DPD Cars to Go Back in Black-and-White

We’re, oh, about four hours away from getting a sneak peek at the new Dallas Police Department cars — that’s when the city council’s Public Safety Committee treks down to the DPD Basic Training Center for the unveiling of the new ride that’s been parked in the HQ basement for…

Don and Sheila Hill: The Unfair Park Interview

A little more than 24 hours after a jury found Don and Sheila Hill guilty on a total of 12 counts in the City Hall corruption case, the two sat down with me for a lengthy interview at the offices of Baker Botts on the 11th floor of Trammell Crow…

Dallas IRS Agent, Meet the FBI

Fernando Hernandez is a 33-year-old Internal Revenue Service employee working out of the Dallas office. Only, today he’s in federal custody after having been arrested by federal authorities, who dropped by Friday morning following a Dallas federal grand jury’s decision to indict Hernandez for just offering to help out a…

How Much Did You Pay to Defend Don Hill?

Schutze and Merten are off in darkened corners finishing their City Hall corruption trial wrap-up (as in, What does it all mean?), so I’ll refer you to KXAS-Channel 5’s piece concerning the bill for the trial, which, the NBC affiliate says adds up to a whopping $750,000. That’s from the…

DPD’s Missing 38 Cases of Ammo. Wuh-Oh.

This just in from the Dallas Police Department:The Dallas Police Department has discovered an apparent theft of 38 cases of ammunition from storage bunkers at the Firearms Training Center located at 3200 Mountain Creek Parkway. The theft occurred within the last 30 days and involves ammunition for both rifles and…

Why Oklahoma Is, In Fact, OK

Speaking of the U.S. Attorney’s Office and thwarted plans …Yesterday, the Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma announced that three men, all previously convicted felons, will serve a combined 37 years in prison for having guns and ammo and much, much more in their rental car…