The first involved a man who police identified as Daniel Bourg. Bourg shot and killed Lela Cason, his partner of 9 years, before committing suicide soon after.

The second, which fortunately didn’t involve the loss of any lives, involved 22-year-old Michael Benton and his girlfriend Kiara Kirkendall, 20. Benton held Kirkendall hostage inside their apartment for three hours before SWAT negotiators convinced him to surrender peacefully. Benton was charged with aggravated kidnapping and was taken into custody at the Bi-State Justice Center.

Dallas police reportedly discovered two men in the SUV, one of which who was the driver and had a gunshot wound to his neck. The man was immediately taken to Baylor Hospital in Dallas for treatment of the wound.

According to investigators, the incident started at an apartment complex where a man wearing a hooded jacket and armed with a handgun tried to steal the Escalade and fired several shots after the driver tried to leave, hitting the driver in the neck.

According to the police, another man was seen leaving the scene of the incident and may have been the gunman involved in the incident.

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Willis Bassham, a former teacher at Garland High School, pleaded guilty to charges of child pornography possession. Separate charges involving indecency with a child and molestation are likely to be added.

For these charges, Bassham faces penalties including up to 10 years in prison, fines as high as  $250,000, and inclusion on a national sex offender registry.

The penalties associated with sex crimes charges of any kind can be severe, having a permanent effect on your personal, financial, and professional life. Fortunately, an experienced sex crimes defense lawyer may be able to have the charges against you and the penalties you face decreased in severity, or possibly, dropped altogether. To learn more about what an experienced legal representation can do for you, contact an attorney at the Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter today by calling 214-845-7007.

According to a news release written by the sheriff’s office, the sheriff was waiting to turn left onto West Little York when a truck traveling southbound in the area crossed the center lane and struck the officer’s car.

The impact of this collision caused the deputy’s car to be pushed back into another police officers’ vehicle. The 16-year-old driver of the pickup truck was arrested as a result of the collision and has been charged with driving under the influence. The police officer was taken to Memorial Herman Cy-Fair Hospital where he is currently recovering from a wrist injury. No other injuries were reported as a result of the collision.

Federal officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study on the topic and released the findings last week.

Researchers found that in 1991, 22.3% of high school students age 16 or older admitted to drinking and driving sometime in the past 30 days. When the same study was conducted in 2011, this number decreased to 10.3% of high school students.

Officials with the CDC have stated that this large decrease may be because many states have tightened their drunk driving laws and further driving restrictions have been put on teenagers when they first receive their licenses. For example, the hours during which teens can drive at night have been limited.

If you are underage and have been charged with youth drunk driving, contact the Dallas DWI lawyers at the Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter today.

Over the weekend, police collected 33 breath samples and conducted blood draws from 61 people as part of the “No Refusal” weekend.

Results from the breathalyzer tests showed that 18 of the people arrested had blood alcohol levels between 0.15 and 0.23, which exceeds the legal driving limit of. 08.

If you or a loved one has been the charged with a serious crime, you need knowledgeable representation on your side during this time. Contact the Dallas DWI lawyers of the Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-845-7007.

According to local police officials, Kidd crashed his vehicle into a telephone pole after veering off the side of the road just after 2 a.m. in Water Mill.

Sources close to Kidd have stated that he was returning from a charity event when the collision occurred. He has been charged and arraigned on driving while intoxicated charges but has pleaded not guilty. Kidd may face up to one year in jail if found guilty of the charge.

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The 56-year-old woman was arrested in May after she was pulled by Dallas police at 1:30 a.m. on the Dallas North Tollway for changing lanes without a signal. Once stopped, she allegedly failed the field sobriety test administered to her.

Later, it was found that McGarry’s blood alcohol concentration was .11.

If you have been arrested with a drunk driving charge, you need legal representation that understands the law and the options available to you. Contact the Dallas DWI defense lawyers of the Law Offices of Mark T. Lassiter by calling 214-845-7007 today.

The initiative began Tuesday at 6 p.m. and continued to Thursday at 6 a.m. During this initiative in Tarrant County, the first people to graduate from the Tarrant County Blood Draw School were working in order to help draw the blood of those who refuse to blow into the breathalyzer.

Officials in Tarrant County have stated that during the six years that they have offered ‘No Refusal’ weekends, their has been one fatal DWI-related crash.

The suspect, nicknamed the “Oil of Olay bandit’ has allegedly stolen tens of thousands of Oil of Olay skin care products from stores. Since the theft ring began, the 27-year-old man has stolen an estimated $40,000 worth of goods.

Police cannot find a current address on the man and they are currently trying to pinpoint it. Officials think that the man steals Oil of Olay products because they are more expensive making them more profitable to resell.