Scott Friedman
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New Texas Paper Tags Hit the Road on Friday
Starting Friday, Texas temporary paper license plates will have a new design with more security features designed to help slow down the proliferation of fake tags. → Read More
Texas Power Grid on the Edge of Breaking a Historic Record
On Wednesday, the state’s power grid was hovering near a historic record, one they didn’t plan for during their seasonal forecast. → Read More
Texas DMV to Require Fingerprinting for Car Dealers After Abuse of Paper Tag System
The Texas DMV Board adopted a plan for stiffer background checks on people applying for Texas car dealer licenses Thursday, including fingerprinting applicants. → Read More
Ex-DCS Superintendent Who Took Bribes Released Early, Serving Sentence at Home
NBC 5 Investigates has learned former Dallas County Schools superintendent, Rick Sorrells, has been moved from prison to home confinement, after serving only about one-third of his seven-year sentence behind bars. → Read More
State Police Blame Uvalde Scene Commander for Delayed Response
Investigators said Tuesday that the scene commander at the Uvalde school shooting chose to wait for additional help instead of continuing to attempt entry to a classroom where students had been shot and the gunman barricaded himself behind a locked door. → Read More
Shooter Walked Into School Unchallenged, Through Unlocked Door: Police
A Texas Department of Public Safety briefing Thursday aimed at clearing up questions about the police response to the Uvalde school massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers seemed to raise even more questions about the timeline of events. → Read More
TxDMV Names New Executive Director Amid Paper Tag Crisis
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles officially has a new leader to steer the agency in the wake of the crisis involving the widespread sale of fraudulent paper license plates. → Read More
Texas' Paper Tag Problem Compounded by Small Dealers Misusing Them
Texas’ paper tag problem goes beyond crooked dealers who sold tags to cash in on black market profits. → Read More
Texas DMV Cracks Down on Dealers Selling Temporary Paper Tags
The Texas DMV says nearly three dozen dealers have been kicked out of the state system that allows them to issue temporary paper license tags. → Read More
Another TxDMV Loophole Allows Unsafe Cars to Get Temporary Tags
NBC 5 Investigates has discovered another loophole in the state’s temporary license plate system that allows people to get temporary plates for unsafe cars that have not passed state safety and emissions inspections. → Read More
Texas Senate Will Investigate Illegal Paper Tag Crimes, Smuggling
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Monday that a Senate committee will examine how illegal temporary license plates have become involved in violent crimes, human smuggling, and drug trafficking. → Read More
Texas Paper Tag Crime Danger Extends Nationwide
There’s new evidence of how bogus Texas temporary license plates are putting people in danger not only in Texas, but across the country. → Read More
Texas House Will Hold Hearings on Paper Tag Mess
NBC 5 Investigates has learned Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) will direct lawmakers to tackle the problem of fraudulent Texas temporary license plates in hearings this year, even before the start of the next legislative session in 2023. → Read More
License to Smuggle: Drug Cartels and Human Smugglers Use Paper Texas Tags to Evade
An NBC 5 investigation reveals drug cartels and human traffickers are using fraudulent Texas paper tags as a tool to evade law enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More
Fort Worth Police Announce Special Operation Targeting Paper Tags
Tuesday, Fort Worth police announced that it has launched a special operation to remove fake Texas license plates from the streets in high crime areas. → Read More
Crash Victim's Parents Want More Cops to Police Paper Tag Fraud
The family of a teen killed in a crash involving a truck with a bogus Texas paper license tag is pleading with Gov. Abbott and lawmakers to give police more tools to fight the massive marketplace for illegal tags. → Read More
More Funding Needed to Fight Criminals Using Bogus Paper Tags: Police
After first exposing how crooks were selling illegal paper license tags for a profit, NBC 5 Investigates wanted to see how often those tags were used on cars to commit violent crimes. → Read More
Police Report Drop in Fraudulent Tags But Warn Crooks Are Adapting
Investigators looking into fraudulent Texas paper license tags say they see big signs of progress, but police warned they need more help because as the DMV adapts so do the bad guys. → Read More
Texas DMV Shuts Down Six More Dealers Suspected of Selling Paper License Tags
The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shut down six more car dealers in the fight to stop the sale of paper license tags. → Read More
TxDMV Director Resigns Amidst Paper Tag Mess
The executive director of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles resigned Monday as the agency works to fix the state’s temporary license plate system after lax security allowed criminals to create hundreds of thousands of paper tags and sell them for profit. → Read More