{"id":922732,"date":"2026-07-09T08:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/922732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:07:20","slug":"man-charged-with-making-terroristic-threats-at-heights-apartment-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/922732\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with making terroristic threats at Heights apartment complex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 A 33-year-old man accused of making terroristic threats during a standoff at a Heights apartment complex has been booked into the Harris County Jail, according to Houston police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police identified the man as Kenneth Easton. Investigators say Easton was armed and threatened to burn down the Revl Heights apartment building, prompting a response from HPD SWAT.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Police said they received the initial call around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Revl Heights sent a message to residents shortly before 7 p.m., referring to Easton as a resident and saying HPD crisis negotiators were working to resolve the situation. Residents told KPRC 2 they believe the standoff was not resolved until around 9 p.m. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">After police identified Easton, KPRC 2 reviewed Harris County court records, which show he has been involved in several prior criminal cases.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Court records show Easton was charged with kidnapping in 2018. He later entered a plea agreement and received deferred adjudication community supervision, which he completed in February 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Records also show previous cases involving assault causing bodily injury, unauthorized use of a vehicle and evading arrest. Those cases were dismissed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KPRC 2 asked Revl Heights whether the property conducted criminal background screening before approving Easton\u2019s lease and whether any prior criminal history would have affected his eligibility to live at the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The apartment complex provided the following statement:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">&#8220;<b>Revl Heights takes these matters seriously and is cooperating fully with law enforcement\u2019s investigation of this matter. Revl Heights values its residents and is taking all appropriate action. However, due to the nature of the ongoing police investigation and privacy concerns of any persons involved, we are unable to comment further at this time. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><b>Revl Heights and its third-party screening company comply with all applicable laws related to applicant screening, including fair housing laws and guidance related to criminal background screenings.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 A 33-year-old man accused of making terroristic threats during a standoff at a Heights apartment complex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":922733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[14248,4219,4345,372407,88270,358,24016,3187],"class_list":["post-922732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-apartment-complex","tag-crime","tag-houston","tag-revl-heights","tag-terroristic-threat","tag-texas","tag-the-heights","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116888996810345344","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}