SANTA FE — An investigation into allegations of cockfighting led to the Thursday arrest of a Santa Fe man on felony charges, authorities said. Officers arrested the man accused of raising roosters to sell for fighting. Officers found no signs of animal cruelty, so the man was able to keep his birds, Lt. Joel Caldwell, an animal cruelty investigator with the Galveston Police Department, said.

A fire destroyed half of the Full Gospel Lighthouse Church near Santa Fe, prompting an arson investigation by the Galveston County Sheriff's Office into the cause of the blaze.

The front half of the church in the 4500 block of Holloway Road in unincorporated Galveston County was destroyed in the Tuesday morning blaze, but firefighters saved the rear structure.

No injuries were reported.

Investigators say an overnight fire that destroyed a house was “suspicious.” No one was hurt in the fire. Click here for the full story.


Video shot by Sgt. Eric Bruss/Santa Fe Police Department.

Santa Fe police on Thursday released security camera video and photos from an armed robbery that happened at the Exxon convenience store on Monday.

A man described as black, from 5-foot-7 to 6-feet tall, wearing blue athletic pants, a black jacket, white rag on his head and blue bandanna covering his face, entered Exxon North, 1105 FM 646, at 8:29 p.m. Monday, Santa Fe police said. The man pointed a gun at the clerk and fled with cash after ordering the store clerk to go into the back of the store.

In the video, you can see that the robbery didn't take that long (a total of 12 seconds) and that clerk wisely did not put up any resistance.



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Photo of the robber leaving the store.


Photo of robbery entering the store.

Anyone with information should call Santa Fe Police at 409-925-2000 or Crime Stoppers 409-763-8477.

Although 22 train cars derailed Thursday, February 18 in Santa Fe, prompting mandatory evacuations, only two overturned tankers leaked oil and solid waste. The evacuation order was lifted about two hours after the 5:25 a.m. incident at FM 646 S. and state Highway 6, with the exception of residences next to the derailment site, Santa Fe police said.



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Below are photos taken by emergency responders of the train derailment. Courtesy of the City of Santa Fe and Galveston County Office of Emergency Management.

A Santa Fe, Texas police officer was injured slightly after a suspected drunken driver slammed into his car over the weekend. The car was totaled, but the officer had only minor injuries. Click here to read the full story.

This is dash camera video released by the police Sunday night.

SANTA FE — Police are investigating the death of a man found shot in his pickup truck, authorities said Thursday. Authorities didn’t release the name of the man, who is white and about 55 years old, pending notification of relatives, Santa Fe police said. Read more by clicking here.


Santa Fe Police Chief Kenneth Campbell talks about the shooting.

Members of the Harris County Sheriff's Office bomb squad detonate a suspicious package in a Santa Fe resident's mailbox on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. The package, however, turned out to be a hoax, Santa Fe police said. Click here to read more.

No one was hurt and a fire was isolated to one unit of a Santa Fe apartment complex Thursday night. Click here to read more.