Tanya Eiserer

1 week ago | wfaa.com | Tanya Eiserer

AUSTIN, Texas — Lawmakers are weighing new criminal penalties for unlicensed assisted living operators, following a series of high-profile cases that revealed dangerous gaps in oversight. On Tuesday, the Texas House Human Services Committee heard testimony on House Bill 2510, filed by Rep. Chris Turner, D-Arlington. The bill would make it a criminal offense to operate an assisted living facility without a license.

1 week ago | thv11.com | Tanya Eiserer

RICHARDSON, Texas — It started with an email. Darby Jolly’s 87-year-old mother thought the message was from her son. She opened it Monday — and that’s when the nightmare began. “She opened it, and it blew up her screen in red and said ‘alert, alert, you've been hacked,’” Jolly said. The message instructed her to call a phone number claiming to be Apple support. She did. “The first thing they said was you can't call anybody else, they'll be compromised,” Jolly said.

1 week ago | wfaa.com | Tanya Eiserer

RICHARDSON, Texas — It started with an email. Darby Jolly’s 87-year-old mother thought the message was from her son. She opened it Monday — and that’s when the nightmare began. “She opened it, and it blew up her screen in red and said ‘alert, alert, you've been hacked,’” Jolly said. The message instructed her to call a phone number claiming to be Apple support. She did. “The first thing they said was you can't call anybody else, they'll be compromised,” Jolly said.

1 week ago | myfoxzone.com | Tanya Eiserer

COOKE COUNTY, Texas — A judge on Thursday recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, who was convicted of capital murder in 1997, finding that the former district attorney in the case withheld critical evidence that could have influenced the jury’s verdict. Judge Lee Gabriel’s 43-page ruling marks a significant turn in a decades-long legal battle and could ultimately lead to Newberry’s release, pending a final decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

1 week ago | tspantx.com | Tanya Eiserer

A judge has recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, after finding that Janelle Haverkamp, now the county’s sole district court judge, withheld evidence. COOKE COUNTY, Texas — A judge on Thursday recommended a new trial for Michael Newberry, who was convicted of capital murder in 1997, finding that the former district attorney in the case withheld critical evidence that could have influenced the jury’s verdict.