Kemp police officer arrested

The Kaufman Herald, kaufmanherald.com Kaufman County, TX KEMP – A member of Kaufman County’s law enforcement ranks has found himself on the other side of the bars. According to Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Pat Laney, 34-year-old...

Fort Worth police officer fired for falsifying report

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Texas) BYLINE: Deanna Boyd; dboyd@star-telegram.com Fort Worth, TX FORT WORTH — A Fort Worth police officer has been fired for falsifying a report to cover up for his loss of a suspect’s wallet, then asking another officer to go...

Dallas police property room screw-up:

Dallas News, crimeblog.dallasnews.com BYLINE: Scott Goldstein/Reporter Link to Article Dallas, TX More than 100 bags of illegal drugs sent to City Store Dallas police mistakenly sent a file cabinet with 123 bags of various illegal drugs to the City Store, which is...

Beer cans lead to man’s arrest in 2009 Llano County arsons

AMERICAN-STATESMAN, statesman.com BYLINE Isadora Vail, STAFF, ivail@statesman.com Llano County, TX A trail of beer cans eventually led Llano County sheriff’s deputies to an arrest in a year-old arson case. Authorities charged William Harden, 25, on Wednesday...

Perry signs posthumous pardon for FW man

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, EDITION1 BYLINE: CHRISTY HOPPE, Austin Bureau choppe@dallasnews.com San Antonio, TX SAN ANTONIO – Gov. Rick Perry signed a posthumous pardon Monday for a Fort Worth native who was wrongly convicted of rape and died in state prison in...

Pardon requested for Texas man who died in prison

The Associated Press State & Local Wire BYLINE: By JEFF CARLTON, Associated Press Writer Dallas, TX Attorneys for a man who died in prison after he was wrongly convicted of rape have filed for a pardon with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Tim Cole’s...