The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, which represents the area’s black police officers, is waging a serious PR campaign against The Dallas Morning News and journalist Tanya Eiserer, a longtime criminal justice reporter at the paper. And while they’re at it, the association is taking swipes at some fellow…
Back in July we were first introduced to the “Handsome Guy” Bandit — so called not because he’s attractive, because who can tell, but because of the $800 mask he’s clearly wearing in all the surveillance-cam photos taken of the bank robber during his various stick-em-ups in North Texas. And,…
The 4300 block of Lively Lane, just off Midway and between Walnut Hill and Northwest Highway, is a nice, tranquil stretch of street — so nice you wouldn’t be surprised to find out that some of the folks living in that part of the NW have surveillance cameras keeping watch…
Earlier today, Jennifer Emily noted that Jonathan Bruce Reed was found guilty of the 1978 murder of Braniff Airlines flight attendant Wanda Jean Wadle — the third time he’s been convicted of raping and strangling her in her Northeast Dallas apartment. (Prior convictions — based upon the testimony of eyewitnesses,…
On August 13, a 19-year-old from Grandview named Matthew Allen came to Dallas to go dancing at the Northwest Highway club, off Spangler, called Afterlife. He left there with friendsin an ambulance, and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter — the result, said police, of an ecstasy overdose. Moments ago, the…
Craig Miller’s one of the most visible members of the Dallas Police Department — has been for years, as Miller served as commander of the Dallas PD’s Homicide Unit, its narcotics unit and then as its deputy chief over Crimes Against Persons. Whenever there’s a homicide or a kidnapping or…
If you’re planning on doing anything illegal in the next three days (not that you would), may we suggest keeping well away from the Aloft Hotel on Young Street? That place is crawling with cops. This morning marked the start of the SMILE Conference — Social Media Internet Law Enforcement…
So your friendly neighborhood feds had a big day yesterday. In an “early-morning takedown” announced late Tuesday, they rounded up 28 people they say are affiliated with a variety of motorcycle gangs, namely the Texas-born Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (aka the BOMG or the Bandidos Motorcycle Club) and its affiliates,…
Moments ago, Dallas Police spokesman Senior Corporal Kevin Janse sent out a handful of over-the-weekend updates. Among them was this brief concerning an arrest made early Sunday morning:On 9/25/2011 at 1:45 a.m., Dallas Police Officers received information that a wanted individual was inside Club Aura located at 2912 McKinney Ave…
It wasn’t so long ago that Dallas Police Department would show witnesses for the prosecution six photos of would-be suspects and ask: Which one? Which is how, in part, Dallas became what Innocence Project of Texas founder Jeff Blackburn called “ground zero for criminal justice change” in our 2007 cover…
On November of last year, 36-year-old Joseph Lamon Williams of Houston stood in line like any other customer at the Wells Fargo at Coit and Alpha, just off LBJ. When it was his turn, he presented to the teller the following note:”IF I HEAR THE CODE FOR BANK ROBBERY YOU…
Chief Uterus Correspondent Anna Merlan is on assignment. I know Anna usually handles the lady stuff, but if it’s OK with you guys, I’m going to dispense some quick advice to the Female Friends of Unfair Park: If you gals have any plans to commit a felony that may cause…
Stories linking Los Zetas — a drug cartel consisting of, among others, former Mexican Army commandos — with North Texas have been around for years. Take this story, from three years ago, connecting a Collin County deputy constable with a cousin said to be working for the cartel. In March,…
First off, the Dallas Police Department just sent word: “Thanks to multiple viewer tips,” writes Senior Corporal Kevin Janse, officers today detained the man they believe may be the one seen holding up the Exxon Tigermart on Lemmon Ave. with underwear on his head. His last name is Underwood. (Update…
Steven Phillips, a man who spent 25 years in prison for a string of Dallas rapes he did not commit, was arrested in Carrollton for cocaine possession — an arrest that could cost him millions. When reached by phone, Phillips declined to comment. But according to the arrest affidavit obtained…
Back in June, the city sent word that it had agreed to hand over to the feds $2.5 million — without acknowledging that, ya know, maybe it did violate the civil False Claims Act and Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act by overcharging Medicare and Medicaid for ambulance rides. Could have…
1402 Rowan Avenue, located just a few blocks from O.M. Roberts Elementary near Fair Park, is on the tax rolls at around $18,000. But that didn’t stop two men — Blaise Hancock of Arlington and Clint Allen of Lewisville — from taking out insurance policies on the property worth a…
Yesterday, we told you about the Feed Store of God Cowboy Church, where police are investigating possible animal cruelty charges relating to dead livestock, and introduced you to its pastor, James Hatley Jr. We’re still awaiting more information about the investigation, but the name Hatley rang a bell for Wilonsky,…
What do you need to know about this video sent out by the Dallas Police Department? Well, let’s see. The stick-em-up in question took place yesterday at around 5:25 in the morning at the Exxon TigerMart at 2503 Lemmon, which is right off of N. Central Expressway. And, per the…
“I don’t want to talk about all that.” The pastor took some letters from the mailbox without glancing over. “What I really want to talk about is getting more people to come to church on Sundays. You want to talk about religion, you can come by anytime.”Yesterday, we got an…
Last time I noted the Dallas Police Department’s concerns over cat killings ‘cross the city, the great Bud Kennedy of the Star-Telegram jumped in the comments and insisted, “Every ‘cat mutilation’ hoax nationwide has turned out to be the work of animal predators.” Far as Bud’s concerned, it’s all the…
In the spirit of this week’s cover on the exoneree compensation scheme and the attorneys who’ve profited handsomely from it, we submit the case of Billy Frederick Allen — a man incarcerated for nearly 26 years for two apparently drug-related University Park murders. In February 2009, the Court of Criminal…
