A Houston man pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to 60 years in prison last week for killing his girlfriend and his father in 2021, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“This was not an accident or mistake or anything other than an intentional double murder,” Ogg said. “The decisions that this defendant made have hurt two families immeasurably, and now he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison.”

Larry Britton, 41, was facing a charge of capital murder for shooting Joanne Rosas, 40, and 69-year-old Larry Britton Sr. on Aug. 7, 2021.

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A Houston man was sentenced Thursday to 50 years for shooting a deputy constable in the legs seven times, severely wounding him in 2017, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“Our law enforcement officers are out on the streets every day and night to protect us and try to help,” Ogg said. “And when someone intentionally shoots one of our officers, we will take it to trial to get justice, to ensure that they spend the rest of their life behind bars.”

Constantine Argyriou, 44, was sentenced by the same Harris County jury that convicted of him of aggravated assault of a public servant, a first-degree felony that carries the same range of punishment as a murder charge.

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A Houston man who was free on bail for a 2019 murder when he was involved in a fatal ambush was sentenced late Tuesday to 99 years in prison by a Harris County jury, District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.

“No family should ever have to hear that a loved one was gunned down on the street in front of their own home,” Ogg said. “We are glad the jury chose to stand with the families of this man’s victims and send him to prison, hopefully for the rest of his life.”

Treveon Mykel Tatum, 23, was convicted of murder for shooting 19-year-old Ondreus Patterson outside the victim’s Barker-Cypress-area home on Oct. 26, 2019.

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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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