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Rashee Rice and SMU football player Teddy Knox are being sued for no less than $10 million following a six-vehicle hit-and-run crash on March 30. Both also face criminal charges.
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The two lawyers brought on to prosecute Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton started as partners but are leaving the case as adversaries.
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At the end of a more than six-hour session, which featured testimony from nine sitting judges and multiple active defense lawyers, Tarrant County commissioners heeded requests to do more research — and engage more stakeholders — before moving court administration positions under county supervision.
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Tarrant County commissioners will consider a proposal to bring many positions under county administrative control.
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Mason gained national attention after she was convicted for voting while under supervised release for felony tax fraud. She said she didn’t know she was ineligible to vote.
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Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, has reached a deal with prosecutors that will let him avoid facing a jury next month. He did not have to admit guilt in agreeing to the terms.
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Executive Chief Deputy Charles Eckert is a veteran of more than 30 years at the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. He’s in charge of the day-to-day jail operations.
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Arlington police are investigating several unlicensed adult care homes that operated in multiple Tarrant County cities. The company owner is currently in the county jail.
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The county jail system has about 200 open detention officer positions, and corrections officers are working mandatory overtime, according to the county.
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A second case filed against a former FMC Carswell employee is the latest in a string of sexual abuse cases reported at the Fort Worth-based federal prison.
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Attorneys David Schenck, Gina Parker and Lee Finley appeared set to replace three incumbents as judges on Texas' highest criminal court Wednesday morning.
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Despite a public campaign that included faith leaders and jurors from the original trial, Texas courts have so far declined to reconsider recanted testimony in Cantu’s case.