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Criminal Assault

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Occupy Dallas Protestor Pushed from Planter and Accused of Assaulting Cop Takes Plea Deal

    Stephen Benavides, the Occupy Dallas protester arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer during a scuffle at the November Bank of America protest, has signed a plea deal that reduces the felony to a misdemeanor resisting-arrest charge and keeps him out of jail. Benavides pleaded no conte ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Deion Sanders Twitter-casts That His Wife Jumped Him (Updated)

    Update: Pilar Sanders was arrested and booked in Collin County Jail on a misdemeanor assault charge. And Sanders fired off another tweet a little while ago with a photo of his boys smiling: "Smile if u know God is good! We're smiling baby. Joy came this morning and we opened the door and let Joy in. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    The Long Arm Sees All: Ten Musicians Arrested in Texas

    When Snoop Dogg was issued a citation for marijuana possession at a border checkpoint outside El Paso last week, the world reacted with shock and disbelief. We had no idea this beacon of sobriety -- the same guy who penned "Smoke Weed Everyday" - could act so out of character. Of course, Texas is f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    DPD Chief Brown Suspends Officer Who Shoved Occupy Dallas Protestor For One Day

    At the top, that's Hollis giving Benavides a shove off the planter, as seen in this video that led the DPD chief to open his investigation​Seems like forever ago, but it was just last month that Stephen Benavides spent a few days in county lock-up on charges of assaulting a police officer and resi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Protestor Accused of Assaulting Cop Now Accused of Punching a Fellow Occupier

    Photo by Brantley HargroveStephen Benavides​Earlier this morning, Occupy Dallas posted to its website an item headlined: "OccupyDallas supporter assaulted." That supporter: Glynn Wilcox, who was among those who helped hash out the agreement between City Hall and the protesters that allowed them to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Yet Again, DPD's Arrested One Of Its Own

    ​One week ago today the Dallas Police Department sent word that it had fired three officers -- one of whom, Lavar Horne, was also arrested last week for having kept a handgun and tossed some weed seized during a traffic stop. Well, the DPD just sent word that it's arrested yet another officer: Vic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Prosecutors Accused Hilliard Fields of Rape With Zero Evidence. Now, His Name is Cleared.

    Hilliard Fields stands outside the courtroom with his lawyer, Gary Udashen.​In the end, it only took minutes for Judge Larry Mitchell to clear Hilliard Fields of the sexual assault charges that have followed him for the last 14 years."Sir, I'm very sorry for the misery this has caused you in your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    BREAKING NEWS: Arrest Warrants Issued for Okolo and Aqib Talib

    ​This just in, stemming from this, and this. From the Garland Police Department: Garland investigators have obtained warrants for Aqib Talib and Okolo Talib in connection with a disturbance police responded to on March 21 in the 900 block of Green Pond Drive. On Monday, March 21, just before 7:30 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    DPD Warns: Suspect in East Dallas Sexual Assault Same As Man Wanted for '08 Rapes

    ​On October 19, Dallas Police Department sent word that two days earlier, at around 6:15 a.m., a man broke into a home near North Glasgow Drive and Reiger Avenue and sexually assaulted a 59-year-old woman who had been sleeping inside. On the 27th, DPD sent a further description of the assailant: b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Paying the Piper

    Photo by Chris Wier​A City of Ater found this poster -- artist unknown -- in Exposition Park yesterday. Don't get it? Well, as the Morning News reported, Michael William Liebermann, co-owner of the Pizza Lounge in Exposition Park, was charged with misdemeanor assault last week, accused of beating ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    The Problem With... Chris Brown's "Deuces"

    Chris Brown is back with a new hit? What the deuce is this?

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    A Dallas Police Officer Is In Jail After Being Charged With Aggravated Sexual Assault

    ​Jeffrey Thorn joined the Dallas Police Department in December 2008. During his probationary period, he was assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division. But, at this very moment, Thorn is in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center after having been arrested by Dallas police on a sexual assault charge today. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Data Collector Quoted in DMN Crime-Stats Story Now Says "I'll Take Kunkle's Side"

    Patrick MichelsIs Kunkle a numbers-fudger or simply exercising good judgment in dealing with confusing federal guidelines?​Another front-page story last week in The Dallas Morning News criticizing the Dallas Police Department's crime-reporting methods had the paper in a self-congratulatory mo ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Sting Like a Butterfly: Hey, John Wiley Price, Are You Ready to Rumble?

    Patrick MichelsIs Kunkle a numbers-fudger or simply exercising good judgment in dealing with confusing federal guidelines?​Another front-page story last week in The Dallas Morning News criticizing the Dallas Police Department's crime-reporting methods had the paper in a self-congratulatory mo ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    The Five Most Interesting Things You Didn't Know About Soulja Boy

    Patrick MichelsIs Kunkle a numbers-fudger or simply exercising good judgment in dealing with confusing federal guidelines?​Another front-page story last week in The Dallas Morning News criticizing the Dallas Police Department's crime-reporting methods had the paper in a self-congratulatory mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Today In Music News: Perez Gets His, Kid Rock Teams With Rubin and Chris Brown Is Guilty

    Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, June 23, 2009... Perez Hilton allegedly got punched by the Black Eyed Peas' manager for calling Will.I.Am a "faggot."  It's funny how it's OK for him to call a straight man that. A little bit of a double standard, ya think? Kid Rock is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    On Lower Greenville, the Activist Becomes the Accused as Adelman Gets Assault Citation

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    BREAKING NEWS: Russ Martin Charged With Three-Count Misdemeanor

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2008

    Russ Martin Update: No Update

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Not Ready for Crime Time

    Mark GrahamAvi AdelmanAvi Adelman was out early Sunday morning (2:35 Sunday morning, to be precise) doing what he normally does in the wee small hours of the weekend: videotaping the goings-on on Lower Greenville Avenue. Only this time, he came away with something extra: a ticket accusing him of mis ... More >>

  • Music

    November 15, 2007

    Meat Puppets

    Friday, November 16, at the House of Blues Cambridge Room

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2007

    Love a Parade? Yet Another DNA Exoneree Has Been Released From Prison.

    Friday, November 16, at the House of Blues Cambridge Room

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    The Marijuana "Muffin Boys" Received Their Punishment Today

    Friday, November 16, at the House of Blues Cambridge Room

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2007

    Five Singers, Five Years

    Happy Birthday from Berg

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Oakley Hall

    Friday, September 14, at Hailey's, Denton

  • Calendar

    August 30, 2007

    Can We Get A Witness?

    Friday, September 14, at Hailey's, Denton

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Witness for the Prosecution

    Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2007

    Romowood

    Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2007

    More on Hate Crime Trial in Denton

    Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2007

    Dallas Children's Theater Goes to New Hampshire. Bad Grown-Up Things Happen.

    Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2006

    Gurode v. Haynesworth

    Did lack of manpower leave a felon on bail free to kill? Maybe. Sort of.

  • News

    September 14, 2006

    Low standards

    Who comes to visit when you dial 911?

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2006

    Such a Nice Boy

    Who comes to visit when you dial 911?

  • Music

    November 17, 2005

    Saboteur, Dropsonic, The Hard Lessons

    Friday, November 18, at the Cavern

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    The Dwarves

    Thursday, November 3, at Galaxy Club

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    Gypsy Blood

    David Cunniff Lives in Pain. Skinhead Jesse Chaddock lives in a Texas Prison. Who got the raw deal?

  • News

    June 19, 2003

    Evil Eyes

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

  • News

    January 2, 2003

    Drugged and Raped

    Plus: One Less Load of Hype, No News Is Bad News

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    Bill Due

    Why did the DMN kill a story about political favoritism? Guess right and win!

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001
  • News

    September 21, 2000

    Innocent as Charged

    After his acquittal on an assault charge, Clark Birdsall questions the system he once embraced

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    Pelted!

    When an animal rights activist came up against Neiman Marcus, she had more than some dead fur to contend with

  • News

    January 8, 1998

    Grow up

    A little scuffle between kids turns into a nasty fight between grown-ups at DISD

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    A Minor Affair

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

  • News

    November 30, 1995

    Buzz

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

  • Film

    December 15, 1994

    Rushes

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

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