Daily Crime Blotter

Here's a daily list of crimes across North Texas compiled on April 22, 2009.

HS TRAINER BUSTED FOR CHILD PORN
A Cleburne ISD athletic trainer was arrested Tuesday on possession of child pornography charges. The Cleburne-Times Review reports Timothy Huot worked at Cleburne High School since the 1999-2000 school year. Dallas police said they found evidence of a crime and alerted investigators in Cleburne to the situation. Click here to read this story on NBCDFW.com.

ALLEN MAN ACCUSED OF STRANGLING SON HEARD "VOICES" 
Court documents show a 33-year-old Allen man who is accused of strangling his 2-year-old son to death told a 911 dispatcher "voices in his head" tried to stop him. The Dallas Morning News reported that Toby Payne called 911 on Tuesday and told a dispatcher that his son had stopped breathing. When police arrived, they found Payne in a hallway, mumbling and crying. Click here to read this story on NBCDFW.com.

OFFICER RESIGNS AFTER DASH CAM REVEALS LIE
A Dallas police officer is out of a job after internal investigators determined that he lied about a Dec. 2008 accident.  Officer Kent Bocook said he was rear-ended as he stopped at a traffic light, but dash camera video revealed something else.  The video shows the officer deliberately positioned his squad car in front of a DWI suspect's car right before the suspect drove into him. Bocook resigned Tuesday.

2 JUVENILES ARRESTED IN STABBING NEAR HIGH SCHOOL
Police arrested two juveniles in connection with the stabbing of an 18-year-old near Haltom High School Wednesday morning.  Police said they received a 911 call from a school administrator at about 7:45 a.m. Haltom City police and fire personnel found the victim in a field adjacent to the school.  The stabbing victim was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  

SHOPLIFTING LEADS TO SHOTS FIRED
Garland police arrested two shoplifters and one is still on the run after shots were fired outside a Richardson CVS Pharmacy. Police said what started out as an undercover burglary sting operation quickly turned into a chaotic shootout.  Click here to read this story on NBCDFW.com.
 

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