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		<title>East Texas Church Arsons Mount</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of churches burned in suspected arsons in East Texas now stands at ten since New Year’s Day. While officials aren’t sure of the motive or if they all involve the same arsonist(s), they do know that the crimes have local congregations in fear.
Covered by local and national news, investigated by local and federal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/02/12/texas-church-arsons/</link>
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		<title>Texas Attorney General on &#8220;Sexting&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott takes a hard line on teen &#8220;sexting&#8221;, and warns teens of felony charges and jail time.
Via the Texas Tribune, Abbott suggests jail time is a serious risk of prosecution for a  felony offense of child pornography charges, even among consenting teens. Possession of explicit, nude or semi-nude pictures of your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/02/03/texas-attorney-general-on-sexting/</link>
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		<title>Accused Con-man Faces Fraud Charges in Texas, California, and New York</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forty six year old Michael Manos sits in a San Francisco jail today waiting an extradition hearing to return him to New York. At some point this man will be returning to Dallas where he will faces for charging over $70,000 in unauthorized purchases to a local restaurant owner. According to the Dallas Morning News, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/01/28/fraud-charges-texas-california-new-york/</link>
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		<title>Supreme Court Ruling Affects Texas Corruption Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that judges must do everything possible to keep criminal trials open to the public; this includes during voire dire, or jury selection. A case underway in Dallas at the time of the high court’s ruling was ruled a mistrial because the judge had previously held voire dire behind [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/01/26/supreme-court-ruling-affects-texas-corruption-case/</link>
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		<title>Identity Theft Fastest Growing Crime in Texas?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to the Midland Police Department it is. Sergeant Alfredo Grimaldo hosted a meeting about identity theft and protecting yourself against fraud at the Petroleum Museum this past week.
Identity theft has changed over the years, as this report from the Midland Reporter-Telegram states. While it was once primarily saved for people whose wallets were stolen, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/01/18/identity-theft-fastest-growing-crime-in-texas/</link>
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		<title>Dallas Dealers Stealing Electricity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Al convicted criminals make mistakes that lead them to be caught and prosecuted. But one would think that if you are running a significant criminal operation, you&#8217;d be careful some simple details that would lead you to be noticed by the police.  However, that doesn&#8217;t appear to be the case in many illegal drug operations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2010/01/04/dallas-dealers-stealing-electricity/</link>
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		<title>Houston D.A. Employee Faces Elevated Theft Charges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are further developments in a case we told you about a few months back. A former receptionist in the Victim’s Rights department of the District Attorney’s office is now facing far more serious charges than initially suspected.
Eloise Mirales and her husband Daniel Mirales were reportedly arrested just this week on embezzlement charges. The duo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2009/12/21/houston-d-a-employee-faces-elevated-theft-charges/</link>
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		<title>Are Dallas Officials Underreporting Assaults?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In police work, as with most things, it is what gets measured is what gets the most attention. So police departments know if certain crimes are under reported, their stats can look better. If serious crimes get reported or tracked as lesser offenses, it can create a false impression.In this piece from the Dallas Morning [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2009/12/17/dallas-police-underreporting-assaults/</link>
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		<title>Harris County DA Reduces Charge for Residual Crack</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising move, the Houston, TX District Attorney&#8217;s office is instructing  prosecutors to lessen criminal charges filed for possession of a crank pipe.
Starting immediately, the Harris County District Attorney will no longer consider possession of a crack pipe containing residue as a State Felony. Now, the offense is ticketable and classified as a Class [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2009/12/14/harris-county-da-reduces-charge-for-residual-crack/</link>
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		<title>Elderly Houston Man Charged With Assault</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caught trying to steal scrap metal, 67 year old man allegedly reacted violently, resisting arrest and supposedly assaulting an off duty police officer.
The police officer, who works as a security guard, witnessed the man, Wilbert Lee Cunningham entering a work yard and beginning to steal scrap metal. When the officer approached Cunningham, he came at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mytexasdefenselawyer.com/2009/11/27/elderly-houston-man-charged-with-assault/</link>
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