Crime and Public Safety

A woman is suing American Airlines after she says she was assaulted by a man on the flight. Barbara Morgan says the man had already been accused of assaulting another woman on a flight but was still allowed to fly.

Denton man, 36-year-old John Howard Ore, is facing four arson charges, including two first-degree felonies, following a joint Denton Fire and Police investigation into the December deaths of an elderly couple and the January fire at a daycare.

White Settlement Police say that Cesar Colin, in November 2016, stabbed his girlfriend over five to six times and caused serious injuries to her.

Ali Toppa was arrested on November 21, 2024, for the unauthorized release of body-worn camera recording, which is a Class A misdemeanor.

Charges have been dropped against one man who was arrested and accused of being involved in a triple murder in Parker County, officials with the sheriff's office say.

A man has been arrested in connection to the death of a 66-year-old man who police say was struck in the head with a blunt object

Dallas police have released an additional photo that more clearly shows the man wanted for sexually assaulting two women in two days.

Parker County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Rangers have arrested two people accused of killing 44-year-old Tiffany Ann Williams, 42-year-old David Wayne Walker, and 55-year-old Robbie Allen Head, who were reported missing on April 21.

Texas Longhorns football player Nick Brooks told an officer that he was coming from a 21 and up club on West 6th that “makes exceptions for UT football players" before he was arrested for DWI, documents show.

A North Texas man is in jail after being accused of kidnapping his one-year-old son, assaulting another person with a baseball bat, and trying to kidnap the mother of his child, deputies with the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office say.

Two people are dead, and a third person has been arrested after a three-vehicle crash that happened in Mesquite around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

A Florida woman is recovering after deputies say she escaped from a storage container after being brutally attacked and sexually assaulted. 

Officials with the Mesquite Police Department Special Crimes Unit believe there could be more victims who have not come forward who were targeted by the suspects.

West 7th Street is among the city’s top destinations for nightlife and, in recent years, violent crimes and a string of other incidents scarred the district’s reputation.