Crime & Police

On Friday, FBI agents arrested David Lee Judd, a 35-year-old from Carrollton, on charges related to his alleged participation in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Two siblings are pushing for the Dallas County medical examiner to reevaluate their late mother’s mysterious death, which was previously ruled a suicide.

A Denton County grand jury declined to indict the officer accused of killing Darius Tarver, a 23-year-old University of North Texas student.

Neco Bonham and his attorney say Richardson Police used excessive force during a 2018 traffic stop, the reasons for which were totally bogus.

On Sunday, a 26-year-old Black man died in police custody; now, seven detention employees are on administrative leave.

Fort Worth PD has fired at least three officers since Sept. 2020 for racist comments made on social media.

Many Texans support police reform, but Gov. Greg Abbott’s back the blue campaign has proven politically popular.

The same year as the two murders, Dallas police officer Bryan Riser was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of assault family violence causing bodily injury to an ex-girlfriend.

Twenty percent of all arrests last month were drug related. Of those, there were 183 weed related arrests. A majority of these arrests, 140, were for possession of less than 2 ounces.

Hoping to secure a lesser sentence, Amber Guyger’s legal team says she shouldn’t have been charged with murder.

A Dallas activist said they saw an uptick in Patriot Front propaganda going up in the city after the riot at the Capitol last month.

Stuck near Shingle Mountain, one Dallas neighborhood has proposed a radical plan to transform their surroundings..

Christian Michael Mackey, 20, allegedly told an undercover FBI source he would ‘do whatever it takes’ to defend the white nationalist movement.

A shadowy campaign only known as “Keep Dallas Safe” has been playing politics in Dallas for the past half year. No one knows who funds the organization, a nonprofit group that can conceal its donors thanks to a rule introduced by the Trump administration in 2020. The people who run…

North Texas real estate broker Jenna Ryan, one of at least 150 people facing criminal charges in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, is still online seeking donations to help cover the cost of her legal defense despite being booted off three online funding services and issuing a Twitter message saying…

A proposal by Dallas police to ask victims of a handful of nonviolent crimes to file reports online rather than have officers come to the calls popped up online and as quickly disavowed over the weekend after drawing complaints, including one from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. A draft memo regarding…

Lawyers for Zephaniah “Zephi” Trevino, a North Texas teen accused of taking part in a 2019 robbery that left one man dead, are asking Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot to remove himself from her prosecution. Trevino’s attorneys say Creuzot revealed bias when he shared a social media post from the…

Those with the Dallas Police Department’s mounted unit say horses provide them with more mobility, a vantage point they otherwise wouldn’t have, and an increased sense of police presence when they’re out patrolling city streets. Others aren’t so sure, saying they worry about the treatment of the horses, as well as the negative impact the units may have on communities.

Some insiders and outsiders eye the soon-to-be vacated Dallas Police Chief position. Seven final candidates have been chosen and the city manager will make the final decision by the end of the month.

Tarrant County is letting up on weed for all the wrong reasons. Nevertheless, sobriety and testing fumbles may get you out of a possession charge.

Last year, there were a record number of bills filed in the Texas Legislature. But do this day, smoking the good stuff in the Lone Star State is likely to result in criminal penalties. The fight continues. Some are optimistic about it. Others not so much.

Over the last few decades, there has been an increased focus on using non-lethal or “less-lethal” tactics in policing. But sometimes, the tactics backfire.