When Jaco Booyens lived in South Africa as a child, his younger sister, Ilonka, was trafficked for six years. After she was rescued, his family relocated to Dallas. Booyens has been fighting...
Dallas Community Continues to Prepare for Influx of Afghans
For the second weekend in a row, activists and members of the group Afghan Unity DFW gathered at Civic Garden to protest what they allege to be the government’s mishandling of the situation in...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 30, 2021
Dallas Hosts 75 Afghan Refugee Families, Needs Help for More
On Tuesday Russell Smith, LSMW, CEO of Refugee Services of Texas made a statement, saying the Refugee Services of Texas have helped relocate 75 Afghan SIV holders to four cities in Texas. “Between...
By Mary Jones | Aug 27, 2021
Texas Soldier Busted Selling Fake Vaccine Cards
A Texas soldier is facing federal charges for selling falsified vaccine cards online. Keishaun Edward Todd, 20, is being charged with illegal possession of U.S. government property after selling a...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 23, 2021
Veteran Cites Separation of Church and State Violated at Texas VA
An employee at Texas VA has admitted to downloading information from YouTube to promote Buddhism and the doctrine of Zen for online PTSD class upsetting veterans. For over a decade, more than 20...
Police Officer in Punching Incident Facing Other Excessive Force Probes
A Dallas police officer who was seen punching a man in a viral video is currently under investigation for two other excessive force incidents. The Dallas Police Department has not released the...
Officer Disciplined for Punching Man in Deep Ellum
A Dallas police officer has been placed on administrative leave after a video showed him punching a man in the face during a brawl in Deep Ellum. Viral video of the incident shows a large group of...
Afghan Families Being Evacuated to Dallas
As the Taliban move into Afghanistan, many Afghan citizens are desperate to flee the country and its new regime. While the Taliban are promising to be more inclusive this time around and that they...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 18, 2021
Tow Truck Driver Shot With Stolen Car Glad to Be Alive
A Garland tow truck driver has said that he is thankful to be alive after he was shot while towing a stolen car for police. Garland Police officers responded to a stolen vehicle call in the 4900...
Weekend Crackdown on Takeovers Nets Dozens of Arrests
Dallas Police Department and their newly formed Street Racing Task Force have made it a current priority to step up patrols in areas frequented by street racing and stunt groups and respond quickly...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 17, 2021
DPD Data Loss Frees Accused Murderer
A loss of important case data from Dallas PD’s servers, as previously reported by the Dallas Express, has begun to affect criminal cases. On Thursday morning, prosecutors with the District...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 17, 2021
Suspect Steals, Tries to Sell Luka Doncic Card
A man was arrested at a Dallas card show in Allen on Sunday after he stole a valuable Luka Doncic card and then tried to sell it at the same event. According to police, the owner of the card had...
Trial Date Set for Accused Serial Killer
The trial of a man accused of killing several older women has been set for Nov.12 in Dallas County. The accused, Billy Chemirmir, is charged with killing 18 people at senior living centers in...
Officials Say a Motorcyclist Was Killed in a Crash on President George Bush Turnpike
The Texas Department of Public Safety has reported that the northbound lanes of the President George Bush Turnpike were shut down on Sunday morning following the death of a motorcyclist who died in...
Several Teenagers Injured, One Dead, in Waxahachie Crash
Five teenagers were injured in a Saturday afternoon crash involving students of the Waxahachie ISD, with the crash leaving a 16-year-old girl dead. A report from the Texas Department of Public...
Buses of Migrants Being Sent to Dallas
Dallas has become a landing spot for busloads of migrant families being sent north from Laredo and Del Rio, which are currently being overwhelmed by a spike in migrants crossing the Mexican border....
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 13, 2021
Friends and Family Grieve Loss of Plano Man Murdered in San Juan
The homicide investigation for Christian Quezada is still continuing after his body was found in San Juan, Puerto Rico. “He was killed in the most tragic, horrific, and inhumane way,” said one of...
By Mary Jones | Aug 12, 2021
27-Year-Old Dies After Being Shot in Oak Lawn
A 27-year-old man has reportedly died from gunshot wounds that he sustained over the weekend in Oak Lawn. According to a post on the DPD Beat, the Dallas Police Department officers responded to a...
DPD Return $17,000 to Woman Scammed out of $170,000 with Macy’s Gift Cards
After a Dallas woman provided access to her life savings through Macy’s gift cards to a man with a foreign accent, she learned the truth from the police. It was a scam. The man, while pretending...
West Dallas Police Officer Remains on Ventilator Battling COVID Infection
When Officer Robert Munoz learned that a colleague had been infected with COVID-19 and was on a ventilator in a nearby hospital fighting for his life, he was surprised. Dallas Police Officer Senior...
Officer Put on Leave after Assaulting a Man While Off-Duty
A Dallas police officer is currently under criminal review after punching a man in the face multiple times while working an off-duty job. The unnamed officer, who is usually assigned to SWAT, was...
By Shawn Cregar | Aug 3, 2021