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Dallas Crime Is Bad — One Cop Says It Could Get Better

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2019 /
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If you’ve been on social media at all, you have probably come across one of Nick Novello’s comments or posts about the Dallas Police Department. A veteran officer, he’s kind of known for not holding his metaphorical tongue when it comes to hot takes on policing. Yeah, you’ve probably heard of Nick Novello. An officer…

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Dallas Press Club Names Bethany Erickson Hugh Aynesworth Award Finalist

By Joanna England / November 9, 2018 /

  Bethany Erickson, Audience Engagement Director for Candy’s Media and former public affairs and education columnist, was named finalist for the Press Club of Dallas’ Hugh Aynesworth Awards for Texas Journalism. The competition was open to Texas reporters, columnists, editors, photographers, and videographers for their work through 2017, netting 27 finalists in 16 categories. “We…

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A Drive-By Shooting on Beverly? Highland Park’s Toniest Street Targeted

By Zachary Dickens / January 13, 2015 /

If someone were to ask you which street in Dallas County would be the least likely site of a drive-by shooting, Highland Park’s Beverly Drive would be near the top of the list. Strait Lane in Preston Hollow might be the only street that could nudge it from the No. 1 position. Nonetheless, random gunfire…

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Suspicious Tires: Stranded Carrollton Man May Have Plundered Unlocked Highland Park Cars

By Zachary Dickens / June 4, 2014 /

At 2:45 a.m. on May 31, a Highland Park police officer noticed that a white Ford truck was parked in the 4200 block of Edmondson Avenue with its emergency lights flashing. The officer approached the truck and found a 24-year-old Carrollton man standing next to it on the curb. The man said he’d run over…

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Crime Report: A Moving Target in Lake Highlands

By Zachary Dickens / May 20, 2014 /

By Dan Koller CandysDirt.com Contributor I’m in the midst of a move, so I know firsthand how frustrating it can be to transport all of your possessions and knickknacks from one house to another. Still, I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of the victim in this week’s highlighted crime.

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