A Dallas ISD middle school teacher has been arrested after allegations that she pawned a district owned projector three times in recent months.  Pawnshop records show that the teacher Ann Pace Demus pawned an $800 Epson projector at the EZ pawn shop in Pleasant Grove, court documents state.  Demus faces a charge of theft over [...]

A man suspected of fatally shooting a woman Sunday afternoon surrendered to police officers after an hours-long standoff at an apartment building. Police say Luis A. Perez, 23, of Alvarado went to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in the 1600 block of South Oak Street about 3 p.m. and shot her mother during an altercation outside the [...]

A Dallas police officer faces criminal charges after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend and preventing her from calling 911. Senior Cpl. James Andrews, 31, faces one count of misdemeanor assault and interference with making an emergency call. Both are punishable by up to a year in jail. He has been released from the Dallas [...]

A Dallas police officer with a troubled disciplinary history was arrested Wednesday and accused of stealing a gun from a motorist, authorities say. Officer Lavar Horne faces a charge of theft by a public servant and tampering with evidence. Both are third degree felonies punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 [...]

A drunken driving suspect was arrested after a man on a moped was struck and killed on a street in Uptown. Tim William Parks, 54, of Dallas faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter and is being held in the Dallas County Jail. Parks was driving a Mercedes-Benz sedan the wrong way on southbound Cole Avenue [...]

The Dallas County district attorney’s office is asking that a man who pleaded guilty in 1997 to sexually assaulting a teenage girl be declared innocent of the crime, the man’s attorney said Monday. Hilliard Fields pleaded guilty to the sexual assault and a drug charge in exchange for two five year sentences to be served [...]

An Irving man has been charged with murder in the beating death of a woman found Tuesday in her apartment. Kevin Monroe Amos, 41, was arrested Wednesday night after he called police to tell them that he had information about Pamela Joann Wilson’s death. Officers detained Amos on an outstanding aggravated robbery warrant, then charged [...]

A Dallas County jury will return to the courthouse Thursday to determine the fate of a man accused of intentionally and knowingly killing a Dallas police officer. They deliberated about 31/2 hours Wednesday before state District Judge Rick Magnis sequestered them for the night. If jurors convict Charles Payne of capital murder for killing Senior [...]

A former youth ministry director has been sentenced to seven years’ deferred adjudication probation after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual assault of a child. Matthew Jonas Overstreet, 26, of Plano must also pay a $7,500 fine. If he completes his probation, a felony conviction will not appear on his record. Plano police say [...]

Irving police are investigating the beating death of a woman found inside her apartment. Pamela Joann Wilson, 46, was found about 10:30 p.m. at the Summergate Apartments in the 3800 block of North Beltline Road, police said. She was dead when police arrived. The victim’s husband told police he found her there after being unable [...]