Crime Time

4 students, 3 others shot at Detroit bus stop

There are reports out of Detroit that four public school students and three other people have been shot at a bus stop.

The students have been identified as two boys and two girls, but their ages aren't yet known, according to the Web site clickondetroit.com.

No arrests have been made.

-- Lance Murray

Officer's stray bullet strikes stabbing victim, she dies

Officers in Fayetteville, Ark., were trying to rescue Jill Ulmer, 26-year-old pregnant woman, when they shot at her boyfriend who was brutally stabbing her, police said.

On Monday, police said an autopsy showed that one of those bullets actually contributed to her death, turning the incident in a tragedy for the officers involved.

Neighbors don't seem to think officers had any other choice but to fire at 41-year-old Ricky Anderson, according to television Web site 4029tv.com.

"That's awful, but I don't think they had another choice," neighbor Anne Kearney said.

-- Lance Murray

Local blotter: fake jerseys; arson; audio tirade

Store owner accused of selling counterfeit Cowboys jerseys

The owner of a Fort Worth sportswear store was arrested Monday morning on accusations that he sold more than 500 counterfeit Cowboys jerseys -- unlike the real one worn by the real Tony Romo (left).

But authorities believe Michael J. Harris, owner of MJ Sportswear in Ridgmar Mall, collected more than $150,000 for the fake jerseys.

He was arrested at his Cedar Hill home on a charge of trademark counterfeiting, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.

Staff Writer Deanna Boyd reports.

Judge hears recording in ex-radio personality's assault case

Rage and profanities filled a Tarrant County courtroom Monday when a digital recording was played during a hearing in the case of a former radio talk show host who is charged with assault.

On the recording, Russ Martin, 48, (right) is heard repeatedly screaming at his fiancee and threatened her during a domestic dispute.

“Shut up, or you are going to get hurt,” yelled the person identified as Martin.

The former host  has been indicted on a charge of misdemeanor assault.

Martin’s defense attorneys, however, claimed that a warrant in the case should be thrown out because of a sloppy police investigation last summer.

Staff Writer Domingo Ramirez Jr. reports.

New charges could lead to life sentence for Richardson

Life in prison could be the penalty if an Iowa man is convicted of being drunk when he caused a wreck that left an Arlington toddler in a vegetative state.

Stewart Richardson, 45, (left) initially faced a maximum of 10 years in prison on intoxication assault and felony DWI from the Feb. 20 wreck in Arlington.

Abdallah Khader (right) and his parents and a sibling were seriously injured when Richardson’s Ford F-250 pickup plowed into the back of the family’s Honda Accord at a red light.

But last week, tougher charges against Richardson were approved by a Tarrant County grand jury.

-- Staff Writer Martha Deller reports.

Officials say fire in Joshua was deliberately set

Joshua police are investigating an early-morning fire on Monday that destroyed a transmission repair shop.

When Joshua and Burleson fire units arrived at the scene of the 1:10 a.m. fire, they found the Pro-AM transmission repair shop fully engulfed.

-- Staff Writer Martha Deller reports.

-- Bill Miller

Police: While family's away, burglar makes himself at home

Make yourself at home.

That's exactly what a man did in Cincinnati after he broke into a four-bedroom home while the family was on vacation, police said. They said he watched TV, slept in the master bedroom, used the computer and drove one of the family's cars.

He's under arrest.

-- Lance Murray

2nd high-speed chase in 24 hours ends near White Rock Lake

It seems like we'd gone a while without a high-profile police chase, but now there have been two in less than 24 hours.

The first was Monday's nearly 90-minute chase through the northern part of Dallas County that resulted in a tremendous T-Bone crash in Richardson.

Then early Tuesday, a woman was stopped after a nearly two-hour chase that began in Irving and came to an end near White Rock Lake in Dallas. There were reports the chase reached speeds of 100 mph.

-- Lance Murray

Powerful T-bone crash ends Dallas County chase

An hour-and-a-half-long chase ended in a powerful crash Monday afternoon in northeast Dallas County, according to reports.

The chase began at about 12:58 p.m. near the intersection of Interstate 30 and Interstate 635 in Mesquite, said a dispatcher for the Dallas County Constables office.

Constables attempted a routine traffic stop on a motorist, but the chase ensued, the dispatcher said.

Assistance was given by a Dallas Police helicopter, Dallas County Sheriff's deputies and Texas Highway Patrol troopers, the dispatcher said.

During the chase, officers learned that the driver was wanted for drug violations, according to nbcdfw.com.

The chase went to downtown Dallas and then north back to I-635, the station reported.

It finally stopped when the car was T-boned by a truck at the intersection of Plano Road and Buckingham Road in Garland.

The car's driver was removed from the wreckage and taken to an area hospital. The driver of the truck got out of the vehicle and appeared to be uninjured.

Watch the video

-- Bill Miller

Police: Murderous dad lures son home, shoots him

Police in Virginia say that a father lured his college-student son back to the family home and then shot him before fatally shooting himself.

The man already had fatally shot his wife and elder son, police said.

The wounded son was able to escape and make it a neighbor's home.

"He said, 'Daddy lied to me,' and that he lured him back home," neighbor Deborah Akers told the Roanoke Times.

Police said they recovered a rifle from the burned home and have not determined a motive.

-- Lance Murray

Fort Worth gay bar controversy getting national attention

Fallout over a police raid at a Fort Worth gay bar early Sunday morning quickly became a major news story beyond Texas within hours.

Even before protesters demonstrated Sunday (right), activists were posting their comments on the Web.

A post on the raid, in which witnesses say excessive force was used and one patron was sent to the hospital, got wider attention after a blogger on the popular liberal blog, Daily Kos, wrote about it.

The story has also spread through the national gay community via Twitter. More than 200 people have tweeted about the incident, most expressing concern or outrage.

And a Facebook group protesting the incident has more than 1,000 members. The group was started by Todd Camp, one of the organizers of yesterday's protest and a former Star-Telegram writer.

(Click here for the Star-Telegram's story and video of the event and yesterday's protest.)

-- Aman Batheja

Casket stash: Dallas police find bundles beneath the lid

The reasonable thinking person probably wouldn't be eager to see what's inside a coffin.

Some might consider that gruesome; others might say it's disrespectful to the person who died or family members.

So it's not a stretch to consider that some people might think a coffin is good place to hide drugs.

But a driver in Dallas did other things to call attention to himself, which prompted police to stop his van.

Apparently they thought it was good idea to check inside the coffin he had in back.

See this report to learn what they found.

-- Bill Miller

Police: University official offered 5-year-old son for sex

Police in the District of Columbia have arrested a Duke University official after, they said, he offered his adopted 5-year-old son for sex.

He's identified as Frank Lombard, the university's associate director of the Center for Health Policy. His arrest came after an Internet sting operation, the FBI and D.C. police reported.

-- Lance Murray