Joseph Garcia was executed Dec. 4 for the "Texas 7" prison escape and multi-state crime spree that included the Christmas Eve 2000 killing of Officer Aubrey Hawkins in Irving.

HUNTSVILLE - The leader of the fugitive gang known as the "Texas 7" was executed Wednesday for killing a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery 11 years ago after organizing and pulling ...

A member of a notorious gang that escaped from a Texas prison is scheduled for execution this week for killing a suburban Dallas police officer as the seven fugitives held up a sporting good store.

Texas Crime Stories takes you back to the brazen prison escape almost 23 years ago that led to the death of an Irving police officer and what one of the remaining members of the Texas 7 has to say ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history has been executed for killing a suburban Dallas police officer while the gang was ...

KENEDY, Tex., Dec. 14 -- More than 200 searchers using helicopters, horses and tracking dogs sought seven inmates today, including two murderers, who broke out of prison with an arsenal of weapons ...

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PLAINVIEW, Texas (AP) — A 22-year-old inmate was captured Sunday about 250 miles from the West Texas prison he had escaped from hours earlier after climbing over a fence, officials said.

Investigative reviews by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and independent consultants found the severely short-staffed prison routinely bypassed crucial security checks, leading to a ...

Before his escape, Halprin was already serving a 30-year prison sentence for beating a child. He confessed to being there when Officer Hawkins was murdered, though denies he fired a gun.

But for the lapses, the May 2022 escape of an inmate who killed five members of a Tomball family likely "could have been prevented," the reports concluded.

How Texas Failed To Prevent One of the Nation’s Deadliest Prison Escapes “Staff complacency” allowed a man to break out of a prison bus — and kill a family.