Escape of Mexican soccer star raises questions about kidnappings in northern Mexico, including that of a Dallas-area couple DIANNE SOLÍS
<img title="" src="http://ift.tt/1O35qGP" alt="Tamaulipas Governor Egidio Torre Cantu (c) speaks to members of the press following the release of the Mexico soccer star Alan Pulido. Authorities said Pulido was found "safe and sound" hours after he was kidnapped in his crime-plagued home state of … [visit site to read more]
Dallas men admit spending community improvement money on Aston Martin, Super Bowl bash Kevin Krause
Photo from FAIM Economic Dev Corp’s website.
Ellis Wamsley IV promised a local company that the $2 million it invested in his nonprofit would … [visit site to read more]
San Antonio man charged with robbery after victim remembers the Alamo tattoo on his chin Tom Steele
A San Antonio man has been charged in a robbery because of a tattoo a witness couldn’t forget.
Derek Roland Caballero
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Man tells Plano police couple “agreed to stab one another until they died” Valerie Wigglesworth
Kenneth Amyx and Jennifer Streit-Spears
A man suspected of fatally stabbing his girlfriend over the weekend told Plano police the … [visit site to read more]
Late night shooting leaves 1 dead at southeast Oak Cliff motel Liz Farmer
#BREAKING 1man is dead after a shooting at in a far southern #Dallas motel. Story @GoodDayFox4 @FOX4 <a … [visit site to read more]
Construction sign in West Dallas hacked to say “Donald Trump is a shape shifting lizard” Liz Farmer
I'm not sure this is what @TxDOT meant for this road sign to say… #Dallas @NBCDFW http://pic.twitter.com/4iPldtM9gJ
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45-year-old man charged with stabbing girlfriend to death in Plano apartment Claire Z. Cardona
Kenneth Alan Amyx
A 45-year-old man has been arrested in the stabbing death of his girlfriend in her Plano apartment, police said.
Police were called about 10 a.m. Sunday to … [visit site to read more]
Texas trying revamped sex offender treatment program Claire Z. Cardona
Many of Texas’ most violent sex offenders have been housed for months in the Texas Civil Commitment Center, Bill Clayton Facility, a former prison in rural West Texas, which the head of the state agency who oversees the overhauled program says will lead to successful rehabilitations. (Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
From Betsy Blaney, The Associated Press:
LITTLEFIELD — Outside of a struggling West Texas town, about a mile from the high school, sits a one-story brick building, its perimeter fencing topped with razor wire. Since last fall, it’s been home to some of Texas’ most violent sex offenders.
The former prison re-opened after the state overhauled its civil commitment program for convicted sex offenders following a state investigation that found the previous operation was poorly managed and ineffective for 16 years. The men had been scattered in halfway houses across Texas, and no one in the program had successfully completed it and re-entered the broader community.
It’s at this facility, about 40 miles from Lubbock, where officials believe the in-patient treatment protocol will yield better results for those confined here by court order due to its more intensive and therapeutic nature, according to Marsha McLane, the top official with the Texas Civil Commitment Office.
“We expect people to graduate … and get out on their own and do what they need to do to be safe and law-abiding citizens,” McLane said. “This is not a warehouse for sex offenders.”
Critics, however, contend the new facility is just that. They also say the private operator is interested in only profit, not rehabilitation. Plus, the program’s overhaul will be compared against those in 19 other states and the District of Columbia, all of which permit civil commitment of convicted sex offenders who are considered likely to commit new sex crimes after finishing prison sentences.
Patient Alexander Barrera talks about life inside of the Texas Civil Commitment Center, Bill Clayton Facility, in Littlefield. (Mark Rogers/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP)
Minnesota’s civil commitment program was ruled unconstitutional a year ago, and a class-action lawsuit called it tantamount to a life sentence. Seeing some similarities, Texas lawmakers closely watched that case and worked to correct problems in its own program.
About 210 men ages 27 to 78 are in the Texas Civil Commitment Center, which, though no longer a prison, looks like one with its heavy metal doors and drably painted cinderblock walls.
“It feels like a prison, but I don’t view it as prison,” said 52-year-old Alex Barrera, twice convicted for indecency with a child but is in the program’s final treatment tier. “This is the next step to get back into the community.”
Police investigating early morning homicide in South Fort Worth Hannah Wise
Police are investigating a deadly shooting early Monday morning in South Fort Worth.
Fort Worth police responded to a shooting an an apartment in the 2200 block of Evans Avenue after 4:30 a.m., Lt. K.D. Rowell told KXAS-TV (NBC5).
Another tenant found the victim lying on the ground with a gunshot wound, Rowell said.
The man, who police say is 50 … [visit site to read more]
Death-row inmate in Farmers Branch slaying wins reprieve because witness hypnotized Chris Siron
From staff and wire reports
Charles Flores
A man set for execution for the … [visit site to read more]
Wife of Arlington shooting suspect says people are blaming her for good Samaritan’s death Julieta Chiquillo
<img class="size-full wp-image-125462" title="" src="http://ift.tt/1qVanWW" alt="Police gather outside a Walgreens in Arlington, where a good Samaritan was fatally shot May 2 at the corner of Southeast Green Oaks Boulevard and New York Avenue. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)" width="1024" … [visit site to read more]
Suspect in custody after man fatally stabbed at McKinney apartment complex Naheed Rajwani
Man in his early 20's is dead after being stabbed @ the Lakes of Eldorado Apts in McKinney. Suspect arrested.@FOX4 http://pic.twitter.com/iRjB7RwQZZ
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Fake guns a real problem for Dallas-area police because they’re so easy to get Caleb Downs
Highland Park police Detective Randy Millican holds an airsoft gun (left) and his own Glock handgun. Highland Park is one of a few local cities with ordinances restricting toy gun sales. (DMN file photo)
Christopher Montgomery, 33, is being held in the Dallas County Jail on $300,000 bail.
The assault rifle looked real enough when an armed robber jumped the counter April 28 at a Family Dollar in Far East Dallas.
“Everyone to the back!” the gunman yelled before grabbing $150 from the register and fleeing in his blue Toyota Solara, police records show.
When officers stopped the Toyota two days later, they found three cash registers in the trunk and a paintball gun made to look like an AR-15.
They arrested the driver, 33-year-old Christopher Michael Montgomery, a suspect in seven similar robberies.
Fake guns like Montgomery’s are showing up routinely in robbery and assault investigations across the Dallas area. In fact, some in law enforcement suspect airsoft, paintball and BB guns may have become many criminals’ weapons of choice.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the majority of weapons used in robberies were fake,” said James McLellan, a spokesman for the Irving Police Department.
24-year-old, stolen car sought in connection with 27-year-old’s slaying at North Dallas hotel Naheed Rajwani
Police say Demonte Laderrick Scaife may have been with the victim before the fatal … [visit site to read more]
Mourners remember Dallas grandmother killed in firebombing, a misplaced act of gang retaliation Matt Peterson
Family members console Sharonda Williams at her mother’s funeral at Greenway Park Church of God in Christ on Saturday in Dallas. (Photos by Andy Jacobsohn/Staff Photographer)
By AUSTIN HUGUELET
Staff Writer
ahuguelet@dallasnews.com
Debra Williams was always a hero to her daughter.
But she cemented that status on a summer evening 2 1/2 decades ago when Sharonda Williams was just 12.
Her father had put a chicken in the oven before falling asleep at their West Dallas home. By the time Debra Williams got home from church, smoke was coming out of the windows.
So she raced inside, roused her kids and turned off the oven.
“She was always protecting us,” Sharonda Williams said, “always there for us.”
But no one could protect Debra Williams early on the morning of May 11, when Dallas police say her apartment was firebombed in a misplaced act of gang retaliation for a shooting hours before.
NBA player Bryce Dejean-Jones dies in Dallas County at age 23 Sarah Mervosh
(NBA.com)
NBA player Bryce Dejean-Jones, a guard for the New Orleans Pelicans, has died at age 23.
The Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed his … [visit site to read more]
Security guard fatally shoots man outside northwest Dallas strip club Naheed Rajwani
A security guard fatally shot a man outside a northwest Dallas strip club early Saturday, police say.
Police were sent to the Dallas Cabaret South at 2444 Walnut Ridge Street about 3:35 a.m.
Police have not released details about the shooting, but KDFW-TV (Channel 4) reported that a group of men got in scuffle inside the club and were escorted outside.
One of them pulled a gun at a security guard before one of the guards shot … [visit site to read more]
Ex-teacher gets 10-year prison sentence for having affair with disabled Duncanville High student Naheed Rajwani
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20-year-old fatally shot after gunmen open fire on group leaving party in east Fort Worth Naheed Rajwani
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed as he was leaving a party in east Fort Worth early Saturday, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.
About 2:30 a.m., two people opened fire on a group of people leaving a party near the 2300 block of Anna Street, NBC5 reported.
Sterling Bell, a Fort Worth resident, was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital four miles away. He died about 3:05 a.m., according to … [visit site to read more]
