Roy Oliver Gives His Side of the Story. Roy Oliver, the Balch Springs officer indicted for killing 15-year-old Jordan Edwards, filed a 22-page statement, giving a detailed account and defending his actions. Among his justifications, he says one of the kids in the car had ties to gangs and that the boys had a gun in the vehicle. The Edwards family’s attorney, Lee Merritt, denies the gang and gun claims, and said, “It’s been over 40 years in the state of Texas that an officer has been convicted because of an inherent acceptance of claims by law enforcement officers, even when they are unsubstantiated.”
Stepdaughter of Disgraced Doctor Found Dead. A body found in a South Dallas creek on Sunday has been identified as Mikayla Mitchell, the 17-year-old stepdaughter of a Sherman doctor who was arrested last month for writing unnecessary pain-med scripts that led to seven deaths. Authorities say Mikayla’s death was a homicide, but gave no further detail.
Local Men Part of a Terrible Diamond Heist Story. Don’t get too excited when you read this headline about a “$6.4 million diamond scheme.” There’s no Italian sports cars or ski boats or yacht parties with bikini clad ladies here. In fact, there’s not a single boat in this story, and no jewels were even heisted—at least, not that we know of right now. There’s just three dudes from Texas who accepted investments to buy and resell diamonds, realized they weren’t turning a profit, and then just kept pocketing the investors’ cash anyway.
