SANSOM PARK, Texas – Sansom Park police arrested a suspect they believe was responsible for the shooting and killing a man last week. The shooting happened on Friday, June 21 in the 3100 block of Skyline Drive. The victim, 42-year-old Richard Applegate, was found dead at the scene. Sansom Park police announced on Saturday that […]
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Juvenile suspect arrested in Sansom Park shooting of 42-year-old man, police say
An arrest has been made in the June 21 shooting that killed a 42-year-old man, Sansom Park police announced in a news release. A juvenile was taken into custody Saturday with assistance from Saginaw police, the release states. Authorities say there are no outstanding suspects in the case and the shooting is believed to be […]
Sansom Park police ask residents for security footage as they investigate deadly shooting
Sansom Park police ask the public to check their surveillance video or security footage as they investigate a shooting that killed a man Friday morning. Officers responded to the shooting in the 3100 block of Skyline Drive early Friday where they found 42-year-old Richard Applegate shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The two […]
Tarrant County deputy sheriff sues Sansom Park, claiming sex, disability discrimination
Lawyers for a Tarrant County deputy sheriff on Friday filed a lawsuit in a Fort Worth federal court against the city of Sansom Park on grounds that she experienced discrimination based on her sex and mental health issues while employed as a police officer there. Deputy Sheriff Sara Straten worked at the Sansom Park Police […]
A year after mistrial, man gets 15 years in prison in Sansom Park gang killing
After a Tarrant County judge declared a mistrial in a motorcycle gang killing in Sansom Park and recused herself from the case, Anthony Patterson was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Wednesday. On Tuesday a jury found Patterson, 28, guilty in the fatal stabbing Christopher Johnson, 29, outside a Sansom Park bar in 2020. […]
Man arrested after child who went missing is found at Sansom Park apartment
An arrest was made in the disappearance of a child who was later found in an apartment, Sansom police announced in a news release Saturday. Sansom Park officers responded to a missing persons call Friday at the Sansom Bluff Apartments, in the 2900 block of La Junta Street. The caller reported a child who was […]
Sansom Park police investigate death of man found shot inside apartment, officials say
Sansom Park police are investigating a shooting that killed one man Thursday afternoon, officials said. Officers were dispatched to the 3100 block of La Junta Street around 4:30 p.m. after someone reported they had found a man bleeding and unresponsive inside one of the apartments. The man had been shot, Sansom Park police said in […]