
Matt Degrood
Dog dad to Molly Ivins. Native Texan. Lonestar enthusiast. Roma superfan.
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Patience rewarded with new car
Mayor, donors replace student's vehicle that police totaled
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY

Prop A would make pot arrests lower priority for HPD

Patience rewarded with new car
Mayor, donors replace student's vehicle that police totaled

Commissioner pulls plug on cameras
Order to cover Flock devices in Precinct 4 follows public concern

Patrol subsidy could violate the law
County taxpayers footing nearly half cost of program focusing officers on wealthy areas

Police crash suit tactic gets retracted
City abandons its strategy after judge questions legitimacy

HPD halted automatic shooting probes
Move was quietly made by Whitmire before Salgado killed by ICE officer

Migrant sees shooter, calls 911, gets detained
Federal agents took man from Guatemala at Home Depot parking lot last month before Houston police finished interviewing him

Audit flags appointed lawyers' caseloads
Some in county exceed guidelines, earning millions

Records reveal details on ICE killing
Claims in federal documents on shooting in Houston have been contradicted by witnesses

Grand jury soon may get ICE shooting
DA plans to present case, including witnesses to July death in Magnolia Park neighborhood

Police leaders skip ICE meeting
City council members criticize what they call lack of transparency

City's violent crime still on decline
Survey: Houston's rate falls to pre-pandemic levels for the first time

Crash claims against HPD surge 74%
Meanwhile, attorneys assert city is using a state law provision to stall these cases

Flock cameras pit public safety, privacy
Backlash growing as surveillance spreads across Houston region

ICE arrests witness in probe of shooting

ICE CALLS TAKE UP OFFICERS’ TIME
HPD spending far longer on such traffic stops than others

HPD report for quarter: 19 handed over to ICE

Delayed action could hinder shooting probe
Local investigators not immediately sent to the scene of fatal ICE incident

HPD can probe ICE shooting, but feds in control
Experts: Cooperation necessary to obtain evidence to build case

‘My father did not deserve this’
Family mourns as activists call for independent probe of ICE killing

ICE agent shoots, kills driver in Houston
Mexican citizen accused of trying to run over federal officer

County facing constables’ pressure
Officials seek more money, autonomy with threat of appealing to allies in Legislature

Worker driven to put brakes on deputies parking improperly

Outrage over crime rises in Third Ward
Residents frustrated over uptick in slayings and lack of answers from Houston police
About this page
Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Matt Degrood in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.

