A former FBI agent fleeced a North Texas woman out of more than $800,000 after convincing her that she was on “secret probation” for drug crimes, federal.
Global safety equipment maker MSA Safety is expanding its gas detection business with the $337 million acquisition of Alle-Kiski Valley-based Bacharach, the companies announced. MSA, headquartered in Cranberry, plans to complete the acquisition of Bacharach and its affiliated companies from FFL Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm, in early
Feds nab another suspect who allegedly offered to torture sex trafficking victim to ‘break’ her
Nile Ivan-Clark Houston, 46, from Florida, was arrested when he traveled to North Texas to meet with an undercover agent.
The Dallas area has a problem with sex trafficking, and authorities are using sting operations among other things to crack down.
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A federal sting operation targeting individuals willing to offer their services to the sex trafficking industry has netted a second arrest in Dallas, according to court records.
The operation employed an unusual internet help-wanted posting: “Whore needs breaking.”
Nile Ivan-Clark Houston responded enthusiastically and said he was up to the task, federal court records say. The 46-year-old Florida man explained, “I get off on inflicting pain,” court records show.
Political speech or illegal threat? That can depend on the political leanings of jurors
A Wichita Falls man who told people to “shoot” Democratic members of Congress on sight was recently acquitted of making a threat by a federal jury in that city. The jury, which apparently did not include any Democrats, took just 18 minutes to reach its not guilty verdict.
President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol as Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., applaud, in Washington. A North Texas man accused of threatening Democrats in Congress was acquitted this month after a trial in Wichita Falls.(Melina Mara)