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ARLINGTON — Police are looking for two men accused of kidnapping a woman from a south Arlington Wal-Mart on Tuesday and then robbing her at gunpoint. The 51-year-old victim was shopping at the Supercenter at 4801 S. Cooper St. about 3 p.m. when she was approached by two men, one of whom asked her for change, police said Wednesday. Surveillance images show the men leaving the store at the same time as the victim. In the parking lot, she approached their vehicle to answer a question, and the men forced her into a silver or gray four-door car, police said....

ARLINGTON -- Niki Jackson might be dead if an unknown passerby had not yelled a warning at her about 7 p.m. Wednesday at Green Oaks Boulevard and Collins Street.The 1996 Toyota Camry she had bought just six days earlier had died.It stopped running. The lights didn't work.Nothing.She used her cellphone to call for help and was waiting patiently in the car "when a man pulls along side of me and screamed, 'Miss, get out of your car! Your car is on fire!' I jumped out moments before it exploded," said Jackson, 24.It all happened so quickly.During the excitement her rescuer...

ARLINGTON - Police released a photo of a girl on Thursday that they hope the public can help identify because she may be the victim of a crime.Officers found the photo of the unidentified girl June 28 while conducting searches of the house and vehicle of a man suspected of breaking into several east Arlington homes this year, police spokeswoman Christy Gilfour said.Nicholas Demont Wilborn, 32, was arrested July 10 and faces a charge of aggravated sexual assault, child pornography and three charges of burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit sexual assault, police said.Gilfour said detectives have...

Pipe bombs have been found in the trunk of a car outside a hotel in Arlington, TX. SWAT is sending in the robot.

Arlington doctor killed in Yemen Suspected attacker arrested 12/30/2002 Associated Press JIBLA, Yemen - A suspected Muslim extremist, hiding his gun cradled like a baby, slipped into a Southern Baptist hospital in Yemen on Monday and opened fire, killing three American missionaries and seriously wounding a fourth, officials said. The suspected attacker, a Yemeni, was arrested, and a Yemeni official said security forces were searching for a militant cell that may be targeting foreigners and secular figures in the country. Also Online Video: Reverend Gary Smith of Fielder Road Baptist Church in Arlington discusses the tragedy Americans have been...

Suspect may have targeted 300 girls 07/19/2002 By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News CLEBURNE - More than 300 teenage girls could be victims or potential targets of a man accused of sexually assaulting underage victims after meeting them over the Internet, police said. Johnson County detectives said Thursday that they found names, Internet addresses and contact information for girls from Fort Worth, Rowlett, Ovilla, Coppell, Plano, Pleasant Grove and other cities at the Fort Worth home of Alfred Wayne Velasquez, 35. So far, Johnson County authorities, working with the U.S. Secret Service and district attorney's offices in...

Suspect in series of rapes arrested 05/25/2002 By MANOLO BARCO / The Dallas Morning News A slamming gate startled 19-year-old Courtney Brucker out of bed during the pre-dawn hours Friday. Little did she know that her quick thinking in waking up her mother and calling 911 and a neighbor would lead to the arrest of a man suspected of raping nine women in Tarrant and Johnson counties in the last six years. Police charged 30-year-old Manuel Salamanca Jr. of Cleburne with burglary. But a search of his truck, parked near the Arlington home, uncovered a knife and a pair...