Crime & Real Estate

Man Who Sold Home of Murdered Oak Cliff Man Arrested in Los Angeles

By Joanna England / March 4, 2016 /

Christopher Brian Colbert, the man who allegedly posed as Ron Shumway to sell 725 N. Winnetka, has been arrested in Los Angeles. Colbert, who sold the Oak Cliff home to an investor for $130,000 while Shumway was murdered an encased in concrete in his own backyard, will be charged with money laundering, tampering with a governmental…

Nancy Carroll Headed Back to Tarrant County from Illinois

By Candy Evans / March 4, 2016 /

  Update Tuesday March 8: Nancy Carroll may be in Fort Worth today. Apparently the transport from Illinois took longer because the bus has to stop at various jails along the way, picking up and processing prisoners at various stops. Update: We have cropped the photo to show only Nancy Carroll Spinks and her husband,…

Body Found in Backyard of Oak Cliff Home is Former Owner Ron Shumway, Dallas Police Confirm

By Joanna England / February 26, 2016 /

We all had our suspicions news broke the news last year about a body found, encased in concrete, in the backyard of 725 N. Winnetka after the home’s sale. After all, the owner, former DART bus driver Ron Shumway, had been missing for some time. It wasn’t until later that Rachel Stone at the Oak Cliff Advocate discovered…

Millennium Title: More on Nancy Jackson Carroll’s Arrest in Lake Forest, Illinois

By Candy Evans / February 16, 2016 /

As we told you Friday, Texas attorney and title company owner Nancy Jackson Carroll (Spinks) was arrested in Lake Forest, Ill., for theft and KXAS-TV’s Scott Gordon was fabulously on top of the story. Here’s a little more on Mrs. Spinks and her life in Lake Forest, one of Chicago’s most affluent suburbs. Lake Forest…

Millennium Title Owner Nancy Jackson Carroll (Spinks?) Has Been Nabbed For Theft in Illinois

By Joanna England / February 12, 2016 /

Word comes from a real estate agent that Nancy Jackson Carroll (Spinks) was picked up in Lake Forest, Ill., for theft. She’s in the slammer with bond set at $250,000, which happens to be just a fraction of what she allegedly absconded with from her Millennium Title clients. One client, Scott Schambacher, was offering $50k…