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An 18-year-old girl was allegedly shot and killed by a professor at the Georgia university that she planned to attend in the fall, according to police and local reports. Richard Sigman, 47, was arrested and charged with murder, possession of a firearm and aggravated assault in the Saturday death of Anna Jones, a recent high school graduate who was enrolled as an incoming freshman at the University of West Georgia. Carrollton police said a man had alerted security at Leopoldo’s, a local pizza place, that Sigman threatened to shoot him after the two got into an argument at around midnight....

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 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 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 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.

Police in Texas announced on Sunday they are looking for a woman who claimed on Snapchat to have tested positive for COVID-19 and was "willfully spreading it." Police identified the woman as Lorraine Maradiaga, 18. She stands to be charged with terroristic threat, Texas Penal Code 22.07, they said. "We have no confirmation Maradiaga is actually a threat to public health," the department announced on Facebook Sunday night. "We are, however, taking her social media actions very seriously."

A man was killed and his adult stepson wounded Sunday, after gunmen opened fire on the front porch of a Carrollton home with children playing only a few feet away. Family members identified the dead man as 35-year-old Michael "Puff" Meyers, who lived at the house in the 8400 block of Hickory Street with his mother and six of his seven preteen children. New Orleans police said he was shot once in the back around 1 p.m., collapsed outside his front door, and died a short time later at Interim LSU Hospital. Grieving relatives said he was the third member...

A former administrator of a private, special needs school in Carrollton has been arrested on sexual assault charges. David Green, 66, a resident of Wills Point, was arrested by Carrollton police on Thursday. Green, who served as a teacher at St. Anthony School from 1998 to 2010, was charged with four counts of sexual assault with a child and one count of indecency with a child. An additional sexual assault charge is pending. The St. Anthony School describes itself as a "private, therapeutic school" that serves students with Asperger's syndrome, spectrum disorders, bipolar disorder, high functioning autism, anxiety and attention...

GeorgiaCarry.org  has  been suing the city of Carrollton, Georgia for nearly a year.  The City banned the carry of firearms on a miles long walking trail that circles the city.  The  trail has about 6 miles completed out of 16 planned miles. Now that Governor Deal has signed HB 60 into law, the city has lost even the pretence of a defense for its ordinance, no. 70-77. HB 60 made the Georgia strong preemption law stronger.  Here is a discussion of the preemption change at GeorgiaCarry.org: MORE PREEMPTION OF LOCAL GUN RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY: House Bill 60 restricts...

A year ago my MIL passed away in Los Angeles, and my wife and I have been here in LA dealing with the estate issues. Our home in WA is leased out, and we're about to put my MIL's Los Angeles house on the market. We want to get out of L.A., and since my wife never adjusted to the rain of the Pacific Northwest, we're looking for a new place to live that doesn't have 9 months a year of dreary rain. Texas seems to fit the bill for weather (we plan to have a pool), and is more...

Carrollton couple celebrate the ordinary miracle of a daughter's birth 12:25 AM CST on Saturday, January 30, 2010 By LEE HANCOCK / The Dallas Morning News lhancock@dallasnews.com Editor's note: Last summer, The Dallas Morning News chronicled the journey of the Laux family, who faced death even as they expected new life. Here is an update on what has happened since. Deidrea Laux couldn't believe she was shoe shopping that morning, exactly a year after she and her husband, T.K., lost their baby Thomas. Yet there she was, pregnant, pushing back tears and prowling for something outrageous in a size 9....

A newly elected mayor near Dallas says his top priority will be ridding his suburb of illegal immigrants, the same focus that has drawn national attention in a neighboring city. But Ron Branson said Carrollton will not simply copy the blueprint of Farmers Branch, where an ordinance barring apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants has been put on hold by a federal judge. "I do not want to rubber-stamp what they did," Branson said in Monday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. "We want to make sure we're not profiling, we're following the law, and take advantage of ordinance opportunities."...

The shockwaves continue from a small protest this month against a Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. A court hearing is set for today on a request for a preliminary injunction against the Florida man who organized the protest. And appointment of another of the protesters to a Carrollton board has ruffled feathers in that city. Khalil Meek, board president of the Muslim Legal Fund of America, said the Muslim groups support the protesters' right to voice their opinions. What they object to, he said, is their allegation that the Muslim organizations, and therefore Six Flags,...

In the cramped board room before last week’s Carrollton City Council meeting, Mayor Becky Miller opened discussion on a serious note. She asked the seven council members to remove a Carrollton resident from their list of appointed boards, saying that she would be “very embarrassed” to have him serve the city. Against Miller’s will, Paul Kramer, a Carrollton resident who ran for city council in December 2006, was appointed to the Construction Advisory and Appeals Board. Kramer’s appointment came two days after he was pictured in The Dallas Morning News protesting Muslim Family Day at Six Flags Over Texas. Three...

Woman killed while jump-starting car in middle of I-3510:35 AM CDT on Thursday, September 25, 2003From Staff Reports A 27-year-old Carrollton woman who tried to jump-start her stalled car in the middle of Interstate 35 on Wednesday night died after being struck by another vehicle, Dallas police said. Meronne Danielle Fitzgerald’s car broke down about 10:15 p.m. on an inside, northbound lane just south of Royal Lane. A good Samaritan pulled his car in front of the Fitzgerald’s car to give her a jump, when a Mitsubishi struck the cars and the woman, Detective Frank Villa said. Fitzgerald suffered a...

Car crashes into Carrollton house 02/17/2003 From Staff Reports A late night joyride turned out to be anything but for a 13-year-old Carrollton girl. She and the family dog took her older sister's car without permission Sunday night. The vehicle crashed into the front room of a neighbor's house in the 3700 block of Woodside Road around midnight. BRYAN TITSWORTH / WFAA-TV Emergency crews used a chain to remove the sedan from the house. More then half the sedan ended up in an office area; the homeowners had gone to bed a few minutes earlier. No one was hurt....

Work begins on Bush Turnpike extension 01/31/2003 By BRAD HAWKINS / WFAA-TV FARMERS BRANCH - Crews will break ground Friday on the missing link of the President George Bush Turnpike. The future 5.2 mile stretch of highway will extend from Interstate 635 in Irving to Interstate 35E in Carrollton. When complete, that segment will create a turnpike link from Garland to D/FW Airport. The $428 million addition is a little behind schedule, according to the lead engineer on the project, but will open in three years. Also Online Map, timetable and facts Video: Brad Hawkins reports "This was a...