Police response times in Dallas are still running far above the department’s goals as the city continues to suffer from a serious police shortage.
Father of School Shooting Suspect Sentenced
The father of a teenager involved in a shooting at Lamar High School in Arlington in March was sentenced to over six years in federal prison on Thursday. John Edward Porter, 50, faced his own legal...
South Dallas Shooting Leaves Woman Dead, Multiple Injured
A shooting happened outside of a liquor store in South Dallas on Thursday afternoon that led to the death of one woman and the wounding of three men. At around 4 p.m., the Dallas Police Department...
Dallas Officer Arrested While Off-Duty for Family Violence
Dallas Police Department announced that one of its officers has been placed on administrative leave following his arrest for alleged family violence while off-duty Wednesday. An internal affairs...
Dallas Landlord Charged for Fatally Shooting Resident
A Dallas man was arrested on a murder charge in connection to a fatal shooting on Monday morning in a South Dallas residence he owns. Damien Walker, 45, is in police custody after apparently...
DEA: ‘Everyone Will Know Someone Who Has Died’ From Fentanyl
As the fentanyl crisis continues to worsen throughout Texas, a special agent for the DEA says it will soon impact every person in the state. In 2012, there were 59 deaths recorded in Texas due to...
AMBER Alert Turns to Capital Murder Charges for Dallas Teen
In an unexpected series of events, a Dallas teenager was the subject of an AMBER Alert and then charged with capital murder hours later. Natalie Navarro, 17, initially gained attention when an AMBER...
VIDEO: Footage Released of Suspect in Fatal Robbery
Dallas police are asking for the public's help to identify two people involved in the robbery and murder of an armored car service guard last week. The Dallas Police Department has released still...
TCU Student Killed in Random Shooting
A Texas Christian University student was killed Friday morning in what appears to be an act of random violence in the Fort Worth Entertainment District. Wes Smith, a junior majoring in finance and...
Trial Set for TX Lawmaker In Police Union Case
A trial will soon begin for a Texas legislator accused of holding donations from a Dallas police union charity "hostage." The donations were intended to go to families of the five officers slain in...
South Central Dallas Logs Alarming Police Response Times
The substantial staffing shortage in the Dallas Police Department has led to alarming police response times, especially within the jurisdiction of the department's South Central Patrol Division. As...
Crime Stats Note Increase in Prostitution, Sex Trafficking
Dallas has seen a substantial increase in prostitution-related offenses in 2023, however, the number of human trafficking offenses related to commercial sex remains relatively low. According to the...
VIDEO: Dallas Police Warn of Increase in ‘Juggings’
The Dallas Police Department recently issued a warning to residents about a rising trend in robberies: bank jugging. Criminals have reportedly been positioning themselves outside banks, waiting for...
Suspect Charged in Lethal Dallas Block Party Shooting
Dallas police announced the arrest of a suspect Thursday in connection to a fatal shooting that took place in July in Fair Park. Laquest Sirls, 23, was taken into custody and booked into Dallas...
Dallas Trafficker of Young Women Gets 20-Year Sentence
A convicted sex trafficker from Dallas was sentenced to two decades in federal prison last week. U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay for the Northern District of Texas sentenced Demetrius Lewaun...
Murder-Suicide Leaves Local Family Dead
Allen police confirmed that four people were found dead from gunshot wounds in a house in Collin County on Monday morning in what is believed to be a murder-suicide. The bodies of Farman Sherwani,...
Suspect in Alleged DWI Crash Had Two Prior DWI Convictions
A 63-year-old man was fatally struck by a vehicle while walking near Abrams Road in Northeast Dallas Friday night in what police suspect was a DWI incident. The alleged driver of the white 2019...
Man Sentenced After Stray Bullet Hits 82-Year-Old Woman
A Fort Worth resident was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday following a guilty plea on firearm charges connected to a shooting incident involving a council memberโs mother. Jonathon R. Howard,...
Navy SEAL Who Allegedly Killed bin Laden Arrested
The former Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011 was arrested in DFW on Wednesday. Robert J. OโNeill was arrested in Frisco and is charged with misdemeanor...
‘Cut Open’ Dead Dog, Weapons Lead to Arrest of Man in Church
A Fort Worth man was arrested Wednesday after a dead dog and shell casings were found in the community garden at a church. Police responded to two calls at All Peoples Church Unitarian Universalist...
North Texas Traffic Stop Uncovers 60 Pounds of Meth
A major drug bust was made in Collin County earlier this week during a routine traffic stop. Jesus Maldonado Peralta, a Houston resident, was pulled over while driving on U.S. 75 on August 22. He...