A person barricaded in a home led to an hours-long standoff Monday in Tarrant County, officials say. Tarrant County Sheriff's ...

Three dogs believed to have been involved in the attack were seized from a neighboring property, officials say.

The death of Kimberly Phillips on Feb. 18 went to the Denton County Sheriff’s Office. When asked whether Collin and Denton would perform their own investigations – or just review Tarrant’s – Tarrant ...

Mason Yancy died while in Tarrant County Jail custody in December 2024. (Yfat Yossifor | KERA News) It’s not the sheriff’s office’s responsibility to confirm that the outside investigation happens.

The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office blamed a “clerical error” for its failure to comply with a state law requiring it to file a report with the Texas Attorney General’s Office on the death ...

5:33 p.m. Feb. 20, 2025: This story was updated with the name of the person who died. The Tarrant County sheriff’s office on Thursday announced its second in-custody death of 2025. A 56-year-old ...

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn exits a press conference on Thursday, April 25, 2024, to address the death of an inmate the previous Sunday. Anthony Ray Johnson Jr., 31, of Fort Worth, died ...

Today sheriffs wear many hats besides ... In Tarrant County, Texas, Sheriff Bill Waybourn won reelection despite 65 people dying in his jail since 2017 and two of his correctional officers ...

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Department has been under scrutiny for months after several people died in custody in 2024. Commissioners heard about two hours of public comment, which was mostly ...

The biggest settlement in county history, $1.2 million, went to Chasity Congious, who gave birth unattended in a Tarrant County jail cell in 2020. Her baby, Zenorah, died days after birth.

From 2009 to 2016, the Tarrant County sheriff’s office reported 28 in-custody deaths. During Anderson’s tenure from 2000 to 2017, the sheriff’s office had 62 in-custody deaths, according to ...

Accountability and transparency in the Sheriff’s Office will mitigate the recent scrutiny of the Tarrant County Jail. The Sheriff must focus on doing the core constitutional functions of that ...