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There are a variety of situations in which charges are made against online buyers and sellers for fraudulent behavior. A recent example involved the Craigslist site. An Anderson County man reported that an ATV had been stolen through a transaction on Craigslist. The man had sold a Polaris RZR ATV on Craigslist for $38,000 with a payment option of periodic payments available. The man selling the ATV eventually came to agreement with a buyer....

The particularly sensitive noses of drug sniffing dogs frequently provide law enforcement with an effective tool for determining the presence of illegal drugs. In one recent example, a Denton woman was arrested and charged with drug possession after a short vehicle chase through Easton. The chase in question began when a Talbot County law enforcement officer attempted to stop the motorist’s vehicle because the driver was allegedly driving on a suspended license....

A woman is pursuing an action against local law enforcement because the woman claims that law enforcement used excessive force during her 2013 arrest for DWI. The woman is asking for compensation for two elbow injuries that she believes were incurred due to a law enforcement jerking her arms during the arrest. The woman is also seeking damages for mental anguish that was caused when a law enforcement officer allegedly choked her. The woman has stated that her motive behind the lawsuit is to prevent anyone else from having to endure this treatment from law enforcement....

A Brownwood motorist was recently arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge. The motorist also faces additional charges after making numerous threats to a law enforcement officer, including threatening to track him down and beat him up. The man remained in jail on charges of driving while intoxicated, retaliation, and resisting arrest. Law enforcement took the man to a nearby medical center for a blood draw after placing him under arrest....