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Second Tin Top Hwy Fatality This Week

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UPDATE TO CHILD SHOOTING DEATH

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K9 Assists in Arrest

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Overdose Results in Charges

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Update: Injury to a Child Charges Dropped

Update: Injury to a Child Charges Dropped

Update: Charges against 37 year old father, Randal Shane Cain have changed. Upon further investigation, the State Felony for Injury to a Child was dropped, on the grounds that parents are allowed to use corporal punishment. The charge for a Class A Misdemeanor for...

Jeep Collides With Cresson Train Early This A.M.

Jeep Collides With Cresson Train Early This A.M.

Early this morning, a Jeep Cherokee traveling south on 377 tried to make it across the RailRoad Tracks but was struck by the train.  The vehicle became entangled with the train and caught fire. The driver, a white male climbed out of the vehicle. No Injuries reported....

Autopsy Results In On Hood County Inmate

Autopsy Results In On Hood County Inmate

  On March 13th Hood County Inmate, 25 year old Angel Isaiah Hernandez, was found unresponsive in his cell and later pronounced deceased at LGMC. The final autopsy report has been submitted by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. The death was ruled a...

Motorcycle Driver Runs From Deputies

Motorcycle Driver Runs From Deputies

Motorcycle driver runs from Deputies On Wednesday April 12th, around 5:30am Hood County Sheriff’s Office Deputies observed a man on a Motorcycle speeding on Hwy. 377 East and Hwy. 4. The suspect, who was later identified as 41 year old John Byron Oliver fled on Hwy....

Unattended 10 Year Old Crashes Truck Into Bank

Unattended 10 Year Old Crashes Truck Into Bank

Monday, April 4th- Chase Bank located off of Highway 377 sustained substantial damage after Salome Iglesias and Monica Enciso entered the bank and left their children, aged 12yrs, 10yrs, 6yrs and 1yr, unattended in their Ford F-150 truck, which was running. The...

Johnson County Police Chase Briefly Enters Hood County

Johnson County Police Chase Briefly Enters Hood County

This afternoon, Johnson County Deputies began a vehicle pursuit with 19 year old Rickey Hart. Johnson County Sheriff Adam King informed us that the chase briefly crossed the Hood County line, along with Johnson, Parker & Tarrant Counties. No Hood County Deputies were...

Heroin Found During Traffic Stop

Heroin Found During Traffic Stop

Traffic stop yields heroin arrest On Monday, April 4th around 7:30pm, Hood County Sheriff’s Office Deputies conducted a traffic stop at the 4300 block of Hwy. 377 East. During the stop, 31 year old Dwannell Florod Bunting was found to be in possession of 3 grams of...

Man Arrested For Felony Assault Against Girlfriend

Man Arrested For Felony Assault Against Girlfriend

Boyfriend chokes girlfriend in disturbance On Sunday, April 3rd around 7am, Hood County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the 1500 block of Pecos Trail Ct. in response to a reported disturbance. Deputies discovered 50 year old Ronald Kevin Uroz allegedly choked...