Category: Crime
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Grindr App Arrest Update
[Update 1/9/2019] Two men in Dallas are charged with federal hate crimes after authorities say they used the dating app Grindr to lure gay men to a vacant apartment, where they would then rob and beat them. A total of nine victims were in this Grindr case from 19 to 57 years old. Daniel Jenkins…
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Fire Intentionally Set at Dallas LGBT Community Center
Dallas firefighters said someone intentionally started a two-alarm fire at the LGBT resource center in South Dallas. Firefighters said they responded to a call about the fire at the center in the 1800 block of Peabody Avenue at about 6 a.m. Friday where they extinguished the fire within an hour with no injuries. Dallas Fire-Rescue…
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Dallas LGBT Church Staffer Found Dead, Duct Taped
An office manager at Cathedral of Hope in Dallas was found dead in his bed earlier this weekend. An autopsy ruled his death a homicide due to suffocation and asphyxiation from duct tape wrapped over his mouth and nose. The man accused is someone he met online who later returned to the crime scene in…
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Armed Men Lured, Assaulted & Robbed Victims From Grindr
Four Frisco men are accused of the dating app Grindr to lure, assault and rob gay men in a string of home invasions. Anthony Shelton, 19, Nigel Garrett, 21, Chancler Encalade, 20, and Cameron Ajiduah, 18, face charges including hate crimes and could face a sentence of life in prison if found guilty in the…
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Medical Marijuana Bill #HB2107 Is Making Progress
Half of the Texas House of Representative’s 150 legislators have signed on to a whole plant medical marijuana bill after a marathon hearing this week. Currently 75 legislators, both Democrats and Republicans, are listed as sponsors of HB 2107. The bipartisan House Bill 2107 authorizes “the possession, use, cultivation, distribution, transportation, and delivery of medical…
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Man who confessed to attack in Oak Lawn was arrested (now he’s out)
Following several alerts on Facebook this week about a man who confessed to one of the Oak Lawn attacks from the past few years we may finally feel a little at ease. The discussion started on the “Take Back Oak Lawn” Facebook Group and with many other residents in the gayborhood who have spotted him.…
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