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Six defendants in a Godley prostitution and organized crime investigation pleaded not guilty Tuesday at a Johnson County courthouse.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday heard oral arguments on whether Tarrant County and several detention officers should be added back to Anthony Johnson Jr.’s wrongful death lawsuit. They were dismissed from the suit last year.
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Council member Moses Garcia and acting Police Chief Jesus Mancillas were arrested last week, the latest shakeup among leadership in the southern Dallas County city.
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Mayra Velasquez, a 42-year-old real estate agent, was charged after police said DNA evidence linked her to the stabbing more than 14 years after. The victim, Irasema Chavez, was stabbed more than 100 times.
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced the indictments in a release Tuesday. Several of the defendants face life in prison.
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Former longtime Plano ISD elementary teacher Paul Campbell, charged earlier this month with continuous sexual abuse of a child, now faces additional accusations.
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The use of rap lyrics as evidence has been controversial in the past.
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Attorneys for Mayra Velasquez said in a statement that the evidence in the case doesn't line up and, in a court document, they argue the denial of bond violates her constitutional rights.
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Police have arrested Mayra Velasquez, 42, and charged her with capital murder. They say she killed Irasema Sanchez by stabbing her more than 100 times in 2012.
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Rapper Pooh Shiesty was denied pretrial release for a second time Tuesday at a Dallas federal courthouse in the ongoing Gucci Mane kidnapping and robbery case.
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Arlington police have not released any details on the killing for which Mayra Velasquez was arrested. She's being held at the Tarrant County Jail without bond.
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A special appeals court ruled evidence did not support allegations that Givens allowed her court coordinator to impersonate her during a virtual hearing nor that Givens intentionally put a man in jail and revoked another’s bond after she recused herself from their cases.
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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office website identifies the inmate as 33-year-old Steven Charles Lenard. His cause and manner of death is pending.
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A person in Dallas County Sheriff's Department custody crawled into a restroom ceiling at an area hospital.