Lancaster police made an arrest Tuesday in a road-rage incident that’s been the talk of Dallas’ Facebook community for four days. On Saturday, Victoria Best posted three photos and a video of a man pointing a gun at her during her Friday commute. Best was just south of the Dallas…
Dallas police need helped finding the person who mowed down a Dallas man July 15. That night, an unknown assailant gunned down Traytonio King during a drive-by shooting in the 700 block of Emberwood Drive near Camp Wisdom Road and Polk Street in South Dallas. On Monday afternoon, the Dallas Police…
Speculation over Ezekiel Elliott’s potential suspension ramped up again Monday in the aftermath of claims made by Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter that led to a response by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The NFL’s investigation into domestic violence allegations against Elliott has lasted 13 months, extending well past an…
When the ESPN report on the 1988 Dallas Carter High School tragedy airs, I, for one, will be pinned to the screen. It’s a story that has haunted me since it happened, in part because it’s a story most mainstream media outlets have had a hard time telling. The program…
DART officials confirmed Thursday night that a 21-year-old Dallas man has been arrested for his alleged role in the attack on a stranger on a DART train Sunday night. Police booked Jakobi Darion Hendrix into Dallas County Jail just before midnight yesterday. He’s charged with aggravated assault with a deadly…
On Wednesday afternoon, the Dallas Police Department announced that it’s looking for suspects in 10 similar robberies in East Dallas. Robbers targeted Latino men between the ages of 51 and 78 in each incident, according to Assistant Chief Thomas Castro, threatening victims with a gun before taking their property. The…
It all started, according to Dallas Area Rapid Transit spokesman Mark Ball, with a request to stop smoking. Between 11 p.m. and midnight Sunday night, a group of seven teenagers got on a northbound Green Line train while smoking. A man asked them to stop smoking, Ball said. The teenagers, some…
The Sotelo family gathers on the patio of Tia’s on the Bluff as a guitarist fingerpicks Spanish tunes. It’s a large family with roots in what was once known as the Rock Island neighborhood on the north side of Fort Worth. On this Sunday afternoon in late May, it seems…
Reliably, once every six months or so, the Arlington Police Department ends up in the news for screwing up, even though the city it serves is about a quarter the size of Dallas and less than half the size of Fort Worth. Here are five of the lowlights of the…
Just after 1 a.m. Sunday, Dallas police arrested a 20-year-old woman for street racing southbound on South Central Expressway at Linfield Road in South Dallas. Police found the woman after she spun out down an embankment and wrapped her car around a wooden utility pole on the west side of…
One of the teenagers who attacked local actor Daniel Whitener outside Dallas’ Cityplace Target in January pleaded guilty this week to aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson announced Thursday. Zantrell Sauls, 17, will spend four months in jail and 10 years on probation for…
The Texas Senate voted Wednesday to significantly beef up the state’s election code, creating stiffer penalties for those who attempt to manipulate mail-in ballots. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott made stemming mail-in ballot issues a priority for the special legislative session after problems during the Dallas City Council election in May…
Dallas police announced late Tuesday afternoon that they’re looking far a suspect in a fatal Monday night carjacking in northwest Dallas. According to DPD, the suspect killed the car’s owner, who has not been identified. As the suspect attempted to drive away in a red 1992 Pontiac, the car’s owner…
The Colony Police Department announced Monday that a retired soldier — who famously stood at attention for hours outside Dallas Police headquarters in honor of the officers killed in last summer’s ambush — was killed in his home Sunday night. Police found Chandler Davis, 34, with a gunshot wound to…
Just after midnight Sunday, San Antonio police got a call about a suspicious tractor-trailer in the back of a Walmart parking lot. There, they found a horror that has captured the nation’s attention. According to a federal criminal complaint released Monday, federal authorities have charged James Matthew Bradley Jr. with…
Dallas police announced late Thursday night that they’ve arrested a suspect connected to at least two sexual assaults in the city over the last month. Police have not released the suspect’s name because they believe he may be connected to additional crimes. At about 1:30 Tuesday afternoon, a man approached…
Hey. Be careful what you say about Detroit. I don’t know anything about this new Dallas police chief coming down here — U. Renee Hall, a deputy chief in the Detroit Police Department — but I do know a little bit about her hometown. Judging by some of the comments…
On Wednesday, Roy Oliver, the ex-Balch Springs police officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards, for the first time gave the public a glimpse of his side of the story. In a court filing made in response to the federal civil lawsuit filed against Oliver by Edwards’ parents, the former…
Dallas police announced late Wednesday afternoon that they are suspending the investigation into an altercation involving Ezekiel Elliott on Sunday night at Clutch in Uptown because of a lack of cooperation from both the complainant and witnesses. Police responded to Clutch around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to a police reports…
On Wednesday afternoon, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced that Dallas’ next police chief will be U. Renee Hall, a deputy chief in the Detroit Police Department. She’ll take over the post vacated by former Dallas Police Chief David Brown, who retired in October. She’s expected to start on September…
Dallas police confirmed Tuesday that the teenager found dead in a southeast Dallas creek Sunday morning is Mikayla Mitchell, the 17-year-old stepdaughter of Howard Diamond, a Sherman doctor whom federal prosecutors recently connected to seven overdose. Police found Mitchell in a creek near the 3000 block of Rochester Street just before…
Hicks Holdings, the Dallas-based investment arm of the family of former Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars owner Tom Hicks, announced Tuesday that it’s throwing its considerable weight behind a company that makes body cameras and in-car video systems for police departments and transit authorities across the country. The investment in Georgia-based Utility…
