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KDFI-TV
Denton police arrested a man for making a terroristic threat at the Denton County courthouse Wednesday morning. Police said they got a call around 8 a.m. about a suspicious man at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. But before officers arrived, he left the scene.
The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Peshwas Azad Waise, allegedly drove to the Denton County courthouse next. He made his way through security and asked to speak to the judges, police said. He made enough of a scene to attract the attention of sheriff's deputies, who took him into custody. Waise was eventually arrested for making the terroristic threats at the hospital.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 The shocking mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, has had the nation's police going on high alert everywhere, especially around LGBT events. The attack at a gay dance club is being called the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, with 50 people dead and 53 more injured. Police also arrested a man who wanted to cause harm at the Los Angeles gay pride event the next day. This and the Orlando massacre have pushed other big cities to step up patrolling in gay neighborhoods and events.
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WOAI-TV
Volunteers with the Bexar County Sheriff's Department will head out for a crime blitz. Volunteers normally help fight crime by alerting deputies about suspicious activity in the evenings. Sheriff Susan Pamerleau will be onsite to speak to volunteers and talk about the efforts and measures used to fight crime.
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The Sealy News
The Sheriffs' Association of Texas has awarded the Sheriff J.W. Jankowski Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $500 for the 2016 Fall Semester to Chelsey Villarreal, daughter of Austin County Sheriff's Office Deputy, Joe Villarreal. Chelsey is currently a sophomore at Texas A&M University and is pursuing a career in agricultural business.
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U.S. Attorney's Office
A 23-year-old Beaumont man has been arrested for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced. Lance Giovanni Fontenot was arrested pursuant to a criminal complaint issued by the U.S. District Court charging him with maliciously conveying false information about explosive materials. Fontenot appeared in federal court Thursday on the charges.
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Former sheriffs, including a former SAT president, help TAC Risk Management Pool members reduce their law enforcement operations liabilities. See consultant territories online. MORE
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Star-Telegram
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban offered a helping hand Wednesday when he announced that he plans to donate $1 million in support of the Dallas Police Department's response to the Orlando nightclub shootings. The funds are earmarked for the approximately 16,000 hours of Dallas police overtime to be utilized at the discretion of Chief David Brown for enhanced counterterrorism efforts, including additional police presence in the Oak Lawn area.
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The Huffington Post
A dog that was found tied to a house during rising floodwaters has been adopted by one of the people who helped rescue her. The 2-year-old border collie mix, named Archer, was found 30 miles southwest of Houston by Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and a TV news crew from KPRC, the local NBC affiliate, which was traveling by boat and surveying the flooded neighborhood. At the time of Archer's discovery, she was neck-deep in murky water.
In a rescue video, which has received over 1.2 million views on Facebook, KPRC reporter Phil Archer and volunteer Jeff Shimek jumped into the water to rescue Archer.
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Amarillo Globe-News
Amarillo police say an armed Walmart employee likely upset for being passed over for a promotion took two people hostage before being shot and killed by officers inside the store near Interstate 27 and Georgia Street. The man was identified by police as Mohammad Moghaddam, 54. The incident began around 11:06 a.m. and was over by 12:22 p.m. Both hostages are safe.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram
Decals of crosses will be removed from a West Texas county's patrol vehicles to settle a lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The Wisconsin-based foundation sued March 2, saying the crosses displayed on Brewster County vehicles represented a government endorsement of Christianity in violation of the First Amendment's prohibition against government favoring one religion over another.
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By Denise A. Valenti
 If a police officer can smell burning marijuana or can see a driver holding a lit marijuana joint, that's too bad in Massachusetts. According to a ruling from the state's Supreme Judicial Court last fall, neither of those instances gives police the right to pull over the vehicle. The court ruling effectively made it legal to drive and smoke marijuana in the state of Massachusetts. And that surprising decision has now resulted in dire consequences for one law enforcement officer.
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ABC News
It used to be that only locksmiths used bump keys — a modified key that can be used to open many kinds of locks — but now anyone can buy them online, and police are worried because the keys are increasingly being used in burglaries across the country. In some cases people don't even know they've been burglarized. That’s because bump keys can be used to break into your house without leaving a trace.
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CNBC
Shares of gunmakers Smith & Wesson and Sturm Ruger gained 6.9 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, Monday following the massacre in Orlando, Florida. Authorities said Sunday 50 people were killed, including the gunman, and 53 were wounded during the attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Jerry Demings, Orange County (Florida) sheriff, said the massacre "could definitely be classified as domestic terrorism."
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