Dallas county man convicted of mortgage fraud - KYTX

3 February 2012, 8:04 am

Dallas county man convicted of mortgage fraudKYTXBy Ben Newland - email PLANO – A 45-year-old DeSoto, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury in a mortgage fraud scheme that involved homes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced US Attorney John M. Bales today. Rodney Lavann Giles was convic... Read More »

Crime Beat (Feb. 1) - Times Record News

31 January 2012, 10:10 pm

Crime Beat (Feb. 1)Times Record NewsBlack is accused in the April 2011 death of 40-year-old Susan Loper, a Pilates instructor at a Plano Country Club. While awaiting trial on a capital murder charge, Black is being held at the Collin County Jail on a $1 million bond.... Read More »

Advocacy center recognizes key leaders - Plano Star Courier

30 January 2012, 9:41 am

Advocacy center recognizes key leadersPlano Star CourierThere are more than 700 such advocacy centers nationwide, 64 of which are in Texas. However, the facility in Plano stands out among the rest for its effectiveness and community support. Keynote speaker Victor Vieth said the CAC has become a mod... Read More »

Heroin: A problem for 'Anywhere, USA' - Signal

29 January 2012, 1:30 am

Heroin: A problem for 'Anywhere, USA'SignalOn the first day of June 1995, a young man was found dead in Plano, 10 miles from his home in Allen, Texas. Jeramy Joe Jamieson, 21, had died of a heroin overdose. It was the first such death Plano had seen, according to the man who is now the city&... Read More »

The Heart of the Matter: Legends hold Living for Zachary Day - Star Community Newspapers

28 January 2012, 9:41 am

The Heart of the Matter: Legends hold Living for Zachary DayStar Community NewspapersBY Kevin Hageland, khageland@acnpapers.com It's been nearly three years since 16-year-old Plano East football player Zachary Schrah passed away. The latest indication of that comes to fruition today as the Texas... Read More »

Sheriff's Report - January 25, 2012 - Santa Rosa Press Gazette

24 January 2012, 7:58 am

Sheriff's Report - January 25, 2012Santa Rosa Press GazetteHoffman, Amanda Sue; Female; 29; 9607 Custer Rd., Plano, Texas; Forgery Obtain Controlled Substance by Forgery; Fraud Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud (56 counts); Opium or Derivative Trafficking Four Grams to Under 30 Kilograms (8 c... Read More »

Major youth groups make headway against sex abuse - Boston.com

21 January 2012, 12:09 pm

Boston.comMajor youth groups make headway against sex abuseBoston.comThe Scouts also created the full-time position of youth protection director, and filled it with Michael Johnson, a former police detective from Plano, Texas, who is an authority on child abuse detection and prevention. (AP Photo/Th... Read More »

Major youth groups make headway against sex abuse - Kingsport Times News

19 January 2012, 11:47 am

Kingsport Times NewsMajor youth groups make headway against sex abuseKingsport Times NewsThe Scouts also created the full-time position of youth protection director, and filled it with Michael Johnson, a former police detective from Plano, Texas, who is an authority on child abuse detection and prev... Read More »

Western Pipeline Corp Executive Convicted of Oil and Gas Investment Fraud - LoanSafe

12 January 2012, 5:47 pm

Western Pipeline Corp Executive Convicted of Oil and Gas Investment FraudLoanSafeby Evan Bedard on January 12, 2012 in Scams (Source: FBI) – DALLAS—This week, another oil and gas company executive John Arthur Apple, Jr., 53, of Lewisville, Texas, pleaded guilty to felony offenses stemming from h... Read More »

BC-TX--Texas News Digest,1st Ld-Writethru, TX - KRGV

11 January 2012, 7:06 pm

BC-TX--Texas News Digest,1st Ld-Writethru, TXKRGVPlano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and the Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, Texas, announced the settlement of the litigation centered on the retro beverage that had come to be known as "Dublin Dr Pepper." COLUMBIA, SC Mitt Romney swept into ..... Read More »