Jury Convicts Steven Lawayne Nelson of Arlington Pastor’s Murder

Steven Lawayne Nelson was found guilty Monday morning in the slaying of Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor who was discovered in Arlington’s NorthPointe Baptist with a plastic bag clinging to his face. Investigators say Nelson wielded a Daisy air pistol during the March 2011 robbery that ended in Dobson’s murder…

Three Weeks After FBI Raid, Feds Indict Barrett Brown

Three weeks after the FBI raided the Dallas apartment of Barrett Brown, an affiliate of the hacker group Anonymous, the other shoe has finally dropped. The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed an indictment today, charging Brown with Internet threats, conspiracy to make publicly available restricted personal information of a federal employee…

Someone Called in a Bomb Threat to NorthPark Yesterday

Yesterday, a bit after 3 o’clock, police were dispatched to NorthPark Center where employees reported receiving a threatening phone call. Threatening how, the police report didn’t say. One had to assume that some crafty 17-year-old had phoned to say he would be in the mall after the 6 p.m. curfew…

Another SMU Student Has Been Arrested for Sexual Assault

SMU has traditionally handled cases of alleged sexual assault involving students through closed, “non-adversarial” hearings in which a panel of faculty and students, rather than, say, a grand jury, weigh evidence and testimony and render a confidential verdict. That was how the school handled more than 100 such cases over…