Share The Hillsboro Police Department investigated an apparent suicide Thursday afternoon, March 4. According to a press release from the Hillsboro Department of Public Safety, officers responded to an apartment complex in the 400 block of Old Brandon Road at 2:21 p.m. while investigating an alleged felony criminal offense and a possible suicidal subject. Officers attempted to make contact with the subject at the location and reportedly found the man dead inside the locked apartment from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body of the 27-year-old Hillsboro man was transported to American Forensics in Dallas for autopsy. The Hillsboro Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigation Unit and Justice of the Peace Charles Jones responded.
Traffic stop on I-35 leads to seizure of $90,000 in currency
Hillsboro Department of Public Safety
and last updated 2021-02-11 23:47:53-05
HILLSBORO, TX â A traffic stop on I-35 led to the seizure of $90,000 in currency.
According to the Hillsboro Department of Public Safety, Corporal Anderson, with the assistance of Corporal Penney, initiated a traffic stop on I-35.
K-9 Rox and Commander Forns were called out to conduct a search outside of the vehicle. The K-9 alerted on the vehicle, and a search was conducted.
During that search, officers found false compartments containing $90,000 in currency.
No other details were released.
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Share Several Christmas events have been scheduled in Hillsboro this weekend. On Saturday, December 19, Nutcracker characters will be in downtown Hillsboro on horseback from 3 to 6 p.m., with pony rides from 1 to 4 p.m. The “Come Decorate Nater’s Tree” event is scheduled for Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. benefiting Mission Hillsboro Medical Clinic. Children will have an opportunity to pet a horse named Nater and decorate a Christmas tree. See story on page 8A for more information. PaleoTex and Texas Through Time will set up a mini market in the parking lot at 107 East Elm from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and free pictures with Santa will be offered at Texas Through Time from 1 to 5 p.m.