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A homeless man has been arrested for breaking into cars in several Fort Worth neighborhoods and stealing money and at least two guns. Eric Christian, 19, is held on $5,000 bond. He admitted to breaking into at least 30 vehicles in the Ryan Place, Berkeley Place and Mistletoe Heights neighborhoods. “He said he would be out all night doing this …

A Farmers Branch police officer is charged with murder in the deadly shooting of 35-year-old Juan Moreno Jr. Officer Michael Dunn surrendered to police in Seagoville Thursday after being indicted by a Dallas County grand jury. The indictment comes just over two weeks since the June 12 shooting at a shopping center in Northwest Dallas. Dallas County District Attorney John …

Oscar Alberto Martinez Ramirez and Angie Valeria Martinez Avalos, the father and daughter whose dead bodies were photographed along the shores of the Rio Grande on Monday after they drowned, were heading to Dallas. Family members living in Dallas had guaranteed Martinez that they would find work here, according to Rosa Maria Ramirez, Martinez’s mother, the BBC reports. The family …

Authorities believe the driver of an 18-wheeler is dead after the vehicle crashed off the bridge on I-10 E westbound at Crosby-Lynchburg and into the San Jacinto River in east Harris County. Two westbound lanes are open. Traffic is being diverted north to Highway 90 or south to Spur 330/146. The eastbound lanes are open. However, the submerged 18-wheeler will …

After taking an unexpected turn Monday, the high-profile capital murder trial of Wesley Mathews, the North Texas father accused of killing his adopted daughter, continued Tuesday with the defendant taking the stand in his own defense. Wesley Mathews, on Monday, pleaded guilty to injury to a child by omission in the October 2017 death of his 3-year-old special needs adoptive …

Arlington police responded to what was initially dispatched as a shooting in progress in the 2100 block of East Abram Street around 11 p.m. Monday. A family leaving a restaurant saw two teenagers shooting a gun at them. One person was hit in the head with what turned out to be a BB projectile. When officers arrived to the scene, …

Dallas police discovered a shooting victim lying dead next to a pickup Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in the Red Bird area of southern Dallas. The victim, whose name has not been released. was found around 12:12 a.m. in the 7300 block of U.S. Highway 67, police said. He was lying near the driver’s side of the truck near an apartment …

DFW Muslim community leaders meet with US Congressman Vincent Gonzalez I won’t hesitate to support Palestinian human rights. Gonzalez By: Amir Makhani Dallas: US Congressman and member of Foreign Relations and Finance Committee Vincent Gonzalez from Corpus Christie visited Dallas where he met with Muslim community leaders in a round table conference at Arab American Cultural Center in Richardson. He …

DALLAS — A man is dead after possibly trying to steal copper from around a transformer near Oliver Street and North Central Expressway Sunday morning around 3:12 a.m., Dallas police said. Gabriel Monjaraz, 25, was found dead by police about 30 feet away from a transformer after responding to a 911 call where someone said they heard gunshots. When police …

The capital murder trial for Wesley Mathews is scheduled to begin Monday and may finally explain what happened the night Sherin Mathews died. Wesley Mathews initially told police his 3-year-old adopted daughter was missing after he put her outside Oct. 7, 2017, because she wouldn’t drink her milk. His story changed after Sherin’s body was found weeks later in a …