Kevin Ozebek
Shortly after the tragic deadly condo collapse in Surfside, Florida, Kevin uncovered that city's mayor owned an apartment building with crumbling balconies and multiple violations.
He has also exposed South Floridians wrongly billed by local utilities, government workers behaving questionably, and elder care facilities that failed to meet state standards. Kevin also investigated environmental hazards and how climate change was altering the South Florida landscape.
Previously, Kevin was a Europe Correspondent for Feature Story News in Brussels, Belgium. He provided live news coverage out of Europe for FOX News, South Africa's SABC News, Singapore's Channel News Asia, and a host of radio networks around the world. In this position, Kevin reported on major stories that included terror attacks in France and Belgium, the refugee crisis from the Syrian Civil War, and NATO expansion.
Kevin has also worked as a General Assignment Reporter at WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Kevin was born and raised near Cleveland, Ohio but is thrilled to now call Houston home!
Kevin's Stories
13 Investigates: New HPD police chief inherits same old staffing problem
Houston Mayor John Whitmire wants new acting Police Chief Larry Satterwhite to focus on recruiting and retaining officers, as well as boosting morale.
13 Investigates: HPD Chief Finner was emailed about suspended code in 2018
13 Investigates has obtained a 2018 email that calls into question when Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner first heard a case was suspended due to lack of staff.
HPD review of suspended code lands charge for Turkey Leg Hut co-founder
13 Investigates now knows at least 50 suspects were charged as police revisit these cases, including a misdemeanor assault charge against Turkey Leg Hut co-founder Lyndell Price from an incident earlier this year.
13 Investigates: Victim says HPD only now 'hungry for information' in suspended cases
13 Investigates spoke with the victim of a 2019 alleged aggravated assault sidelined by Houston police, who just recently filed charges against a suspect.
13 Investigates: Is mail being stolen inside a major Houston USPS facility?
One woman thought sending her IRS check via certified mail was safe. But, she said it was fraudulently cashed, and three months later, her tracking shows it's still at a Houston mail distribution center.
13 Investigates: Postal union says packages at risk as 600 USPS workers robbed last year
13 Investigates speaks with a Houston postal worker who was robbed of his mail key. Our investigation found he's among 600 carriers robbed last year alone in the U.S.
13 Investigates: Rape victim finally contacted by HPD 5 years after assault says 'we matter'
13 Investigates has new details about concerns over how Houston police handled crucial DNA evidence in suspended sexual assault cases.
HPD says over 81K reports reviewed of the 264K cases suspended due to lack of personnel
ABC13 continues to learn more about the investigation into HPD's thousands of suspended cases and how they came to be.
13 Investigates: HPD chief says 900 sidelined sex crimes had workable leads
Chief Troy Finner said the Houston Police Department has reviewed a third of all incident reports that were suspended due to lack of staff.
HPD confirms 1,100 rape kits from suspended cases were tested, with 96 DNA database hits
On Monday, the Houston Police Department confirmed 13 Investigates' report from a few days prior about rape kits being tested from more than 4,000 adult sex crime incident reports that were left uninvestigated.