Search Results for: forfeiture
Are Police Just Taking Property For Their Own Profit and Use? You Betcha.
Well, first things first — thanks to The Dallas Morning News Crime Blog, where reporter Tanya Eisener let us all know about the recent national study by the Institute for Justice entitled, “Policing for Profit: the Abuse of the Civil Forfeiture Process,“ and written by Scott Bullock together with three Ph.D.s: Dr. Marian R. Williams, Dr….
Former El Paso Criminal Judge Manuel Barraza Found Guilty by Jury – Going to Jail
Late last week, a federal jury came back with their verdict in the case of the United States v. Manny Barraza over in El Paso. The verdict? Former Criminal District Court Judge Manuel Joseph Barraza was guilty of two (2) counts of wire fraud and the deprivation of honest services and one (1) count of…
Cop Watch: Refugio Chief of Police Indicted after Fed Investigation
The Federal Bureau 0f Investigation (FBI), together with the Texas Rangers, just keeps on its quiet tour of the State of Texas, bopping one law enforcement agency after another with criminal indictments. They’re doing this so often, it’s almost like an adult and scary version of Little Bunny Foo-Foo in that forest with all the…
DA Watch: DA Money in the News – and There’s a Lot of It
The District Attorney for Dallas — the one seen nationwide in the Dallas DNA television series this past year — is making the news again, and this time it’s not about crime. It’s about money. Seems that DA Craig Watkins asked the county for a 10% increase in his annual budget of $35.9 million. What…
Cop Watch: Tenaha Police Highway Robbery Scheme Subject of Fed Class Action Suit
Tenaha is a small Texas town, but it’s on a big traffic route. It sits smack dab in the pathway between Houston and Louisiana’s gambling spots, on US 59 – a highway that’s also known to be a major route for drugs being transported up from Mexico to the South and Midwest. Lotsa cash in…
