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Actor Lou Diamond Phillips, known for his role in the movie 'La Bamba' and TV show 'Longmire,' was arrested on a DWI charge in Portland, Texas early Friday morning.

A car jacking suspect breaks into an Arlington, Texas home and is stabbed by the homeowner.

Some people just don't like to be arrested.  They'll cry, they'll yell profanities and even go to the extreme and attack a police officer.  In some cases, they will attack when already in handcuffs, like this case here.  An Amarillo man, already placed in handcuffs, assaulted 2 APD officers last night.

  APD SWAT had to make a house call overnight to deal with a wanted suspect that locked himself inside his house, believed to have access to firearms  It was also believed that he had other people in the house with him, including a small child.  The suspect, Michael Fruit, has an outstanding warrant out of Potter County for Indecency with a Child.  The standoff began at 11:40pm Friday night, and e

A routine traffic stop transformed into so much more today in Amarillo.  Amarillo Police officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation at the 1500 block of S Grand.  Both a male and female suspect we arrested after APD officers located numerous items that appeared to have been stolen.  How does something "appear" stolen?  I wish I had an answer for that.

At 1:14am this morning, a suspect armed with a baseball bat was terrorizing residents in the neighborhood around the 3300 block of S. Jackson in Amarillo.  The suspect was going around breaking windows with the bat, when the suspect decided to take it even further and made entry into a residence.  The homeowner of the residence called Amarillo Police.  While officers were in route, shots were fire

Amarillo Police have issued a release regarding the termination of officer, or I mean EX officer Donald Ray Sanders Jr.  Sanders was the subject of a criminal investigation being performed by the Randall County Sheriff's Office.  Officer Donald Ray Sanders Jr., also the Caprock High liaison officer, was arrested and booked into Randall county jail on sexual assault charges.

Amarillo Crime Stoppers need your help in locating wanted fugitive Ryan "Rhino" Thompson (pictured above).  If your tip leads to an arrest, you're looking at a cash reward.

When you live in Amarillo, you never really think things like this take place here.  Who'd of thought a traffic stop would have revealed a money laundering operation here in Amarillo?  With 2 major highways running through the city, you shouldn't be to surprised when you hear about things like this.

During a routine traffic stop in Amarillo, an Amarillo Police officer was assaulted by a wanted fugitive while attempting to apprehend the him.

Amarillo Police are investigating an early morning traffic collision that took place at the Amarillo Blvd and Triangle Drive, sending 4 people to the hospital, 1 with life-threatening injuries.

There was a pretty nasty accident last night around 11pm at 22nd & S Bolton in Amarillo.  A man driving a Chevy truck with 2 passengers was traveling west on 22nd and ran the stop sign at 22nd & S Bolton.  Another man was traveling north on Bolton when the truck ran the stop sign, causing him to t-bone the truck.  The driver of the Chevy truck fled the scene of the accident and just left h