Tarrant County recently hired a new chief to oversee the jail system.Shannon Herklotzpreviously worked for the Dallas County Sheriff's Office and the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The former head of the Tarrant County Jail retired last May after a series of inmate deaths, includingAnth...
A U.S. district judge dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by family members of a Marine veteran killed inside the Tarrant County Jail. A criminal case against two of the jailors continues.
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North Texas man arrested after kidnapping his infant son, sheriff says A North Texas man is in jail after being accused of kidnapping his one-year-old son, assaulting another person with a baseball bat, and trying to kidnap the mother of his child, deputies with the Tarrant County Sheriff'...
In 2004, Bauman was convicted in Travis County of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child following an incident with a 7-year-old girl. Bauman subsequently received 8 years’ probation. Prior to absconding from his last known address in Austin, Texas, Bauman was known to have ties to Mexico, ...
Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn. "Fortunately, our justice system requires evidence to support those allegations."A criminal case against two of the jailors also continues.Joel Orlando Garcia and Rafael Morenowere indicted for murder. Both werereleased from jail on bond.CBS News Texas reques...
NORTH TEXAS —Cory Session is not biting his tongue about the investigation intoAnthony Johnson Jr.'sin-custody death at the Tarrant County Jail. "It was absolutely atrocious, unacceptable," Session said. "Every person who was involved in that should have been suspended, if not ...
2 arrested during protest over jail deaths at Tarrant County Commissioners Court Tensions over jail deaths escalated during a Tarrant County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, leading to the detention of three people following multiple disruptions and confrontations....