Tarrant County District Attorney

Westworth Village City Council member Halden Griffith was arrested Friday on allegations of felony bribery, the city announced. The bribe he’s accused of offering: delivering boxes of pastries to the homes of potential voters on Election Day in May, with flyers taped atop in support of a slate of three candidates running for City Council.

Texas Defender Service released a report highlighting details from 431 capital murder cases over a 20-year period in Tarrant County.

The Cold Case Task Force will work with local police departments to help identify suspects on unsolved homicide cases, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells said in a press release.

Statewide appeals court justices heard oral arguments Wednesday in Attorney General Ken Paxton's appeal of a ruling against his office that would temporarily stop him from enforcing case reporting rules against primarily Democratic elected attorneys in the state's most populous counties.

Criticizing Israel isn't the same as being antisemitic, the Texas branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says. Tarrant County prosecutors say the indictments are 'based on the evidence.'

In separate lawsuits, five urban prosecutors argue the AG's new requirements exceed his legal authority.

Under state law, every death in county jail custody triggers an independent investigation. That requirement places too big a burden on law enforcement, Tarrant County District Attorney Phil Sorrells wrote in a letter to the state attorney general's office.

The previous district attorney sided with Paul Storey’s defense team, agreeing that he deserved a new trial. The current one is asking the U.S. Supreme Court not to take up Storey’s case.

This is the first time since 2014 that a Texas county has sent more than one person to death row in a single year, according to a new report from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.

A law passed in 2023 allows prosecutors to seek murder charges against someone who gives another person a fatal dose of fentanyl.

Crystal Mason was accused of voting illegally in Tarrant County but was acquitted in March. The Tarrant County DA appealed the acquittal.

Debra Mae Carter was found guilty of money laundering by a North Texas jury, nearly two years after Gallagher was sentenced to three life sentences.