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Mugging

Mugging doesn't go as planned for suspect who chose the wrong target

  • Jul 11, 2023

Republican chairwoman mugged in Midtown

  • Jan 28, 2021

Valet saves woman from mugging suspect who dragged her

  • Feb 6, 2019

Suspect sucker punches man then cleans out his pockets

  • Oct 29, 2018

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch rescues cyclist from muggers

  • Jun 4, 2018

Teen charged after 2 elderly women mugged heading to church

  • May 27, 2018

Man facing hate crime charges in mugging of armless teen

  • Feb 4, 2016

Police ID man accused of shooting Tulane medical student

  • Nov 23, 2015

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Man selling jewelry shot several times in apparent robbery, HPD says

  • Feb 20, 2024
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Video shows woman refuse to give armed robber keys in NW Houston

  • Jul 10, 2023
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New Harris Co. Republican chairman gets mugged in in Midtown

  • Jan 28, 2021
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Valet saves woman from mugging in LA

  • Feb 6, 2019
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Woman fights off muggers

  • Jul 17, 2015

Latest Stories

KTRK

New Orleans med student shot while trying to stop mugging

Police are searching for a man who shot a Tulane University medical student who was trying to stop a mugging.

  • Nov 21, 2015
KTRK

Family: Man killed for money, cell phone on Houston's south side

A man was shot and killed while visiting his mother and sister on the city's south side.

  • Oct 24, 2015

Woman tells how she fought off muggers in Greenway Plaza area

We're only identifying her by her first name. Lydia is scraped and bruised. She also broke all her nails on her right hand. There are cuts on her knuckles.

  • Jul 16, 2015
KTRK

'Jugging' reports on the rise in Houston area

Thieves are targeting people right after they visit a bank. The crime is called a 'jugging,' and police say it's on the rise in the Houston area

  • Mar 7, 2015
KTRK

Woman followed from ATM, mugged outside Heights office

A woman says her purse was snatched in daylight, and police believe the guy who stole her purse started following her when she left a Wells Fargo ATM off Highway 290

  • Jan 27, 2015