-
The Tarrant County jail population has risen in recent years. Local activists asked county commissioners to apply fiscal conservatism to jail costs.
-
Clyde Alexander was 48 years old, according to county records.
-
Brent Brown was shot twice while working an off-duty job at a credit union in east Fort Worth. Sheriff Bill Waybourn says his recovery is progressing each day.
-
Critics called the $100,000 bond for Leland Williams, accused of shooting sheriff’s deputy Brent Brown on Monday, too low.
-
The deputy was working his job at a Fort Worth credit union and was shot twice Monday, according to Tarrant County officials and reports.
-
Former Tarrant County deputy Jay Rotter was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday. He was convicted in the shooting death of his girlfriend, 46-year-old Denton artist Leslie Hartman, at their home in the 2400 block of Robinwood Lane in 2020.
-
After a little over three hours of deliberation on Tuesday, a jury found Jay Rotter guilty of murdering his girlfriend Leslie Hartman in their Denton home in 2020.
-
Renovating the training center is the cheapest option.
-
Tarrant County Commissioners agreed to pay $22.5 million for 500 beds at a private prison four hours away from Fort Worth.
-
Javonte Myers died in his Tarrant County jail cell in 2020. Two former county jailers also face criminal charges for allegedly lying about checking on Myers.
-
Derreal Lawayne Jackson’s cause of death is still pending.
-
Eleven Tarrant County residents brought stories of jail deaths, abuse and neglect to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.