Crime and Public Safety

A woman in New Mexico is facing charges after falsely reporting her ex-boyfriend was bringing a bomb on a plane after his long-distance visit, police said, adding that the two had just broken up the night before.

A shooting at a Duncanville bowling alley early Sunday morning left one man dead and another injured, leading to a manhunt that ended with the help of police drone technology.

Williamson County authorities arrested five men in connection to a months-long investigation into the theft and slaughter of 70 head of cattle.

Dallas police are investigating a fatal shooting early Sunday morning at an event center parking lot in the Pleasant Grove area.

American Brian Hooker remains in a Bahamian jail as police investigate the disappearance of his wife, Lynette.

Dallas Cowboys defensive back Markquese Bell was arrested in Prosper Friday on drug charges. 

Police who responded to “sounds of a child" coming from a van found a 9-year-old boy locked inside since 2024, “lying in a fetal position, naked, covered by a blanket on top of a mound of trash."

Police shot a suspect armed with a knife at Grand Central after multiple people were stabbed. Three victims are hospitalized in stable condition.

San Francisco police are investigating an arson attack at the North Beach home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman early Friday morning involving a Molotov cocktail.

Rapper Pooh Shiesty remains in federal custody after a court ruling in Dallas this week, and is now the target of a new song from the person he allegedly robbed and kidnapped.

The discovery of a large illegal dump flowing directly into the Trinity River in Dallas has raised environmental questions about the river's water quality and safety for recreational use.

A Fannin County deputy survived what officials called a “planned and intentional ambush" after a man with a scope rifle began shooting at him before he could exit his vehicle.

Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Northern California last summer that killed seven people and injured two others.  The owner of the company was arrested at Walt Disney World in Florida, according to an arrest affidavit.

Three people have been arrested in connection with a robbery and shootout in Fort Worth that was caught on video.

Ian Mitcham, who was arrested in 2018 in connection with the death of Allison Feldman, has been found guilty of murder, burglary and sexual assault.