Crime

A 23-year-old college student just months from earning her teaching degree was killed Friday afternoon in what her family called a “vicious” dog attack while she was pet sitting at a private home. Smith County Sheriff’s deputies were called to a residence in Tyler around 4:15 p.m. on Nov. 21, where they found Madison Riley … Read more

A Venezuelan national residing in Kissimmee, Florida, has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for masterminding a sophisticated bank fraud operation involving shell companies and counterfeit passports. U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza sentenced Nerio Alberto Ortega Delgado, 45, to 33 months behind bars this week. The sentencing follows Ortega Delgado’s guilty plea … Read more