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From The Newsroom: Audit Finds Former Dallas County DA Misused Forfeiture Funds

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Craig Watkins served as the district attorney of Dallas County for eight years.

The top local stories this morning from the ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôºroom: A state audit has found former Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins misused forfeiture money. 

obtained an advanced copy of the audit, which found Watkins spent about 80-thousand dollars from an asset forfeiture fund for personal legal fees, travel for himself and aides, and a football sponsorship.

Other stories this morning:

  • Among the items on the ballot this election is afor Dallas schools. Stella Chavez digs into the proposed package.
  • A man accused of veering his car into a motorcycle has been arrested. reports William Crum of Granbury was arrested last night and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. A video capturing the incident went viral on Facebook.
  • Shoppers can order just about anything on their smartphones – and now, just about anyone can deliver it. Lauren Aguirre reports on a wave of new-style delivery services.

You can listen to North Texas stories weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m. on ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº 90.1 FM.

Former ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº staffer Krystina Martinez was an assistant producer. She produced local content for Morning Edition and ËÄ»¢Ó°ÔºNews.org. She also produced The Friday Conversation, a weekly series of conversations with North Texas newsmakers. Krystina was also the backup newscaster for the Texas Standard.