Courts & Criminal Justice

The Texas Supreme Court is weighing whether Austin and Houston police officers recklessly crashed into uninvolved drivers during separate police chases — and whether they're protected by a type of legal immunity.

A federal trial has begun in Texas in a lawsuit against six supporters of former President Donald Trump. Their so-called “Trump Train” surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus four years ago. Former Texas state senator Wendy Davis is suing, along with a campaign volunteer, a staffer, and the bus driver.

The county medical examiner's office said Chasity Bonner, who died in the county jail in May, died of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

A Dallas man pleaded guilty to two counts of securities fraud Tuesday. According to plea documents, the man stole $27 million over the course of at least three years.

Three programs aimed at rehabilitating troubled youth will lose funding before the Tarrant County Juvenile Board's next meeting Sept. 18 — without community feedback.

A three week trial targeting the shooter’s parents Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, who prosecutors said failed to prevent the massacre and get psychiatric treatment for their son, came to a halt late Monday when a jury found the pair not legally liable.

The family of Anthony Johnson Jr., who died in Tarrant County Jail custody, initially listed up to ten detention officers as "John Doe" in the lawsuit.

North Richland Hills Police Department says Ashley Moreno was arrested by Lubbock police late last night.

A draft of general orders for the entire sheriff’s office, which includes new guidance for use of force and restraints, was written in 2021 but never put in place.

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, stating it came too late after Robert Miller's death in August 2019.

Attorneys say they will investigate for other incidents of abuse at a North Richland Hills behavioral center.

The family of a man who died in Tarrant County Jail custody due to a fentanyl overdose accused the county of inadequately preventing drugs from getting inside its jail.