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Paloma Salazar, 17, has been accused of fatally stabbing a man, 63, in Dallas during a robbery, police have said.

Jesus Cazares died Tuesday at the Baylor University Medical Center where he was brought after he was stabbed.

When Officers showed up on the scene on the 4800 block of Eastside Street, they found Cazares lying on the ground moving around and Salazar running.  She was found shortly after hiding down the block.

Cazares was not missing any property from their home and the knife cannot be found.

Salazar is in jail on a 250,000 dollar bail.

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A minivan ran out of gas on the I-30 last night.  They pulled to the side of the service road where a Good Samaritan pulled over to help them.  They retrieved gasoline to refill the minivan, but that is when tragedy struck.

Two of the men from the minivan, which also had a woman and child inside, were filling the gas tank when a Kia SUV exited the highway moving and struck the them.  Then impact was enough to cause the minivan to hit the Good Samaritan’s car ahead and up over the guardrail.

The impact killed Floyd Boortz, 78, and seriously injured a 20 year old whose name has not been released.

The 20 year old woman was not injured and both her and the child were taken to the hospital for extra checks.

It is unknown as to why this tragedy happened. Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor. All parties were covered under insurance.

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We have learned today that Brenda Sue McQueen, 51, was shot and killed dead on the street.  The Dallas Police have a suspect in custody, who they believe was in a long time dispute with the victim.

BREAKING NEWS:

Mary Rivers, 43, has been named as the shooter in this violent crime.  She is now being held on 150,000 dollars bail in Dallas County Jail.

Police records state:

“Rivers was driving down Meyers Street near Grand Avenue in a Ford Explorer when she spotted McQueen walking on a sidewalk. She then shot McQueen several times before fleeing, a report said.”

There was luckily a witness on the scene that thought fast and read the license plate of Rivers vehicle.  They found Rivers soon after, who confessed to the crime.  Unfortunately, McQueen was pronounced dead at the local hospital soon after.

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Rickey Smiley​Back in May, we directed your attention to the legal woes of Henry Robinson, a former Love Field security guard who claimed in Dallas federal court that The Beat-97.9 host Rickey Smiley cost him his job when he went questioned his heterosexuality. The whole thing stemmed from an incident at the airport one year ago: Smiley was getting off a plane, and folks who recognized him -- including Robinson -- asked for photos. Robinson, though, says that when he asked for a second snapshot with Smiley, the host called him, among other things, "the gay security guard" -- first in the terminal, then on the radio.Robinson's initial complaint "expressly denies" he's gay and says that when Smiley called him out on the air -- in a poem called, brilliantly, "Henry, Henry" -- his job performance went south: "Robinson was an exemplary worker and did not have any work related problems until after the radio transmission." Smiley's attorneys have been trying to get the case dismissed by insisting, look, the host didn't mean anything by it, he wasn't trying to defame the poor fella ... and ... um ... satire!On Friday, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that he ain't buying it. Regarding Smiley's outing a straight man on the radio, the judge writes that "at a minimum ... judicial caution requires the Court to acknowledge that the imputation of homosexuality might as a matter of fact expose a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule." And regarding the satire defense -- which included a reference to a way-super-hilarious 11-year-old Observer piece that prompted a Texas Supreme Court ruling -- O'Connor says, Nunh-unh. Unless there's a settlement, looks like this is headed to a jury

​If you were downtown over the weekend, you couldn't miss it: Dallas was overrun with cheerleaders in town for the National Cheerleaders Association's All-Star National Championship at the Dallas Convention Center. It's an annual affair a team from suburban Chicago always attends -- but they ain't coming back next year, not after eight of their bags were stolen during a performance at the DCC. Says this story, the coach, the high-school cheerleaders and their folks are unhappy with both event organizers and the Dallas police:They said event organizers should have had security watching their bags, which were placed behind the stage. And they didn't like how police responded. Siegal said some of the cheerleaders used a computer to trace a cell phone in one of the bags using GPS. Siegal said police refused to go to the area because it was dangerous. Dallas police didn't return a phone call seeking comment.A part of town too "dangerous" to go retrieve eight bags that, according to the police report, were filled with thousands in electronics, jewelery, money and diabetes medication, not to mention birth certificates and IDs? Musta been ... Preston Hollow? I e-mailed the piece to DPD spokesman Kevin Janse for comment, and he offers quite a different version of this story via e-mail:I spoke to a reporter from the Daily Herald yesterday for about 20 minutes trying to reassure him that there is no area in Dallas that is "too dangerous" and that we did, in fact, send officers to the area where the phone was believed to be. However, the GPS system had a 150-yard radius, which means the phone could have been in any car or anywhere. The statement that we, the police department, did not return their phone call makes me feel as thought I wasted those 20 minutes. I guess my answers were not what he wanted to hear.Though maybe this explains why Dallas Convention Center bossman Frank Poe suddenly up and quit yesterday. Because danged if anyone else is offering a better explanation.

Constable Jaime Cortes​OK, so Sam's still working on his John Wiley press conference piece. But here's something even better, if I do say so myself: Precinct 5 Constable Jaime Cortes's lawsuit, just filed in Dallas County District Court, in which he calls for the removal of Dallas County Judge Jim Foster. We'd heard this was coming ever since Foster released Danny Defenbaugh's report about Cortes on February 15, and here it is -- Cortes accusing Foster of "gross official misconduct," "incompetency," seeking "vigilante justice" and going on "a witch-hunt akin to Watergate" when Foster seized his computer last year.In the suit, Cortes accuses Foster of going after him because the judge is "motivated by animosity resulting from what happened to his friend Mike Dupree." We all remember what happened to Mike Dupree, right? Right. Let's read it together, shall we? Jump, before you're investigated!

FOX 4's Becky Oliver first outed Norris Fisher last summer. He was arrested by federal authorities yesterday.​The U.S. Attorney's Office sends word: Inspectors with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have arrested 62-year-old Norris Lynn Fisher, alleging that he used the mail to swipe more than 100 properties valued at $1 million from their rightful owners. After the jump, you'll find the affidavit from a postal inspector detailing Fisher's alleged misdeeds. But per the U.S. Attorney's Office, which unsealed its complaint against Fisher today, he would find properties he wanted, forge a messload of deeds and docs he'd then file with the Tarrant County Clerk's Office, then have all the paperwork sent to a post office box rented under a phony name.And when he wasn't allegedly swindling the living, Fisher, authorities claim, was taking from the dead:In another variation of Fisher's scheme, he would identify properties whose rightful owners had recently died. Fisher would then file a forged heirship affidavit, attesting that a fictitious person was the sole heir of the deceased owner. Fisher would then file a forged warranty deed transferring the property from the fictitious heir to a business he controlled. Next, Fisher would file additional fraudulent warranty deeds that transferred the property from the first entity to other business entities he controlled. Fisher operated several business entities for this purpose and would often transfer stolen properties between multiple entities to conceal his connection to the original fraud. He concealed his connection to these business entities by listing deceased relatives and/or fictitious people as the owners of the business entities. The affidavit's after the jump. And, bonus, there's a cameo from Becky Oliver, who outed Fisher back in May and June in a series of pieces called ... "Real Estate Deals From the Grave."

Sam MertenDid we miss the funny part, guys?​U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Lynn sentenced former Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill to 18 years in federal prison, calling his conduct "outrageous and unacceptable." His wife, Sheila, who Lynn said was "right in the thick of it," was given nine years. Earlier this evening, Lynn sentenced ex-City Plan Commissioner D'Angelo Lee to 14 years, saying, "I think there is something in you worth saving." Don Hill and Lee faced a maximum of 75 years after a jury found both guilty of seven counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy in connection with the City Hall corruption trial, which began in July 2009, while Sheila faced 45 years after she was convicted on five counts. This morning, Lynn dismissed count 18, which carried a 20-year sentence. (Updated at 7:58 p.m.)

Morrey TaylorRoosevelt Holiday​I know this is skipping way ahead first thing on a Monday, but I see here that next Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote to settle that federal lawsuit Dallas Police Department crime-scene detective Roosevelt Holiday brought against the city and DPD at the end of '09. For those who haven't read Sam's story on Holiday from August '08, here's the long story very, very short: About four years ago, Holiday, a 26-year vet of the DPD, accused his higher-ups of racism and cronyism and was summarily transferred to a lesser gig. He filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and eventually got his old job back -- about a week after Sam's piece ran, matter of fact.But on December 1, 2009, Holiday filed suit against the city and DPD anyway, claiming "white employees formed their own internal 'selection committee' to determine credentials for crime scene detectives." He also wanted lost wages, mental anguish and harassment pay, etc. The city and DPD denied everything. Yet, according to the council's agenda, Holiday and his attorney, Rob Wiley, have agreed to settle the suit -- for $87,000. Council will be briefed privately on the matter before voting to OK the deal. And speaking of city settlements related to the DPD, on the same day the council will settle with Eudreka Wilson, who was injured after colliding with a police car. She gets $45,000.

Morrey TaylorRoosevelt Holiday​I know this is skipping way ahead first thing on a Monday, but I see here that next Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will vote to settle that federal lawsuit Dallas Police Department crime-scene detective Roosevelt Holiday brought against the city and DPD at the end of '09. For those who haven't read Sam's story on Holiday from August '08, here's the long story very, very short: About four years ago, Holiday, a 26-year vet of the DPD, accused his higher-ups of racism and cronyism and was summarily transferred to a lesser gig. He filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and eventually got his old job back -- about a week after Sam's piece ran, matter of fact.But on December 1, 2009, Holiday filed suit against the city and DPD anyway, claiming "white employees formed their own internal 'selection committee' to determine credentials for crime scene detectives." He also wanted lost wages, mental anguish and harassment pay, etc. The city and DPD denied everything. Yet, according to the council's agenda, Holiday and his attorney, Rob Wiley, have agreed to settle the suit -- for $87,000. Council will be briefed privately on the matter before voting to OK the deal. And speaking of city settlements related to the DPD, on the same day the council will settle with Eudreka Wilson, who was injured after colliding with a police car. She gets $45,000.