CRIME & SAFETY
Wichita Falls financial adviser sentenced to 5 years in federal prison
A Wichita Falls financial adviser was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to a count of wire fraud. Dusty Sternadel, 43, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor after entering the guilty plea in January. ...
Kitchen sink thief back in jail on new theft charge
WICHITA FALLS (KFDX/KJTL) — A man with scores of arrests dating back to the 1980s is back in jail after being placed on the Crime Stoppers Most Wanted Suspects list last month. Billy Wayne Crawford was wanted for a new theft charge in February. That theft involved a burglary of a vehicle belonging to a […]
WFPD Junior Police Academy spots almost full
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Wichita Falls Police Department is holding a Junior Police Academy for local youth, and sessions are almost at full capacity. On the WFPD Facebook, an announcement was made stating that if parents have been considering signing up their 12 to 14-year-old to the academy, that now is the time.
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