Paul Coggins

Kunkle: Free The Trinity Docs! And Other City Hall Ethics Proposals Unveiled This Morning.

Patrick MichelsMayoral hopeful David Kunkle, backed by his squadron of crime-fighting supporters. Backed by a new group of law-enforcing backers calling themselves "Crime Fighters for Kunkle," former Dallas police chief and mayoral hopeful David Kunkle took a minute this morning to cast himself as ... More >>

Doug Havard Pleads Guilty to a Federal Crime. But What of All Those Local Charges?

​As you no doubt recall, Doug Havard -- the former Winston School and SMU student who skipped town after being arrested on charges of counterfeiting, selling GHB and armed robbery, among many others -- was brought back to the U.S. a few days ago following a six-year prison vacay in England. This m ... More >>

Legal Briefs: A Peek at Fred Baron's FBI File, and Cathedral of Hope's Prop. 8 Response

​Whilst awaiting a sit-down with a source, allow me to marry two unrelated legal matters, baby:Texas Watchdog has been Freedom of Information Act-ing out, requesting from the FBI the files of several "prominent Texas political figures" once they've expired. Today's installment is ... Fred Baron, t ... More >>

Yet Again, DISD Hires Paul Coggins to Look Into Its Bad Bidness

Paul Coggins After the jump, courtesy Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander, the district's announcement concerning the appointment of former U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins to look into the whole phony Social Security number mess. Coggins, now at Fish & Richardson, has a history ... More >>

Steroids Dealer David Jacobs Found Dead in His Plano Home, Giving Birth to Conspiracy Theories

Scapegoat

How Michael Hinojosa escaped blame in the DISD credit card scandal

Wherein Allen Gwinn Wonders if DISD Hasn't Just Wasted Another Million Dollars and a Whole Lot of Time

Go West

With Dallas Democrats' return from the dead, state Senator Royce West is poised for bigger things, like maybe paychecks

Dem Apples Don't Fall Far From the Tree

Watkins: Not Entirely Shook Up?

May I Say Who's Calling?

Small Fish

Now let's look for the real villains in fake drugs

Porn Pawns

The kings of smut escape while the feds cook up small fry like former Dallas cop Garry Ragsdale

Mr. No Apology

Bill Hill's office helped jail dozens of innocent people, and he's a shoo-in for re-election. Huh?

Inquiring Minds

Why is ignorance such bliss for so many when it comes to Al Lipscomb?

Al Strikes Back

Lipscomb appeal finds a receptive audience in New Orleans

Homefryin' with Fred Baron

Dallas' largest plaintiff's firm, Baron & Budd, cultivates friends, punishes enemies and beats allegations it prompts clients to lie and win

Buzz

Clinton's buddy gets a new job

Queeg's Revenge

A strange case of stolen fruit costs one police employee her job. Now she's ready to sue.

If they only had a brain

DISD's Wicked Witch of the West may be going, but we're not out of the woods just yet, Dorothy

Sex, drugs, and city council

Federal court records reveal the connection between city council ethics and dry-humping

A clockwork Buzz

1999, the year Bill Rojas brought panic and paranoia to DISD. But was there any other good news? Buzz takes a look back.

The perfect crime

DISD crooks continue to elude an FBI probe

Buzz

Magnum CPA; Advise and consent;Regina who?

Buzz

How can we miss you...; And take Julio with you; Penny pinchers; Bad timing; Turnabout is fair play

Letters

Buzz

The Fugitive

Child psychiatrist Robert Gross claims malicious federal prosecutors unfairly charged him with fraud and forced him to flee to England. Is it the doctor or the judicial system that is out of touch with reality?

The man who would be judge

U.S. Attorney Paul Coggins is no longer seeking a federal bench, but his days of public service are far from over

The Lie Detector

From the mayor of Atlanta, who was unjustly accused of graft, to a California man wrongly sentenced to life in a Texas prison, polygraph examiner Eric Holden found the truth that helped set them free

Target practice

The feds got a conviction against a DISD contractor, but they may have been gunning for Matthew Harden

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Saint Al

Will he die in prison for the sins of the plantation?

Choosing sides

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

Reader beware

Combatants in DISD's political battles play spin-the-media

Buzz

Feds do a flip-flop on Peavy Tapes

If the government has its way, no one else will know the contents of these controversial chats

Letters

Dueling tapes

Gadfly injects more secret tape recordings into the Peavy saga

The fat man sings

Judge Solis orders controversial Peavy Tapes released to Justice Dept.

Tar baby tapes

Peavy Tapes may hold more bizarre twists

Lawyers ain't cheap

Dan Peavy, Bill Keever have legal bills coming due

'It's all a matter of power.'

When Sandy Kress was school board president, he and Dan Peavy held private discussions on how to limit the influence of black school board members. Their conversations were captured on the Peavy Tapes, which Kress has fought hard to keep secret. Now, U.S.

Playing Hardball

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

Hoping for the worst

Defense lawyers itch for a health-care fraud bonanza

Power Houses

A celebrity home tour of Dallas' rich, famous--and all too often tasteless--movers and fakers

Campaign casualty

Cheryl Wattley's appointment to the federal bench is M.I.A. in presidential politics

Against all odds

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