Email AuthorEric Nicholson
How Dallas Attorney Patrick Robert Simon Launders Money For Drug Traffickers, And How He Got Caught Doing It
December 11, 2012 in Unfair Park
Dallas Man to 911: "I'm Just Going to Fire Gunshots into the Air to Get Police Here"
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
With Spraying Over, Dallas County Will Test Mosquitoes For Insecticide Resistance
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
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DPD Responded to a Colorful Palette of Crimes This Weekend, Including Lots of Stolen Meat
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
You can find rib eye steaks on a butcher's chart. You can also find them in 24-year-old Brian Lepar's sweater, according to police.You might have noticed that there was a...
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Hostess Used Workers' Pension Contributions to Fund Day-to-Day Twinkie-Making
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
geekosystem.comDespite considerable evidence to the contrary, the unions-killed-the-Twinkie trope is still very much alive. Never mind that Hostess completely failed to adapt to changing tastes or update its brand, that it...
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Considered a Sex Offender Since He Was 12, a Plano Man is Finally Freed from the Registry
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
Via.In May, the Texas Observer profiled Josh Gravens, a 25-year-old Plano man struggling to find a job and otherwise coping with life on the Texas Department of Public Safety's sex...
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The Ongoing Saga of Jabin Bogan, Whose Truck Full of Ammo Took a Wrong Turn into Mexico
December 10, 2012 in Unfair Park
Fox 4Jabin BoganIn April, Jabin Bogan was transporting 268,000 rounds of ammunition from Tennessee to a gun shop in Arizona when he took a wrong turn. "He told me he was...
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City Hall Waters Down Bike-Friendly Ordinance, But Not Very Much
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
The last time the City Council's Public Safety Committee met, members squabbled over the details of a proposed measure aimed at protecting cyclists. The ordinance -- we'll call it the...
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Isabella, This Four-Month-Old Boxer Mix, Was Skinned Alive in Southwest Dallas
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
DFW Rescue Me Update at 4:59 p.m.: An initial investigation by Dallas Animal Services indicates the dog's injuries likely came from a "non-human predator," according to NBC 5. Original post:DFW Rescue Me...
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The Fort Worth Cats Haven't Paid for Their Uniforms or 20,000 Baseballs, But Their Owner Says They're Doing Just Fine
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
This time a year ago, the Fort Worth Cats, the city's minor league baseball team, was on death's doorstep. Team owner Carl Bell had racked up considerable debt that come...
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Anonymous' Barrett Brown Faces Additional Charges Surrounding Hack of Intelligence Firm Stratfor
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
YouTubeBarrett BrownLast we heard from Barrett Brown was the rambling, mournful letter he wrote from Mansfield Federal Detention Center, where he was taken after his dramatic arrest at his...
Park Board Votes Against Spending Extra Cash on Texas Horse Park
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
Marion Sayles Was Found Guilty Yesterday of a Brutal 1983 Rape. The Man Who Was Wrongly Convicted Wants an Apology.
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
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Tom Corea's Wife Attacked His Mistress, Rammed Her Car Through a Garage
December 07, 2012 in Unfair Park
Ellis County Sheriff's OfficeJennifer CoreaBecause the Tom Corea saga just wasn't train-wrecky enough, we bring you another dispatch from Ellis County, where, if you'll recall, Corea was recently indicted for...
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Dallasites Find "Dewey Defeats Truman" Paper in Garland Storage Shed
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
Mary Padian and Moe Prigoff are regular cast members on "Storage Wars: Texas," the Lone Star spinoff of the A&E reality show chronicling the odd souls who bid on the...
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Watch an Arlington Golf Pro Swing 14-Foot Golf Club, Break World Record
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
FacebookMichael Furrh is an Arlington golf pro who, according to his Facebook profile, splits his time between working in the pro shop at Rolling Hills Country Club, training caddies at...
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The Fate of the "Easy Rider" Sequel Hangs in Dallas County Court
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
In the summer of 2004 crews began filming Easy Rider: The Search Continues, a sequel the cult 1969 film that tracked Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper as they made their...
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SMU Police Say This Guy Posed as a Student to Offer Coeds Free Massages. (Also: It Worked.)
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
CBS 11Edwin KimYou can get a massage from SMU's Dedman Center for Lifetime Sports, but it's not free and it won't be given by Edwin Kim. Kim, 24, was arrested by...
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Greg Abbott Invents War on Christmas, Declares Victory
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
This ungulate tried to steal Christmas. Greg Abbott stopped him.Despite its vaguely official-sounding name, the Christmas Bureau of Austin & Travis County is not a branch of local government. It's...
Ludacris Throws Legal 'Bows in Dallas, Proving Rap Beefs Aren't What They Used to Be
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
Feds Say Denton Doctor Disciplined For Sexually Harrassing Patients Now Running a Pill Mill
December 06, 2012 in Unfair Park
Watch Thieves Smash Truck Through Glass Door, Steal Absurd Amount of Rangers Merchandise
December 05, 2012 in Unfair Park
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Dallas and Dwaine Caraway Both Have Big Plans for the Reunion Arena Area, but Only One Involves Prince's "Purple Rain."
December 05, 2012 in Unfair Park
Downtown Dallas 360, the city's long-range master plan for the area, has high hopes for southwestern downtown. Where Reunion Arena once stood, it envisions a cluster of mid-rise mixed-use developments....
The Ten-Percenter: How the Feds Say Lone Star Horse Bettors Tried to Avoid Paying Taxes
December 05, 2012 in Unfair Park
Franklin Davis, Accused of Raping and Murdering a Carrollton Teen, Took Police on a Wild Ride Last Night
December 05, 2012 in Unfair Park
