Karan has been charged with enticing a child, a third degree felony, and is being held in New Mexico on a $150,000 bond. He will eventually be extradited to Fort Bend County.

“Without question she was with him of her own accord,” said Brady. “If she were 18 years old, we wouldn’t be here talking.”

An Amber Alert was issued for Rehfield Tuesday when her mother discovered her missing. The alert was cancelled late last night after the pair was found in Raton, New Mexico.

They were pulled over in Karan’s car by local authorities.

Karan has been charged with enticing a child, a third degree felony, and is being held in New Mexico on a $150,000 bond. He will eventually be extradited to Fort Bend County.

Brady said Karan has no verifiable criminal record.

According to Brady, Rehfield and Karan, who met through a social networking Internet site, have had an ongoing relationship since at least 2009.

Karan has apparently been living since June in an extended stay hotel near Fort Bend County. Brady did not know where he lived previously.

According to Brady, in 2009 Rehfield’s mother raised allegations of sexual contact between Karan and her daughter, but the Harris County District Attorney’s Office never went ahead with the charges.

Brady said he is unsure why charges were not filed.

“That’s not really uncommon,” said Brady. “A lot of times parents don’t want to subject their children to the legal process and testifying in court.”

Rehfield is still in New Mexico, in the custody of the state’s Children, Youth and Families Department. Her mother and stepfather are on their way to get her.

Karan faces the possibility of additional charges once he is interviewed by Fort Bend County detectives.

According to police, a woman was in her car when she was approached by a man with a gun. She was able to speed away before he made contact. Police were not able to find any suspects in the area.

At this time, no further information is available.

According to police, officers were called to the 2600 block of West Lake Drive in the Eldridge Lake subdivision around 10:58 this morning where two armed Hispanic men with handguns entered a home and demanded money.

After they got the money, they ran on foot from the rear of the home towards Eldridge. Officers searched the area but did not locate either suspect. No one was injured.

On Monday four black men, armed with handguns, entered a residence in the 1100 block of Sugar Lakes around 10:46 p.m. The suspects forced entry through the back door. They tied up four adults inside the home, then ransacked the house and fled with money.

Kazzaz

Katy resident Mouafak Kazzaz, 26, was shot and killed after robbing a Sugar Land Bank of America.

He was known as the “Reckless Robber” due to his increasing violence and erratic behavior that escalated during his state-wide bank robbing spree.

Kazzaz and  25-year-old Larryl Williams were attempting to evade deputies May 22 when Deputy Charles Scott caught up to the getaway van near West Airport just east of Hwy. 99, and Kazzaz opened the back doors of the van and began shooting at Scott.

Additional deputies eventually cornered the getaway van at a dead end of West Bellfort and Dargail, and a shootout ensued which ended in the death of Kazzaz. Deputy Courtney Bank was injured by glass from a shattered windshield.

 A woman with her two children in her car was hit by a stray bullet while driving by the chase. She recovered after surgery.

According to America’s Most Wanted, Kazzaz robbed banks in Houston, Austin, San Antonio and Dallas. Representatives of the FBI said he was hard to catch because each time he robbed a bank, he never wore the same clothes twice, wore sunglasses, sometimes wore a balding wig and would change his accent.

According to police, four black men, armed with handguns, entered a residence in the 1100 block of Sugar Lakes around 10:46 p.m. They tied up four adults inside the home, then ransacked the house and fled with property.

No other details are available at this time.

According to police, around 10:19 p.m. Sunday a man entered the Taco Bell displaying a chrome handgun and demanded money from the manager. The suspect fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect was described as a black male, mid 30’s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches, weighing 130-150 lbs., and wore blue-jeans, black t-shirt and a blue do-rag.  His face was covered with sunglasses and a blue bandana.  There were no injuries.

The Jack in the Box at 1744 Dulles Ave. was robbed twice last week, on July 19 and July 23. Both suspects were armed and demanded money. The second suspect was unsuccessful. The suspect in the July 23 attempted robbery was described as 5 feet, 9 inches and 160 lbs., and wearing a blue plaid shirt.

The suspect in the July 19 robbery was wearing a blue towel over his face.

Officers then located two other businesses that had been burglarized in the same block. No other information is currently available, and police have no suspects at this time.

Police have released few details, but according to reports police were called to the restaurant at 1744 Dulles Ave. around 5:30 a.m. Friday. An armed black man in his late teens to early 20’s reportedly attempted a robbery, but nothing was taken.

The suspect, described as 5 feet, 9 inches and 160 lbs., and wearing a blue plaid shirt, was gone by the time police arrived.

On July 19, the Jack in the Box was robbed by a man with a blue towel covering his face.

According to reports, the man came inside the restaurant around 8 a.m. Employees said the man showed a handgun and demanded money. He left with an undisclosed amount of money.

According to police reports, the woman was standing in her driveway in the 1300 block of Village Garden around 2:25 p.m. when a black man wearing jeans and a white shirt approached her and asked if she wanted her lawn mowed.

When the victim said no, the suspect grabbed her purse and ran down the street to a tan colored sports utility vehicle with a hatchback. The victim’s husband saw the robbery occur.

Okonkwo

According to Assistant District Attorney Rodolfo Ramirez, Okonkwo tried to buy $500 worth of money orders using counterfeit $100 bills at a HEB grocery store in Missouri City.  The store employee suspected the bills were fake because of their odd smell and texture. 

Missouri City police officers arrived and arrested the defendant in the store’s parking lot.  Okonkwo allowed the officers to search his vehicle where they discovered $2,700 worth of counterfeit bills.  A subsequent search of the defendant’s house by Missouri City Police and the U.S. Secret Service revealed approximately $54,000 of counterfeit $100 bills hidden in a tin can in his bathroom.  Okonkwo claimed the money was legitimate although he received them from someone in Nigeria he knew only by name and inside a box wrapped in newspaper. 

“Okonkwo is an engineer with a Masters degree,” said Ramirez, “but even after a Secret Service agent testified in detail how the bills were counterfeit, the defendant refused to believe they were.” 

Okonkwo was tried in the 434th District Court before presiding Judge James H. Shoemake, who will also preside over the punishment hearing set for September 3, 2010.  Forgery in this case is a third degree felony punishable by 2 to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.  Okonkwo is probation eligible.

Assistant District Attorneys Rodolfo Ramirez and Scott Carpenter prosecuted the case.  Attorney Sean Buckley represented the defendant.

According to reports, the man came inside the restaurant at 1744 Dulles Ave. around 8 a.m. Employees said the man showed a handgun and demanded money. He left with an undisclosed amount of money.

There are currently no suspects.

Zeno

Evidence presented by Assistant District Attorney Mark LaForge and Suzy Morton, Chief of the Child Abuse Division, revealed that 56-year-old Alfredo Zeno had sexually abused the young daughter of his girlfriend in Rosenberg in 2005.  In January 2009, after Zeno and his girlfriend ended their relationship, the mother of the victim moved with her children to California.  In February 2009, the child, who was then 10 years old, disclosed to her grandmother that she had been abused by the defendant in Texas.  At the time of the abuse, the child was five to six years old.

The grandmother contacted the Rosenberg Police Department where Detective Kevin Raines began investigating the case.  Law enforcement officers in California assisted in the investigation by interviewing the child and forwarding their information to Raines.  Meanwhile, Raines interviewed the defendant who admitted to some of the allegations, after which a warrant was obtained for the defendant’s arrest.

“The child’s outcry of sexual abuse, years after it had occurred, was ultimately confirmed by the defendant’s own admissions to the crimes after a thorough investigation by the Rosenberg Police Department,” said LaForge. “We are very proud of the little girl in this case for telling what happened to her.  She is a very strong and a very smart young lady.”

“Unfortunately, children who have been victimized often times do not tell for years,” said LaForge.  “We are thankful we had the opportunity to obtain justice in this case.  It is never too late to report a crime against a child.” 

As of Sept. 1, 2007, there is no longer a statute of limitations in Texas for sex offenses committed against children – meaning there is no deadline for any victim of child abuse to report the crime.

“The child’s grandmother was very complimentary of Detective Raines and his fast action once the abuse was reported and said she is grateful to those who worked together to prevent Alfredo Zeno from harming another child,” said LaForge.

The child, her father and grandmother sent victim impact statements to the District Attorney’s Office that were read in court following sentencing by Judge Culver.

“It is always hard to listen to the hurt and pain victims have suffered in sexual abuse cases,” said Culver. “However, I firmly believe that by requiring the defendant to listen to those ‘Victim Impact Statements’ it is an important first step for the victims on their road to recovery.”

Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child is a first degree felony punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison and a fine up to $10,000.  The three sentences for Alfredo Zeno will run concurrently.

LaForge and Morton  prosecuted the case.  Attorney Steven John Gilbert represented the defendant.

Gomez

According to reports, police were called to the 700 block of Lettie around 10:15 p.m. in reference to a minor accident. Police said several people were standing in a driveway drinking beer when an argument broke out. Richmond resident Victor Alan Gomez allegedly hit two people in the head causing serious bodily injury.

Both of the victims were taken to Oak Bend Emergency Room by family where they were treated and released.

Gomez and several other people then got into Gomez’s car, a silver Pontiac Grand Prix, and tried to leave. While he was attempting to leave, Gomez reportedly hit a car and a mailbox, then drove his car into a ditch. When he was unable to get his car out of the ditch , police said Gomez and the other people in his car ran from the scene.

While officers were investigating the accident, they received a call from the Richmond police dispatcher, who said that someone matching Gomez’s description showed up at the police department, looking for his car.  He told an officer that he left his keys in his vehicle, and someone took it without his permission.

Gomez was taken back to the scene where he was positively identified as the suspect who hit the two victims in the head.

Gomez was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault, second degree felonies, and failure to stop and give information in an accident, a Class B misdemeanor. He was taken to the Fort Bend County Jail.

Trevino

According to reports, Patrol Sgt. D. Clary noticed the trailer traveling southbound on U.S. 59 July 7. After seeing the vehicle make several “erratic” lane changes, Clary stopped the truck at FM 2218 and U.S. 59 in Richmond.

Clary identified the driver and owner of the truck as Trevino. According to reports, Clary became suspicious after speaking with him, and searched the vehicle. Two bundles of currency totaling $410,641 were found hidden inside the trailer.

Drug agents from the Narcotics Task Force conducted a follow-up investigation and Trevino was arrested and placed into the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility, charged with money laundering, more than $200,000.

Fort Bend County Deputies have arrested 44-year-old Jesus Trevino, Jr., after $410, 641 in U.S. currency was found in the tractor-trailer he was driving southbound on U.S. 59.

The tractor and trailer, as well as the currency were seized under the Chapter 59 statue through the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office.  The bond was set on Trevino at $100,000.

Sam

According to reports, family member reported the victim, Leesa Nascimento, missing on July 7 when she did not show up for work. Deputies searched her home in the 3900 block of Dewalt Manor Court and made several unsuccessful attempts to find her car.

On the morning of July 9, Sugar Land police found a body in a lake at Lakebend at Sugar Creek, near the Southwest Freeway and Sugar Creek. The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy, and the body was identified as Nascimento.

Nascimento died from an apparent gunshot wound.

On July 10, her car was found abandoned in a remote area of Binville Parish, Louisiana. As the investigation progressed, Fort Bend County Detectives interviewed friends and witnesses and developed Lorenza Sam as their suspect.

Nascimento

Sam was an ex-employee of Nascimento’s business, Occasions by Cindy. 

Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Murder, $1,000,000 Bond, by the Honorable Judge Susan Lowery, County Court at Law #3 and he was found by authorities in Pascagoula, Mississippi. 

Sam is currently booked in the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Pascagoula, Mississippi and at some point will be extradited to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility.

A brick wall of the home was damaged, and no one was home when the accident occurred. A neighbor told police that three young men ran away from the car, two were white, one was black and they were all wearing shorts.

The car was later reported stolen.

Nickelson

According to reports, Kendell Clifton Nickelson of Brookhaven, Mississippi, turned himself in without incident.

Nickelson was the third suspect in the kidnapping and murder of Crossett, Arkansas resident Donna Woodberry and the armed robbery of First National Bank. According to Arkansas Online, Woodberry was kidnapped from her home and killed, and the suspects used her car in the bank robbery.

Authorities previously arrested the two other suspects, 41-year-old Peter Keith Harvey and 30-year-old Adrianne Green.

Family members reported Leesa Nascimento missing on July 7 when she did not show up for work. Two days later, Sugar Land police found her body in a lake. She was killed by a gunshot wound.

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office detectives are seeking information about the apparent murder of 49-year-old Sienna Plantation resident Leesa Nascimento.

According to reports, family member reported Nascimento missing on July 7 when she did not show up for work. Deputies searched her home in the 3900 block of Dewalt Manor Court and made several unsuccessful attempts to find her car.

On the morning of July 9, Sugar Land police found a body in a lake at Lakebend at Sugar Creek, near the Southwest Freeway and Sugar Creek. The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy, and the body was identified as Nascimento.

Nascimento died from an apparent gunshot wound.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the suspect involved or circumstances surrounding this incident to call the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office at 281-341-4665 or Fort Bend County Crime Stoppers at 281-342-TIPS (8477).

According to reports, the woman was walking around 1:30 a.m. when a man stole her wallet and cell phone. The suspect is described as a black man, 5 feet seven inches tall wearing a black hoodie and faded black jeans.

No further information is available.

According to reports, the victim was attacked at the Beltway 8 feeder road and N. Garden Street. The two suspects hit him in the face and head, then held him underwater in a ditch for almost a minute.

Police said the suspects were demanding money, but the victim did not have any. The suspects then attempted to take his wallet, but stopped when they realized there was a witness nearby. They fled the scene in a large black truck.

The victim declined medical treatment. Police have no suspects at this time.