U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay sentenced the owner of a Dallas home health care company to 17 years in federal prison Tuesday for his role in what authorities have called the biggest instance of home health care fraud in the history of Medicare and Medicaid. Lindsay also ordered Wilbert James…
Last Thursday morning, the Facebook page for downtown Dallas’ Serj Books announced that the bookstore and coffee shop was closed for the summer. “Do not look for us,” the message said. “September is just days away. We love you all. Respect.” There may have been a reason the shop’s owner,…
The street racers thundered down the stretch of roadway near an industrial area in the 8400 block of Eastpoint Drive last Saturday night. They drove mostly foreign cars, but Mustangs and other American-made muscle cars sometimes made an appearance. When the racers appeared again last Monday, Dallas police’s Southeast Deployment and Crime…
Since his retirement last October, former Dallas Police Chief David Brown has kept a relatively low profile. With the exception of a couple of commencement speeches, the ex-chief hasn’t talked much about himself and his six years as chief of one of the largest police departments in the country. This…
Dallas police arrested state Representative Victoria Neave early Wednesday morning for driving while intoxicated. Neave, who the Texas House Democratic Caucus’ recently named “freshman of the year,” remains in Dallas County Jail, waiting to see a judge so she can be released on bail, according to county records. Neave represents House District…
On Tuesday, the 2017 National Homeland Security Conference kicked off in Buffalo, New York. Typically, a conference for law enforcement and emergency personnel in Buffalo wouldn’t make much noise in Dallas, but this year is a little different. During the conference’s opening general session, interim Dallas Police Chief David Pughes…
Denton resident Earl Leroy Thompson Jr. has been arrested in connection with a string of attempted and actual sexual assaults near the University of North Texas campus and Denton’s downtown square. Scott Fletcher, deputy chief of the Denton Police Department, told the Observer on Tuesday that Thompson confessed and gave significant details to…
Dallas Police Department command partially evacuated Jack Evans Police Headquarters, 1400 South Lamar St., on Monday morning after someone left a bottle containing a clear liquid with a note attached at the building’s north entrance. The discovery prompted deployment of the DPD bomb squad and a Dallas Fire-Rescue hazardous materials team. …
Late Friday afternoon, the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office issued the first warrant related to the ongoing investigation of potential voter fraud in a recent Dallas City Council race. Allegations of vote tampering dogged the contest between incumbent Monica Alonzo and Dallas County Schools board member Omar Narvaez. Prosecutors charged…
According to multiple reports from Cowboys beat reporters, national outlets and NFL.com, Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott turned over phone records to NFL investigators last week as the league continues to investigate several allegations of domestic violence against Elliott. The news, first reported by USA Today’s Tom Pelissero, indicates that…
At about 2:30am Thursday, a woman sent a text to 911 in East Texas’ Hunt County saying she’d been shot three times by her husband. About 20 minutes later, a Caddo Mills police officer spotted the recreational vehicle the woman said she was riding in with her husband and two…
Wednesday afternoon, nearly five years after a Collin County jury found her guilty of taking bribes and four days after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed her claims of innocence, Suzanne Wooten walked out of the Collin County Courthouse. Judge Andrea Thompson officially acquitted Wooten of nine charges stemming…
The Dallas Police Department had a press conference Wednesday to tell the public that an intersection south of Fair Park hasn’t been forgotten by police. The reason for this reassurance is a recent Facebook Live video. The video, shot at the intersection of Malcolm X Boulevard and Elsie Faye Heggins Street,…
Dallas police have arrested Brandon Jordan and Brittany Pollard, both 33, for allegedly shooting and killing a man during a robbery at Oak Cliff’s Dallas Inn early Sunday morning, the department announced Monday afternoon. Police officers responded to the Dallas Inn, near Kiest Boulevard and U.S. 67, just after 8 a.m…
Adan Salazar, arrested on April 26 when he tried to roll through the security checkpoint at the Dallas Police Department’s Southwest Patrol Division wearing a Guy Fawkes mask while in possession of marijuana and two 9 mm handguns, now faces federal charges for possessing a firearm while using a controlled…
U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced Guadalupe “Sleepy” Segovia, part of a 19-member methamphetamine conspiracy operating out of Pleasant Grove, Seagoville and Balch Springs, to 20 years in federal prison last week. Segovia, 44, pleaded guilty in October 2016 to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Federal…
Compared to the test of Texas, the Dallas Police Department is a paragon of transparency when it comes to police shootings. Whenever a DPD officer fires his or her weapon, data from the shooting, including a description of the incident, is readily available on the department’s website. As the incident moves…
Just before 9:00 a.m. Monday, Dallas Police shot a man in the stomach after he grabbed an officer’s taser during a fight with police officers. The shooting is the fourth involving Dallas Police Department officers this year. Dallas police officers responded to the 8300 block of Reva Street in Pleasant…
The suspects of an Oak Cliff crime spree, Dallas police say, tried to cover their tracks. Just not very hard. Between robbing four the four fast food restaurants between 10:15 p.m. Wednesday and 6:00 am the next morning, the suspects switched hoodies and shirts but used the same same green Ford…
Former Dallas City Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in 2010, is getting out of jail. Hill is dying of prostate cancer and is expected to live fewer than 18 months, according to a motion filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Chad…
Earl Wayne Humphries decided to rob Alejandro Morales-Martinez, according to Dallas Police, because he thought it would be an easy target. Now Humphries faces capital murder charges. Morales-Martinez, according to DPD, was waiting in his white Chevrolet mini-van for his co-workers to arrive at 4700 Colonial Avenue, just before 8:00…
In the aftermath of the death of Mesquite 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, Balch Springs police and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office have acted quickly. Within a week of the honor student’s and football player’s death, police arrested Balch Springs Police Department Officer Roy Oliver for shooting Edwards in the head with…
