Crime & Police

Texas and 2 other states lead the nation in mass shootings so far in 2024.

Mauricio Garcia, a 36-year-old Dallas County resident, was not the Allen shooter. You might not have known that if you’re a fan of right-wing media.

A new facility could help train police in southern Dallas if the idea can win voter approval at the upcoming bond election.

Carlton Tambaoga was arrested in Carrollton last month. A local expert says many barriers can keep sexual assault survivors from coming forward sooner.

The SART reports from Collin, Denton and Tarrant counties display gaps in how authorities handle reports of sexual assault.

Bezalel Eithan Raviv, co-founder of the blockchain analysis firm Lionsgate Network, calls cryptocurrency scams a national crisis. His advice? Trust no one.

Police suspect 25-year-old Carlton Tambaoga may have sexually assaulted a number of women in North Texas, Houston and Atlanta, possibly exposing them to HIV.

DyNell Lane waited months for Dallas police to investigate officers who made him soil himself. Now that the officers have been reprimanded, some say the punishment isn’t enough.

Nearly three months after it was due by law, the Dallas County Sexual Assault Response Team filed a very short report that left out many important details.

The settlement isn’t all Tony Timpa’s family wanted, but their attorney says they want to finally put the case behind them.

Two massage parlors were allegedly known locations for prostitution in Dallas. Now, they’re being sued by the city.

There’s been an increase in antisemitic incidents since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, and Dallas hasn’t been spared.

Davion Irvin was arrested in 2023 in Dallas and has now been found incompetent to stand trial twice. He still faces two felony counts of burglary.

Gun buyback events haven’t proven to reduce crime, some say, but they can help in other ways, especially when an NBA Hall of Famer is involved.

The chase that resulted in four deaths on a Dallas freeway this week is the latest example of something that’s more common than you might think.

Averie Bishop made history by becoming the first Asian-American Miss Texas in 2022. Now the McKinney native is running for office – and winning awards along the way.

DPD is still investigating a 2023 incident in which officers laughed at a disabled veteran who soiled himself after being denied access to a bathroom.

Three men, including one who police say was the “main source of supply” for many recent fentanyl-related overdoses and deaths, were sentenced to federal prison.

North Texas law enforcement agencies have been working behind the scenes to address human trafficking, and their efforts have been paying off.

A special unit in Dallas has been responding to mental health calls for nearly six years, and it’s been working.

The Dallas Police Department has sent all of its backlogged sexual assault kits out for testing in 2023. But that’s not the case for all of North Texas.

Police in both Dallas and Tarrant Counties are still piecing together the grisly details of how a driver hit and killed a man in Dallas on Saturday night.