When George W. Bush was elected Governor of Texas on a law and order agenda in November of 1994, convicted bank robber Dennis Wayne Hope wrote to his mother that he now had no hope of ever making parole. Those were his words – no pun intended. The 26-year-old Hope had been training for months […]
Othram DNA Lab In Texas Helps Solve 29-Year-Old Murder Case
How Forensic Genetic Genealogy Found Distant Relative Of Killer 14-year Stephanie Anne Isaacson left her father’s apartment in North Las Vegas early on the morning of June 1, 1989. She walked through an empty sandlot, her usual shortcut, to the Eldorado High School. The ninth grader never made it to her 7:30 AM class. Her […]
What Crimes Constitute Capital Murder In Texas?
murder of a peace officer or fireman who is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the person knows is a peace officer or fireman; murder during the commission or attempted commission of kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic threat; murder for remuneration or promise […]
The Texas Ranger Files – Epic Stories Of Immeasurable Bravery
No man in the wrong can stand up against a fellow that’s in the right and keeps on a-comin’ –Texas Ranger Captain Bill McDonald From 1823 to the present day, a courageous group of men and women have been chosen to protect and serve the people of Texas. The Texas Rangers constitute the oldest state […]
Firearms Safety Video For First Time Gun Owners
This firearms safety video is a production of the SWAT Brothers Podcast. Retired Lt. Robert Owens, a 40-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department discusses key safety measures for new gun buyers as well as experienced gun owners. The retired officer and firearms instructor spent 20 years with Dallas SWAT and ran the department’s training […]
Prisoners Stand To Receive Upwards of $2.6 Billion In Stimulus Payments
November 11, 2020 By Robert Riggs – Dallas, Texas Millions of dollars in $1200 stimulus checks intended for economic relief for the COVID-19 pandemic are flowing into prisoners’ accounts inside prisons and jails across the country. The stimulus payments could total as much as 2.76 billion dollars if all of the people incarcerated apply and […]
Inside The Mind Of A Psychopath – Kenneth Allen McDuff
The rotor blades of a low flying helicopter beat the Virginia sky with the distinctive thumping sound of Apocalypse Now. Gunfire cracks from all corners of the FBI’s sprawling Quantico Training Academy located south of the nation’s capital in Virginia. Agents of the elite Hostage Rescue Team clad in body armor, helmets, and goggles, […]
Operation Noble Eagle Responds To September 11 Terrorist Attacks
ROBERT RIGGS REPORTS FROM OVER NEW YORK CITY The crisp blue sky over New York City resembled the day that dawned on September 11, 2001 three years earlier. Ground zero could be clearly seen from the cockpit of F-15 fighters circling above Manhattan Island at twenty-three thousand feet. That was my vantage point from the […]