One injured after shots fired at Old East Dallas apartment complex Claire Z. Cardona
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
One injured after shots fired at Old East Dallas apartment complex
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Police search for driver who ran over woman, dog
Police search for driver who ran over woman, dog KXAS-TV (NBC5)
Dallas police hope surveillance videos help lead them to the driver who ran over a woman and her dog in broad daylight and kept on going. The dog died minutes after the incident.
It happened at the intersection of Cedar Springs Road and Throckmorton in Oak Lawn on Saturday afternoon.
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1 dead in Saginaw police shooting; 2 officers injured
1 dead in Saginaw police shooting; 2 officers injured Staff Reports
From The Associated Press and KXAS-TV (NBC5):
Two Saginaw officers were hospitalized after being attacked by a man who was then fatally shot by one of the officers, police said.
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Dallas police arrest suspect in downtown carjacking at West End DART station
Dallas police arrest suspect in downtown carjacking at West End DART station Tristan Hallman
Ira Booker
Dallas police say a 17-year-old man is one of two people responsible for a violent downtown carjacking last week.
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Garland police looking for driver who fled after striking pedestrian, killing her
Garland police looking for driver who fled after striking pedestrian, killing her Tristan Hallman
Garland police say a driver fled after fatally striking a pedestrian Saturday night.
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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Desperate for answers, family, friends of missing mother of 3 hold peaceful protest
Desperate for answers, family, friends of missing mother of 3 hold peaceful protest Julie Fancher
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Police searching for 34-year-old man suspected in fatal shooting Friday
Police searching for 34-year-old man suspected in fatal shooting Friday Claire Z. Cardona
Romaun Wilkerson
Dallas police are asking for the public’s assistance locating a man suspected in a shooting that killed one man and wounded another in southeast … [visit site to read more]
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2 men arrested in child sex trafficking case
2 men arrested in child sex trafficking case Claire Z. Cardona
Deputy Chief Rob Sherwin addresses the media about two arrests made in … [visit site to read more]
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Friday, January 29, 2016
University Park police seek public’s help identifying purse snatcher
University Park police seek public’s help identifying purse snatcher Julie Fancher
University Park police are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman who robbed another woman at a gas station Friday afternoon.
Police said around 3:30 p.m. the victim was pumping gas at the Shell gas station in Snider Plaza when the woman demanded her purse, then pulled out a knife, reached into the woman’s vehicle and grabbed the purse.
A small child was in the vehicle at the time, police said. No one was injured.
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Jury denies Dallas police lieutenant’s claim of discrimination, retaliation by chief
Jury denies Dallas police lieutenant’s claim of discrimination, retaliation by chief Tristan Hallman
Police Chief David Brown
A civil court jury determined that Police Chief David Brown did not discriminate or … [visit site to read more]
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76-year-old Mesquite man admits collecting child porn for 30 years
76-year-old Mesquite man admits collecting child porn for 30 years Kevin Krause
A 76-year-old Mesquite man who admitted to collecting child pornography for 30 years was sentenced Friday to 20 years in federal prison, the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Robert Bruce Lloyd pleaded guilty in July 2015 to one count of receipt of child pornography.
Lloyd has been in custody since his January 2015 arrest.
The case began when the FBI learned that Lloyd was downloading and sharing files “indicative of child pornography,” authorities said.
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Princeton man sentenced to life without parole after continuous sex abuse of teen
Princeton man sentenced to life without parole after continuous sex abuse of teen Valerie Wigglesworth
Lawrence Parker Jr.
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Robbery suspect dead after officer-involved shooting in Irving
Robbery suspect dead after officer-involved shooting in Irving Tasha Tsiaperas
A robbery suspect was killed in an officer-involved shooting at a cash checking store on State Highway 183 in Irving, according to news reports.
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Jurors deliberating sentence for man convicted of killing friend in Plano bar parking lot
Jurors deliberating sentence for man convicted of killing friend in Plano bar parking lot Valerie Wigglesworth
Benjamin Newman
Collin County jurors are deliberating the prison sentence for a former Dallas man convicted of murder after he drove his car into a group of men walking in a Plano bar parking lot nearly two years ago.
Benjamin Newman, 24, faces from five years up to life in prison after being convicted by a jury Thursday on the murder charge. He was also convicted on two aggravated assault charges. The sentence for all three charges will be served at the same time.
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence.
“He took his car and used it as a weapon,” prosecutor Cynthia Walker told jurors. The men Newman ran over that night had been trying to stop him from driving drunk, she said. “They were trying to do the right thing.”
Newman’s attorney Nancy Kennedy urged jurors to consider the lower end of the punishment range. She also asked them to consider whether this was a case of sudden passion, arguing that the whole incident happened really fast, that Newman had been fueled by alcohol and was angry and that he’d been shoved when one bar employee reached into his car to put it in park to try to keep him from driving drunk.
If jurors believe this was a case of sudden passion, the range of punishment on the murder charge is reduced to between two to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors argued that sudden defense does not apply because Newman left the parking lot and had time to think about his actions before he returned and ran the men over.
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Third downtown K2 arrest made as Dallas police continue ‘ongoing narcotic investigation’
Third downtown K2 arrest made as Dallas police continue ‘ongoing narcotic investigation’ Robert Wilonsky
A third man has been arrested in connection with the sale of K2 in downtown Dallas.
On Friday morning, Dallas Police Deputy Chief Vernon Hale tweeted, “#Breaking Another #K2Dealer arrested Downtown!” He added, “We will come for you,” but provided no further details.
The department said none would be forthcoming, at least not immediately.
“The arrest was a part of an ongoing narcotic investigation,” said Senior Cpl. Monica Cordova, a department spokesperson, via email. “We hope to continue to identify and arrest those in possession of the drug and those who continue to sell this dangerous drug.”
Hale announced two arrests at a press conference Wednesday, and said more were expected. He also said that police have been working with Dallas Area Rapid Transit and El Centro officers to identify dealers who appear to be targeting the young and the homeless in downtown.
Deputy Chief John Lawton was among those addressing downtown residents’ safety concerns during Monday night’s meeting at The Woolworth. (G.J. McCarthy/Staff photographer)
As we reported last week, Dallas police officers and paramedics have been dealing with a sharp uptick in K2-related calls coming from downtown There have been more than 200 since early December alone involving the dangerous, chemically altered herb-and-spice mixture that’s smoked like marijuana.
Concerns about crime in downtown — including the carjacking of Sarah Hoff in the Davis Building and aggressive panhandlers from Deep Ellum to the West End — led to a packed house at The Woolworth Monday night, where downtown residents demanded Dallas and DART police, city council members and Downtown Dallas Inc. step up security in a part of town now packed with people.
In a statement sent to downtown residents Friday morning, Downtown Dallas Inc. President and CEO John Crawford said Monday’s meeting was but the first of several sessions to come.
“Residential growth is the key to Downtown’s future,” says the statement, which you can read below in its four-page entirety. “Just 20 years ago, there were 200 people living Downtown. Now, there are over 9,000 residents living in the core and over 45,000 living within 2.5 miles. Downtown residents are the talent pool corporations are chasing. Residents are birthing new businesses and giving life to our streets. We must protect this growth by first and foremost protecting the safety of our citizens.” … [visit site to read more]
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Former Dallas police recruit drops sexual harassment lawsuit
Former Dallas police recruit drops sexual harassment lawsuit Tristan Hallman
Bob Gorsky, an attorney for the female recruit
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Judge keeps affluenza teen Ethan Couch in juvenile lockup until hearing next month
Judge keeps affluenza teen Ethan Couch in juvenile lockup until hearing next month Tasha Tsiaperas
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Federal trial linked to John Wiley Price corruption case reveals aggressive lobbying efforts
Federal trial linked to John Wiley Price corruption case reveals aggressive lobbying efforts Kevin Krause
Christian Campbell
The federal trial of an Austin businesswoman who played a key role in a Dallas County bribery scheme involving Commissioner John Wiley Price has shed light on the unsavory world of corporate lobbying for North Texas government contracts.
Helena Tantillo, 59, was found guilty last Friday of two counts of lying to the FBI in connection with the Price bribery investigation. She faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced later this year.
Kathy Nealy
Tantillo, a former BearingPoint executive, was put in charge of the firm’s successful 2004 effort to win a multi-million county document imaging contract.
Prosecutors said she approved a $7,500 payment to Kathy Nealy, a veteran consultant who managed Price’s campaign. Nealy then wrote a check for $2,500 to Price for his vote to keep BearingPoint in the running after failing to make an initial cut, according to the government.
Some bribery cases involve large donations directly to politicians. But recent history shows the schemes often operate somewhat differently in Dallas County. The Dallas City Hall corruption scandal that broke in 2007 revealed in great detail how political consultants are used as middlemen to steer money to politicians for their votes. Nealy reportedly avoided prosecution in that case by agreeing to testify for the government.
Consultants are once again at the heart of a federal corruption case – this one against Price and Nealy.
Christian Campbell, a former Dallas consultant and likely future witness against Price, took the stand last week at Tantillo’s trial and described some of the strategies he used to “curry favor” with politicians who had the ability to award lucrative contracts to his clients. It involved money.
Campbell has pleaded guilty to bribery and agreed to cooperate with the government. Price and Nealy deny any wrongdoing. Their trial is scheduled to begin in September.
One BearingPoint email shown to the jury last week noted that Commissioner Mike Cantrell was chairman of Dallas County’s IT Steering Committee and that Price was vice chairman.
“This is whom our lobbyist needs to get to,” the BearingPoint executive wrote, referring to the two commissioners. “We need to make sure we get to orals.”
That referred to the next round of decision-making in which the finalists make oral presentations before the commissioners.
Another BearingPoint email, from 2006, described Nealy’s value and why it was worth keeping her on the county contract. This was after another company executive questioned in an email whether to keep her on, saying they were not engaging her “services” very much.
“She is very close to the strongest commissioner, Commissioner Price,” Tantillo wrote in the email.
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One injured in shooting after argument with 5 teens Thursday night in Oak Cliff
One injured in shooting after argument with 5 teens Thursday night in Oak Cliff Tasha Tsiaperas
Police say a man was shot after an argument with five teenagers Thursday night in southeast Oak Cliff.
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Two apartment security guards shot man trying to run them over Thursday night
Two apartment security guards shot man trying to run them over Thursday night Tasha Tsiaperas
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