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Lewisville man sought in Aug. 8 hit-and-run fatal

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By Mitch Mitchell LEWISVILLE — Police are looking for a 19-year-old Lewisville resident in connection with a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred on Aug.

Man dies after 3 motorcycles wreck in north Arlington

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By BILL MILLER A man died and two others were hurt early Wednesday after their motorcycles wrecked in north Arlington, according to reports.Alton Issac, 49, of Arlington died 1:28 a.m. at Arlington Memorial Hospital, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office reported."This is the 13th traffic fatality in Arlington this year," said Tiara Richard, police spokeswoman, in a news release.Police were called at 12:45 a.m.

Keller High School student dies in crash days after graduating

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By BILL MILLER A recent high school graduate in the Keller school district has died from injuries received in a motorcycle wreck Monday evening in north Fort Worth, according to reports.Austen Ussery, 18, of Fort Worth died at 12:06 a.m. Tuesday at the intensive care unit at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, the Tarrant County medical examiner's office reported.He died of blunt force trauma caused by the crash, the medical examiner's office said Tuesday.

Fort Worth officer seriously hurt after kidnap-slaying suspect rams police car

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By Jan Jarvis and Lance Murray FORT WORTH -- A Fort Worth police officer was in serious but stable condition Saturday after his patrol car was rammed head-on by a sport utility vehicle driven by a man suspected of kidnapping a woman in College Station and killing her.The identity of the officer was not released. But College Station police identified the suspect as Stanley Wayne Robertson, 42, of College Station. He was also injured and was at a Fort Worth hospital.

Officer badly hurt in head-on crash between murder suspect, patrol car

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Lance Murray A Fort Worth police officer was critically injured overnight when his patrol car was hit head-on by a sport utility vehicle being driven the wrong way on a highway by a suspect in a kidnap-homicide, police said.The suspect also was critically hurt in the crash, said Sgt. Pedro Criado, Fort Worth police spokesman. The kidnapping victim was later found dead behind a shopping center west of downtown Fort Worth.Criado said the crash occurred on U.S.

Police officer injured in chase is back in hospital

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By Alex Branch FORT WORTH -- A police officer critically injured last month in a crash during a pursuit is back in the hospital after developing swelling in his brain, Mayor Mike Moncrief said Thursday.Officer Richard Lambing, 37, had moved to a rehab center but was returned to Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital on Wednesday for surgery, Moncrief said at the JPS Health Network board of managers meeting."It doesn't look good for Rich," Moncrief said.

Woman, 51, gets 30-year sentence for fatal DWI

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By Domingo Ramirez Jr. FORT WORTH -- Tammy Sue Stegall will not be driving drunk for a long time.Stegall, 51, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder for killing a Bedford man almost exactly a year ago as he rode his new motorcycle on East Belknap Street in Haltom City.She was charged with murder because of two previous convictions of driving while intoxicated.

Injured Fort Worth officer moved to long-term care

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Deanna Boyd FORT WORTH -- A police officer injured last month when his patrol car crashed into a tree during a pursuit has been transferred to a long-term-care facility but remains an intensive-care patient, according to a Facebook update posted by the Fort Worth Police Officers Association. Officer Richard Lambing was injured July 8 after responding to a Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department request for help in pursuing a motorcyclist who had left a suspected drug house in Mansfield.

Haltom City woman pleads guilty to murder in DWI crash

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Domingo Ramirez Jr. FORT WORTH -- A Haltom City woman with a history of drunken driving convictions was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday for running over and killing a Bedford motorcyclist last year just days after he had buried his son who was killed in Afghanistan.In a plea agreement reached with prosecutors, Tammy Sue Stegall, 51, pleaded guilty to murder in the traffic death of 56-year-old Billy Stroud.Stegall was charged with murder because she had two previous DWI convictions, according to Tarrant County criminal court records.Stegall entered her plea Tuesday af
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