An Oklahoma judge awaiting trial for allegedly shooting at parked vehicles and rear-ending a woman in Texas now faces charges in his state, accusing him of shooting into the home of his brother-in-law six months before the road rage incident. Garfield County Associate District Judge Brian Lovell, 59, was indicted by a grand jury on Thursday on two felony counts …

Mayor Eric Johnson’s letter demanding a prompt crime plan came as a surprise to many in the city, including council members, former law enforcement and some members of his community task force. Some wondered Wednesday whether it signaled a shift in his confidence in how violent crime is being addressed by the Dallas Police Department. While a request for a crime plan …

A former McKinney football player has been charged with raping three female students last year at or near Bethel University in Minnesota, where he was a business student until leaving at year’s end. Gideon Erhabor, 21, has been charged with three counts of sexual assault.(Collin County) Gideon Erhabor, 21, is charged with third-degree sexual conduct in connection with the alleged …

Mayor Eric Johnson is demanding a plan by the end of the year to reduce crime in Dallas. In a hard-bitten letter to City Manager T.C. Broadnax that highlights a rash of statistics illustrating violent crime, Johnson on Tuesday set a high expectation for the Police Department in 2020 to work “more aggressively and transparently.” The letter contains the mayor’s most …

A change allowing voters in Dallas and Tarrant counties to vote at any polling location is slow to catch on. Most Dallas County voters — 54% — chose to vote at their traditional precinct this fall rather than take advantage of countywide voting, according to new data from election officials. At the same time, a little more than half — 50.81% …

AUSTIN — Texas lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday over the rise of vaping devices among youth and the lack of federal and state regulation, despite a new law that raised the smoking age to 21 in September. “We don’t know where they’re being made,” Republican Sen. Lois Kolkhorst of Brenham, chairwoman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, said during …

A drive-by shooting victim was found wounded late Monday in his car, which was riddled with bullet holes, Dallas police said. The man crashed around 10:50 p.m. on Interstate 635 at the Royal Lane/Miller Road exit, near the border of Lake Highlands and far northeast Dallas. A crew from Dallas Fire-Rescue found the car crashed on an embankment next to …

A woman told Dallas police that someone touched her inappropriately while she and a friend were walking Sunday in Deep Ellum. It happened around 1 a.m. in the 3000 block of Indiana Street, police said. A stranger groped one of the women and then ran away, police said. The two women chased the man, who jumped into a vehicle and …

The teenager who brought a courtroom and observers around the world to tears when he forgave the former Dallas cop who murdered his brother, Botham Jean, stepped into the spotlight again Tuesday when he accepted an award from a group that trains police officers. Brandt Jean, 18, received the 2019 Ethical Courage Award from the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration. The Plano-based …

Authorities have arrested a man accused of fatally shooting another man outside a convenience store in far northeast Dallas last month. Melvin Crowder(Dallas County Sheriff’s Office) Melvin Crowder, 25, was jailed on a murder charge Tuesday in the death of James Burks, 33. Officers were called about 12:40 p.m. Nov. 20 to a shooting in the 12100 block of Abrams Road, …

The 23-year-old driver of a stolen pickup was killed after losing control of the vehicle and flipping into a Kroger parking lot while fleeing police in Arlington Tuesday afternoon. Tipped off by Irving police, officers in Arlington had been briefed to be on the lookout for the suspect, who was out on bond on charges of burglary and unauthorized use …