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Primary Election Results: Collin County
See election results for races held in Collin County during the March 5, 2024, primary. Results available after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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How genetic genealogy helped crack the ‘Sorority Rapist' case
Jeffrey Wheat’s conviction came more than 20 years after his first known victim, who was not a sorority member, and more than a decade after the three Delta Sigma Theta alumnae were raped in their homes.
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New DNA tech helps with conviction of serial rapist
In late February, a man known as the “Sorority Rapist” was sentenced to life in prison. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans sat down with those credited with cracking the case.
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Serial rapist sentenced to life in prison
DNA connected 52-year-old Jeffrey Wheat to four sex assaults in Plano, Corinth, Coppell and Arlington. NBC 5’s Meredith Yeomans has reactions from today’s sentencing, and how the case went from cold to conclusion.
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North Texas ‘Sorority rapist' sentenced to life in prison
Jeffrey Wheat, 52, pleaded guilty in a Collin County courtroom and was sentenced to life in prison.
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Man sentenced after admitting to multiple North Texas sex assaults
A serial rapist who admitted to multiple home invasion sexual assaults that took place in North Texas over nearly a decade will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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Dallas man on Texas death row says execution next week would be for a double murder he ‘did not commit'
Ivan Cantu is scheduled to be executed on February 28 for the murder of his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend in Collin County in 2000. The Dallas native insists he’s innocent and wants a new trial.
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Time running out in effort to stop a North Texas man from being executed
A Collin County jury convicted and sentenced Ivan Cantu – to death row in a double murder over 20 years ago. NBC 5 Maria Guerrero has more.
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Collin County is frontline for emotional Texas House primary elections
After years of friendship, all five Republican members from his home county supported impeaching him. They now face challengers he helped recruit to enact retribution on his former friends in the March 5 primary election.
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Off-duty Carrollton Police sergeant arrested for soliciting prostitution in Plano
A sergeant with the Carrollton Police Department has been placed on administrative leave after he was arrested Monday afternoon for soliciting a prostitute.
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Several key races in Collin County in the spotlight for Texas primary
Early voting kicked off Tuesday for the Texas primary on March 5. The primary will show if there will be any political fallout from the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton. As NBC 5’s Phil Prazan explains, several key races in Collin County are in the spotlight.
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Collin County Sheriff's Office employee arrested on family violence charge
An employee with the Collin County Sheriff’s Office has been placed on an unpaid suspension after he was arrested on a family violence charge in mid-February.
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Police release names of Wylie residents found shot to death
A homicide investigation is underway after a man and a woman were found shot to death in a Wylie neighborhood Saturday afternoon.
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High school student death among a string of recent tragedies across North Texas linked to fentanyl
The fight to contain the crisis of fentanyl and fentanyl-related overdose deaths continues in North Texas.
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Death of Wylie high school student investigated
The fight against fentanyl continues as the rising number of overdose deaths climb in North Texas. NBC 5 has new details in the death of a Wylie high school student and the expanding effort to shut down those who supply the deadly drug. Maria Guerrero has the story.
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Plano council to consider major overhaul to ‘dead' Shops at Willow Bend
A proposed zoning change would clear the way for an open-air shopping center, apartments, high rise hotel, and office space.
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North Texas teen dies from suspected fentanyl poisoning
The DEA is working to raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl after a North Texas family lost their teenage son in early February. NBC 5’s David Goins has more.
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Family mourns Wylie teen who died from suspected fentanyl poisoning
A North Texas family is mourning the loss of a high school junior who died from fentanyl poisoning in early February.
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Disturbing new details in Allen assault case involving mother and her children
Cellphone video shows swat members at a house where Allen police say a mother threatened her children with knives and more. NBC 5’s Vince Sims has been digging through the affidavit and has more of the shocking details.
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Woman with 6 felony warrants arrested in Collin County after SWAT standoff
A woman with six active felony warrants is in custody after a standoff in Allen Monday morning.