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• Doctor who helped sell ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death avoids prison time

  December 16, 2025 3:57 PM

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death was sentenced Tuesday to 8 months of home confinement. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included 3 years of supervised release to 55-year-old... more »

• Former Hidalgo County detention officer allegedly conspired to bring narcotics into facility

  September 16, 2025 2:44 PM

  A former Hidalgo County detention officer was arrested after allegedly conspiring to introduce illegal narcotics into the facility, according to a news release. The news release said Ronaldo Rodriguez was charged on Tuesday with prohibited substances and items in a correctional or civil commitment facility and engaging in organized... more »

• Former Valley Police Sergeant Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison Play Video

  July 18, 2019 8:56 AM

  MCALLEN – A former Rio Grande Valley police sergeant was sentenced to 20 years in prison and five years probation Thursday morning. The judge issued just about the lowest possible prison time to Geovani Hernandez. Due to the crimes committed and the decisions made, Hernandez was looking at... more »

• Sentencing Pushed Back for Former Police Chief Convicted on Drug Charges Play Video

  May 21, 2019 11:55 AM

  WESLACO – A former Rio Grande Valley police chief convicted on drug charges earlier this year will have to wait longer to find out his prison sentence. In March, a jury convicted Geovanni Hernandez on two drug conspiracy charges. Federal agents arrested him in 2017 during an undercover... more »