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Dallas County 1st Degree Felony Aggravated Assault Case Dismissed
Assault Serious Bodily Injury/Family Violence Case Dismissed
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Rockwall County Marijuana Case Reduce
Rockwall Class “B” Marijuana Case Reduced to Class “C”
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Texas Cops’ Dashboard Cam Videotapes Alleged Excessive Force Against Motorcyclist
The parents of the 26-year-old man diagnosed with bipolar disorder are alleging excessive force by the Rockwall County law enforcement officers, who first chased the guy for 7 miles along Interstate 30 on September 16, 2010, before tackling him off the bike after he had come to a full stop on the side of the road and…
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Thanksgiving 2010: Get Ready, Texas, for Another No Refusal DWI Holiday
Law enforcement loves No Refusal weekends – counties all over the Lone Star State are now routinely blanketing holiday weekends with No Refusal efforts with notice to the public popping up in press releases issued as late as 24 hours before the holiday begins. You remember No Refusal weekends: those are the set time periods…
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Texas Highway Patrolman Mistakes US Army 1st Cavalry for Gang/Drug Organization
On Veteran’s Day last week, we posted a video showing you what happened during a recent, local traffic stop where an American Soldier who had served eleven (11) years with the 1st Cavalry of the U.S. Army, was driving along on his way back from getting his daughter settled in here at prestigious Southern Methodist University (SMU). As he was returning back home…
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Tarrant County Drug Case Reduced
Marijuana Case Reduced to Class “C” in Tarrant County
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Happy Veteran’s Day
U.S. Army Vet Driving While Black in East Texas from DallasJustice.com on Vimeo.
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Denton Cop Bobby Lozano’s Murder of His Wife Covered by Discovery Channel’s David Lohr
Last year, former Texas police detective Bobby Lozano was tried and convicted in a Denton courtroom for the murder of his wife, Viki. Maybe you remember the case: a real life detective tried to get away with killing his wife — shooting her to death in their bedroom with his service revolver. Detective Lozano said…
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Fix Found? New Rules To Deal With Driver Responsibility Program’s $2 Billion Unpaid Surcharges and 2+ Yr DWI Case Backlog
The Texas Public Safety Commission adopted changes to the Driver Responsibility Program rules this week, and these will become effective next month. We’ve written about these surcharges before. Attempt to Resolve the Huge Backlog of DWI Cases Across the State of Texas It seems that criminal judges across the state were the incentive for these new rules,…
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Texas Judge Suzanne Wooten Indicted for Bribery, Suspended With Pay
Suzanne Wooten isn’t on the bench today, but she’s still getting a Collin County pay check. This week, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct (the same organization that’s been so busy with the Justice Keller mess) announced that Judge Wooten was suspended from presiding over the 380th Judicial District Court of Collin County, Texas, an action…
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