The relentless pursuit of justice in Collin County has been illuminated once more as Detective Hay of the Plano, Texas Police Department has been awarded the prestigious 2025 DA Greg Willis SuperSleuth Award, an accolade bestowed upon only a quintet of detectives annually, recognizing paramount investigative work. Hay’s investigative acumen was pivotal in the dismantling of a criminal syndicate, particularly for the incarceration of its ringleader, Sergio Cardenas-Salinas, a twice-deported illegal immigrant who made a nefarious return to perpetrate a spree of home invasions targeting specific ethnic communities within Texas, according to the Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
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