Crime & Real Estate
Robert Durst, a wealthy New York real estate heir who was convicted last year of murdering his best friend, Susan Berman, and suspected in several other deaths, including that of his first wife, died in Los Angeles earlier this week. He was 78 and worth an estimated $100 million. He was the son of New…
A federal judge has sentenced Frisco real estate broker Jenna Ryan to 60 days in jail for her role in the Jan. 6 riot in the nation’s Capitol. She also received a $1,000 fine and was ordered to pay $500 in restitution to the Capitol architect. In the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, Ryan called…
Two of the Indicted are Highland Park Residents Kyle Bass Takes to Twitter For Vindication Prosecutors in the Northern District of Texas have taken definitive action against four executives with United Development Funding, the Grapevine-based real estate investment trust the FBI raided in February of 2016. Two of the four are Highland Park residents who…
A Los Angeles jury found New York City real estate scion Robert Durst guilty of the murder of his best friend, Susan Berman. It was the final chapter in a 20-year-old case that still remains a bit of a mystery. Berman was set to talk to investigators in 2000 about another mystery, the disappearance of…
Two more suspects, both young men, have been have arrested in the Memorial Day murder of Preston Royal resident Leslie Squair Baker while she was parked in the driveway of her home. Police are saying the incident was an apparent carjacking. The assailants fired at Baker as she told a friend on the phone, “I’m…
