines when he was caught on camera carjacking an elderly couple in Briar Forest and then committing a murder on the same day was sentenced to 80 years in prison by a Harris County jury, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“This was not an isolated incident — this man was intentionally and deliberately using a gun to threaten, steal and kill,” Ogg said. “His actions affected so many people in such terrible ways that the only just resolution is that he spend decades in prison.”

Michael Coates, 21, was convicted of murder on Friday for shooting 29-year-old Marcus Mercado, a father of two, during a midday altercation on Feb. 11, 2023, near a convenience store at the 9800 block of Meadowglen Lane.

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A Houston man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for robbing and killing a recent graduate of Lone Star College who owned his own business repairing cellphones, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“This is a heartbreaking case because the victim was a young man who had so much potential and so much of his life still ahead of him,” Ogg said. “No one should have to fear being robbed and killed as they try to build a business and live a productive life.”

Jarell Carelone Barrows, 22, was convicted of capital murder on Thursday for shooting 22-year-old Emmanuel Browne during a daytime robbery around 1:10 p.m. on April 29, 2021.

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A 51-year-old repeat offender was sentenced to 45 years for his role in a double murder at a restaurant in Houston’s Little Saigon neighborhood in 2022, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.

“This was a brutal shooting at a place that should be safe for families and for all Houstonians,” Ogg said. “It’s important to the community, as well as the victims’ families, that everyone involved be held accountable.”

Bich Xuan Dang pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 45 years in prison last week, just as he was scheduled to begin trial.

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A 42-year-old registered sex offender was sentenced to life in prison without parole this week for molesting a child, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“Not only was this man a habitual criminal who had been to prison before for sexually assaulting a minor, but he was a registered sex offender,” Ogg said. “He is a predator, and he will now spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Manuel Enrique Arana Jr. was convicted by a jury on Monday of continuous sexual assault of a child under the age of 14 and automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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A Houston woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison Tuesday for murder in the fatal shooting of a classmate at Lamar High School in 2018, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“This was not just an ambush, but an execution that was planned and carried out by several people, and we want to hold all of them responsible to get justice for the victim and his family,” Ogg said.

Keona Samireal Mouton, 22, was convicted by a jury of murder Tuesday for her role in the shooting death of 18-year-old Delindsey Mack on Nov. 13, 2018.

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