Here's a daily list of crimes across North Texas compiled on April 10, 2009.
2 MEN ARRESTED IN TAPED FATAL SHOOTING
Police have arrested the last two of five men suspected in a fatal shooting and robbery captured on a surveillance camera posted outside the victim's Dallas home. Tummy Crenshaw, 29, and Gary Lenn Hogg, 19, were arrested Wednesday in Shreveport, La. by the U.S. Marshall’s office and are awaiting extradition to Dallas. Click here to read this story on NBCDFW.com.
DALLAS MAN ADMITS PRODUCING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
A 38-year-old Dallas man pled guilty Friday to an indictment charging one count of production of child pornography. Ewing admitted that in July 2007, he brought a 14-year-old girl to his apartment where he, among other things, took sexually explicit photographs of her. He also admitted that he used a remote control-type device connected to his camera to take photographs of himself and the child engaged in sexual positions on his bed. Ewing has been in custody since his arrest in mid-January 2009. His sentencing is scheduled for July 10.
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN FATAL ULTRA LOUNGE SHOOTING
Police arrested a man Thursday suspected in a drive-by shooting that killed an innocent bystander outside the Ultra Lounge in Dallas on March 29. Someone gave police a tip identifying Alejandro Espinoza, 21, as the suspect in this shooting, police said. Click here to read this story on NBCDFW.com.
MAN GETS 99 YEARS IN SANKOFA CAFÉ MURDER
A Jury convicted Sedric Brown Friday of murder and sentenced him to 99 years in prison for the murder of Brandon Ratcliff outside the Sankofa Cafe on Martin Luther King Blvd. The fatal shooting happened in South Dallas on August 12, 2007. Brown was also charged with three counts of aggravated assault for shooting three other victims. Dallas police said initially no one would come forward with information, even though 30 to 40 eyewitnesses were present. Brown was arrested and charged with murder nine months after the incident.
