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Gabriel Piñón, who is autistic and has intellectual and developmental disabilities, was booked into the jail on June 8.
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The Tarrant County Jail has a history of complaints about medical neglect.
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Law enforcement can now send out localized missing child alerts in less time than it takes to confirm an AMBER Alert. Athena’s mother Maitlyn Gandy pushed for the idea after her daughter's disappearance and alleged murder last year.
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Nate Paul is accused of making false statements to financial institutions in New York and Connecticut. According to the indictment, he lied about his liabilities and cash.
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While supporters of the new law say it would deter parolees from removing or destroying their ankle monitors and committing other crimes, some criminal justice advocates say that won't fix a flawed ankle monitor system.
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Authorities say 47-year-old Michael Stephens, superintendent of Itasca ISD, wanted to come to Houston and engage in sexual acts with someone who he thought was a 15-year-old girl.
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Former Arlington police officer Bau Tran received six years of deferred adjudication community supervision, four years after he shot and killed O'Shae Terry during a traffic stop.
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Written in response to the deadly Uvalde shooting at Robb Elementary School in 2022 that killed 19 students and 2 teachers, House Bill 3 would require armed security in every Texas school. But critics say the last-minute measure won't make kids any safer.
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"Texas is becoming a dangerous place for Latinos because state and local authorities refuse to take our safety seriously," said San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro.
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Tyrone Day spent 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
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Tarrant County Juvenile Court Judge Alex Kim said he wanted to see a pattern of good behavior from the boy accused of killing one Lamar High School student and injuring another.
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The lower courts ruled the death row inmate waited too long to challenge the state’s DNA procedures, but the Supreme Court disagreed. Now, he can go to a federal court to make his claim.
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The shooting happened just after midnight in the grocery store parking lot the cheerleaders use when carpooling to practice. One of them, described as an all-star cheer icon, was critically injured.
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The 36-year-old pretrial detainee was killed by a Hays County corrections officer while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Kyle. The officer claimed self defense; Wright's family is demanding to see body-cam video.