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Music teacher arrested on 14 year old molestation charge

Music teacher arrested on 14 year old molestation charge

Euless (WBAP/KLIF) – A music teacher at South Euless Elementary School has been charged with indecency with a child. The charge against 55 year old Jeffrey Brooks stems from 2005, and involves a then-8-year-old girl who was receiving private music lessons from Brooks at Grapevine Faith Christian School. Brooks turned himself in, and has since…MORE

Former Lewisville Police detective arrested for sexually assaulting a child

Former Lewisville Police detective arrested for sexually assaulting a child

Lewisville (WBAP/KLIF) – A veteran Lewisville Police detective has been arrested. Bryan Gibbins has been charged with eight counts of sexual assault of a child. No information about those charges has been publicly released. Gibbons is now in the Denton County Jail, and is being held on $4 million bail. He was a 13 year…MORE

US Reports First Case of Person-to-person Spread of New Virus

US Reports First Case of Person-to-person Spread of New Virus

NEW YORK (AP) – Health officials are reporting the first U.S. case of person-to-person spread of the new virus from China. The latest patient is the husband of the Chicago woman who got sick after she returned from a trip to China. The new case announced Thursday is the sixth in the United States. The…MORE

Illinois man facing trial for cyber-stalking a Dallas woman he does not know

Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A retired Illinois man is in federal custody in Dallas charged with cyber-stalking Texas philanthropist Lyda Hill. According to the indictment Edward Pekala has never met Hill, and does not know her personally, but for three years has been stalking her on the internet, threatening her, and harassing her. He reportedly has…MORE

Southwest Airlines Responds to Report Alleging Passengers Flew on Jets with Unconfirmed Maintenance Records

Southwest Airlines Responds to Report Alleging Passengers Flew on Jets with Unconfirmed Maintenance Records

DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF News) – Southwest Airlines has responded to an upcoming government report that claims the Dallas-based airline allegedly regularly flew passengers on jets with unconfirmed maintenance records. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Department of Transportation’s report accuses Southwest of flying more than 17 million passengers on the jets over a two-year-span. The WSJ…MORE