Mitch Mitchell, WFAA TV

Mitch Mitchell

WFAA TV

Fort Worth, TX, United States

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Past articles by Mitch:

Fort Worth settles with Jacqueline Craig for $150K pending approval years after viral arrest

Craig's family filed a lawsuit against the city five years ago after they say Fort Worth police violated their constitutional rights during their arrest. → Read More

Ross Perot, North Texas philanthropist, developer, presidential candidate, dies at 89

Ross Perot, who ran for president two times in the 1990s, is dead after a five month battle with disease. → Read More

Teen died in what neighbors called a July 4 ‘firecracker war’ in south Fort Worth

Maneno Juma, 19, was accidentally killed by fireworks that caused blunt force trauma injury to his chest. The teen was celebrating Independence Day by exploding fireworks at a south Fort Worth apartment complex → Read More

Fort Worth police officer denied surgery after wreck says she can’t afford to heal

Kellie Whitehead, a Fort Worth, TX police officer, claims the city left her in pain after giving her a medal for heroism. Besides a broken body, she blames city for a broken bank account. She filed a complaint. → Read More

Widow who says husband’s partner cheated his Fort Worth business awarded $7.2 million

After a Fort Worth, TX man refused to exchange his shares for a commission on an insurance company’s sales, his two partners decided they would fire him and keep all the money for themselves, a lawsuit states. → Read More

Fort Worth police will not change without federal court intervention, clergy says

Clergy who say they tried to rebuild trust between the black community and police want the federal courts to step in, monitor and negotiate reform within the Fort Worth Police Department or sue for reparations. → Read More

Tarrant County prosecutors dismiss more than 200 marijuana cases due to changes in law

While Texas authorities struggle to equip state labs to comply with the new state law legalizing hemp, the Tarrant County District Attorney dismissed more than 200 marijuana cases she can no longer prosecute. → Read More

ICE four-day operation leads to arrests of 75 immigrants in North Texas and Oklahoma

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 75 people suspected of criminal activity. Most of the immigrants (58) came from Mexico, with convictions including assault, larceny, and weapon and drug possession → Read More

Most Texas labs cannot test for marijuana, hemp under new laws, jeopardizing arrests

Because of changes in the laws, many Texas labs will need 4-12 months before they can test for legal hemp and illegal marijuana. Until then, prosecutors may have to wait before bringing those cases to court. → Read More

CBD products are legal in Texas now, but some sellers face continued legal problems

CBD oil retailers, who were in a gray area before a bill making CBD product sales legal in Texas, now wait for state and federal officials to draft new rules to manage hemp products and test THC levels. → Read More

Officers look for a Fort Worth fugitive who skipped out on his evading arrest trial

A Fort Worth, TX man described as a repeat felony offender did not report for his trial and police are searching for him. Terry Ingram fled from an officer during an arrest attempt, according to court records. → Read More

4-year-old Aubrey child suffering from heat exposure listed in critical condition

A child, 4, is recovering in a hospital after being found in a hot car Thursday. Family members called 911 after finding the child in a driveway outside an Aubrey, Texas home. North Texas under heat advisory. → Read More

Judge vacates death sentence for man convicted in Arlington girl’s 1994 rape, murder

A federal judge in Indiana has overturned the death sentence for a man convicted of the 1994 murder and rape of Lisa Rene in Arlington, Texas. The suspect, Bruce Webster, is described as intellectually disabled → Read More

Farmers Branch officer faces murder charge if indicted by Dallas County grand jury

The case of a Farmers Branch, Texas police officer accused of shooting a Dallas man who died is being referred to a grand jury for possible prosecution. The officer could face a murder charge, investigators say → Read More

Juneteenth celebrations in Fort Worth beginning Tuesday, going to end of June

Juneteenth: There’s a play, arts celebrations, history presentations and music in Fort Worth, Texas, to commemorate the 155th anniversary of the day it was announced in Galveston, TX, that all slaves were free. → Read More

Fort Worth police arrest suspect accused of shooting a man in the head after a fight

Fort Worth police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a man who was walking when another man came up to him and shot him. The suspect is in jail facing $100,000 bond in connection with the slaying. → Read More

Storms that rolled through Tarrant County darkened Father’s Day celebrations for many

Severe thunderstorms that rolled through North Texas on Sunday left thousands of Oncor customers in the dark, forced Father’s Day celebrations indoors and left scattered reports of damage throughout the region. → Read More

Tarrant County, North Texas, under severe thunderstorm watch for much of day Sunday

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Tarrant County and surrounding areas, which includes Fort Worth. The main threats are damaging winds, large hail and flooding rains. → Read More

Body cam videos were supposed to build trust. But public has no power in their release

The public has little power to see police officers’ body camera videos if law enforcement agencies want to restrict their release. Fort Worth Police Department released shooting video after days of protests. → Read More

Diverse crowd holds candlelight vigil for man shot by Fort Worth police

Friends and family of a man killed by Fort Worth police Sunday met at the place where he hid in a flatbed truck as the fatal shots rang out. The man who was shot, JaQuavion Slaton, fathered a 4-month-old son. → Read More