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  • Blogs

    September 8, 2011

    Thirteen Locals, Who Feds Say Are Linked to Los Zetas Cartel, Indicted For Coke Trafficking

    ​Stories linking Los Zetas -- a drug cartel consisting of, among others, former Mexican Army commandos -- with North Texas have been around for years. Take this story, from three years ago, connecting a Collin County deputy constable with a cousin said to be working for the cartel. In March, The N ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Area Gun Dealer Pretty Sure That New Two-Per-Customer Law Won't Solve Border Violence

    Via.So long as we can still get one of these​An edict from the Justice Department to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives paved the way Monday for tighter regulation of repeat purchases of semi-automatic rifles with detachable magazines in border states. The feds' f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Four Months After DEA's "Operation Greedy Grove" Drugs and Gang Sweep, a Guilty Plea

    ​Back in September, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced that it had arrested several alleged members of "violent local street gangs," which included the Highland Hills Posse and the NFL Boyz. Among those snapped up during "Operation Greedy Grove" was 31-year-old Ronald Alexander, otherwi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    A Salad-Bowl Bomb in a FedEx Box, and a $1 Bill, Gets Colleyville Man 10 Years in Prison

    ​On May 5, 52-year-old David Barouch of Colleyville was arrested for putting a bomb on the front porch of his ex-wife's house. Two months later, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. Today, he found out his punishment: the statutory maximum sentence of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Dallas Gang Leader, Drug Dealer and Apparent Exotic Animal Lover Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

    We're thinking the kiddos at Pinkston High School weren't having a tough time getting high last year. (The markers are streets where drug houses were located.)​Tyrone Weatherall, the 35-year-old leader of the "West Side Gator Boys," pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to possess wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Seven Dallas Residents Indicted for Intentionally Torching Homes to Get Red Cross Dough

    ​This just in from the U.S. Attorney's Office: Seven locals, ranging in age from 23 to 60, are accused of setting three fires that caused close to $1 million in total property damage in order to collect a few thousand from the Dallas chapter of the American Red Cross. The seven, which includes a m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Six Months After La Familia Bust, Dallas Boss Pleads Guilty to Meth Trafficking

    Kimberly ThorpeSome of the drugs and money seized by law-enforcement officials in the fall of 2009​We were there in October of last year, when the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the I.R.S., the U.S. Secret Service and Texas Air National Guard -- and every other law-enforcing acronym -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    The Feds Claim That in Weatherford, a Restaurant Owner Wanted to Burn the Mother Down

    First off, Unfair Park calls dibs on the movie adaptation of the story of Jorge Gomez Pinto Sr. Just so we're clear. Because what follows, again courtesy the U.S. Attorney's Office, is a crisply written tragicomic short story about a restaurant owner who's due in Fort Worth federal court at this ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    "West Texas Puro Tango Blast" -- Not As Much Fun As It Sounds

    Only a few days ago, The Dallas Morning News ran a piece about Texas' Tango Blast gang, which was formed within the confines of the state's penitentiaries and "could change the Dallas landscape because it rejects old notions of prison gang exclusivity and lifelong commitments," wrote Tanya Eiserer. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Eastside Homeboy Gets 19 Years

    The U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word: Arturo Tinoco is going to federal prison for a long, long time -- 19 years and then some. Why? Because twice in the span of seven months, the 29-year-old was stopped by Dallas police, who, both times, found a whole bunch of methamphetamine in the car -- not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2008

    Gustav Isn't Screwing Around, and Neither is the City of Dallas

    The U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word: Arturo Tinoco is going to federal prison for a long, long time -- 19 years and then some. Why? Because twice in the span of seven months, the 29-year-old was stopped by Dallas police, who, both times, found a whole bunch of methamphetamine in the car -- not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2007

    Feds Indict 14 Texas Syndicate Members For Murder -- and Much, Much More -- in North Texas

    The U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word: Arturo Tinoco is going to federal prison for a long, long time -- 19 years and then some. Why? Because twice in the span of seven months, the 29-year-old was stopped by Dallas police, who, both times, found a whole bunch of methamphetamine in the car -- not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2007

    You Might Be a Terrorist If ...

    The U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word: Arturo Tinoco is going to federal prison for a long, long time -- 19 years and then some. Why? Because twice in the span of seven months, the 29-year-old was stopped by Dallas police, who, both times, found a whole bunch of methamphetamine in the car -- not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2006

    The Re-Up Men and The Traps

    The U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word: Arturo Tinoco is going to federal prison for a long, long time -- 19 years and then some. Why? Because twice in the span of seven months, the 29-year-old was stopped by Dallas police, who, both times, found a whole bunch of methamphetamine in the car -- not ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 10, 2005

    Sour Grapes

    At Tony's Wine Warehouse, there's a sucker born every minute

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    The Shootist

    Terry Anderson thought he'd be in Athens right now, chasing his lifelong dream of Olympic gold. Instead, he's in prison, his life plugged full of holes.

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    The Polygamists Are Coming!

    Nervous West Texas townsfolk brace for the arrival of a sect of Mormon fundamentalists and their many wives

  • Dining

    September 12, 2002

    Malternative Lifestyles

    Does drinking flavored malt beverages make men more appealing to women?

  • News

    March 1, 2001

    Love & Rockets

    Andrew Beal spent $200 million trying to launch rockets without Uncle Sam's help. His dream went down in flames

  • Music

    August 24, 2000

    Across the Bar

    Rick's Place burns; Chomsky is still looking to be Born on the Web; Tony Edwards makes a break; Baboon shows us their cans; Plus, much, much more

  • News

    June 29, 2000

    Deep impact

    A West Texas divorce case could soon change the nation's gun laws

  • Dining

    February 25, 1999

    Hash Over

    A West Texas divorce case could soon change the nation's gun laws

  • Dining

    September 3, 1998

    Hash Over

    A West Texas divorce case could soon change the nation's gun laws

  • News

    July 27, 1995

    Mr. Retardo

    The making of a messiah: David Koresh's twisted road to Waco

  • News

    May 25, 1995

    The road to hell

    Christian Coalition stumbles on its good intentions

  • News

    November 17, 1994

    'Tell Mama Why You Cry' (Part I)

    Sam Krasniqi was acquitted of sexual abuse. So why won't the state let two children have their parents -or their religion?

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