Crime and Courts

A grass-roots group in Tarrant County has spent the past several years trying to tackle violence among teenagers and young adults.

Yunice Abbas was the first defendant questioned Tuesday in the trial in connection with the 2016 robbery during which the reality star was held at gunpoint.

For people who have been convicted of crimes and served their time, reintegrating back into society can be challenging. The Dallas nonprofit Unlocking Doors helps former criminal offenders get a second chance to get back on their feet and benefit their community. Noelle Walker has the story.

Two people are dead after a shooting at a gas station in Arlington over the weekend. Arlington police arrested a 17-year-old suspect. A grass-roots group in Tarrant County says youth gun violence is an issue they’re trying to tackle. Sophia Beausoleil has more.

Unlocking Doors works with ‘background-friendly’ apartment complexes and employers in Dallas to help give former criminal offenders a chance to reintegrate.

Police said that “up to 15 bodies had been mutilated and subject to experimentation” by the suspect, who owns a mortuary in Texas.

Jonathan Pullen, the Rocky Mountain DEA’s special agent in charge, said the agency seized illegal drugs and weapons at the nightclub.

Almost nine years after Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint and robbed of more than $9 million in jewelry in Paris, the suspects are now on trial.

The complaint said the back door of the truck opened by unknown means, leading to three bags of U.S. currency falling out.

Scott Peterson said in a declaration seeking to overturn his murder conviction that he had “absolutely nothing to do with the disappearance and deaths of my wife and son.”

A Texas mother who officials say took alcoholic Jell-O shots to her child’s elementary school Christmas party has been arrested.

Mangione faces four federal charges, for which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

The former GOP representative had pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

The New York Republican pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Prosectors believe Mangione presents danger after he “expressed intent to target an entire industry, and rally political and social opposition.”

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who lied about his life story and defrauded donors, faces sentencing in federal court on Friday.

The 43-year-old is accused of raping six women over five months in a depraved rampage in which he punched, waterboarded and shocked victims with a cattle prod and kept recordings of the assaults as trophies.

Florida police have released video of the arrest of a suspect accused of kidnapping the wife of her ex-boyfriend by impersonating an ICE agent.

Officials released video of the April 10 arrest of a suspect accused of kidnapping a woman by impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent.

Andre Brown had his conviction overturned after serving more than half of the sentence behind bars. But after three years of freedom, he may be heading back to prison, unless top officials intervene.