Jody Barr
WSPA 7 On Your Side
Charlotte, NC, United States
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THE LONGEST RIDE: Family claims SC school district acted to ‘cover up’ state’s warnings in 2018 school bus attack on autistic child
The video recording captured Autumn crying out with each attack, attacks the bus driver later told investigators he didn’t see, although the recording shows Sires turn around during one of the attacks telling J.M. to “Leave her alone.” → Read More
Lost Trust: The unraveling of the Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office
MARLBORO COUNTY, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — When I rounded the corner of Academy Road and found the old two-story farmhouse, a group of lawmen were standing outside a Ford truck waiting for a meeting that should’ve never happened. Law enforcers aren’t supposed to meet with reporters this way. Especially when they’re about to do […] → Read More
Man loses $133K in moving company fraud case, will ‘never trust’ Truist bank again
CHARLOTTE, NC (WJZY) – Perran Davis flipped open a blue folder, digging through dozens of pages of records he’s collected in the three months since someone drained his father’s estate account of more than $133,000. Davis is listed as the executor on the account and is responsible for the spending. Davis has to report expenditures […] → Read More
Man loses $133K in moving company fraud case, will ‘never trust’ Truist bank again
CHARLOTTE, NC (WJZY) – Perran Davis flipped open a blue folder, digging through dozens of pages of records he’s collected in the three months since someone drained his father’s estate account of more than $133,000. Davis is listed as the executor on the account and is responsible for the spending. Davis has to report expenditures […] → Read More
‘Trooper Tarnished’: A South Carolina ‘Trooper of the Year’ demoted, relocated following $100K cash seizure
A South Carolina trooper is back on patrol, months after a state investigation into allegations he took money from a traffic stop. Even after the state’s investigation finished, questions remain concerning how much money was seized that night. → Read More
Chesterfield Co. awards $2M in fuel sales to county councilman’s oil company
The Curtis Oil Company belonged to Chesterfield County Councilman Douglas Curtis’ family and employed the council vice-chairman up until the Curtis family sold the business in August 2020. → Read More
KXAN investigation leads to first-ever 100% racial profiling report compliance in Texas
Just five months after our "Failure to Report" investigation into the state’s failure to enforce the racial profiling reporting law, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement reports full compliance with the law. Our investigation found hundreds of agencies did not report raw traffic stop data to TCOLE in just the past four years. → Read More
TWC fraud, identity verification delaying some unemployment claims up to 6 weeks
“Every fraud protection you put in can delay, if only slightly, the ultimate payout. And, every step you do to speed up the payouts undermines the fraud protection. So TWC is always aiming to find that sweet spot between the two,” Bernsen told KXAN. → Read More
‘I have regrets’: Former Williamson County deputy discusses domestic violence call resulting in his arrest
"I've tarnished the badge," Hernandez told KXAN investigative reporter Jody Barr during an interview in a Cedar Park park. → Read More
Lawsuit: Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody ‘incentivized’ abuses with steakhouse gift cards
It took less than four years for former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody to create a culture — an award of sorts — inside the sheriff’s office known as “WilCo Bada--,” according to a new lawsuit filed in federal court in Austin. → Read More
Former Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody arrested on new charges from deadly arrest with Live PD cameras rolling
For the second time in six months, grand juries in Travis and Williamson County have indicted former Williamson County general counsel Jason Nassour. Nassour was indicted in Travis County on Wednesday. → Read More
State of Texas: Police reform bill hits ‘huge sticking point’ over qualified immunity for officers
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — This week, jury selection began for Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd. The third-degree murder case is drawing attention to police reform and accountability in Texas. Last May, a video surfaced showing Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, even after Floyd repeatedly […] → Read More
Central Texas ‘Proud Boys’ chapter raising money for riot gear, radios
A Proud Boys chapter in Central Texas is just $624 short of what it needs to outfit its members with “masks, shields, armpads and radios,” the chapter’s crowdfunding posting shows. → Read More
State of Texas: Governor’s policy plans aim to ‘build a more prosperous future’ for Texans
AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Governor Greg Abbott will give his State of the State address Monday night, presenting his list of priorities to a statewide audience. But he’s been laying out some of those ideas throughout the month in a series of presentations across the state. During an event Tuesday afternoon in San Antonio, Gov. Abbott […] → Read More
High bar: Proving racial profiling in Texas means first showing an officer ‘is racist’
Investigative Summary: Our Failure to Report investigation found the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement isn’t holding police agencies accountable for not following the state’s racial profiling law. Hundreds of departments never submitted the raw data of traffic stops and TCOLE never collected a single report showing departments analyzed their data to identify possible racial profiling. […] → Read More
James White: Bob Wills put Broken Spoke ‘On the map’ in 1966
By the time 1966 came around, the Broken Spoke was just another Texas dance hall, struggling to find its way. James White had an idea to put the honky tonk on the map. → Read More
State of Texas: Texans push back against President Biden’s agenda
President Joe Biden is launching an ambitious agenda in his first 100 days in office with key potential impacts on the Lone Star State. → Read More
Texas isn’t following its own law on racial profiling; Police don’t analyze who they pull over
Texas’ racial profiling laws are meant to root out policing that targets people of color. The laws have been on the books for 20 years and require law enforcement agencies each year to collect their traffic stop data in a report, comparatively analyze that information and submit the report and analysis to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, or TCOLE. A KXAN investigation found TCOLE, the… → Read More
TWC contractor ‘frustrated’ over inability to help unemployed Texans
Saturday marks the two-month anniversary of Kimberly Rule's application for unemployment benefits. If the past several weeks are any indication, she'll soon hit the two-month mark without seeing a dime of her unemployment benefits. → Read More
TXDPS spent $6.1M in lockdown of Texas State Capitol grounds in 2020
On May 30, the Capitol came under attack by protesters and rioters who'd spent the previous days in and around downtown Austin made their way to the Capitol. → Read More