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Former city employee and 6 others accused of stealing millions of taxpayer dollars, records show
Patrece Lee is facing four charges of bribery and abuse of official capacity greater than $300,000. Six more people are expected to turn themselves in in the coming days after they were accused of ...
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Ex-Houston public works manager going to prison for bribery; will testify against brother in plea deal
Patrece Lee was a maintenance manager for the Houston Public Works Department when she cheated taxpayers out of more than $700,000. Prosecutors say Lee funneled emergency water line repair ...
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Why doesn’t convicted Houston water department manager have to pay back money investigators say she stole?
Read full article: Warning for shoppers: Woman believes she was targeted by thieves after shopping at Houston Galleria Police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed near a Houston ...
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4 more plea deals for those charged in Houston water contract scandal first exposed by ‘DRAINED’ Investigation
The so-called ‘Big Fish’ in the scandal Patrece Lee agreed to a 10-year plea deal on Tuesday. Hurts plead guilty to a first-degree felony charge of Abuse of Official Capacity. She agreed to 10 ...
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Former Houston Public Works employee to serve 10 years in prison following water line repair scheme
Pictured is a court room inside the Harris County Criminal Justice Center located in downtown Houston. A former Houston Public Works employee accused of funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars ...