Denton Police Seize 156 Firearms From Suspected Criminals In Last 7 Months Syndicated Local – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
DENTON, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – The Denton Police Department announced Thursday, April 29, it has removed 156 firearms from the streets since October 2020, in an effort to “address the increase in violent crime involving firearms in our city.”
The department explained in a news release, “The initiative used an evidence-based, data-driven approach to proactively deploy detectives in areas where the use of firearms is being used in the commission of criminal offenses. In the past six months, the special operations detectives that worked the initiative were tasked with locating and seizing firearms, particularly those that are stolen, illegally possessed by felons, or used in the commission of violent crimes. Patrol officers were also urged to continue meticulously reporting gun-related offenses, and to seize weapons used during violent offense
Amber Campbell, 27, and Nathan Bassett, 23, were arrested and booked into the Denton County Jail.
Amber Campbell (left) and Nathan Bassett (right). (Denton County Jail)
After the arrest, police discovered that Campbell had a warrant for her arrest on an attempted first-degree murder charge out of Colorado.
She has been charged with evading arrest/detention with a vehicle and possession of a controlled substance. Her bail was set at $35,000 for those charges.
Her charges from Jefferson County, Colorado, include the attempted murder charge, as well as two counts of robbery, one count of assault and an aggravated motor vehicle theft charge, jail records show. Bail has not been set for those counts.
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The Denton County Sheriff’s Office needs to explain why it initially mishandled a racist and dangerous situation. In a neighborhood just outside the Frisco.
The Denton County woman took to social media to post accusations of racist attacks by a man living in her neighborhood located between Frisco and Little Elm.
“I have gone through so much emotional trauma at this point, that I don’t feel protected by law enforcement,” she said. “My neighbors have been the ones trying to step in to try to help me.”
It is a neighbor’s home surveillance camera that captured some of Livingston’s claims.
A man, who is white, is seen on video captured over the weekend walking toward her house, repeatedly yelling racial slurs.