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Police responded to reports of a suspicious person to find Tony Coward, 34, on the hood of a car. Officers shot him after he pulled a gun.
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A law passed in 2023 allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against someone who gives another person a fatal dose of fentanyl.
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A Tarrant County jury declined to indict the officer — whom Fort Worth police haven't named — for crashing into uninvolved driver Andre Craig while chasing a stolen vehicle.
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The state’s highest civil court said it wants a lower court to resolve a separation-of-powers issue raised by a group of Texas lawmakers who subpoenaed the death row inmate the night before he was set to be put to death.
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Sheriff Bill Waybourn says he requested the review of the jail's physical and mental health care. The report praises the jail in some respects but also recommends changes — especially when it comes to monitoring people at risk of suicide.
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An unusual legal move has bought more time for a Texas man who was set to be executed this evening.
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Deaths in the Tarrant County Jail are required by state law to be investigated by an outside agency. The Texas Commission on Jail Standards says that hasn’t been happening.
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Former deputies allege retaliation by Tarrant County Sheriff's Office after whistleblower complaintsThree former Tarrant County Sheriff's Office deputies are alleging in lawsuits they were retaliated against after making official complaints, including being fired after filing whistleblower lawsuits.
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Some Tarrant County residents expressed concerns about the quality of MHMR's care, pointing to allegations of neglect of people with mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities behind bars.
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If convicted, former Brite Divinity School professor Charles Bellinger could face up to 20 years in federal prison.
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the science behind Andrew Roark‘a conviction was flawed. Another man on death row, Robert Roberson, is set to be executed this month after being convicted of a similar crime.
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All 15 Tarrant County detention officers have been named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail custody.
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The Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Fifth Amendment protects an Austin man from naming bars that served him alcohol before he allegedly rear ended and injured two brothers in 2021.
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Fort Worth police arrested a professor with the Brite Divinity School, located on Texas Christian University's campus, for possession of child pornography.