Tarrant County District Attorney's Office

Blogs
April 8, 2013
'Sadomasochistic' Couple Killed an Arlington Man, Then Stuffed His Body in a Refrigerator
It was Independence Day 2011 when the boy and his father went to the abandoned shell of a house in rural Ellis County. They hoped they might find the treasure that was rumored to be buried there, but came up empty handed. What they found instead was a refrigerator, which pretty clearly had not been ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2012
Steven Lawayne Nelson Sentenced to Death for the Murder of an Arlington Preacher
Update: Steven Lawayne Nelson, who was just handed a death sentence in the suffocation of an Arlington preacher, has flooded his holding cell and the courtroom, according to Star-Telegram reporter Dianna Hunt's Twitter feed. She said he could be heard screaming as water began seeping into the courtr ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2012
A Sister Goes to Meet Her Brother's Killer, and an Inmate Tells of Watching Him Die
Jennifer Ciravolo woke early Wednesday morning, knowing that day she would look into the face of the man accused of killing her brother in a Tarrant County jail. She got her sons dressed and packed for elementary school. Instead of the uniform she wears to her job as a cashier at a Valero gas statio ... More >>
News
September 27, 2012
Imaginary Monsters Chased Jonny Holden All His Life, Then a Real One Caught Him
Blogs
April 28, 2011
There's No Memorial to Fallen Service Members. But There's a New Federal Lawsuit.
Back in July, WFAA-Channel 8's Byron Harris spent quite some time digging into the doings of the Kennedale-based United States Fallen Heroes Foundation, which said it was a nonprofit raising funds to construct a memorial in Tarrant County to servicemen and women killed in action since September 1 ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
FBI Confirms It's Investigating, With Arlington PD, a Series of Recent Attacks on Mosque
The Council on American-Islamic Relations just sent word of that a handful of incidents at the Dar El-Eman Islamic Center in on Mansfield Road in Arlington in recent days have sparked an investigation involving the Arlington Police Department and the FBI. Says the release, on Sunday someone set i ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2007
Meet Dallas' New Federal Judge, More Than Likely
Blogs
February 9, 2007
Bible Girl: Three Points and a Lame Joke
Blogs
December 21, 2006
DA Does Have an Open-File Policy....Not
News
March 9, 2006
Zzzzz
Drugs are bad, mmkay?
News
February 16, 2006
Republicans Heart the Defense
News
July 15, 2004
Family Plot
Rick and Suzanna Wamsley were strict with their children. Police say their son paid them back with murder.
News
September 13, 2001
Make 'em Pay
Spurred by a horrifying wave of teen violence in the '90s, Texas today spends more money than ever to lock up young criminals. Are we getting our money's worth?
News
October 9, 1997
Dr. Lucas' Little Shop of Horrors
What drove veterinarian LISSALUCAS to allegedly starve dozens of animals and repeatedly butcher routine surgeries?