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Local Officials Stepping Up on DWI Enforcement

Local officials are stepping up DWI enforcement after a November 8, 2022, accident in which a 31-year-old woman drove the wrong way on Spur 408 near Kiest Boulevard in south Dallas and crashed into a Dallas Police Officer’s SUV while he was driving to work. The collision pushed the SUV into oncoming traffic and it was […]
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Domestic Violence Continues to Plague Dallas

Domestic violence or family violence continues to be a near-daily story in Texas headlines. There has been an assortment of stories of note over the past several months, and anybody accused of a family violence crime in Dallas will want to seek the help of an experienced criminal defense attorney. On August 23, KTVT-TV reported […]
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What Happens If I Refuse a Breathalyzer Test in Texas?

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tfFZ1BqmBRM Most people who live in Texas do not have encounters with the criminal justice system until they are arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI), an exceptionally common crime in jurisdictions all over the country. A DWI arrest customarily begins with a police officer initiating a traffic stop. In its Visual Detection of DWI Motorists […]
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Dallas Still Working on Domestic Violence Response

On April 30, 2022, Spectrum News reported that 25-year-old Zarea Dixon called police to the Spring Ridge II Apartments in Oak Cliff on February 24 after her ex-boyfriend, Tahj Pinson, broke into her home. The man allegedly killed her after that phone call was placed, but it took police over 75 minutes to respond.   […]
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Drugs Still Big Business in Dallas

https://www.youtube.com/embed/CbXX75i68Yc On January 26, 2022, KDFW-TV reported that the Dallas Police Department along with local and federal partners announced a successful violent crime bust that targeted a Dallas gang. There were nearly two dozen arrests, and police seized cash, drugs, and weapons. Hamilton Park off Central Expressway and Forest Lane have a troubled history with […]
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Texas Gets Two Dozen New Laws in 2022

Texas Gets Two Dozen New Laws in 2022

https://www.youtube.com/embed/g2LbbAqsL_A The new year in Texas means scores of new laws and bills taking effect. Read about all 24 of the new laws/bills that the Texas Legislature enacted. House Bill 115 (HB 115) HB 115 amended the Tax Code to revise the eligibility requirements for the property tax exemption for certain property that is owned […]
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DPD Steps Up Enforcement of DWI Amid Holiday Celebrations

DPD Steps Up Enforcement of DWI Amid Holiday Celebrations

https://www.youtube.com/embed/tfFZ1BqmBRM Dallas Police step up enforcement of DWI amid holiday celebrations, but as the “Home for the Holidays” program took hold the city was trying to reverse a much longer-term trend of dangerous driving on Dallas roadways. According to DPD, 228 died on city roads in 2020. So far in 2021, that figure sat at […]
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Sex Crimes Still Being Charged in Dallas

https://www.youtube.com/embed/9e2EJ8rcb7Y The Dallas Morning News reported that a Tarrant County man used his job running a church’s sound system to try to solicit a sex act from a girl, authorities allege. Kenneth Tyler Hostin, 33, of Haslet was arrested Thursday on a felony count of criminal solicitation of a minor and was released from the […]
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In Dallas, Multiple Kinds of Assault

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AACUG2c00ZE D Magazine reported on July 9, 2021, that Bill Hutchinson, who was arrested and charged in the sexual assault of a teenage girl, was facing additional accusations detailed in a civil lawsuit. The 63-year-old Dallas developer and reality TV star have not responded to messages, but previously told TMZ that he denied the allegations […]
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