Merely two months after Brian Potashnik was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn to 14 months in federal prison for his role in the Dallas City Hall corruption case, he’s been approved for a month-long release from behind bars. In a notification sent to victims of Potashnik’s crimes, Jeff…
We were first introduced to Eric Brauss in December 2009, when a good Friend of Unfair Park tipped us off that the money man behind, oh, the Dallas Design Center, Denton Towne Crossing, Lake Highlands Plaza and other local developments had done disappeared. As in: skipped town, left the country,…
On Tuesday, the Dallas Police Department sent word that it was looking for this gentleman, at the time suspected of having committed at least 11 robberies in North Dallas — including the Frankford and Midway T-Mobile store hold-up shown in the video the department made available to media. This morning,…
City Hall and most other municipal facilities are closed till Tuesday, furlough day and President’s Day and all. Which means council briefings normally posted on Friday night went live last night, including this one that’ll be presented to the Public Safety Committee on Tuesday: 2010 Dallas Police Department Traffic Contact…
By now you’ve no doubt heard: Two men were killed and two more were arrested last night following what appears to be a drug-related robbery outside the Burger Street on E. Mockingbird, between N. Central Expressway and Greenville Avenue. Officers were called to the scene at 10:16 p.m, writes Dallas…
A week ago, we mentioned that Denton lawyer Evan Stone (not to be confused with, you know, Evan Stone) had run afoul of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Citizen in his case against hundreds of anonymous folks — known only by their IP addresses — for illegally downloading the…
It’s probably not the most surprising press release of the week: “Dallas Police Association PAC Unanimously Votes to Support Ron Natinsky For Dallas Mayor.” After all, as we noted way back in September 2004 — two months into David Kunkle’s tenure as Dallas Police Department chief — Kunkle and Glenn…
Back to back, the Dallas Police Department sent two videos this morning while wondering: Do you recognize these suspects? The man in the video above — thought to be somewhere between 25 and 30 years old, 5-foot-5 and around 140 to 150 pounds — is actually suspected in 11 robberies…
This just in from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: A federal grand jury in Dallas has indicted a 35-year-old Ennis man named Jerry Wayne Valek on three counts of production of child pornography. He’s been in custody for about a month, and according to the indictment, Valek spent more than two…
A dip into the downtown federal courthouse grab bag this morning comes up with two interesting filings. Let’s begin with this one.You probably recognize the name Ralph Janvey by now. For a long while, the partner at the Ross Avenue law firm of Krage & Janvey has been the court-appointed…
Our first mention of Denton lawyer Evan Stone and his court fight against porn pirates (recall: not that Evan Stone, though we heard he was in town this weekend) centered on his case representing Germany’s Mick Haig Productions, and their Cassavetes-esque family drama, Der Gute Önkel. Four months later, that…
Last month, Dallas County officials — chief among them, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins — went down to Austin to ask the Texas Commission on Jail Standards if it’d be OK to add 928 additional beds in the Lew Sterrett North Tower, so-called “variance beds” intended to relieve congestion in…
This just in from Dallas Police spokesman Senior Corporal Kevin Janse: About two hours ago, officers were sent to the Bank of America building at 901 Main Street. Something to do with “a man sending letters from that location.” Janse explains why below:The suspect had made copies of a letter…
The Dallas Police Department sends word this morning that it’s looking for the man you see in the video above, who’s suspected of having gone on a “three-hour crime spree” January 29 during which, police say, he robbed three different massage parlors at gunpoint. Among the businesses hit was the…
Speaking of drinking …Across an icy stretch of Young Street from City Hall this morning, an intimate media bunch huddled up at the Bud Light Hotel to hear about the biggest danger on the roads this week — worse than the weather, worse than slow-rolling cabbies: the drunks. Charlie Cloud,…
At 10:24 this morning, Dallas Police first sent word that a 6-month-old girl had been kidnapped on Westmoreland Road; a short time after that came that Amber Alert, which turned out to be a false alarm. (Jack E. Jett, take a bow.) Moments ago, Senior Corporal Kevin Janse sent this…
At 9:30 this morning, according to Dallas Police, a woman ran into Max Beauty Supply, located at 7460 S. Westmoreland Road. She left the keys in the car — a silver, four-door 2006 Dodge Stratus, with the license plates BV9-F940.Also left in the car: 6-month-old Azia Crawford. Azia, say police,…
Below, of course, is the tale of Senior Corporal Theadora Ross — the 26-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly depositing at least $250,000 in North Texas Crime Commission’s Crime Stoppers cash in her own bank account. The feds say that the…
That photo you see at top is Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Theadora Ross, in the middle, being escorted out of DPD HQ yesterday by FBI agents. Andrea was out there Wednesday morning, but at the time, DPD and the feds refused to comment on Ross’s arrest. They promised all…
The gentleman you see above in the Dallas Police Department uniform is DPD Sergeant Donald McMillion. Next to him, in the Austin PD uniform, is Sergeant Ronald McMillion. In case you hadn’t noticed — and, really, I like to take nothing for granted — they are identical twins, who, for…
In April 2009, John Patrick Newton was arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents for growing, storing and selling marijuana out of an apartment on N. MacArthur Boulevard inIrving. Said the feds, he was the leader of “a marijuana distribution conspiracy known as the Newton Drug Trafficking Organization,” which included former…
Most releases the Dallas Police Department send to the media are the stuff of crime stats and nightmares — it’s usually bloody awful bad news. But then, a short while ago, this tale arrived in the in-box courtesy Sgt. Warren Mitchell, a DPD spokesman. The subject header? “Positive News Story.”…
