Texas AG Ken Paxton says caller made false report to police describing โlife-threatening situationโ at McKinney home
Attorney General Ken Paxton is speaking out after a false report was made to 911 by an unidentified caller describing a โlife-threatening situationโ at his familyโs McKinney home on New Yearโs Day.
Family attorney to present new findings from investigation 2 years after Harding Street botched raid involving HPD
HOUSTON โ The attorney representing Rhogena Nicholasโ family sent a release saying the family would like 911 calls to be released as well as sworn depositions by some of the Houston Police Department managers involved in the raid. The couple was shot and killed by Houston police officers during a controversial raid inside of their Harding Street home. The Nicholas family was set to appear in a probate court for a hearing Friday afternoon, but the hearing has been delayed. โToday was just the latest effort to put off and delay,โ said Mike Doyle, an attorney for the family of Rhogena Nicholas. RELATED: Families of Harding Street raid victims write letter to city for transparency, to release HPD recordingsThe family attorney claims that they will present the new findings from their investigation, along with witness testimony from an expert, a family member and a representative from the Houston Police Department.
Sports world mourns death of John Thompson, but if not for fate, he wouldโve likely died in Sept. 11 attacks
But while the world is sad over Thompsonโs passing, he at least had 19 more years of living after nearly dying during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. But Romeโs producer, Danny Schwartz, asked that he fly out a day later to accommodate the showโs schedule. Thompson told Schwartz that wouldnโt work and he was unhappy at the suggestion, but after Schwartz insisted, Thompson changed his flight. Ten years after that day, Thompson went on Romeโs radio show to reminisce, starting with a message Thompsonโs assistant relayed to him. โLet me tell you something, if youโre ever in Washington, D.C., you look me up,โ Thompson told Schwartz.
911 operator helps rescue human trafficking victim calling from Dominican Republic
An international phone call helped save a Green Bay, Wisconsin womanโs life as she was being held captive about 2,000 miles away. โI never expected this to happen,โ said Tracy Ertl, the Communications Supervisor for Brown County Public Safety. Itโs a rare occurrence that the Brown County Dispatch Center gets an international call. The voice on the other end was a Green Bay woman in danger, being held captive in the Dominican Republic. She told Tracy Ertl and her team at the dispatch center she'd been there since October, with only a few chances to escape and get help.