Critics allege bail reform bills would punish the poor By Eric Griffey Fort Worth PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CT May. 10, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:40 PM CDT May. 10, 2021
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FORT WORTH, Texas Abdul Chappell has served more than 20 years behind bars for various offenses since he was a teenager.
Decades ago, he started the local arm of the violent street gang, The Crips. These days, he runs a nonprofit, Build a Better Hood, in which he uses his street-level connections to rescue victims of human trafficking and teach at-risk youth job skills.
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Before the legislative session began, Gov. Greg Abbott made bail reform a priority item
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Tarrant County Jail is currently reporting no COVID-19 cases at the facility.
The jail is the only major county jail in Texas reporting zero cases for counties with populations over one million, though other major counties are also seeing success with low COVID numbers, Tarrant County said.
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Texas Republican Susan Wright, who is running for Congress to fill her late husband Rep. Ron Wright’s (R-TX) vacant seat, notified local and federal law enforcement Friday about an anonymous robocall circulating that falsely accuses Wright of killing her husband.
The Wright campaign alerted the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, and the Arlington Police Department of the robocall, Wright general consultant Matt Langston told Breitbart News.
The robocall, which comes the day before the Sixth Congressional District’s May 1 special election, starts off abruptly by saying “Susan Wright murdered her husband” and then goes on to allege she took out a $1 million life insurance policy six months before his death.
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Fort Worth police searching for two missing teen girls
The Fort Worth Worth police are searching for two teen girls who were last seen the night of Thursday, April 22 in Fort Worth.
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Natalee Cramer (left) and Kiara Cabral have been missing since the night of Thursday, April 22. Author: Jake Harris Updated: 8:06 PM CDT April 25, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas The Fort Worth Worth police are searching for two teen girls who were last seen the night of Thursday, April 22 in Fort Worth.
Natalee Cramer, 14, has gone missing and police believe Kiara Cabral, 15, is with her.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of either of them are asked to contact Fort Worth Police Department at 817-392-4222 and reference report #210030113 or contact the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, Det. Garcia at 817-884-1272.