11-year-old girl missing from Grand Prairie found safe, officials say
The Amber Alert issued for an 11-year-old girl missing from Grand Prairie has been canceled, Grand Prairie police said Thursday night.
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The Amber Alert issued for an 11-year-old girl missing from Grand Prairie has been canceled, Grand Prairie police said Thursday night.
Footage captured from a helicopter shows the suspect sedan speeding along a highway and in residential areas, dodging traffic and, at one point, driving in the wrong lane.
The department said at about 7:20 p.m., officers were called to the lake in response to a reported drowning.
The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Mark Williams, of Grimes, Texas, is facing multiple charges, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Officials said, at about 4 a.m., an officer who was traveling westbound along I-30 near the Arlington and Grand Prairie line spotted a disabled vehicle in the main lanes.
Investigators have released few details about the case, citing child abuse confidentiality laws and an ongoing inquiry.
Grand Prairie PD said spike strips were used to disable the SUV, and the suspect crashed near a post office at I-30 and Hampton in Dallas.
Grand Prairie Police determined the motorcycle was stolen and located an unknown quantity of suspected narcotics.
Irving police are investigating after an auto-theft suspect led police on a chase that extended into Grand Prairie.
Jessie and his sister Natalie Rosales said reality still has not hit them that their family of seven is now only three.
One witness said a quick stop at her local gas station led her to witness the high-speed crash Saturday night.
Two people are in custody and the investigation is ongoing.
Both officers have been placed on routine administrative leave.
Just after 5 a.m. Saturday, a woman walked into the Grand Prairie Police Department and said she shot an 80-year-old woman in Dallas.
On a cold night in mid-December, a Grand Prairie homeowner woke up to a loud bang to find a police vehicle had crashed into her house.
"Fearing for their lives, and the life of the victim, a single officer fired their duty weapon striking the suspect," the report states.
Through further investigation, detectives discovered Nix had an accomplice.
The 72-year-old former police chief had been battling Lewy body dementia.
It happened before 7:30 p.m. at the intersection of Bardin Road and New York Avenue – just south of I-20.
The legislation will change the way license plates are issued in Texas: No more paper, only metal tags.
Paper tags have long been blamed for massive fraud across the state. CBS News Texas first exposed the problem back in 2017.
Police officers around the country have a lot of work to do to rebuild their public image and the Grand Prairie Police Department has found a novel way to do it.
Police officers have a lot of work to do to rebuild their public image – but the Grand Prairie Police Department has found an unusual way to do it.
As a judge sentenced Hoffman to 12 years behind bars, police officers sat in silence, filling every row in the gallery.
A state bill that would eliminate paper license plates in Texas took a big step forward today, with the passage of House Bill 718.
