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With "serial squatters" on the rise, a Tarrant County constable vows to send them to jail
NORTH TEXAS – It's early morning when Tarrant County deputy constables prepare to strike.Their target on this day is Shawndria Allen Graves."She's a known squatter in our area. This will be the third house in 2024 that we've had evictions on her for," said Detective Scott Powell.This time, though, deputies aren't evicting her. They're arresting her.It's a new approach Tarrant County Precinct 7 is taking, treating suspected squatters not like tenants who are unable to pay rent, but like criminals who never intended to.Powell first started looking into Graves last October when, he said, the precinct judge asked if he could...
Bond increased to $1M for Texas woman accused in attempted drowning seen as possible hate crime
EULESS, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman accused of trying to drown a 3-year-old at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother has been rearrested following an increase in her bond to $1 million, according to court records. Elizabeth Wolf,...
Dallas man caught smuggling immigrants in McLennan County indicted by grand jury
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Dallas man arrested in April on charges he was smuggling four immigrants from Mexico to Dallas was indicted Tuesday. Guillermo Ramirez Hernandez, 46, was charged by a McLennan County grand jury with four counts of smuggling of persons. Three of the charges are third-degree felonies, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. A fourth count is a second-degree felony, with a penalty up to 20 years, because it alleges Hernandez was trying to smuggle a person younger than 18.
'Most embarrassing day of my life' | One year ago, Dallas woman went viral in 'not real' plane outburst
DALLAS — It was Fourth of July weekend, one year ago, and we were all introduced to the viral "not real" Dallas plane woman. The incident happened on July 3, 2023 though Gomas was not identified as the woman in the viral video until nearly a month later in a video she posted apologizing for her actions. Gomas was on an American Airlines plane that was heading from DFW Airport to Orlando. The plane was still at DFW Airport when the incident unfolded.
Silver Alert for missing elderly Dallas woman discontinued
DALLAS - Dallas police have discontinued the Silver Alert issued for a missing elderly woman nearly a month ago. Myrtle Polk was last seen on June 8 outside her home in Southeast Oak Cliff. Her son, who lives out of state, said he got a call after his 88-year-old mother...
Crowley ISD JROTC instructor told son to 'stop playing with that gun' before being shot, witnesses say
FORT WORTH, Texas - A Crowley ISD JROTC instructor told his son to stop playing with a gun before he was shot multiple times, according to an arrest affidavit. 54-year-old Master Sergeant Gene Bass was shot and killed in front of his home last Friday on Chesapeake Bay Drive in south Fort Worth.
Two 18-year-olds plead guilty to robbing USPS workers across DFW
DALLAS - Two 18-year-old men pleaded guilty to a string of robberies targeting postal workers all over the metroplex. The two men were tracked down back in April after committing a robbery at an apartment complex in Fort Worth. They were already on the radar of investigators due to cell...
23 years after baby was found dead on side of Fort Worth road, mother is charged
A woman has been charged with manslaughter in a 23-year-old cold case in Texas involving a baby who was found dead on the side of a road. Shelby Stotts was arrested Monday after DNA evidence matched her as the baby's mother, according to statements from the Texas Attorney General’s Office and Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. The baby, dubbed "Angel Baby Doe," was found in November 2001 by a man collecting cans south of Fort Worth.
Tarrant County sheriff fires officers indicted in jailhouse killing amid calls for resignation
FORT WORTH – Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn fired a detention officer and a lieutenant following their indictments in connection with the murder of Anthony Johnson Jr., who a man who died while in custody.A spokesperson for the sheriff's office sent a statement Wednesday morning confirming both detention officer Rafael Moreno and Lt. Joel Garcia were terminated. As of Tuesday, CBS News Texas reported that only Moreno had been fired.The two were indicted on Friday. Waybourn had fired Moreno and Garcia in mid-May but later reinstated them because of termination process problems.According to the indictments, Johnson's death was caused when...
Caregiver Charged With Murder, Probed For 20 Deaths In Unlicensed Assisted Living Homes
A Texas caregiver, Regla “Su” Becquer, who owns unlicensed assisted living homes, has been arrested and charged with murder following the death… The post Caregiver Charged With Murder, Probed For 20 Deaths In Unlicensed Assisted Living Homes appeared first on Shine My Crown.
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