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The Dallas Morning News reports that a heavy burden has been placed by police on the broad shoulders of a number of area bodybuilders. Eleven men, including bodybuilders and weightlifters, have been charged with manufacturing and trafficking anabolic steroids, a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Texas said.

We live in a world that makes it easy for us to digitally share news, thoughts, family photos, and much more. The digital age has also made it easier for law enforcement agencies to gather information by searching cellphones, laptops, tablets, cameras, and other electronic devices.

Six luxury cars, one Highland Park home, bank accounts, 11 headshops, and $3 million in cash. All of that was recently seized by federal drug agents from what they described as a criminal organization making and selling synthetic marijuana.

Four jewelry stores in two cities over a period of six months. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas says those numbers add up to federal charges against a pair of men.

You’re at work going through a quiet day when all of a sudden you get a call from a family member who tells you that the police are looking for you. Officers later show up at your workplace, asking for you.

According to a recent report by the Insurance Journal, last year a Dallas County woman billed an insurer “for 110 health claims for services that were not rendered,” receiving more than $28,000 in benefits. The woman eventually wound up pleading guilty to insurance fraud.

Although theft is a nonviolent crime, theft charges result in serious long-term consequences in Texas. In addition to jail time and restitution, a theft crime can result in a permanent criminal record that makes it very difficult for a person to ever move on with his or her life.

Dallas residents are justifiably proud of our city’s symphony orchestra and its national and international reputation for fine music. Fans of classical music might well be interested in news of the arrest of the executive director of another city’s symphony orchestra on embezzlement charges.

Law enforcement authorities have reportedly charged three people with capital murder in an alleged murder-for-hire case in which a McKinney man was killed. Those who have been charged include the victim’s wife, her friend and the alleged shooter.

When a celebrity is charged with a crime, it becomes a newsworthy story because of the person’s status, and because we think the person should know better. When the same celebrity is acquitted, we may think that celebrity justice is afoot.