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Lew Sterrett Justice Center

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Turns Out a Lot of People are Arrested for Carrying Guns Through Love Field Security

    Love Field and TSA officials have a message for the public: STOP CARRYING GUNS THROUGH SECURITY. SERIOUSLY, GUYS. Fifteen travelers tried to carry guns through the Love Field security checkpoint this year -- that's compared to one person in the same period of time last year. Holy shit, right? That' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Crime & Punishment & News & Notes

    Bradley Eyo, who was killed last weekend​Some grim news with which to close out the year, almost ...The day after Christmas, Bradley Eyo was found shot to death on Barnes Bridge Road near Lake Ray Hubbard. But Dallas homicide detective and Garland police discovered during their investigation that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Your Weekly Desktop Wallpaper: A Very Rarely Seen View of Downtown Dallas

    Justin Terveen​Good friend of the show Justin Terveen was kind enough to share this photo with the Friends of Unfair Park this morning -- a view of downtown taken from the trestle directly north of Lew Sterrett Justice Center, which rumbles over Stemmons. Look for the more ginormous version sooner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Cautionary Tale: Even If Your Neighbors Are Victims of Crime, Don't Shoot at Detectives

    ​This is just in from the Dallas Police Department concerning a home invasion that occurred last night, not far from W.W. Samuell High School. Long story short: Even if you think the bad guys, who'd committed their crime dressed in police uniforms, have returned to the scene of the violent crime n ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • News

    June 18, 2009

    Rockin' in the Suburbs | Buzz | Sand? What Sand

    ​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 >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    Keys to the Jail

    There's only one thing tougher than running for Dallas County sheriff—getting people to care

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    For Love, Aryan Brotherhood Killer Confesses

    The prison gang member and killer stands ready to clear his wife for his crimes

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    FBI Warns DPD To Watch Its Back

    The prison gang member and killer stands ready to clear his wife for his crimes

  • News

    August 9, 2007

    Innocence Project|Jail to Inmate: F You|Katrina Waves

    The prison gang member and killer stands ready to clear his wife for his crimes

  • News

    July 19, 2007

    Witness for the Prosecution

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

  • Blogs

    June 6, 2007

    Gawker De-Lited With Dallas Radio Station's T-Shirt Giveaway

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

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2007

    A Family Tells Commissioners: Our Son's "Treated Like an Animal" in County Jail

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

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    Cold as ICE

    Constable Mike Dupree deports his ex-lover to Honduras

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    C'mon Get Happy

    Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2006

    Re: A Teacher Sues DISD

    Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2006

    Re: A Teacher Sues DISD...

    Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2006

    Re: A Teacher Sues DISD...

    Even Buzz finds something to smile about in 2006

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    Fed-up Feds

    U.S. Justice Department investigators find horrid conditions at Dallas County's jail

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2006

    Exclusive: Feds Damn County Jail as "Grossly Inadequate"

    U.S. Justice Department investigators find horrid conditions at Dallas County's jail

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2006

    A Teacher Sues DISD, Claiming It Manufactured Evidence, Scared Him Into Quitting and Landed Him in Jail. For Starters.

    U.S. Justice Department investigators find horrid conditions at Dallas County's jail

  • News

    December 7, 2006

    Paying the Piper

    Legal bills mount as the county defends its failed jail health systems

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    Reverse Rat

    Former informant Roy Combs claims he was double-crossed by Dallas police

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    ESL

    Lies, damned lies and misstatements

  • News

    June 8, 2006

    Time Heals No Wounds

    A judge has to intervene on behalf of an inmate to save his infected leg

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Work, Work, Work

    A judge has to intervene on behalf of an inmate to save his infected leg

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    Sheriff Who?

    Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez was a revolutionary candidate--as a leader, not so much

  • News

    April 13, 2006

    Not OK Computer

    The bill for the county's bad software gets bigger

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    Justice Delayed

    A woman's story of life behind bars might be of interest to federal investigators

  • News

    September 15, 2005

    Cell Disease

    Being sick in Dallas County's troubled jail can be a death sentence

  • News

    August 25, 2005

    Letters

    Mad Bubbas, Mad Schnauzers, Mad Inmates

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Rude Boy

    The life and times of John Soldier

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    The Reluctant Witness

    Ron Davis' wife disappeared 13 months ago. So why isn't he telling police everything they want to know?

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Bail Me

    In just a few years, David Wells has eaten a big slice of Dallas' bail-bond business. His secret? It depends on whom you ask.

  • Music

    November 8, 2001

    Forgot About D.O.C.

    The D.O.C. is ready to take on the world. And he's bringing Dallas with him.

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    Slammer Mess

    Captain Ray Daberko, chef to Dallas County inmates

  • News

    August 23, 2001

    Gag Order

    An anti-fur protester claims her rights are violated by a too restrictive probation

  • News

    September 7, 2000

    Dirty Cops, Dirty Games

    The untold story of Dallas' bigest-ever police corruption scandal. Part two of a special report.

  • News

    August 31, 2000

    Good Cop, Bad Cop

    The untold story of Dallas' biggest-ever police corruption scandal

  • News

    May 27, 1999

    Blood Vow

    When investigators uncovered the bodies of a Dallas mother and her young son in a makeshift Oklahoma grave, FBI agent Tase Bailey swore to bring the killer to justice

  • News

    May 6, 1999

    The Cult of Darlie

    A cast of Fellini-esque characters claiming they possess new evidence keep the Routier murder case in the national spotlight

  • News

    April 1, 1999

    Lord of the Fly

    Investors in the Dragonfly Bar & Restaurant say they were fleeced by partner Steve Kahn, but he claims his accusers had him framed

  • News

    January 7, 1999

    The Wrong Man

    The case against Nickiolas Jolly fell apart within a month of his arrest for capital murder. But keeping an innocent man in jail 14 months is no big deal in this town.

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Dallas Confidential

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

  • News

    August 7, 1997

    Dumped On

    How greedy property owners and careless bureaucrats let a massive illegal landfill grow in the back yard of a black Dallas neighborhood

  • News

    August 22, 1996

    Blind-sided, again

    Al Lipscomb assures us that he has no idea what's going on

  • News

    August 8, 1996

    Deadbeat update

    Vary founders Mica England and Ceslie Armstrong are wanted women. Literally.

  • Music

    November 9, 1995

    Winedale nation

    A man, his guitar, and a last-chance bar on Greenville Ave.

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