Crime

A Woman Says She Beat the Hell Out of Knife-Wielding Attacker at White Rock Last Night

White Rock Lake has become a favored hunting ground for knife-wielding bandits. At the end of March, one made off with a cell phone and bicycle from kids walking along the path cutting through the park below the dam. Two weeks later, at almost the same spot, a young couple was confronted by a man wi ... More >>

Dallas Got an Early Start on Weekend Crime With Diaper Bag Robbery, a Sort-of Kidnapping, and a Craigslist Heist

Typically, Dallas saves its wilder side for the weekend. That's when, once the booze and drugs are flowing in earnest, the weird crimes tend to happen. But the weekend arrived early, with police reporting an armed diaper bag robbery, a Craigslist heist and a low-budget movie production scaring the b ... More >>

Suspect Named in Slaying of Ethiopian Restaurant Owners

A capital murder warrant has been issued for Abey Bilette Girma, 37, in the killing of the owners of Desta, an Ethiopian restaurant, at around midnight on Aug. 15. Yayehyirad Lemma and Yenenesh Desta were gunned down on the front porch of their home on Marquita Street after closing the restaurant fo ... More >>

Why Do Mexicans Rape So Much?

And why do they always yell "Cu-le-ro" at bands they love?

Dallas PD On "Safety at North Park Mall"

​Two days ago we received an e-mail from a "william@bubblelifemedia.com" that insisted, "The gang activity at NorthPark sounds like an escalating problem thats not under control yet and could get worse." The missive also contained a link to this page at something called Park Cities iPhone Reporter ... More >>

In the Last Two Days, the Dallasite and The Old Monk Were Robbed at Gunpoint

​Danny Balis just called with the heads-up: In the last two days, two local bars have been robbed at gunpoint. Danny wondered if perhaps they were related.According to Dallas Police reports, the first stick-em-up occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Dallasite on Bryan Street, across the street fr ... More >>

No Surprises: This Holiday Weekend, DPD to Make Drunk Drivers Offer They Can't Refuse

​If it's a major holiday likely to involve a drink or two or 12, it's time for ... you guessed it: the Dallas Police Department's No-Refusal DWI Initiative! Let's not waste time recapping the what-the-whats. Release the release!The No-Refusal Initiative will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, December ... More >>

City Council to Vote on Ordinance Keeping Registered Sex Offenders From Living Together

​Shame there's no one at Dallas City Hall till Monday, because this just popped up on the year-ending December 8 council agenda: an ordinance that will "prohibit multiple registered sex offenders from residing in the same dwelling unit, with certain defenses." Says the agenda, the council first di ... More >>

Dallas Police Department Outlines Strategies to Combat 25-Percent "Spike" in Sexual Assaults

​I know where Andrea'll be tomorrow at noon: In the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, where council member Delia Jasso will be joined by members of the Dallas Police Department and local rape-victims advocacy and support groups to announce the kickoff of what DPD's calling a "Sexual Assault Awareness ... More >>

Scams On Stage

Notorious 'Texas Seven' Try to Save One of Their Own By Insulting Him

Daily Campus Discovers SMU Officials Were Mum About '06 Rape Increases

Plano Finishes Dead Last!!!

Full-Court Press Releases

Bait and Switch

A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment

DPD Not Jacking Around

Grave Robbers

Even in the great beyond, no one is safe from identity theft

Evil Eyes

Coral Eugene Watts is a serial killer. He says he'll murder again. Why can't Texas stop him?

Faked Out

Looking for counterfeit goods, sheriff's deputies go bargain hunting

American Sex Tourist

Caught in the act of molesting young boys in Thailand, Coppell businessman Nicholas Bredimus came up with a last-ditch defense: obstruct justice

Likely Suspect

Three years after his conviction for rape, local DJ Gary "Babyfase" Faison speaks out to proclaim his innocence. What are the odds he's right? One in 300 million.

Knock on Collinwood

Back in the old neighborhood, buddies gather for a great con job

Bad News, Good News

The Texas-bred Amber Plan for missing kids works and is spreading

Whistling Dixie

The South's mythical Mafia finds a home in Elmore Leonard's imagination--and new novel

12-year-old Killer

The story of Edwin Debrow Jr., one of the youngest Texans ever convicted of murder, in his own words

The Way of the Gun

The untold story of why Lenell Geter was freed

Big Murk's Kids

Politics and mismanagement closed the books on the city's anti-gang program, but try telling this South Dallas fixture the problem's solved

Letters

Rhymes with Asso, Ready to Rumble, Not a Pedophile

Letters

Sex Offenders

Hello, My Name is Pervert

Outcasts among us, sex offenders struggle to find treatment and lead normal lives in a justice system that gives them little of either

Killer Smile

Tommy Lynn Sells claims to have murdered dozens, and Texas Rangers fear he's telling the truth

Burden of proof

Serial killer Faryion Wardrip would have gotten away with murder if bricklayer-turned-investigator John Little hadn't stolen his coffee cup

Firestarter

A jealous ex-lover tries to torh the Other Man. He would have gotten away with it, if not for our underwear-clad-hero.

Knockdown

Top-ranked boxer Jesus "El Matador" Chavez pummels opponents in the ring, but he's losing his biggest fight against a real heavyweight -- the INS

Blue in the face

Hugh Grant plays at being a goombah, and it's an offer you can refuse

A mighty roar

Los Tigres del Norte have become legends by singing the immigrant's song

The road to hell

A Fort Worth crime-prevention group is warning parents about Goth-rock, but is that such a good idea?

Robbing 'em blind

For burglar Carnell Johnson, willing fences, indifferent neighbors, and friendly dogs ame for an easy living

The "g" word

An uneasy mix of stereotypes and commerce helps prompt Deep Ellum's cruising ban

Dallas Confidential

The Texas Troubadour's Fatal Rendezvous and other amazing stories from the police department's cold case squad

Choosing sides

The race for judge in Dallas' domestic-violence court raises questions of bias

No joke

County Commissioner Ken Mayfield isn't laughing anymore about sexual harassment charges

Bad business

A&M Records VP accused of rape during Texas trip

Letters

The Hare, The Tortoise

Channel 5's Marty Griggin and Channel 8's Robert Riggs race for ratings as their stations struggle for dominance of local television news

A Minor Affair

When young love ended in a rape allegation, the juvenile justice system left a Dallas teen's life in limbo.

Playing Hardball

The Feds pitch a shutout in the area's first 'three strikes' case

Against all odds

Defense attorney girds for battle against U.S. Attorney Coggins

Rogue Yogurt

When you buy that double-swirl cone from ICBIY, you may not be licking what you think

Bad Company

Drugs from Bolivia. Cash to Panama. Arms to Nicaragua. Bo Abbott says the CIA called - and he delivered.