HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man says he was warming up his pick-up truck in a parking lot in southwest Houston when a thief jumped in and drove off, causing a serious crash.. It happened at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and Fondren Road at around 6 a.m. Friday. Mario Beltran, the owner of the truck, said he was trying …

AUSTIN — Michelle Beckley isn’t hiding from anything. Not her call for a special session on gun violence. Not her advocacy for LGBT Texans. And not her push, before arriving at the Texas House, to stop the Carrollton Police Department from cooperating with federal immigration authorities to turn over immigrants in their custody. “I’m not scared of my record at …

Two robbers wearing clown masks broke into a Fort Worth couple’s home Thursday night and forced the wife to tape her husband’s hands, police said. No one was hurt in the home invasion that happened around 8 p.m. on Halloween in the 1100 block of East Richmond Avenue, police said. But the assailants did take cash from two wallets, according to …

An Arlington police officer who fatally shot a woman during an August welfare check resigned Friday, police said. Officer Ravi Singh had not previously been identified by Arlington police before he delivered his resignation Friday, three months after the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Margarita “Maggie” Victoria Brooks. On Aug. 1, Singh and other officers pulled up to Cantor Drive and …

A man whose body was found in August near an Amazon fulfillment center in southeast Oak Cliff has been identified, and Dallas police said Friday they’re investigating his death as a homicide. Jeremy Trevon Tinsley, 27, was found Aug. 1 in a pond behind the warehouse in the 6700 block of J.J. Lemmon Road. Police suspect he was slain and his body …

Arlington police are asking for the public’s help in reuniting a veteran with his service dog, who was stolen last month. Police say someone broke into Emmanuel Bernadin’s apartment in northern Arlington on Oct. 19. Along with cash, personal documents, jewelry and electronics, they took his 2-year-old mastiff, Rosalyn, and her crate. Rosalyn is a medical alert dog, police said. …

AUSTIN — The man who killed 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs two years ago unsuccessfully tried to buy a gun from one sporting goods store before he was able, just months later, to purchase the AR-style rifle he used in the shooting from another retailer, according to his wife. In an affidavit provided to a group of local families …

A Dallas County jury sentenced a 45-year-old man to life in prison Wednesday for beating his 74-year-old uncle to death in January. Darrell Davis(Dallas County Jail) It took the jury about an hour to sentence Darrell Davis for the murder of Marvin Patterson. Police were called on Jan. 4, 2019, to the home on Bonnie View Road in east Oak Cliff, …

A former small-town police chief from West Texas has been convicted of a federal charge after being accused of what a prosecutor called a “despicable abuse of power.” Robert Michael Cross(Wichita County Sheriff’s Office) Robert Michael Cross, 35, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of deprivation of rights under the color of law. He faces up to 10 years in …

Federal agents say the owner of Dallas’ iconic Italian restaurant Campisi’s is a large illegal sports bookie with ties to internet bookmaking websites in Costa Rica, according to a search warrant mistakenly unsealed by prosecutors. David Campisi(2015 File Photo / Staff) According to the document, agents for Homeland Security Investigations and the criminal division of the IRS searched safety deposit …