Dwaine Caraway Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges

Dallas City Council member Dwaine Caraway has agreed to plead guilty to two federal corruption charges, according to documents filed Thursday morning. Caraway, now serving his fifth non-consecutive term on the Council, accepted $450,000 from Robert Leonard and Slater Smartwood Sr., both former executives with Force Multiplier Solutions.

Texas Governor Abbott Pitches Bail Reform, but not the Good Kind

Let it never be said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is incapable of reaction. Since the election of President Donald Trump, he’s molded his priorities in the shape of the president, focusing on issues like “sanctuary cities,” a term we’re still waiting for him to define. After eight students and…

Protests and Holidays Strain Thin DPD to Breaking Point, Officer Says

Getting home from his holiday shift Wednesday, Dallas police Officer Nick Novello decided, not for the first time, that he’d had enough. After another understaffed stint at the Central Patrol Division, Novello sat down and wrote a letter to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, continuing a series of warnings he’s issued…

Three Dallas Cops Arrested Thursday Afternoon on Gambling Charges

Three Dallas Police Department officers — two senior corporals and a sergeant — turned themselves in Thursday afternoon on gambling promotion charges. DPD declined to name the law enforcement agency Sgt. Shannon Browning, Senior Cpl. Edward Van Meter and Senior Cpl. Roger Williams, turned themselves into. Their arrests are the latest in a…

Dallas Man Pleads Guilty in 2017 West Dallas Voter Fraud Investigation

As of Wednesday afternoon, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have racked up exactly one conviction in their quest to root out voter fraud in Dallas County. Miguel Hernandez, 28, arrested in July for illegal voting, pleaded guilty to improperly returning a marked ballot,…

We May Not Really Know Whose Side We’re on in Police Shootings

In the entire incident report chronicling the shooting death of a Dallas police officer and two other nonfatal shootings by a man at a Dallas Home Depot store April 24, the most terrible and heart-stopping line is this: “Body camera footage shows that as Officers [Crystal] Almeida and [Rogelio] Santander…

Dallas DA Will Seek Death Penalty in Home Depot Cop Shooting Case

A Dallas County grand jury has indicted Armando Juarez, the man suspected of killing Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander, on a bevy of felony charges related to the shooting of Santander; Santander’s partner, Crystal Almeida; and Home Depot loss prevention officer Scott Painter on April 24. Dallas County will seek…