Category Archives: Crime News

Cop Watch: Dallas Police Chief Resigns With Public Accolades While Dallas Morning News Reporters Tell a Different Story

It’s all over the news today that Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle is quitting his job as Head Cop for our fair city — and lots of folk are speaking out about what a great job he’s done for the community.  His resignation letter has been published in the media, and it includes a litany…


Cop Watch: Taser Manufacturer Issues New Safety Warnings and Some Cops are Listening (But Not Enough)

Earlier this month, without much fanfare, the company that makes Tasers (those electric stun guns) changed the wording in its training manuals.  Now, the company is warning users of its product NOT to aim for the chest.  Why not?  People can be severely injured or killed when those 50,000 volts hit near their vital organs,…


Cop Watch: Local Police Depts Have to Pay for Crime Lab Testing Now

Times are tight and getting tighter, so counties across the State of Texas are finding all sorts of ways to cut costs.  Here in Dallas, that means something to the criminal defense bar and prosecutors alike because who’s footing the bill for testing of DNA, firearms, blood, etc.  has changed. The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office isn’t…


DA Watch: Texas Death Row Inmate Toney Freed Last Night and May Not Face Re-Trial

Michael Toney walked out of jail a free man last week after being on Texas’ Death Row for a decade.  Maybe you remember the case of Michael Toney…. Michael Toney Was Convicted for the Bombing Murder of 3 People – Nine Years Later, the DA Admits to Hiding Exculpatory Evidence Last October, we posted about how…


Crime News: Lots of things become crimes in Texas starting tomorrow

Starting tomorrow, September 1, 2009, things will change for all of us Texans.  Lots of laws go into effect that impact our daily lives, and DPS has given all the details in an online pdf.  Here are some of the biggies: 1.  Kids under 8 yrs. old that are shorter than 4’9” must be secured in a…


Crime News: Scientific Study Reveals that DNA Evidence Can Be Faked

Israel has just set the world to spinning — again.  This time, it’s due to a new study released by scientists in Tel Aviv, where they confirm that DNA evidence can be fabricated.  Messed with.  Altered.   Just what exactly can be done here in faking DNA? How serious and wide-spread the repercussions are to this news…


Crime News: Texas Police Get More Power to Control You

Effective this September 1st, about six weeks from now, two laws are going into effect that could have a big impact on your freedom. They give lots of power to Texas law enforcement in their dealings with the public — and if you’ve been following this blog and the antics of Texas cops these days,…


Crime News: Paris TX Protests and the Pending Death Penalty for Hate Crime Law

Perhaps you’ve seen some of the news reports from Paris, Texas, about simultaneous demonstrations planned by the New Black Panther Party and the Ku Klux Klan after murder charges were dropped by the authorities against the two white men accused of killing a black man by running him over by a truck and then dragging…


Cop Watch: Harlingen Cop Fatally Shoots Man in the Back, Juan Angel Guerra On the Case

Down Harlingen way, it was cold back in January so Diego Rivas-Soto started a fire under the Highway 77 overpass to keep warm. Rivas-Soto was a Mexican national, with family living in Durango. He was here, looking for work. Drawn by the fire, the police showed up. Rivas-Soto was obviously frightened, and according to the…


Crime News: 20th Dallas County DNA Exoneration Walks Free Today

Today, Jerry Lee Evans will walk out of a Dallas courtroom a free man, at the age of 47, after spending 23 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. What Happened to Put The Wrong Man Behind Bars This Time? Back in 1986, an 18-year-old woman in her first year at SMU…