# Safety: Dallas–Fort Worth

Updated Fri Nov 6, 3:30 PM Central. Most important first.

- [Arrest made in Deep Ellum Halloween shootings that killed four](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/fa707f81b7.md): Police and federal authorities announced an arrest in the Halloween weekend Deep Ellum shootings that killed four people. Lakewood Advocate named the suspect as David Yancy, 31. (CBS News Texas (CBS 11), 2026-11-06 11:03 CST)
- [Alisa Simmons defeats Tim O'Hare in race for Tarrant County Judge](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/1e5c777bba.md) [developing]: Collin County voters rejected all four proposals in an $817.5 million bond package Tuesday night , denying county officials authorization to borrow money for roads, jail facilities, parks and a new building for the elections department. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, 2026-11-06 04:37 CST)
- [Yella Beezy capital murder trial continues in Dallas](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/096a692aae.md): Dallas rapper Markies Conway, known as Yella Beezy, is on trial for capital murder. He is accused of ordering the 2020 killing of rapper Mo3, and has pleaded not guilty. (NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth, 2026-11-06 13:45 CST)
- [Dallas shooting and crash near DART Ledbetter Station leaves 1 dead, 1 hospitalized](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/4937eb2640.md) [developing]: One person is dead and another hospitalized after a driver was shot and crashed into train tracks near Dallas’ DART Ledbetter Station on Thursday, delaying Blue Line service. (FOX 4 KDFW, 2026-11-05 17:47 CST)
- [Fort Worth woman charged with murder in Wise County man's death](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/3f450d8304.md): Wise County Sheriff's Office said Paula Blancas-Espinosa, 36, was arrested for the murder of Jorge Sosa-Vargas, 26, whose body was found on a road near Rhome Nov. 3. (CBS News Texas (CBS 11), 2026-11-06 11:23 CST)
- [Dallas man arrested at JFK airport in $373M bank fraud case; 13 others indicted](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/dcdab2181a.md): The suspected ringleader in a $373 million bank-account-takeover scheme targeting thousands of U.S. residents was arrested in New York while trying to board a one-way flight to Malaysia. (FOX 4 KDFW, 2026-11-05 19:32 CST)
- [DeSoto man indicted on federal sex trafficking charges](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/6203858417.md): A DeSoto man faces up to life in prison after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of sex trafficking five women, including a minor, in Texas. (FOX 4 KDFW, 2026-11-05 12:50 CST)
- [KERA: Deep Ellum workers raise concerns over public safety amid shootings over Halloween weekend](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/5ac4a44488.md): From our KERA partners: "Everyone’s working so hard to keep the neighborhood what it should be,” Susan Carson told KERA News in an interview. (Lakewood Advocate, 2026-11-04 17:42 CST)
- [Deep Ellum creative community refuses to let Halloween shootings write the neighborhood’s next chapter](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/d6ad362609.md): Venue owners, artists and gallery keepers share how they’re moving forward after last weekend's Halloween shootings. (Dallas Observer, 2026-11-05 14:44 CST)
- [Police continue investigating multi-vehicle crash near Denton haunted house](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/f1e582f893.md): The status of the ten people hospitalized following a Halloween crash near a Denton haunted house remains unknown as police continue investigating the cause. (FOX 4 KDFW, 2026-11-02 20:07 CST)
- [Police recover stolen cryptocurrency, return $20K to Plano resident](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/164375c16a.md): Plano police detectives recovered $20,000 in stolen cryptocurrency for a local resident, marking the first digital asset seizure by a Collin County municipal agency without federal assistance. (FOX 4 KDFW, 2026-11-05 16:32 CST)
- [Judge awards UT Arlington professor $422K after retaliation, sex-based harassment verdict](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/40c7c1fd6b.md): The ruling adds five years of associate-chair pay and nearly $200,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs. Haiying Huang remains a UTA professor. (Fort Worth Report, 2026-11-05 18:06 CST)
- [Denton County mother who fought CPS now tackles criminal charge over son's alleged severe malnourishment](/dallas-fort-worth/stories/b3cd4e1f84.md): A Denton County mother who once accused Child Protective Services of unlawfully taking her son may be about two weeks from learning the outcome of a criminal charge after investigators say the child was so… (CBS News Texas (CBS 11), 2026-11-05 22:33 CST)