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From DallasNews.com: Boy, 16, arrested in Frisco sexual assault
Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with a sexual assault last week at a Frisco apartment complex.
The attack occurred Friday morning at the Stonebrook Village apartments in the 7500 block of Rolling Brook Drive, Frisco police Sgt. Gina McFarlin said.
Police said the victim was checking her electric meter when she encountered a man who followed her upstairs, pulled a gun and forced her into her apartment. Once inside, the man sent two small children to a bedroom and demanded money, Sgt. McFarlin said. When the woman said she didn’t have any money, she was attacked.
I am confused here. The assailant is listed as a boy by the reporter and as a man according to the police description. Maybe I am just nitpicking!
I heard about this first yesterday during The Hardline on The Ticket. It appears The Dallas Morning News will look significantly different in coming weeks as dozens upon dozens are looking to accept the paper’s buyout offer. You might be shocked to see the names listed at News Buyout:
Judy Sall, Reference Library (head librarian)
Larry Derrick, Reference
Kevin Blackistone, Sports Day (columnist)
Ted Ingram, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Michael Dean, Metro
Tracy Cowle, Universal Desk
Ken Stephens, Sports Day (section editor)
Laura Beil, Discoveries (medical writer)
Charles Ealy, Arts (Books editor)
Ed Bark, Arts (TV critic)
Jerome Weeks, Arts (Books writer)
Randy Bishop, News Art (illustrator)
Beatriz Terrazas, Lifestyles (writer)
Brenda Flatt, Editorial (administrative assistant)
Vernon Smith, Foreign (assistant foreign editor)
Michael Precker, Lifestyles (writer)
Bill Marvel, Lifestyles (writer)
Cathy Harasta, Sports Day (reporter/columnist)
Alysia Oglesby, Photo (assistant photo editor)
Harriet Blake, Dallasnews.com (news editor)
Louise Applebome, Metro (reporter)
Dwayne Bray, Metro (Deputy Managing Editor)
Gerry Fraley, Sports Day (columnist)
Lennox Samuels, Foreign (Mexico City bureau)
Pam Maples, Projects (Assistant Managing Editor)
Steve Steinberg, Lifestyles (copy desk)
Bill Lodge, Metro (Collin County reporter)
Susan Verhault, Arts (copy editor)
David Thorn, Universal Desk (deputy chief)
Mike Weiss, National (assistant national editor)
Manny Mendoza, Arts (TV critic)
Mike Peters, Foreign (assistant foreign editor)
Doug Swanson, Projects (reporter)
Cheri Shipman, News Desk (assistant news editor)
Carol Portele, Editorial (executive secretary)
Phillip Wuntch, Arts (movie critic)
Connie Dufner, Lifestyles (Home editor)
Kathy Thacker, Business (assistant business editor)
David Dillon, Arts (architecture critic)
Allen Pusey, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Dennis Hall, Sports Day (assistant sports editor)
Robert Dodge, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Richard Whittle, Washington Bureau (reporter)
Kristine Hughes, Metro (Richardson reporter)
Anne Bothwell, Arts (music editor)
William Snyder, Photo (director)
Jean Nash Johnson, Lifestyles (reporter)
Maggi Manning, News Art (designer)
Rick Holter, Arts (editor)
Dotty Griffith, Arts (restaurant critic)
Pete Slover, Texas and Southwest (reporter)
Paige Sanders, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Samantha Shaddock, Universal Desk (copy editor)
Toya Stewart, Metro (reporter)
I thought Dallas was a world-class city? These are just some of the names of people wanting out. What is going on over there?
In a related note, the paper’s Belo sibling WFAA has lost another valuable reporter in Mary Ann Razzuk.
Matt Drudge is beating ESPN like a whipping boy today. I first learned about Ben Roethlisberger’s motorcycle accident on Drudge Report at least 15 minutes before ESPN had it.
Now, Drudge is report that Ben is in surgery. No new updates on ESPN.
Having not seen the Update, I am reading the news headlines on the web tonight. On DallasNews.com I learned that Carlton Dotson has confessed to killing Patrick Dennehy.
A quick trip to HoustonChronicle.com finds the AP story Police: Ex-Baylor basketball player charged with murder. No mention of a confession.
Next stop, Waco Tribune-Herald. The site has not been updated to reflect any news of the day on the story.
Then I headed to over to Austin’s Statesman.com. The site has roughly the same AP article as HoustonChronicle.com, but adds this insightful paragraph:
As he left the court commissioner’s office Monday night, Dotson told a reporter: “I didn’t confess to anything. Call the FBI.” Shortly after his arrest, Dotson had referred all questions to his lawyer.
A look at the nation media shows Matt Drudge linking to the same AP story via WashingtonPost.com. ESPN and FoxNews.com also report the similar stories.
So what is going on here? What do Lee Hancock and Matt Mosley at The Dallas Morning News know that no one else seems to know? Sure the “authorities” are reporting a confession, but shouldn’t his public claim denying a confession stand as the story. Is the affidavit the basis of his confession? Will DallasNews.com pull the headline when no one else is reporting the same story?
Update: DallasNews.com has updated the headline and story on Carlton Dotson. Waco police are now listed as the source for the confession line and while the paper acknowledges Dotson’s denial of a confession. The article has the following header as I type the update at 1:33AM: Last modified: 01:03 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 22, 2003
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