Alleged Crime & Real Estate

Nancy Carroll Pleads Guilty to Stealing More than $1.6 Million from Title Company

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2017 /

Your worst real estate nightmare: You close on your home, but the sales funds actually don’t pay off your mortgage. Enter Nancy Carroll, the prominent Southlake title agent whose title company was raided by the Texas Department of Insurance about a year and a half ago. Regulators said they were looking for $3 million missing…

July 7, 2016: Real Estate Community Honors Our Fallen Heroes

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2017 /

This is the memorial for the five officers brutally slain last year in Dallas during a peaceful demonstration. Called the Circle of Heroes, it was created and funded by Dallas real estate developers as a dedicated a memorial. The six bronze plaques are mounted on stones that surround a flagpole. The location is along the…

WalletHub Grabs Headlines With Miserable Methodology For Judging State Safety

By Jon Anderson / June 9, 2017 /

On June 6, WalletHub released the results of a “study” ranking 2017’s Safest States in America.  Texas ranked 41 out of 50 states.  You may recall a pair of columns I recently wrote detailing overall USA, Dallas and specifically high-rise crime.  Both columns showed that Dallas hasn’t been as crime-free as it is today since…

Drama in 3500 Block of Beverly Drive in Highland Park

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2016 /

Update 4:00 pm: Very sad to report that the man, who was an intruder, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. When police arrived on the scene, the intruder refused to surrender.  SWAT was called and they were able to evacuate two people from the residence from the roof.  Then when SWAT entered the home, they…

Feds Indict 21 on Alleged Luxury Hospital Kickback Scheme: Now Where Do They Live?

By Candy Evans / December 2, 2016 /

I want to make something perfectly clear: an indictment does not mean you are guilty. And U.S. medical law is very complex, a difficult road to navigate. It is also my personal belief that sometimes the medical community is held to higher standards than any other profession while payment for services is tightly regulated by…