Fort Worth nightclub owner slain in after-hours shooting
A 50-year-old nightclub owner was killed early Friday when he was shot multiple times at his east-side business, police said.
The shooting at the New Start Club in the 4500 block of Miller Avenue appears to have started out as a robbery, said Sgt. J.D. Thornton, homicide detective.
“Shortly after closing, two suspects went into the club and robbed the business while employees were trying to close up,” Thornton said.
The owner was shot multiple times while he was in the kitchen, police said.
Read more in this report from Staff Writer Bill Miller. But keep checking back because Staff Writer Deanna Boyd is learning more about the case.
Death Row inmate returned to Tarrant County Jail
Michael Toney, whose 1999 death sentence for the bombing of a Lake Worth trailer was overturned last year, has been transferred from Death Row to the Tarrant County Jail.
Toney was convicted of capital murder for the 1985 Thanksgiving bombing that killed Angela Blount, 15; her father, Joe Blount, 44; and her cousin, Michael Columbus, 18.
Now the Texas Attorney General is now weighing whether there is enough to evidence to retry the case.
Staff Writer Alex Branch reports.
Former sheriff pleads guilty in sex-assault case
Former Montague County Sheriff Bill Keating (right) pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to violating the civil rights of a woman whom he coerced into having sex, telling her it was the only way to avoid arrest on a drug charge.
The incident happened in November, and Keating's term as sheriff ended Jan. 1.
He faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Read more here.
Death Row inmate returned to Tarrant County Jail
Are we going to have another murderer released into our community on a technicality?
Posted by: P H D | January 31, 2009 at 01:43 PM