Alleged Crime & Real Estate

Former Autumn Leaves Senior Living Employee Accused of Stealing $1.8M from Residents

By April Towery / December 30, 2024 /

The office manager of an East Dallas senior living facility is behind bars, accused of bilking more than 100 residents out of their Social Security stipends, to the tune of $1.8 million.  Diane Carol Dancer is charged with felony theft at the Autumn Leaves community near White Rock Lake. Family members of Autumn Leaves residents…

Multifamily Developer to Be Sentenced in Former City Council Bribery Case

By CandysDirt / November 15, 2024 /

From Staff Reports A multifamily real estate developer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bribing two former Dallas City Council members in exchange for support on loans and tax credits for affordable housing projects, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced this week. Sherman Roberts, 70, the former leader of City Wide…

Briarwood Neighbors Concerned About Saturday Night Assault and Robbery

By Candy Evans / September 26, 2024 /

A Briarwood woman was assaulted and robbed as she pulled into her garage, NBC5 reported last night. But it was already circulating social media in Greenway Parks as news spread among concerned neighbors of this assault. According to personal neighbor reports, a single woman came home to her Elsby Avenue residence at about 9:30 p.m.…

Does Housing Density Bring Crime? Studies and Sources Are Mixed

By April Towery / May 16, 2024 /

Some longtime Dallas residents have made it clear they don’t want housing density or multifamily development in their single-family neighborhoods. Typically they cite potential impacts on traffic and property values. Few will say out loud that they’re concerned about living next to poor people or criminals.  And while those conversations aren’t occurring frequently at recorded…

DEA-Led Operation Results in 3 Arrests for Suspected Counterfeit Pill Drug Bust in Plano

By Shelby Skrhak / April 30, 2024 /

A Tuesday morning drug bust in Plano River Bend neighborhood startled neighbors as federal agents found pill pressing materials.