Release From Titus County Sheriff’s Office On Thursday, January 2, 2020, Titus County Sheriff’s Office conducted a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Ryan Keith Dennis, age 45, of Maud, TX. This operation was put into action after a Titus County Narcotic Investigator learned Dennis sold methamphetamine and would travel to …

Ethan Couch The North Texas teenager with a history of legal troubles following his drunk driving conviction in connection with the crash that killed four people and injured nine is back behind bars in Tarrant County. The now 22-year-old Ethan Couch, known as the “Affluenza Teen,” is charged with violating …

A Collin County man was fatally shot early New Year’s Day during a New Year’s Eve party in Canton. Sixty-one-year-old Alan Bates, of Plano, died of multiple gunshot wounds. He was reportedly increasingly agitated and aggressive to others at the party and made threats against a couple and others. He …

Amber Leigh McGehee Wood County Jail Photo A woman, already being held in the Wood County Jail on two traffic-related charges, has been charged with setting fire to two houses in Smith County. Thirty-year-old Amber Leigh McGehee of Hawkins has been charged with two counts of Arson of a Habitation …

  Thirty-three-year-old Alfredo Alvarado Martinez was arrested in Titus County for Burglary of a Habitation and Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle.  Bond was set at a total of $30,000. Twenty-one-year-old Mathew Martinez was arrested Thursday in Titus County on a charge of Credit or Debit Card Abuse. NO bond amount …

  The man who escaped from the Gregg County jail on December 23 has pleaded guilty to 2 charges in connection with the escape. Jace Martin Laws was serving a 70-year sentence for assault on a police officer and a prior escape. He received an additional 16 years behind bars …

  Forty-six-year-old Elias Moreno was arrested early Friday morning on three warrants for violating the probation he was on. He was on the probation for Money Laundering of more than $150,000 but less than $300,000 and two counts of Possession of more than 1 but less than 4 grams of …

  The five-year-old Deport child who accidentally strangled himself. Investigators believe that Rodney Moll was jumping on a bed, when he wrapped a string around his neck and tripped, accidentally hanging himself.  Doctors at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas had taken him off of life support when it was determined …

  The investigation continues after one man is dead and another in custody when a verbal altercation escalated into a fatal stabbing in Bogata. Thirty-eight-year-old Johnny Goforth was arrested and is being held in the Red River County jail.  Bogata police have identified the victim as John David Brown.

William James Ragsdale Hopkins County arrested 55-year-old William James Ragsdale on New Year’s Day for Possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of a Penalty Group I Controlled Substance. Bond has not been set on the second-degree felony drug charge.