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 [...]

A judge frustrated over a string of probation sentences for dirty cops on Monday sent a former Mesquite narcotics sergeant to federal prison for 15 months for stealing money he thought belonged to a drug dealer. John David McAllister was arrested in March after FBI agents set up a sting in which they placed $100,000 [...]

A D’Hanis woman charged with murder was released from the Medina County Jail after posting $200,000 bail. Stacie Etzel, 40, is accused of killing her husband, Terrell Etzel, 51, who was shot to death at their home on April 21, Medina County Authorities said. Initially, the woman told investigators the gun went off accidentally during [...]

As men tried to kick in the door, Steven Ray Jones begged a 911 operator to quickly send the police. Jones, believing the attackers who critically injured his cousin had returned, opened fire as the door to the Pleasant Grove apartment flew open. But it wasn’t the bad guys. It was the police. Flying debris [...]

A Dallas man was shot and killed by several men trying to get inside his Red Bird home early Friday, police said. Carlos McGraw, 23, was with a friend at his home in the 9300 block of White Hall Lane shortly before 1 a.m. when a number of men showed up in a silver, two [...]

A woman accused of slapping a neighbor’s child led Carrollton police on a brief chase before getting into a fiery crash with her own two children. The 38 year old driver, who wasn’t identified, and her two children were rescued from the burning vehicle and were hospitalized with minor injuries, police said. The incident began [...]

Dallas Mavericks guard DeShawn Stevenson was arrested for public intoxication Tuesday night at an Irving apartment complex. Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to reports of an intoxicated person walking through the grounds of the Grand Venetian apartments at 6201 Love Drive, near State Highway 114 and the Bush Turnpike. Police said they found Stevenson alone [...]

Police believe that 27 year old Charlie Perez, a known heroin addict, breaks into hundreds of vehicles each year, many in the city’s northwest patrol division. Since 2004, authorities have arrested Perez about 15 times on nearly 50 offenses. He’s a five-time convicted felon with convictions for theft, vehicle burglary, heroin possession and auto theft. [...]

A man gunned down his estranged wife in front of several witnesses Friday morning on an Oak Cliff street before fleeing to his home and killing himself, police said. Martha Elena Garcia, 29, was arguing with Jalmar Garcia, 31, in a car at about 7 a.m. near the intersection of Cockrell Hill Road and Illinois [...]