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This story was updated at 2:38 p.m. to include bond information.CARROLLTON — The Denton County Sheriff’s Office and other Texas agencies have arrested and charged a Carrollton mayoral candidate with 109 felonies related to voter fraud, according to a news release. Zul Mirza Mohamed was arrested Tuesday in Carrollton after investigators obtained a search warrant for his residence. Mohamed is currently sitting in the Denton County Jail, charged with 25 counts of unlawful possession of a ballot/ballot envelope without request of the voter — a second-degree felony — and 84 counts of fraudulent use of a mail ballot application —...

A mayoral candidate in Carrollton, Texas, has been arrested on more than 100 counts of mail-in voter fraud, the Denton County Sheriff’s Office announced on Thursday. Zul Mirza Mohamed, a 39-year-old candidate for Carrollton mayor, was arrested and charged with 109 felonies related to voter fraud — specifically mail-in voter fraud. On September 23, the Denton County Sheriff’s Office was alerted about potential fraudulent activities with absentee ballot applications. According to Sheriff Tracy Murphree, absentee ballots were requested to be sent to a PO Box in Lewisville, Texas, that was alleged to belong to a nursing home facility. When investigators...

A mayoral candidate in Carrollton has been arrested and charged with voter fraud. Denton County Sheriffs have Zul Mirza Mohamed in custody and have charged him with 109 felonies related to voter fraud. The investigation began September 23 when Sheriff’s were notified by the Denton County Elections Office of possible fraudulent activity related to absentee ballot applications. Officials say absentee ballots had been requested to be sent to a PO Box in Lewisville, that was supposed to belong to a nursing home facility. When investigators made contact with the Carrollton residents whose ballots had been requested they learned that none...

A candidate running for mayor of Carrollton was arrested Wednesday night on multiple felony charges of voter fraud after investigators found 25 mail-in ballots that were allegedly forged, sources tell WFAA. He faces 109 felony charges. Zul Mohamed, 39, faces 25 counts of knowingly possessing a ballot with intent to defraud, a second-degree felony, and 84 counts of providing false info on a voting application, a third-degree felony, according to jail records.

The new owner of Vista Ridge Mall has lots of ideas to make the shopping center attractive to families and even for people who don't care about shopping. Odessa businessman John Bushman wants to turn the mall into a community space where people can find some "peace and love" in the Ten Commandments, hear some local musicians perform live and take in a giant wave of a 30-foot-by-60-foot American flag outside. All of Bushman's other businesses — hotels in Texas, Colorado and New Mexico, other shopping centers and a Chickn4U restaurant in Odessa — display the Ten Commandments engraved on...

A Texas Whataburger employee was fired Wednesday for refusing to serve two police officers in what the company is describing as an appalling incident. Officers Michael Magovern and Cameron Beckham were working off-duty security at a construction site on I-35 early Wednesday morning when they decided to stop at the restaurant in Lewisville, FOX 26 reports. Magovern said before he could even place his order, the man behind the counter told him “We don’t serve police officers.” The two officers decided to leave and went and got food at Dairy Queen instead. "We were appalled to hear of an employee...

Here we go again. A Whataburger fast-food restaurant in Lewisville, Texas reportedly refused to serve two off-duty police officers last night because they were cops: Cops say a Whataburger employee refused them service, said "We don’t serve police officers.” http://t.co/iIOcLWFpNl pic.twitter.com/s6rrghz4zr

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)The fiance of Amber Joy Vinson, the second person to contract the Ebola virus in the United States, is under quarantine in Texas. No name or age has been given for the fiance, who is in Dallas under self-quarantine, which basically means that he’ll avoid contact with others and alert officials if he shows any symptoms. The man isn’t showing signs of the virus as of yet but will stay home from work for the next three weeks to play it safe, reported WFAA. His employer, NationStar Mortgage in Lewisville, says the man called them and admitted that he’d been...

The CareNow clinic in Frisco where Dallas County Sheriff’s deputy Michael Monnig was treated for possible Ebola-like symptoms is closed. This after it reopened only hours after Monnig was transported to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. The clinic will undergo a deep cleaning and remain closed until Friday. Frisco’s fire chief Mark Piland said Monnig is being treated “out of an abundance of caution” and the response was appropriate based on Monnig’s symptoms and his indirect contact with the Ebola victim...

Ted Cruz continued his campaign against the national healthcare law Friday, calling on Texans to rise up and join a grassroots movement to try to repeal the program.This time, he took his argument to a group of local businesspeople, saying it’s time for change.“How do we repeal Obamacare?” he asked a crowd of nearly 300 people gathered for a Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Petroleum Club. “It will come from millions and millions of people rising up and saying” that it doesn’t work.He likened such a movement to a late 1970s push that ultimately ushered in the...

On New Year's Day, Patricia Said stood at the door of a small house in a Hispanic neighborhood of Lewisville, pleading with her daughter Amina to come home. The girl cried and clung to her boyfriend, Eddie, a college student who lived in the house with his mother and sister. For a week, Amina, an 18-year-old senior at Lewisville High School, had been living a nightmare. Her father, Yaser Said, had pulled a gun on Christmas Eve and threatened to kill her because of her relationship with Eddie.

When the briefing ended, Hassan Ibrahim, a reporter from the Arab network Al-Jazeera, invited Lt. Josh Rushing, a public affairs officer in the U.S. Marines Corps, to dinner off base. Rushing said he'd like to go but would have to ask permission first. He and Ibrahim shook hands. The scene at Central Command in Doha, Qatar, appeared near the end of the documentary Control Room, a behind-the-scenes look at coverage of the war in Iraq by Al-Jazeera, the pan-Arab satellite TV network. The film will be shown today through Sunday at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. As a...

Older brother to serve at least two years in TYC for brother's death DENTON (AP) — A 10-year-old Lewisville boy reportedly will spend at least two years in the Texas Youth Commission system for the April 15 slaying of his 6-year-old brother. An unidentified source involved in the investigation of Jackson Carr's slaying said in Tuesday's editions of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Jackson's elder brother could remain in TYC detention until he is 21. The Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News reported the sentencing came under a plea deal reached between prosecutors and the boy's court-appointed attorney, Dan Kossman....

Teen might accept plea deal in sibling's slaying Police say Lewisville girl admitted killing her younger brother 10/17/2002 By RACHEL HORTON / The Dallas Morning News DENTON - A 15-year-old Lewisville girl who is charged with killing her 6-year-old brother will agree to a plea bargain, two people close to the case said Wednesday. Prosecutors have offered the girl a sentence of about half the time she could face if the case went to trial, those close to the case said. If convicted in a jury trial of killing Jackson Carr, the girl could face up to 40 years...