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Scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013, Golfview Dr., a through street between FM 762 and Williams Way Blvd, will be temporarily closed due to the installation of storm drains at Rabbs Bayou.

Scheduled to begin on Friday, May 31st, 2013 the intersection of US 90A at SH 99 will undergo a total closure so that the contractor constructing the toll road can set bridge beams over the intersection. The closure will impact the traveling public for three (3) consecutive weekends, as well as some weekday overnight closures.

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This order mandates electronic filing (e-filing) in civil cases, including family and probate cases, by attorneys in appellate courts, district courts, statutory county courts, constitutional county courts, and statutory probate courts pursuant to a detailed implementation schedule.

Official Payments is establishing a maintenance window which will be held on every Friday until the end of the year between 7:00 p.m. PT - 10:00 p.m. PT.

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Roy Glen Armstrong was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 7, 2013 for two counts of Intoxicated Manslaughter. The 47 year-old Sugar Land man was sentenced by Judge James H. Shoemake after pleading guilty to the charges in the 434th District Court. Armstrong was prosecuted for killing a young couple in a head-on collision last year.

A jury convicted Reginald Ray Washington, Jr. of Injury to a Child after deliberating less than two hours on May 3, 2013. The 26-year-old Louisiana man was charged after shooting into a crowd of innocent citizens. 268th District Court Visiting Judge Reagan Clark then sentenced Washington to 30 years in prison for his crime.

On Tuesday, March 26, 2013, Jose Luis Munoz, a 45-year old Richmond man, was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He previously plead guilty to four counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and requested the presiding judge to assess his punishment.

Juan Alberto Benitez was convicted of Driving While Intoxicated – 2nd Offense by a jury on April 18, 2013 after deliberating for approximately 15 minutes. Presiding Judge Jeffrey A. McMeans sentenced the 28-year old Houston man to 18 months probation one day later. Benitez was charged with the crime in 2011 after a concerned citizen notified authorities of his erratic driving.

Fort Bend County residents will now need to provide proof of eligibility at the Fort Bend County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office in order to obtain farm license plates which have a reduced registration fee.

The Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office returned to court on February 28, 2013 for the sentencing of convicted DWI defendant Juan Guadalupe Loya. Judge Ben W. “Bud” Childers sentenced Juan Guadalupe Loya to an intensive 18-month long probation for Driving While Intoxicated – 2nd Offense, after a jury convicted him earlier in the month. The 39-year old Richmond man will be required to pay a $1,000 fine and serve several days in jail as a condition of his probation.

On February 15, 2013, a Fort Bend County jury convicted Nathan G. Mims of Burglary of a Habitation and Evading Arrest or Detention with a Vehicle, before sentencing him to 16 years in prison and 10 years, respectively. The 32-year-old Houston man was charged with the felony crimes after breaking into a New Territory home and running from police in May 2012.

A Needville man was sentenced by a jury Wednesday, February 20, 2013 to life without parole for continually sexually abusing a female child after a Fort Bend County jury returned a guilty verdict subsequent to hearing testimony from the girl. The jury deliberated for less than 20 minutes before deciding the fate of 44-year-old Edward Contreras Torres.

A 268th District Court jury convicted Truett Lane Finch of felony Assault Family Violence on February 6, 2013. The jury then returned a sentence of eight years in prison. Finch, 31-year-old Sugar Land man, was charged with striking his mother in June 2012.

Richard Mendoza, Jr. was sentenced to 50 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on February 11, 2013 after a jury convicted him of a murder he committed over 10 years ago. The 28-year-old Fresno man was charged with shooting Christopher Daigle to death in 2002 when both men were only 17.