Crime and Public Safety

Former Judge Amber Givens defeated incumbent John Creuzot to become the new Dallas County District Attorney, running a community-focused campaign despite a 2025 judicial reprimand regarding her conduct on the bench.

The House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions over the Justice Department’s management of files tied to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.

Arlington police arrested Cameron Tantillo, 17, for allegedly stealing a relative's gun used in the accidental shooting death of 14-year-old Martin High School student Riley Jordan.

A Wisconsin man was shot and killed by law enforcement Wednesday morning following a high-speed pursuit and a chaotic shootout that spanned multiple jurisdictions along Interstate 10, officials said.

A 27-year-old man was sentenced to federal prison after authorities say he lured a 13-year-old girl away from her family and forced her to engage in prostitution on Houston’s Bissonnet “track".

A suspect is in custody after three women were found dead in Utah, two on a hiking trail and one in a home near Capitol Reef National Park.

Singer Britney Spears was arrested by the California Highway Patrol on suspicion of driving under the influence in Ventura County late Wednesday night.

The Austin community came together Wednesday evening to hold a vigil for those lost in the mass shooting on 6th Street Sunday night.

Abilene police are investigating a fatal motorcycle crash involving a Dyess Air Force Base member whose body was discovered in a field by a passerby on Tuesday morning.

Six individuals were arrested in connection with an organized "gold bar" scam that defrauded elderly Texans of approximately $2.8 million by posing as federal agents.

Jurors got their first hint at dissension among the nine co-defendants charged in the July 4, 2025, alleged attack on the Alvarado ICE detention center.

Steven "Hot Tub" Ryals, the 74-year-old president of the Lubbock Bandidos chapter, faces up to 20 years in federal prison following a raid that uncovered over three pounds of meth at the club's headquarters.

Amber Givens defeated incumbent John Creuzot in a surprise upset for the Dallas County District Attorney race.

Wednesday marks Day 32 in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her Tucson-area home on Feb. 1. Authorities believe Nancy was taken from her home against her will.

Dallas police are trying to solve a double murder that happened in Old East Dallas last weekend that left behind little evidence.