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    Protest News

    6 Texans draw FBI interest following violent protest at Capitol in Washington, DC

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jan 14, 2021 | 4:48 pm
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    Mob at the Capitol building in Washington, DC on January 6.
    Jenna Ryan

    Six Texans so far have drawn attention for attending the violent protest in Washington, DC on January 6 in which a mob broke into the Capitol and five people died.

    One man has been arrested, and another was fired from his job. All six have since walked back their involvement, claiming they weren't culpable despite photos and social media posts.

    At least 90 people have been arrested on charges ranging from curfew violations to assaults on police officers, possessing illegal weapons, and making threats against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

    Three of the Texans are from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. There's also a jail lieutenant from Bexar County, a florist from Midland, and a police officer from Houston.

    Tan Pham, an 18-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, has resigned after being identified as one of the D.C. Capitol rioters. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told ABC13 that he contacted the FBI special agent-in-charge of the Houston office after learning Sunday about Pham's activities.

    Acevedo added that he received the tip from a citizen about a Houston police officer seen in images of the Capitol siege and discovered it was Pham via Facebook posts. A joint investigation continues into Pham's involvement that day.

    Larry Rendell Brock, a resident of Grapevine and retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Colonel, was charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building and violent entry and disorderly conduct, and arrested by the FBI on January 10.

    Brock appears in a widely circulated photo wearing tactical gear and holding a handful of zip tie handcuffs.

    In an arrest affidavit, an FBI agent said that Brock's ex-wife was among those who contacted the Bureau.

    Brock most recently worked for Hillwood in Fort Worth, but the company said he is no longer employed there.

    He told the New Yorker that he wore tactical gear because he did not want to get injured by counter-protesters, and said he found the zip ties on the floor.

    "My thought process there was I would pick them up and give them to an officer when I see one," he said. "I didn't do that because I had put them in my coat, and I honestly forgot about them."

    He made his first court appearance on January 11, and will be represented by a public defender.

    Jenna Ryan, a real estate broker from Frisco, has earned international attention after live-streaming video of storming the Capitol, where she says, "We the people are pissed off… We flew by a private jet, God wanted us here today. Trump is my president."

    She posted photos of herself at the protest including one next to smashed windows, with a caption that said, "Window at The capital. And if the news doesn't stop lying about us we're going to come after their studios next."

    Following the protest, she wrote on Twitter: "We just stormed the capital. It was one of the best days of my life."

    Ryan, who falsely claimed she was a "conservative radio show host," has since denied entering the Capitol, and told CBS-11 that the photo of herself next to the smashed glass was "because I was taking photos all over DC all day."

    Paul Davis, a lawyer from Westlake, was fired by his employer, Goosehead Insurance, on January 7.

    Davis posted a video on Instagram showing himself inside the Capitol, where he said he'd been teargassed. He'd previously posted that the elections were a fraud, and says he was exercising his First Amendment rights.

    Roxanne Mathai, a lieutenant for Bexar County's corrections department in San Antonio, was reported to the FBI after posting photos of herself on social media outside the Capitol.

    One of her photos was captioned: "Not gonna lie...aside from my kids, this was, indeed, the best day of my life. And it's not over yet."

    After she came under scrutiny, Mathai said she was hundreds of feet away and was unaware of the bloodshed taking place in front of her. Her lawyer said she attended the rally but did not enter the Capitol.

    Jenny Cudd, Midland resident, failed mayoral candidate, and conservative anti-masker, is on the FBI's radar after having launched a Facebook live video from the Capitol, where, draped in a Trump flag, she boasted, "We did break down . . . Nancy Pelosi's office door."

    Two days later, she walked that back, telling NewsWest 9 in Midland that when she used the word "we," she meant in a general term and wasn't speaking about herself personally.

    The FBI has a "wanted" page with persons of interest, and is seeking the public's assistance in identifying individuals in the photos posted. They're especially interested in identifying the individual who threw a fire extinguisher into a crowd that hit US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick in the head; Sicknick died later that night.

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    Steven Devadanam contributed to this story.

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    Unhappy holidays

    Porch pirates swipe nearly $2B in packages from Texas homes this year

    John Egan
    Dec 17, 2025 | 9:30 am
    Porch Pirate Person in Glasses Steals Packages
    Getty Images
    The Grinch isn't the only one stealing Christmas these days.

    ’Tis the season for porch pirates. If past trends are an indicator, the Grinch will swipe close to $2 billion worth of packages delivered to Texas households this year, with many of those thefts happening ahead of the holiday season.

    An analysis of FBI and survey data by ecommerce marketing company Omnisend shows porch pirates stole more than $1.8 billion worth of packages from Texans’ porches last year. Porch pirates hit nearly one-third of the state’s households in 2024, according to the analysis.

    Omnisend’s analysis reveals these statistics about porch piracy in Texas:

    • 30.1 million residential package thefts in 2024.
    • An average household loss of $169 per year.
    • An annual average of 2.9 package thefts per household.

    “Most stolen items are cheap on their own, but add them up, and retailers and consumers are facing an enormous bill,” says Omnisend.

    Another data analysis, this one from The Action Network sports betting platform, unwraps different figures regarding porch piracy in Texas.

    The platform’s 2025 Porch Pirate Index ranks Texas as the state with the highest volume of residential thefts, based on 2023-24 FBI data.

    Researchers at The Action Network uncovered 26,293 reports of personal property thefts at Texas residences during that period. The network’s survey data indicates 5 percent of Texas residents had a package stolen in the three months before the pre-holiday survey.

    The Porch Pirate Index calculates a 25.8 percent risk of a Texas household being victimized by porch pirates, putting it in the No. 5 spot among states with the highest risk of porch piracy.

    The Action Network included online-search volume for terms like “package stolen” and “porch pirates.” Sustained spikes in these searches suggest that “people are actively looking for guidance after something has happened. Search trends serve as an early warning system, revealing emerging-risk areas well before annual crime statistics are released,” the network says.

    Tips to avoid being a victim
    So, how do you prevent porch pirates from snatching packages that end up on your porch? Omnisend, The Action Network and Amazon offer these eight tips:

    1. Closely monitor deliveries and quickly retrieve packages.
    2. Schedule deliveries for times when you’ll be home.
    3. Use delivery lockers or in-store pickup when possible.
    4. Ask delivery services to hide packages in out-of-sight spots outside your home.
    5. Install a visible doorbell camera or security camera.
    6. Coordinate deliveries with neighbors or building managers if you’ll be away from your home when packages are supposed to arrive.
    7. Request that delivery services hold your packages if you can’t be home when they’re scheduled to come.
    8. Illuminate the path to your doorstep and keep porch lights on.
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