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FORT WORTH, Texas — Detective Thomas O’Brien grew up surrounded by law enforcement and says the field runs in his family. His stepfather worked in the profession, and his grandfather spent three decades with the LAPD, shaping the path that eventually led him to the Fort Worth Police Department’s Homicide Unit.

Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help identifying three men involved in an aggravated robbery earlier this month on the city’s north side. The incident happened on November 11 in the 2400 block of Avondale Haslet Road. According to investigators, the victim was sitting in his vehicle in a store parking...

The Fort Worth Fire Department has given the all-clear after asking residents and business owners to evacuate following a gas leak at the intersection of South Main Street and West Leuda Street on Monday afternoon. Firefighters responded about 10:30 a.m. to the intersection of South Main Street and West Leuda Street...

A Southlake police officer beat his live-in girlfriend in early November at their house in Kennedale and was arrested last week, law enforcement authorities allege. Garrett Lisle, 28, was arrested on suspicion of continuous violence against the family in connection with a Nov. 2 911 call in which the officer’s...

An Afghanistan citizen living in Fort Worth who threatened to kill Americans in a video call has been federally charged. 30-year-old Mohammad Dawood Alokozay has been charged with transmitting a threatening communication in interstate commerce.

The days could finally be numbered for nuisance properties loathed by some Fort Worth residents. At the Dec. 2 City Council work session, Code Compliance Director Brian Daugherty announced a new pilot program aimed at cleaning up properties identified as hotbeds of crime. The crackdown will initially target the Eco...

All westbound lanes of Interstate 20 near I-35W are closed after an incident in south Fort Worth on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Drivers were asked to seek alternate routes and expect traffic delays, TxDOT said in a social media post about 5:15 p.m. Fort Worth police said...

Police and firefighters in Texas came together one early morning to save a horse that had gotten trapped in a local cattle guard. In December 2024, the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office called up the Fort Worth Fire Department for reinforcements after they arrived at the scene, where the horse had three of its legs...

A quiet Sunday afternoon near Trinity Boulevard turned grim when Fort Worth police discovered a man's body in a pond by South Norwood Drive. Officers were called to the area around 12:45 p.m. for a reported water emergency. Upon arrival, they located the body in the water. Authorities have not released the man’s...

Police said Christopher McKay was convicted for robbing the same branch nine years ago.