Dallas County Judge Reduces Bond for Man Who Set Puppy on Fire

(DALLAS) -- A Dallas County judge reduced on Friday a bond set for a man accused of setting a puppy on fire, ABC News Dallas affiliate WFAA-TV reports.

The bond for Darius Ewing, 18, was reduced from $100,000 to $50,000, but with stipulations that included the requirement of Ewing to periodically undergo drug tests.

Ewing's attorney alleged the original $100,000 bond was excessive and oppressive. Prosecutors fired back, saying that Ewing spent the last four years violating probation and law enforcement. He was also previously arrested for sexual assault.

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Student, 4, Brings Crack Cocaine to School

(DALLAS) -- A four-year-old student brought crack cocaine to school on Wednesday, ABC affiliate WFAA reports.

A teacher, who noticed the child putting something in his pocket, asked the young boy to show her what it was. The child had what police say was crack cocaine.

Narcotics officers as well as Child Protective Services were called to the school to investigate. The little boy told them the drugs belonged to his father, Joshua Ruiz.

Police discovered a box with more crack cocaine and heroin in his father's car. They arrested him for child endangerment, along with his mother Christy Ruiz. Joshua Ruiz was also charged with the manufacture and delivery of cocaine and heroin, both felony offenses.

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Illinois Murder Suspect Tracked Through Several States

(CHICAGO) -- The search for a man suspected of killing his new bride in Burbank, Illinois has passed through several states and reached as far as Texas.

Authorities say they have tracked a cellphone belonging to Arnoldo Jimenez to Hidalgo, Texas -- a town near the Mexico border. Jimenez, 30, is being sought in connection with the murder of his 26-year-old bride Estrella Carrera.

Carrera's body was found Sunday afternoon by police after her family alerted authorities that she had not picked up her children on time from her sister's house. She had multiple stab wounds and was found still wearing her wedding dress in a dry bathtub, police said. Investigators believe she was killed just hours after a civil ceremony last Friday at the Cook County Courthouse in Illinois.

Authorities on the trail of Jiminez say his cellphone was last used in Chicago on Saturday and was also used near Memphis, Tennessee, in Arkansas and then eventually in Texas, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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Woman Hospitalized After Being Found Shot at Dallas Apartment

(DALLAS) -- A woman was hospitalized Thursday after she was found shot at her Dallas apartment complex, ABC News Dallas affiliate WFAA-TV reports.

Police responded to the scene about 11:30 a.m.  Upon arriving at the Park Towne Villas Apartments located in the 7100 block of Holly Hill Drive, authorities found a woman with gunshot wounds.

The woman, whose identity was not reported, was transported to Baylor Hospital in Dallas in unknown condition.

The incident is under investigation.

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Two Bodies Found at Fort Worth Apartment Building

(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- Police have discovered two dead bodies at a Fort Worth apartment building, according to ABC affiliate WFAA-TV.

The bodies were found at the Lodge at Rivers Oaks apartment complex on River Park Drive.  The victims were a woman in her 60's and a man in his 30's. 

As of Wednesday night, their names had not been released, and authorities would not say how the pair had died.

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