Police/Crime
GPD searches for missing 61-year-old
Update: Mr. Dean has been found and is safe. The Garland Police Department is searching for a missing person, 61-year-old James Dean. He was last seen Feb. 12 before 6:30 am in the 6300 block of Alto Oaks Drive. Dean suffers from bi-polar and...
GPD arrests man after vehicle pursuit
Sunday, Feb. 9, just after 2 a.m., Garland Police Department officers responded to a domestic disturbance at a convenience store at 3401 South Garland Avenue. Officers were made aware that a dark-colored Chrysler 300 was chasing and ramming a Mazda passenger vehicle....
Sisters killed, toddler injured in A&M Commerce shooting
Two sisters from Garland, Abbaney Matts, 20, and Deja Matts, 19, were killed Monday, Feb. 3 in a Pride Rock Residence Hall room at Texas A&M Commerce. Deja, who hoped to become a nurse, was a freshman at the university. Abbaney’s 2-year-old son was also shot and...
Crimes reported: Jan. 12-18
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56. Listed below are the 182 crimes reported. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes by district District 11 5 District 12 5 District 13...
Search for missing person
Garland Police are searching for a missing person, 64-year-old Allen Anthony Jr. Anthony is diagnosed with dementia and was last seen at his residence in the 5700 block of Valley Park Drive around 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, Jan. 28. Anthony is a black male, 6’3”,...
Police chief provides update on New Year’s Eve safety efforts
At a recent council meeting, Garland Police Chief Jeff Bryan provided the City Council and Mayor Scott LeMay the results of the GPD’s effort to decrease problems with New Year’s Eve fireworks and gunshots. Bryan said that there were 935 New Year’s Eve calls;...
Results for Christmas to New Year’s holiday DWI patrol
From Dec. 13 through Jan. 1, the Garland Police Department stepped up its Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) patrols in an effort to keep Garland citizens and visitors safe during the holidays. The additional enforcement was paid for by a state-funded grant from TxDOT...
Crimes reported Dec. 22 – Dec. 28
The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56. Listed below are the 166 crimes reported. Information provided by the Garland Police Department. Crimes by district District 11 3 District 12 7...
Man shot while wielding machete
Monday, Jan. 6 at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Garland Police Department Officers responded to a disturbance with a weapon in the area of South Third Street and Freeman Drive. Officers were advised that a man was arguing with different individuals and swung a machete...
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