5/9/08
THREE KILLED IN HEAD-ON NEAR LIPAN
A man, a 43 year old Lipan woman and her daughter were killed in a head-on collision in Palo Pinto County.  The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened about 10 pm last night on FM 4 near Lipan. The DPS says Robert Hudson was rounding a curve in a sport-utility vehicle when he veered off the road, overcorrected and slammed into an oncoming minivan driven by 43 year old Lezlee Stone. Both drivers were killed, as was Stone's 9 year old daughter Jaci. Hudson was a 51 year old oilfield worker from Goldsmith.

WINDFARM WARRIOR JAILED FOR THIRD TIME
A man the Stephenville Empire Tribune has dubbed the “Windfarm Warrior” has been arrested three times within the last six weeks for his alleged attempts to sabotage a wind energy farm that operates next to his property in Eastland County.  67 year old Roy Johnson has been charged with several counts of Assault and Criminal Mischief. Johnson’s actions have been directed at BP America and Clipper Windpower, Inc. Eastland County authorities say Johnson has damaged one of the turbines, injured a BP employee when he drove through a fence that separates the two properties and even reportedly fired his gun in the direction of BP employees.  Besides his criminal charges, Johnson also faces a possible lawsuit by the BP employee that was injured.

FIRE AT STOCKYARD'S PLANT
Fire in a smokestack at a paint-supply plant near the Stockyards brought out the Fort Worth Fire Department's hazardous materials unit Thursday night.  The fire was contained inside a smokestack on the top of the building located in the 500 Blk. of E. Central. Fire Lt. Kent Worley said the hazmat team was called in as a precaution because of the paint and adhesives in the building.

WOMAN CONVICTED OF LOVER'S MURDER FREED
The woman whose cry of rape led to her lover being shot by her husband is out on bond while her conviction is being appealed.  Tracy Roberson was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of Devin LaSalle. She was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday. Her husband wasn't charged, even though he fired the shot that killed LaSalle.

JENNA BUSH WEDDING
Jenna Bush is getting ready to say 'I do' at her family's Crawford ranch on Saturday.  Henry Hager popped the question to the first daughter last August. Officially, the wedding will be a private, family affair on the Bush's 1,600-acre ranch. But there are a few details that have leaked out.  More than 200 friends and relatives will attend the outdoor ceremony. There are 14 attendants, and Barbara Bush, Jenna's twin, is the maid of honor. Jenna's diamond is a Hager family heirloom that was reset in a ring that also features sapphires. Laura Bush admits that she half hoped Jenna and Hager would get married at the White House. But Jenna said she was raised in Texas, and that having a White House wedding just wasn't her style.

PROM SEASON CRACKDOWN
Fort Worth, Arlington and Grand Prairie Police are joining together for a prom season drunk driving crackdown.  The four week operation begins today. It will target drunk and aggressive drivers, and adults who provide alcohol to minors. A zero-tolerance policy will be in effect for alcohol offenses. 


5/8/08
STREET RACERS ARRESTED
An Arlington 18-year-old already up on intoxicated manslaughter charges has now been arrested in connection with a February crash that sent several people to the hospital.  Police say Brandon Burchfield was street racing another driver, David Alvarado, around 95-miles-an-hour when they rear-ended a cement truck on Collins. Alvarado and passengers in both cars were seriously injured. He has also been arrested.  Eight days later, Burchfield's pick-up crossed the center line on Debbie Lane in Mansfield causing a head-on collision that killed an Alvarado mother of two. His trial on intoxicated manslaughter charges has not yet been scheduled.

WANTED MAN FOUND IN BURLESON
A man wanted by Police in Weatherford is apprehended.  Randy Wayne White was spotted yesterday driving his truck on Luce Lane in Burleson. He was taken into custody by Johnson County authorities on multiple warrants involving domestic violence charges. Weatherford Police say last Saturday, the 45 year old Fort Worth man assaulted an elderly family member at their home in Weatherford and the elderly person’s in-home health caregiver as she tried to call for help. White was returned to Parker County where he remains in custody on $125,000 bond.

FERAL HOG POPULATION CONTROL
Texas landowners are getting more help to control the state's feral hog population.  The Texas Department of Agriculture says it's awarding the Texas AgriLife Extension Service one million dollars for the project. Experts say the wild hogs, which can balloon up to 400 pounds, can mangle fields and pastures, wreck ecosystems by wallowing in Streambeds, plus feral hogs kill smaller animals. Ag officials estimate feral hogs annually cause 52 million dollars in damage to crops and property statewide.  Funding for the Texas Feral Hog Control Program was approved by the 2007 Legislature. A $500,000 program, approved by lawmakers in 2005, provided technical assistance for removal of more than 3,000 feral hogs.

FIRE AT HOME OF T. CULLEN DAVIS 
The Colleyville home of notorious oil man T. Cullen Davis caught fire Wednesday.  Davis and his wife were able to get out of the house safely. Investigators think an electrical problem caused the fire.  Another fire at the house two years ago was also ruled to be accidental.

5/7/08
PARKER COUNTY WOMAN ARRESTED IN MURDER FOR HIRE
A 41 year old Parker County woman has been arrested in a plot to kill her husband.  Investigators say an acquaintance of Melanie Diana Longoria told them about the woman’s attempts to recruit him for the murder of her estranged husband, Daniel Longoria. Through the acquaintance, authorities arranged for Mrs. Longoria to meet with an undercover officer who would pose as the potential hit man. Under surveillance, Longoria met with the undercover officer at a parking lot in Weatherford and contracted him to kill her husband. She was arrested later that day and charged with Conspiracy to Commit Murder. Longoria remains in the Parker County Jail on $100,000 bond. 

OILFIELD WORKER KILLED IN CAR CRASH
A Weatherford oil field worker died just a short distance from his home Monday afternoon in a one vehicle accident.  24 year old Thomas Seth Davis was pronounced dead shortly after 7 pm. at the accident scene in the 2300 Blk. of Dennis Road. The DPS report shows Davis was traveling southbound on Dennis when his car spun off the wet road, through two pipe fences and came to rest in a field. According to the report, he was not wearing a seatbelt. 

WANDERING TODDLER FOUND NEAR HOME
The search for a Bosque County toddler who turned up missing ended happily when she was found unharmed about 1 1/2 miles away from her home.  Authorities say the 2-year-old girl was located Sunday night about ten hours after she apparently wandered from her house in Iredell. A rancher and his wife, using a four wheeler, came upon the child. The girl was taken to a hospital in Clifton to be checked out. The search included law enforcement helicopters from as far away as San Antonio. 

FORT WORTH PRIEST CONVICTED OF SEX CRIME
A federal judge has sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to four years behind bars for having sex with two female inmates while working as a prison chaplain in 2006 at Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth.  The Judge said 48-year-old Vincent Inametti had violated trust as a federal employee and a Priest. 

CAREER CRIMINAL GETS 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
A felon with a history of gun violations is going to federal prison for a very long time because he accidentally shot himself.  Prosecutors on Tuesday announced 41-year-old Edward Garcia of Fort Worth has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for being an armed career criminal. Garcia was arrested in April 2007 after Fort Worth police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence. Garcia had a gunshot wound to his left thigh. Police recovered a loaded .22 caliber semiautomatic pistol.  Garcia told an officer that it was "obvious" he shot himself while putting a gun in his waist. Records show Garcia, from 1982-1988, twice pleaded guilty to robbery and weapons charges. 

HOMEBUILDER SEES LOSS IN 2ND QUARTER
D.R. Horton says it's swung to a loss for its fiscal second quarter.  The Fort Worth-based homebuilder blames the sustained housing slump for forcing it to take hefty charges to write down the value of its inventory. The nation's largest homebuilder posted a loss of $1.31 billion, compared with year-ago profit of $51.7 million. Revenue plunged 38% from a year ago. 

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR FALLEN OFFICERS
Fort Worth is preparing to remember fallen law enforcement officers.  The city is holding a second annual Candlelight Vigil ceremony tonight at 8, at the site of the proposed Police and Firefighters Memorial. Fifty-eight officers who died in the line of duty will be remembered.


5/6/08
SANTO MAN IDENTIFIED AS VICTIM IN MOTORCYCLE FATALITY
Authorities have released the name of a young Santo man killed Friday afternoon in a motorcycle accident near Weatherford.  21 year old Martin David Pierce was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident on Hwy. 180 and Lambert Rd. According to the DPS report, Pierce’s motorcycle slammed into the back of a car that was turning eastbound onto 180 from the crossover. Pierce was thrown from the bike by the impact. The driver of the car, Carolyn Johnson Smith of Weatherford was not injured in the accident which remains under investigation. 

DATE SET FOR CAPITAL MURDER TRIAL
A trial date has been set for a Capital Murder case involving the slaying of an Erath County couple last year.  The bodies of Carlos and Lucia Garcia were discovered in their home off FM 205 by their 8 year old son the morning of April 16, 2007. Investigators traced the horrible crime to two Dublin men. Ricardo Rodriguez and Frank Webb are both charged with Capital Murder for the shootings and robbery of the Garcia’s. Authorities say Rodriguez and Webb worked together at a plant in Stephenville. Rodriguez is also believed to be related to the couple. Their trial is scheduled to begin June 16th. 

WOMAN GETS 5 YEARS FOR LOVER'S DEATH
Tracey Roberson has been sentenced to five years in prison. She had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter.  A Tarrant County jury held the Arlington woman responsible for the death of Devin Lasalle. Her husband had returned home to find his wife and the other man kissing in Lasalle's truck. When his wife said she had been raped, Mr. Roberson shot Lasalle. He was no-billed, but his wife was indicted, convicted, and now sentenced for her lover's death. 

FORT WORTH TOWN HALL MEETINGS
A committee made up of Fort Worth citizens will meet at city hall today to kick-off a series of citywide town hall meetings.  “Let's Talk Fort Worth” is the first of several planning meetings leading up to a big town hall meeting event, in September at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium. The big town hall meeting is a chance for the city's 700,000 residents to tell city leaders their ideas about Fort Worth's future. Similar events were held in 1963 and 1992. 

STATE COMPTROLLER TO RELEASE ENERGY REPORT
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs will unveil a new report this afternoon that examines the state's critical energy resources.  “The Energy Report” includes factual and objective information to guide Texas in developing new energy resources. It also offers a first-of-its-kind independent assessment of government subsidies to help policymakers make informed decisions to meet the needs of the state's population.
 
TEXAS AG GOES AFTER SPYWARE COMPANY
Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott is going after a company that offers computer screen savers.  He wants court injunctions and civil penalties against "Nexus Media" and its owner. The AG says Nexus promises virus free screen savers, but actually provides a product with embedded spyware. It sends information about searches back to the company, allowing the company to target customers based on what they searched for.


5/5/08
TOW TRUCK DRIVER KILLED ON FREEWAY
The driver of a wrecker service was killed shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday on I-35W in Burleson.  According to Burleson Police, the tow truck driver was on the right shoulder of the highway attempting to hook up a broken down vehicle. The car was partially up on the flatbed wrecker when another vehicle struck the car and then the wrecker driver. The driver of the second car veered off on to the service road and came to a stop.  The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, his identity has not been released pending notification of next of kin. The accident is under investigation. 

TODDLER RUN OVER
A toddler was run over and killed in an east Arlington apartment complex last night.  Police are still looking into the death of two-year-old Adrian Sifuentes whose family lives in the complex near Highway 360 and Park Row. A car struck Adrian a little past 7 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene. 

SUSPECT POINTS BOW AND ARROW AT DEPUTIES
A 29 year old Mineral Wells man is charged with two counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon after he points a bow and arrow at Parker County Deputies in pursuit.  The initial call was for a domestic dispute at a home on Hwy. 180 near the Mineral Wells State Park. The altercation was between the suspect, Kevin Jason Lane and his father, who fired a handgun at Lane to chase him off. Deputies on the scene said when they arrived, Lane ran off into the nearby brush and when they caught up to him, he had a drawn bow and arrow pointed at the Deputies. One Deputy fired a shot that did not hit the suspect who was immediately taken into custody. Investigators say he had also pointed the bow and arrow at another family member. Lane remains at the Parker County Jail with bail set at $150,000. 

81 YEAR OLD HEROIN DEALER DIES BEFORE TRIAL
An 81-year-old man accused of selling black-tar heroin from his Fort Worth home died before his case went to court.
Last week prosecutors dismissed all charges against Alejandro Gonzalez after learning he had died of a heart attack in March. Gonzalez and his 58-year-old wife, Carolina Gonzalez, and were arrested in August. Police say undercover officers bought black-tar heroin five times at the house. Alejandro Gonzalez had been charged with two cases of delivering and manufacturing a controlled substance.  His wife was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to five charges of delivering and manufacturing a controlled substance. 

BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED
Police arrested a 42-year-old Benbrook man Saturday in connection with the April 24th robbery of Colonial Savings Bank, which forced officials to lock down a nearby high school.  Police arrested Patrick Fout about 6:30 a.m. Saturday at a hotel in Arlington. Police visited Fout at his apartment, and he denied involvement in the robbery. Fout's girlfriend told police that soon after April 24th, he bought drugs for them and asked her whether she wanted to go to Shreveport to gamble. Fout was in the Hurst Jail late Saturday with bail set at $35,000