Kelli Smith
Dallas Public Safety Reporter at The Dallas Morning News
@dallasnews reporter covering police and public safety in Dallas. Notre Dame alumna. El Paso raised. DM for Signal. [email protected]
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Jun 28, 2024 |
dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith |Jamie Landers
Two Tarrant County jailers accused in the death of Anthony Johnson Jr. were indicted Friday on murder charges, according to officials. A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Rafael Moreno, a jailer seen on video kneeling on the 31-year-old’s back, and Lt. Joel Garcia, his supervisor. Their attorneys could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
thebrunswicknews.com | Kelli Smith |Kelli J. Smith
By Kelli Smith, The Dallas Morning News Andrea Liliana Araujo and her husband, Pedro Ortega, said in a Dallas County lawsuit filed Tuesday that the gunman who opened fire Oct. 14 at Fair Park passed directly through a security screening checkpoint with a semi-automatic pistol in his hoodie, according to their attorney. Araujo, 41, was working with a cleaning crew at the fair when she was shot.
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May 8, 2024 |
dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith |Everton Bailey Jr.
Dallas’ top administrative official said late Wednesday that other cities should “turn around and go home” if they’re interested in pursuing police Chief Eddie García. The public statement by interim City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert came shortly after reports surfaced that Dallas’ top cop is being courted by city officials in Houston and Austin, each of which has an interim police chief.
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Apr 2, 2024 |
dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith
The married couple was taken to a hospital with injuries after the multi-vehicle crash, and both are now recovering. The News broke the story Sunday that...
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Mar 31, 2024 |
dallasnews.com | Kelli Smith |R.J. Coyle
Update: This is a breaking story that will be updated. Police are looking for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection with a major accident Saturday evening in northeast Dallas, law enforcement officials confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. A vehicle registered to Rice was involved in a crash on North Central Expressway about 6:20 p.m., officials told The News.
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