Mesquite Police Department

A former Mesquite ISD teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual assault and child indecency after allegations arose earlier this week.

An unidentified male has been charged with assault and burglary after a gunfire exchange with Mesquite police Monday evening.

A Dallas County grand jury indicted a man on Tuesday on a capital murder charge in the slaying of a Mesquite police officer.

One man is dead and three others are in police custody after an assault at a fitness center in Mesquite, police said.

Mesquite police are investigating the shooting death of a 16-year-old boy on Saturday evening.

Tears and laughter filled a North Texas church as police and the community gathered for funeral services for fallen Mesquite police Officer Richard Houston. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero takes up inside the moving memorial service.

The events that led to the deadly shooting of Mesquite Police Officer Richard Houston frustrate those who knew the 21-year veteran of the police force. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports on those remembering Houston and the details police released about the deadly encounter that allegedly began with a wife confronting a cheating husband in a grocery store parking lot.

Mesquite police on Monday identified the man accused of fatally shooting a 21-year veteran of the department last week.

Mesquite police on Monday identified the man accused of fatally shooting a 21-year veteran of the department last week.

Mesquite police have released the identity of the man accused of fatal shooting a 21-year veteran of the department on Friday.

Hundreds of people attended a vigil Sunday night to honor a Mesquite police officer shot and killed in the line of duty on Friday.

Hundreds attended a vigil on Sunday night at the Mesquite Police Department to honor Ofc. Richard Houston, who was killed in the line of duty on Friday.

A large turnout is expected Sunday night in Mesquite as the community unites for a vigil to honor Ofc. Richard Houston, who was killed in the line of duty on Friday.

At a growing memorial outside of the department on Saturday, a steady stream of neighbors stopped to pay their respects.

Mourners visited a memorial outside the Mesquite Police Department for a police officer shot and killed while on duty on Friday.

The Mesquite police officer who was killed in the line of duty Friday has been identified as a 21-year veteran of the department.

A Mesquite police officer died Friday afternoon after being fatally wounded in a shootout that stemmed from a disturbance outside a grocery store parking lot, the department says. NBC 5’s Scott Gordon reports from the scene of the shooting and NBC 5’s David Goins reports from Baylor Scott & White University Medical Center in Dallas.

The Mesquite Police Department has announced the promotion of a new Assistant Police Chief.

One man is dead and two others have been charged with murder after a shooting in Mesquite on Saturday night.