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A Texas City man died May 24 from natural causes while being held in Galveston County Jail, the county medical examiner said. Fernando Torres, 52, was booked May 14 on felony charges of possession of ...
The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is conducting a state-mandated investigation into a recent in-custody death at the Dallas County Jail. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is leading an ...
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office recently hired Dallas County’s former top jail official to run Tarrant County’s jail system amid scrutiny over a spike in jail ...
TARRANT COUNTY — The Tarrant County Sheriff is defending his jail amid protests and calls for change from community members at Tarrant County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. The contentious ...
Since Tarrant County sheriff Bill Waybourn took office in 2017, 65 people have died while in custody at the county’s jail. The deaths have drawn scrutiny from the public and local politicians ...
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — Activists angered by the Tarrant County sheriff’s management of the county jail are calling for his resignation. United My Justice held a press conference Tuesday ...
Charles Eckert, executive chief of the detention bureau, looks in on one of the medical facilities in the Tarrant County jail on Thursday, March 7, 2024. There have been more than 60 deaths at the ...
At this time, both Williams and Redic are facing murder charges in connection with the deaths of Willis, Navarrete and Santos and they are being held in the Tarrant County Jail on bonds totaling ...
Two people died in the custody of the Tarrant County Jail over the past three days, according to the sheriff’s office and medical examiner’s office records. On Saturday night, Tarrant County ...
Ma Ney Gay, Jesus Hernandez and George Fernando Vasquez are each in Tarrant County Jail on multiple capital murder charges. In an arrest affidavit for Hernandez, police said they responded to two ...
George Fernando Vasquez, Ma Ney Gay and Jesus ... Ma Gay, Vasquez and Hernandez are being held in the Tarrant County Jail on $250,000 bail.