Wild emperor tamarins thrive in tropical rainforests, so it’s safe to assume that on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Bella and Finn were cold. It was 37 degrees inside the boarded-up community home in Lancaster where the pair of monkeys was finally found. The day before, news broke that they’d been swiped…
The FBI says that 59 arrests have been made as the result of a nearly month-long investigation into online child sexual exploitation. “Beginning January 16, 2023, and continuing through last Friday, February 10, 2023, law enforcement agencies across North Texas brought together highly skilled computer crimes investigators to focus resources…
The man authorities say was the source of the fentanyl that contributed to three teens’ deaths in Carrollton and seven more overdoses over the past six months has been arrested. Jason Xavier Villanueva, 22, has been charged with conspiracy to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance in connection to the…
Shortly after entering a tiny closet-turned-viewing room, Trinidad Gonzales saw something he still struggles to describe 20 years later. The doctoral candidate had a couple hours of microfilm to review, and toward the end his eyes ached so much that he almost missed it. Almost. He scrolled past the paragraph,…
A man who climbed to the top of a Dallas construction crane Monday morning was taken into police custody Tuesday after he refused to get down for more than 24 hours.
Dallas Police have arrested Davion Irvin, 24, in connection with the stolen emperor tamarin monkeys from the Dallas Zoo. According to the Police Department’s statement, Irvin was apprehended following a tip on Thursday night that the he had been seen at the Dallas Aquarium “near animal exhibits.” Upon responding to…
Lawmakers with the Texas Black Caucus are seeking to pass reforms following last month’s police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
A photo released by the Dallas Police Department prompted a local woman to provide police with the tip that led to the recovery of two emperor tamarin monkeys taken from the Dallas Zoo. The two monkeys were found in the closet of a house in Lancaster on Tuesday evening and…
On Monday afternoon the Dallas Zoo announced that two of its emperor tamarin monkeys were missing. In a statement, the Zoo said foul play is likely involved, noting: “It was clear the habitat had been intentionally compromised.” The pair of missing monkeys comes less than two weeks after Pin, the…
Last week, a man arrested for dealing hundreds of pills laced with fentanyl was federally charged with possession and intent to distribute the lethal synthetic opioid, according to Leigha Simonton, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Richard Daniel Gomez, 22, was arrested on Jan. 26 when he…
Earlier this month, 46 men were arrested in Southlake and Frisco during an undercover prostitution sting carried out by local and federal authorities. Some of the details released following the sting have made for eye-catching headlines. Not only was the operation carried out in a couple of affluent suburbs, the…
The Dallas Zoo found one of its lappet-faced vultures dead on Saturday morning. Now, the police are investigating and there’s a $10,000 reward being offered for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of whoever might be responsible for the vulture’s death.
The Dallas Zoo got two clouded leopards in 2021. On Friday, one of them went missing.
Police departments across the state are struggling with officer shortages. State Sen. Nathan Johnson, a Dallas County Democrat, filed a bill this week that may give departments a much needed boost by allowing permanent U.S. residents to become police officers.
With school shootings having become almost commonplace in the United States, school districts and law enforcement agencies have continued to search for ways to prevent them. A new technological program designed to assist faculty in the event of an active shooter takes the focus away from stopping the shooter by…
More than 13,000 previously classified documents regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released into the National Archive this month. But, thousands remain withheld from disclosure.
The city has been working to divert non-emergency services from the Dallas Police Department to other city staff to increase efficiency. Starting next year, the city’s Department of Transportation will begin taking over street blockage enforcement.
Since 2007, school districts across Texas have been adopting the “guardian plan,” a rule that allows select faculty to carry guns on campus in the hopes that teachers can defend their students in the event of a school shooting. Many rural districts in Texas have adopted the plan over the…
If it wasn’t obvious before, we can say it’s official now: We like reading about polarizing public figures. They really move the needle. Perhaps it’s a schadenfreude thing, or perhaps we just want to keep tabs on the people who seek to have more power over others. Either way, the…
Police maimed protesters with less-lethal ammunition during the 2020 protests against police brutality. Ever since, states and municipalities across the country have considered bans on these types of ammunition. Texas will take up the issue in the upcoming legislative session after the filing of House Bill 974 by Rep. Erin Zwiener.
Denton’s city manager is worried about legal challenges to an ordinance passed by voters that would decriminalize low-level marijuana possession. However, none of the other Texas cities that passed similar ordinances have faced such legal challenges.
On Thursday, Grand Prairie police announced the arrest of Colbie Huffman, 22, in relation to the chase that resulted the crash that killed 32-year-old officer Brandon Tsai. Hoffman was driving a vehicle with fake paper tags when Tsai attempted to pull him over.
