FORNEY, Texas — A Forney man vacationing in Florida was arrested on a hate crime-related battery charge on Thursday, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A Wichita Falls man wanted on 13 felony warrants in Kaufman County was arrested yesterday after members of the Wichita Falls Police Department SWAT Team executed multiple search warrants in their city.

ATHENS, Texas — A probable cause affidavit obtained by inForney.com details the charges against now-former Athens Mayor James "Monte" Montgomery.

VAN ZANDT COUNTY, Texas — The Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office is seeking the whereabouts of a man wanted for online solicitation of a minor.

SEVEN POINTS, Texas — A Mabank teen was arrested and charged in connection with the aggravated robbery of the Scotties Exxon in Seven Points.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is investigating the Tuesday burglary of a Dollar General in northwest Kaufman County.

ATHENS, Texas — The mayor of the City of Athens was among four arrested Thursday during a sting in Longview, Texas, which targeted individuals soliciting sex from minors.

ROCKWALL, Texas — A Talty man previously convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison for preying on young girls via Snapchat has additionally been sentenced 35 years in similar cases in Rockwall County, the Rockwall County District Attorney's Office announced Friday.

TERRELL, Texas — Simultaneous drugs raids in the Terrell and Forney areas on Tuesday afternoon netted five arrests and the seizure of a "significant amount" of crack cocaine and four firearms.

COMBINE, Texas — The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance identifying to unknown male subjects who allegedly stole lumber from a Combine-area job site last week.

TERRELL, Texas — The Terrell Police Department is investigating a bomb threat made to a local retailer earlier today.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance identifying a man who allegedly cut and stole pipe from private property on Sunday.

FORNEY, Texas — A teenager was shot and killed and another was critically injured in an overnight shooting in the Forney area.

FORNEY, Texas — A 34-year-old man charged with the murder of a Forney teen has been captured by members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Tennessee, Dallas Police Department detectives confirmed to inForney.com by phone moments ago.

FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Police Department is seeking the public's assistance identifying a subject alleged to have stolen financial and made large withdrawal's from a victim's account.

KAUFMAN, Texas — The Kaufman Police Department is seeking an unknown person who allegedly stole a victim's wallet from a local restaurant in March, according to a release from the Kaufman County Crime Stoppers today.

HEARTLAND, Texas — Approximately 68 rounds were fired at a Heartland home early Monday morning in what police are calling a targeted drive-by shooting. Dallas police are investigating a similar shooting at a related residence overnight in their city.

MESQUITE, Texas — On Tuesday morning, Mesquite police shot and killed a man allegedly armed with a knife and club while responding to a 911 hangup call with a female screaming and crying in the background.

CRANDALL, Texas — UPDATE [May 12, 2021] — Two people were arrested earlier today in Collin County by members of the Collin County Sheriff's Office and the Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force in connection with the May 3rd vehicle burglary turned robbery that left a Crandall woman unconsciou…

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A firearm reported stolen out of Kaufman County was recovered during a multi-county theft and narcotics investigation in southeast Texas.

MABANK, Texas — Mabank Police Department and the Texas Rangers are working to determine how an unfortunate set of events unfolded that left a man dead, his father in custody and a family shattered.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — A Kaufman County man has been arrested and charged with murder after an alleged domestic disturbance turned deadly shooting last week, the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office confirmed with inForney.com today.

TERRELL, Texas — Kaufman County Sheriff's Office deputies on patrol on Saturday observed and recovered a stolen 18-wheeler and its cargo — nearly $1 million in Dell laptops, the sheriff's office announced today.

SCURRY, Texas — UPDATE [April 21] — Today, 50-year-old Ross Anthony Scott was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the 2018 murder of Henry Snider Jr. at his Scurry-area home — the maximum sentencing option available to the jury in the first-degree felony case.

KAUFMAN, Texas — A Dallas lawyer has been charged with laundering what he believed to be proceeds of narcotics trafficking, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah announced on Friday.

TERRELL, Texas — Five people were arrested and heroin, meth, and suspected GHB were seized during a narcotics search warrant execution in the Terrell-area on Thursday afternoon.

WILLS POINT, Texas (U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas) — A Wills Point, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for child pornography violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

KEMP, Texas — A Kemp, Texas, man, who was a registered sex offender previously convicted of and recently released from state jail on child-sex related crimes, has been sentenced to federal prison for distributing child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

FORNEY, Texas — A Forney family is seeking answer's in their son's death after his body was discovered in Dallas early Friday morning.

MABANK, Texas — A man wanted on a murder warrant out of Las Vegas, Nevada, was arrested at a Mabank-area game room on Tuesday night, according to the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.

TERRELL, Texas — Members of the U.S. Marshals North Texas Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested a man, wanted in connection with a fatal Dallas club shooting, at a Terrell gas station earlier today.

FORNEY, Texas — Police say restaurant patrons stopped a man who appeared to be intoxicated from driving with his child, an altercation ensued, and the man displayed two firearms.

WILLS POINT, Texas (U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas) — A Wills Point, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — Following a two-day trial earlier this month, a Kaufman County jury convicted 53-year-old David Monroe Smitherman of criminal solicitation of a minor and unlawful restraint of a child less than 17 years of age, second-degree and state-jail felony charges, respectively.

FORNEY, Texas — A Talty man who targeted underage girls on Snapchat has been sentenced to 35 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) after pleading guilty to charges for continuous trafficking of persons and possession of child pornography.

FORNEY, Texas — A Forney man was arrested earlier today after violating a protective order, burglarizing a residence, and barricading himself inside the home — which resulted in a brief lock-out of an area elementary school during the duration of the incident.

GUN BARREL CITY, Texas — A Henderson County Sheriff's Office deputy is expected to make a full recovery after he was shot twice early Thursday morning while pursuing a man who fled from a traffic stop, according to police.

FORNEY, Texas — A man suspected of theft from area job sites lead police on a five-county, 157-mile pursuit on Wednesday night — stopping just 14 miles short of the Louisiana state line.

SEVEN POINTS, Texas — The Seven Points Police Department and the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a shooting at a local apartment complex that left a young woman, originally from Forney, dead on Thursday.

COMBINE, Texas — The Combine Police Department and the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office are investigating an attempted home burglary that occurred on Tuesday.

HEARTLAND, Texas — A Heartland woman and local kindergarten teacher is out on bond after being arrested twice this past week.

SEAGOVILLE, Texas — A Seagoville man has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office and federal court records.

KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas — The Kaufman County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of three people listed in its November 2019 Most Wanted poster.

TERRELL, Texas — Robert Bradley Page, 55 of Terrell is in custody after he allegedly shot and killed his son Saturday night according to authorities.

KEMP, Texas — Police are investigating an apparent "prank call" of an active shooter at the Kemp Junior High School earlier today.

KAUFMAN, Texas — The Kaufman County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal stabbing Friday morning.

TERRELL, Texas — The Terrell Police Department is warning of a warrant-pay phone scam spoofing the department's non-emergency number.

FORNEY, Texas — The Forney Police Department is investigating a reported armed robbery at the Dollar General store on Broad Street.

TERRELL, Texas — The death sentence for Charles Brownlow, the Terrell man who shot and killed five people on October 28, 2013, was reversed early last year due to a ruling from the United State Supreme Court which changed the standards for determining whether a person is intellectually disabled.