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21 Sep 2018, 10:34 am
.'So many people sitting in jail'In Waco, apparently oblivious to the possibility of reducing pretrial detention through bail reform, McLennan County officials will pay for an extra, associate judge to process cases faster. [read post]
24 Feb 2016, 7:25 am
If they say "no," I'd expect Brown to file a civil rights lawsuit.Waco drug cop(s) may have lied about informantsA 26-year veteran Waco drug enforcement detective has been suspended after it was revealed he allegedly "lied about his use of confidential informants to obtain arrest and search warrants," and soon thereafter his commander, a 36-year veteran and the department's first female assistant chief, was also suspended.Reality TV footage gets alleged… [read post]
1 Sep 2018, 11:00 am
Even a local, elected judge in McLennan County is now openly questioning lame-duck District Attorney Abel Reyna's judgment.The Waco Tribune Herald reported that Judge Ralph Strother decided to postpone the next trial related to the roundup following the Twin Peaks biker massacre in order to let the next District Attorney make decisions about the cases.Strother said he'd been “troubled by the whole Twin Peaks matter from its inception. [read post]
18 May 2020, 1:50 pm
It's great to see some journalistic light shed on the subject.Texas women inmates cope with COVIDAt the Waco Tribune Herald, reporter Brooke Crum provided a window into how women inmates in Gatesville and their families are coping with coronavirus restrictions.COVID testing rates vary widely at county jailsThere are wide disparities in how frequently county jails are testing inmates and staff for the COVID virus, reported the Dallas News. [read post]
30 Mar 2019, 8:46 am
*Rate of arrest for Class C misdemeanors at traffic stops in 2018 by Waco PD: 451.4 per 10,000 stops. [read post]
Ryan Lizza talks to 2 witnesses to the notorious Aqua Buddha incident that's been dogging Rand Paul.
30 Sep 2014, 5:15 pm
"Ditzler said that George and Rand asked her to go into one of the tents and smoke pot, but when she declined they drove to a creek in Elm Mott, north of Waco, and told her to wade into the water and worship Aqua Buddha. [read post]
22 Jan 2015, 6:54 am
" Any fiction that the jail will pay for itself in the current, over-saturated Texas incarceration market must be snuffed: Ask voters in Lubbock or Waco how that story turns out! [read post]
25 Sep 2014, 5:43 am
See prior, related Grits coverage: Prisons as water hogs: Two TDCJ units soak up more water than the city of AmarilloPrisons as water hogs: Private facility in Waco would use 2.5 million gallons per month when full State prisons are Abilene's biggest water user [read post]
11 Sep 2013, 8:01 am
Loved this tidbit from a September 9 article in the Waco-Tribune Herald (which is once again publicly available after being subscription only for a time):pursuing pending charges against a man unlikely to see the outside of a prison again and transporting him back into county custody to be paid for by residents could be seen as inefficient, given the county’s budget overruns, a bloated jail population, spiraling criminal justice expenses and a shrinking reserve fund, all of which… [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 7:46 pm
A fired Waco cop who'd choked a handcuffed defendant and claimed he'd acted in self defense was convicted of two misdemeanor counts - assault and official oppression - reported the Tribune-Herald. [read post]
15 Dec 2013, 9:41 am
Dept. have all been seriously scrutinized these last few months by the libertarian (and only reluctantly by the main stream) press, our old friend of merry makers, the original set 'em up and blow them up gang over at the AFT (Bureau of Alcohol Firearms and Tobacco) (remember WACO? [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 7:51 am
Waco Fire Chief John Johnson noted that the pipeline industry provides maps of all pipeline locations to local fire departments and also donates money to train first responders to deal with disasters. [read post]
24 Jan 2019, 5:11 am
The Dallas News has a story on the effort, and the pushback.Why jail is a rotten place to send addicted people for medical careThis story of a woman who apparently died of withdrawal symptoms in the Tarrant County Jail demonstrates the folly of attempting to deliver health care services via cops, jails, and prisons.Police union okay with reduced penalties for non-violent offenders, wants maximal arrest powersIn a column in the Waco Tribune Herald, Texas Municipal Police Association… [read post]
Ryan Lizza talks to 2 witnesses to the notorious Aqua Buddha incident that's been dogging Rand Paul.
30 Sep 2014, 8:34 am
"Ditzler said that George and Rand asked her to go into one of the tents and smoke pot, but when she declined they drove to a creek in Elm Mott, north of Waco, and told her to wade into the water and worship Aqua Buddha. [read post]
30 Jun 2018, 9:13 am
Apparently in Waco, as at the White House these days, FBI investigators are now considered the enemy. [read post]
11 Mar 2015, 12:29 pm
A serialized magazine story detailing a 1982 Waco triple homicide is among the finalists for the American Bar Association’s 2015 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 9:34 am
We found Waco PD led the state in Class C misdemeanor arrests at traffic stops, arresting more than 4.5% of driver stopped for these lowest-level offenses. [read post]
21 Jan 2014, 12:39 pm
Another little known fact In 1885, Dr Pepper was invented by a pharmacist named Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas – thank you sir! [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 10:32 am
Nothing about General Gage... about Paul Revere... about Patriot's Day, Ruby Ridge, Waco, Oklahoma City, gun-free zones. [read post]
27 Apr 2017, 9:40 am
In Waco, the DA in 2011 adopted a policy allowing bondsmen to pay just a portion of bond revocations.The corporations that reap the rewards of Texas’ current bail laws are:AIA Surety: Calabasas, CaliforniaAmerican Surety Company: Indianapolis, IndianaBail USA: Greenville, PennsylvaniaLexington National Insurance Company: Lutherville, MarylandBankers Surety, St. [read post]
