To illustrate the problem further, Houston police Chief J. Noe Diaz pointed to one piece of cocaine evidence from 1996 that ...

Houston police were first made aware of rats dining in their evidence room in October, but professional exterminators had ...

"Drug-addicted rats" are destroying drug evidence in Houston, potentially comprising 3,600 open drug-related cases ...

Rafaella Spone says her life was upended after Hilltown Township Police wrongfully accused her of harassing her daughter's ...

Hundreds of cases could be disrupted in Houston due to an infestation of drug-eating rats. The Harris County District Attorney's Office recently alerted defense attorneys in more than 3,600 cases that ...

"We've got 400,000 lbs. of marijuana in storage, that the rats are the only ones enjoying it," said Houston Mayor John ...

The rodents are enjoying marijuana at the Houston Police Department that has been sitting in evidence for years.

Rats have infiltrated a Narcotics Evidence Room in Houston, forcing the DA's office to alert attorneys on thousands of cases ...

Rats have infiltrated a Narcotics Evidence Room in Houston, forcing the DA's office to alert attorneys on thousands of cases ...

Rats infested the Houston Police Department's evidence room and broke into a package of mushrooms, possibly disrupting open ...

The DA's Office is alerting attorneys in more than 3,000 drug-related cases although the potential impact appears to be much more limited.