Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – TCU administrators shut down The Beta Theta chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity yesterday after repeated incidents of drug dealing, raging parties and hazing. Yesterday’s dismissal came after university administrators discussed the situation with the fraternity’s national office. An email released by the Phi Kappa Sigma President Clayton Reis stated that…… MORE
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Watauga Man Arrested Over Voicemail Threatening to Behead At Muslims Apologizes
Watauga (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Watauga man arrested over a voicemail threatening to behead Muslims at a local mosque has apologized. Authorities traced the threatening to call left for the Watauga Masjid Center to 36-year-old James Nicholas Smithey. Smithey allegedly left the voicemail earlier this month and threatened to behead members of the mosque. He…… MORE
Fort Worth Police Arrest Eight in Sexual Predator Sting
Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Fort Worth Police Department arrested eight men in a sexual predator sting operation. The men thought they were chatting with a 13-year-old but is was actually an undercover officer. The detectives with the Fort Worth’s Crimes Against Children Unit used various online sites to catch the predators over a three-day period last…… MORE
Frisco Teen Dies After Texas A&M Frat Party
College Station (WBAP/KLIF News) – Police have identified 19-year-old Anton Gridnev of Frisco as the student who was found dead Saturday morning during an all-night party at the Sigma Nu Fraternity house at Texas A&M in College Station. Someone called the police after Gridnev was found unresponsive and not breathing during the party. Police found illegal drugs…… MORE
Colleyville Man Accused of Running a Ponzi Scheme
Colleyville (WBAP/KLIF News) – A Colleyville businessman is in federal custody on accusations that he ran an oil and gas Ponzi scheme. Investigators said 77-year-old James Vanblaricum allegedly bilked 53 investors of more than $2.6 million. U.S Postal inspectors arrested him on a charge of mail fraud last week. Federal agents began investigating Vanblaricum after they were contacted by…… MORE