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Rockwall Police release details about accident that killed teen Chrishia Odette
Share ROCKWALL – Rockwall Police released more details yesterday about the motor vehicle/pedestrian accident that killed Heath High School freshman student Chrishia Odette Friday night, after she...
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Tennessee resident sentenced to 54 years in prison for Intent to Deliver Cocaine
Share ROCKWALL – A Tennessee resident was convicted and sentenced to 54 years in prison and a $35,000 fine for Possession with Intent to Deliver Cocaine over 400 grams Sept. 4 by a Rockwall County...
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Jury selection began today in murder trial of former Kaufman JP Eric Williams
ShareEric Williams ROCKWALL – Jury selection began today in the Rockwall County courthouse in the first of three murder trials of former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams, who is...
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Royse City man sentenced to 45 years in prison for sexual assault of child
Share ROCKWALL – A Royse City man was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison for the first-degree felony of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Sept. 18 by a Rockwall County jury. Jurors heard...
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Rockwall man sentenced to 24 months in prison for bank fraud
Share DALLAS – The former owner and president of Curry Auto Leasing (CAL) in Dallas, who pleaded guilty in July, 2014, to an information charging one count of bank fraud, was sentenced Monday to 24...
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Defense rests without calling any witnesses in Eric Williams murder trial
ShareEric Williams ROCKWALL – The prosecution and defense rested yesterday in the capital murder trial of Eric Williams, the former Kaufman Co. justice of the peace accused of murdering Kaufman Co. DA...
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Eric Williams found guilty of capital murder in slaying of Cynthia McLelland
Share ROCKWALL – Former Kaufman Co. justice of the peace Eric Williams was found guilty today by a Rockwall jury of murdering Cynthia McLelland, the wife of Kaufman Co. District Attorney Mike...
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Dallas County, Police to stop arresting people caught with marijuana
Share DALLAS – Dallas County and Dallas Police have announced that people caught with less than two grams of marijuana will not be arrested beginning in January as they begin an experimental program...
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Rockwall jury sentences Eric Williams to death for murder of Cynthia McLelland
Share ROCKWALL – A Rockwall jury sentenced former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams to death this morning for the murder of Cynthia McLelland, wife of former Kaufman County District...
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Former Sheriff’s Department Maintenance Supervisor Michael Dillingham...
Share ROCKWALL – Former Rockwall County Sheriff’s Department Maintenance Supervisor Michael Dillingham was recently arrested and charged with the Class A Misdemeanor of Theft of Public Property of...
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Rockwall police officer arrested for aggravated assault with deadly weapon
Share ROYSE CITY – A Rockwall Police officer was arrested Jan. 1 by the Royse City Police Department for Aggravated Assault With A Deadly Weapon. According to Rockwall Police Public Information Officer...
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Family violence victim Brittany Barnhill to tell her story at crime...
ShareBrittany Barnhill ROCKWALL – Rockwall single mother and family violence victim Brittany Barnhill first met her abuser, Nick Welch, at a mutual friend’s party in Garland in December, 2012. At first...
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DA Culpepper: Felony assaults have tripled; women’s shelter, CAC needed soon
Share ROCKWALL – Serious family violence crimes are increasing across fast-growing Rockwall County and the time has come to start raising funds to build the County’s own women’s shelter and children’s...
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Suspect arrested for 2002 murder of Rockwall man’s brother
ShareBrian Ferry TUCSON AZ – Tucson cold case detectives arrested a man yesterday for the 2002 murder of the brother of Rockwall resident and Garland police officer Curtis Russell. Brian Ferry, 44, was...
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DA Kenda Culpepper: encouraged by support shown to start Children’s Advocacy...
Share ROCKWALL – Rockwall County District Attorney Kenda Culpepper said Saturday that initial efforts by community groups to reduce family violence crimes and aid victims across Rockwall County are...
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Girl, 12, committed suicide yesterday; was student at Cullins-Lake Pointe...
Share ROWLETT – A 12-year-old female sixth-grade student, who was a student at Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe Elementary School in Rowlett, committed suicide yesterday. Rowlett Police confirmed the suicide...
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Firefighter resigns after posting Facebook photo implying he killed 2 dogs...
SharePhoto placed on Tim Conatser’s Facebook page UNION VALLEY – Volunteer firefighter Tim Conatser has resigned from the Union Valley Fire Department after he allegedly posted a photo on Facebook...
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Animal cruelty charges filed against former firefighter who may have shot dogs
Share Photo placed on Tim Conatser’s Facebook page GREENVILLE – Animal cruelty charges have been filed against the former Union Valley firefighter who posted pictures of two dead dogs on Facebook last...
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95 confirmed child abuse cases in Rockwall County last year
Share ROCKWALL – There were 95 confirmed child neglect/abuse victims in Rockwall County last year, compared with 84 in 2013, according to Texas Family and Protective Services Data & Statistics...
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Rockwall mother charged with Capital Murder of 2 yr old daughter
Share ROCKWALL – Rockwall mother Heidy Guillen has been charged by Rockwall police with Capital Murder of her two-year-old daughter, Jade Guillen, who died from injuries Nov. 22, 2014. She was charged...
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