5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (489+ words) A Garland couple who operated a website selling veterinary drugs and pesticides smuggled from Mexico have been sentenced in federal court, with one defendant receiving prison time and more than $1.5 million in forfeiture. Thao Duong was sentenced September 8 to three…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (285+ words) Garland police fatally shot 37-year-old Michael Antonio Santacruz early Monday after he advanced toward officers while swinging a machete, the department said in a Monday update. Officers first responded at about 2:15 a.m. to the 3000 block of Broadway Boulevard after a caller…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (289+ words) Federal prosecutors filed 23 new cases in Fort Worth in less than two weeks under a 90-day crackdown targeting narcotics traffickers, violent offenders and dangerous illegal aliens, the Justice Department announced Saturday, September 5. Operation New Day formally began August 24. Since then,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (469+ words) The federal prosecutor’s office responsible for Dallas and much of North Texas has surpassed 100 assistant U.S. attorneys following the largest onboarding of prosecutors in the office’s history. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (491+ words) A Mexican national pleaded guilty to participating in a human-smuggling conspiracy that used a clandestine tunnel running beneath the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas. Luis Carlos Davalos-Lopez, 29, pleaded guilty in El Paso on September 4, 2026, to one count of conspiracy to bring…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (569+ words) Dallas City Council members signaled Wednesday that they plan to preserve $1.5 million in local taxpayer funding for more than 300 Flock Safety cameras, even as a new poll found nearly two-thirds of likely Texas voters oppose local-government use of automatic license…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (583+ words) A Fort Worth couple has been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a yearslong fraud scheme that prosecutors say left more than 40 victims facing unfinished custom home projects and approximately $4.2 million in losses. Christopher Judge, 35, was sentenced to…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (331+ words) Retired District Judge Michael Chitty on Saturday denied Karmelo Anthony’s motion for a new trial, leaving intact his murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. Chitty offered no detailed explanation in the half-page order after…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (394+ words) Santos Guerrero will spend just 14 days in prison after he shot a bald eagle in his Porter backyard, hid the wounded bird under a tarp in his garage and later lied to authorities, prosecutors announced Friday. Guerrero, 43, pleaded guilty May…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (768+ words) Karmelo Anthony’s defense rested Friday after former members of his trial team testified about an unwritten agreement that became a central issue in his effort to overturn his murder conviction. Anthony, 19, was convicted in June of murdering 17-year-old Austin Metcalf…...