Crime & Police

DPD recently concluded its review and said it sticks by the original findings: that there was no criminal wrongdoing by former paramedic Brad Cox.

Sgt. James Cullen Bristo, a Dallas Police officer who’s been with the department since 1988, allegedly used his position to violate another person’s rights.

Last year, the Dallas City Council unanimously passed reforms to the city’s code of ethics. An integral part of those reforms was the creation of Dallas first office of inspector general.

At least 1,745 are required to get cannabis decriminalization on the ballot for Denton’s election in November.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is going after two cops accused of excessive force during the Summer 2020 protests.

The way the feds tell it, it was a big haul. On top of arresting 20 alleged drug dealers that belong to a gang called the Hamilton Park Posse, law enforcement confiscated dozens of guns, hundreds of dollars’ worth of assets and 220 pounds of cocaine, fentanyl-laced pills, meth and…

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is up for reelection, and one of his longtime consultants just got indicted on felony theft and bribery charges. Todd Smith, the consultant, was allegedly taking money in exchange for Texas hemp licenses. Texas hemp licenses only cost $100.

The Dallas Police Department maintains that the shooting was an accident and that no one meant to kill Lynetta Washington. Her family still thinks otherwise and is determined to get justice.

For the activists who wrote it, the weed decriminalization ordinance that faced a vote before Denton’s City Council Tuesday afternoon was a concession. “I really feel like what we’re asking for right now is still a watered down version of what needs to be done,” said Tristan Seikel, organizer and…

The father of a Darius Tarver, a UNT student killed by police, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Denton.

A wave of funding for police in North Texas schools is on the way. Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was distributing about $126 million to add policing and public safety measures in schools. About $1.8 million of that funding is coming to six different…

Among a number of new laws taking effect on Jan. 1 is a law handing control of local law enforcement budgets over to county residents in Texas. Authored by state Sen. Joan Huffman the new law requires any reduction to the budgets of local law enforcement agencies (meaning county sheriff’s…

Between North Texas Capitol rioter Jenna Ryan, the delta and omicron variants of COVID-19 and an endless series of worrisome new laws on the books, it was a hell of a year. It’s hard to know where to start, but the Observer has a few suggestion for catching up on…

Sean Leek was excited to live near his mother again. It was 2018, and he’d recently moved back to the area around the same time she bought a house in Delaware. “Finally,” he thought, “we’re gonna be back in each other’s lives.” Within months, he realized something was off about…

After a final ruling in district court which said the ban smokable hemp ban was unlawful, the Texas Department of State Health Services filed a notice of appeal to the decision with the Texas Supreme Court. This notice supersedes the final ruling until the Texas Supreme Court reaches a decision on the appeal.

Five states – Mississippi, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida and Texas – saw the highest rates of fatal holiday car crashes per 100,000 drivers. Additionally, the fatal collisions in Connecticut, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina and Wisconsin were more likely to involve drunk or impaired drivers.

Beau Daniel Merryman could go to federal prison for 20 years.

When hackers breached the Houston-based Colonial Pipeline’s cybersecurity defenses in late April, the whole country took a hit. Within days, drivers from Houston to New Hampshire found themselves waiting in line for hours to get gas.The federal government later concluded the country could’ve only lasted another three to five days…

On Friday, journalist Barrett Brown announced he’d been convicted on charges related to a banner he’d held at a London protest.

SB 5 goes into affect on Jan. 18, 2022. Violating the law will be a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500. Repeat offenses could lead to Class B misdemeanor charges.

While companies wait to hear more on the legality of THC isomers like delta- 8, some are stocking their shelves with delta-9 products they say are legal and will get consumers stoned.

The Denton Responsible Reformation of Cannabis Enforcement Act of 2021 would decriminalize misdemeanor amounts of weed in Denton.