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The late Botham Shem Jean, 26, and officer Amber Guyger, 30 (inset). | Facebook; Dallas Police Former Dallas County police officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot beloved worship leader Botham Jean in his apartment in 2018, is seeking to have her murder conviction for his death overturned in favor of a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide because she believed she was in her own apartment. A jury found Guyger guilty of murdering Jean and sentenced her to 10 years in prison in 2019. If s...

Man caught living in a gym has an extensive rap sheet Man caught living in a gym has an extensive rap sheet and last updated 2021-04-22 19:58:22-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Thomas Garcia was caught living in the ceiling of the Freedom Fitness gym located at 5800 block of South Padre Island Dr. early Monday morning, but this instance wasnt his first brush with police. According to court documents, in 1999, he was convicted of burglarizing a home. It was the second time he had been found guil...

A Killeen man serving a life sentence for capital murder may be eligible for parole sooner than expected thanks to a bill that has passed the Texas House and is currently in the Texas Senate. Jason Isaiah Robinson, 43, is being held in the Hughes Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Gatesville. He was sentenced to life in prison on Aug. 9, 1995, according to TDCJ inmate records. Currently, Robinson, who was 16 at the time of the crime he was sentenced for, is eligible for parole ...

Suspect Posts Video on Facebook Saying Police Shot Him in Texas On 4/15/21 at 5:43 PM EDT Police later identified the man as James Hearin, who remains at large. Hearin, 41, made the video shortly after the shooting incident. He says in the Facebook Live video that police shot him when he refused to open his door or window after being pulled over for a traffic stop. The suspect said said he suffered gunshot wounds in the stomach and arm. "Im scared to death," Hearin can be heard saying in the vi...

The statement makes two important points. One: The city does not own the hotel building. Two: Entering a property without the consent of the owner is trespassing.

If You See Purple Paint in The Woods, Turn Around And Leave Warmer temperatures mean more time outside. If you love to take walks or go hiking then please, please be aware of one major law, The Purple Paint Law. if you dont take this law seriously, you could be arrested and wearing orange for a while if you know what I mean. The Purple Paint Law is a law about trespassing on someones property and we all know that is against the law. This law is in effect in Texas, Arkansas, Louisana  Kansas, A...

In the past three months, grand juries have indicted as many law enforcement officers in use-of-force cases under Garzas administration as they did within the entire four-year term of his predecessor, Margaret Moore. But even while his office is accruing indictments, experts say there is no guarantee that Garza and his prosecutors will see a courtroom victory.  "Generally, it is really difficult for prosecutors to get a conviction at trial in a police fatality or police brutality case," sa...

A-J Media A man who brandished an assault rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest in Lubbock has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison. Emmanuel Quinones, a 25-year-old Lubbock man, was charged via criminal complaint in early June and indicted a week later following the incident at a Black Lives Matter protest May 30 at the Tim Cole Memorial in Lubbock. He pleaded guilty to interstate threatening communications in September and was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge James Wesle...

UPDATED: State Rep. Coleman files LGBTQ omnibus bill Feb 24, 2021 |   UPDATE: State Rep. Garnet Coleman today issued a statement apologizing for the use of the phrase “sexual preference” rather than “sexual orientation” in the omnibus LGBTQ rights bill he filed earlier this week in the Texas Legislature. The language will be corrected in the committee substitute for the bill. Coleman said: “In the bill I filed yesterday, HB 2069: relating to the prevention of discrimination based on...

When disaster struck, Senator Ted Cruz not only abandoned his state but also his family pet. In the midst of a frigid winter storm that left thousands without heat or power, Cruz left his dog Snowflake in a freezing house while he went on a tropical vacation. Sign this petition to hold Cruz accountable for his disgraceful and cowardly actions.