Authorities say the 11-year-old son of a special education teacher brought a loaded gun to the elementary school where he was a student and his mother worked. . . on two separate occasions!Linnea C. Holdren, 43, is suspended from her position and charged with two felony counts of child endangerment for allegedly giving the boy the . 22-caliber pistol.

A former Texas sheriff is heading to federal prison for extorting money from drug dealers. Conrado Cantu, the former sheriff of Cameron County, faces more than 24 years in prison. The county is located along the Texas-Mexico border.

A school bus driver faces being fired after allegedly taping the mouth of a 5-year-old boy so he would stop talking. School officials are investigating after the kindergartner told his parents the driver taped his mouth shut with duct tape.

In a stunning display of sweet irony and lack of common sense, David Mulligan, 21, served 25 days for drunken driving, and was released at 7 a. m. Tuesday, only to steal a van three minutes later. A man who lives one block away from the Lemon Creek Correctional Center left his 1997 Dodge van running to warm up. He came out of his house to discover it had been nicked.

A police officer is accused of using a Taser on his partner while arguing about pulling over to buy a soft drink. Ronald Dupuis, 32, was charged Wednesday with assault on partner Prema Graham, reports The Associated Press