Crime and Public Safety

A 17-year-old was arrested in Mesquite and charged with aggravated assault after police used conflicting witness statements and the suspect's own 911 call to identify him as the gunman who shot a DoorDash driver.

A Rains County Justice of the Peace, who has been involved in multiple controversies, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor firearm charge while prosecutors agreed to drop a more serious felony case related to alleged threats against a defendant.

A Grand Prairie mother and her boyfriend are facing charges for the death of her 1-year-old son. Newly released records reveal the child was bitten, beaten, and smothered on multiple occasions to stop his crying.

John Paul Cupp, 45, is accused of making violent threats at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in South Portland.

A co-founder of the lender service Blueacorn was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $63 million in restitution for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently secured over $63 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

The cocaine, with an estimated street value of $1 million, was found in 50 bundles concealed in a false compartment beneath a pickup truck's bed.

An underground gas leak in Dallas’s West End area forced some road closures and evacuations on Tuesday morning.

A newly established federal task force in South Texas has arrested 143 individuals, including more than 50 confirmed members of the Venezuelan transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), during an operation focused on disrupting the group's activities in the region.

A body was found floating in Lake Ray Hubbard near I-30 on the Rockwall side on Tuesday morning.

Four people from the Paris region have been arrested in connection with the $102 million jewel heist at the Louvre Museum last October.

A man who authorities say was in the U.S. illegally is facing federal charges after being accused of smuggling more than four dozen people, including two juveniles, in a cramped, hidden compartment of a refrigerated produce truck in South Texas.

A head football coach who was reported missing in Virginia last week is now wanted by Virginia State Police for child pornography charges. 

A rising Latin musician and influencer was shot and killed while sitting in her car in the San Fernando Valley over the weekend, authorities said.

The nearly 1,153 pounds of alleged narcotics were discovered hidden inside a commercial vehicle carrying a shipment of lettuce from Mexico.

Two men were found shot inside a crashed car on the Corinth Street Bridge over the Trinity River Monday night, according to Dallas police. The suspects remain at large.