One person has been taken into custody after a man was found dead in the backyard swimming pool of a home on Indian Trail last week. Miguel Santamaria Salgado, 40, was found unresponsive in a...
VIDEO: Police Seek Carjackers Who Shot Undercover Cop
Police are still looking for the suspects who carjacked an undercover police officer and shot him early Wednesday morning. The incident happened at 12:45 a.m. on August 9 in the 2400 block of West...
Police Kill Armed Murder Suspect
A murder suspect who allegedly pointed a gun at officers on Monday morning was shot and killed by police. The incident occurred at an apartment complex in the 3700 block of South Tyler Street in...
Unlawful Migrant Faces Murder Charge
A man was allegedly shot and killed in the southeastern Dallas neighborhood of Rylie on Saturday by an unlawful migrant. Dallas police responded to a shooting call at around 11:35 p.m. on August 5...
VIDEO: Dallas Police Release Shootout Footage
Police recently released body camera footage showing a shootout between a suspect and officers at a Pleasant Grove motel. A box truck had been stolen in the early morning hours of August 2, and its...
Sheriff Fires Lieutenant After DWI Charge
A Dallas County Sheriff's Department lieutenant was fired last week after being arrested for DWI, a spokesperson told The Dallas Express on Tuesday. Michael Raley, 38, who worked in the sheriff's...
Suspects Flee After Shooting Dallas Officer
Three suspects remain at large after a Dallas police officer was shot in the leg early Wednesday morning, Dallas Police Department's Public Information Officer Kristin Lowman said. The officer was...
Murderer Mistakenly Deported; Free in Mexico
A man with ties to a Mexican cartel who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and torturing a Dallas couple was deported before serving time for the murders. Nicolas Monarrez is a cartel hitman who, along...
36 Dead Dogs, Horses Lead to Woman’s Arrest
A Collin County woman was arrested after officers found 12 dead horses and 24 dead dogs on her grandparents' land. The sheriff's office visited a property in the unincorporated community of...
Talib’s Brother Receives 37-Year Sentence
The brother of retired NFL player Aqib Talib was sentenced to 37 years in prison on Monday after taking a plea deal in the shooting death of youth football coach in 2022. Yaqub Talib was arrested on...
Activist Works to Improve Community-Police Relations
Violent crime has been disproportionately affecting communities of color in Dallas for years, prompting activist groups to try to intervene and foster better relations between law enforcement and...
Broadnax Aims Below 4K Cops Dallas Needs
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax recently unveiled the City's proposed budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, which recommended adding only a few hundred police officers to the severely understaffed...
Ex-Local Official Gets Life for Assaulting Granddaughter
A local man who used to serve on Flower Mound's city council has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting his granddaughter for years. James Pierson, 82, was found guilty last Friday...
Local Man Arrested After Three Teens Overdose
A Garland man was arrested on Tuesday after three teenage girls overdosed on fentanyl he allegedly gave them. Erik Santos has been charged with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance...
Downtown Dallas Sees Triple Shooting
A triple shooting in Downtown Dallas last Sunday left one dead and two others injured as the neighborhood continues to suffer from rampant crime. The shooting occurred around 2:35 a.m. at the corner...
Police Make Arrest in Cowtown Cold Case
Thanks to recent developments in DNA technology, Fort Worth police were able to identify and arrest a suspect in a nearly 26-year-old murder case. Michael Puryear was arrested on Monday for the...
DFW Man Convicted in Murder of Pregnant Teenage Girlfriend
A North Texas man convicted of the murder of his teenage girlfriend will spend the rest of his life in jail. On Friday, a jury found Simeon Bonilla-Rubio, 22, guilty of capital murder for the...
Local Grandmother Sentenced to Five Years
A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for kidnapping her two granddaughters earlier this year. Jame Burns was accused of abducting the two children from a scheduled Child...
Dallas Officer Shoots Suspect in Motel
Dallas police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that took place on Wednesday in the southeastern part of the city. An officer was called just before 10 a.m. to the Red Crown Inn in the...
Murder-For-Hire Suspect Says He Was Duped
A man accused of traveling from Tennessee to Dallas to murder his ex-girlfriend's husband claims he was manipulated into the shooting. Darrin Ruben Lopez took the stand on Thursday morning to...
Most Murder Victims in Dallas Minorities
A string of violent crimes committed by juveniles in Dallas has a local community activist concerned. Antong Lucky, president of the Dallas-based nonprofit Urban Specialists, has been working with...