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DA Greg Willis Announces Life Sentence Without Parole for Man Who Carjacked and Murdered Innocent Stranger After Posting Incriminating Videos on Instagram

(McKinney, Texas) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced that 28-year-old Kyvontre Elmore of Dallas has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Jose “Antonio” Acosta Galvan. The jury found Elmore guilty of Capital

DA Greg Willis Announces that Mother’s Discovery Leads to 60-Year Sentence for Absconding Child Predator who was Later Found with Another Minor

October 22, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced that 39-year-old Cameron Moffett of Melissa, Texas, has been sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of Sexual Assault of

District Attorney Greg Willis Announces 37-Year Prison Sentence for Twice Deported Ringleader of Central and South American Burglary Crew

October 17, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis announced today that Sergio Cardenas-Salinas, 30, of Houston, Texas, has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for leading an organized criminal operation responsible for a series of high-profile home

District Attorney Greg Willis’ Office Secures 40-Year Sentence for Man Who Shot Uber Driver Six Times in Road Rage Incident

October 8, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis announced that Robert Crolley, 43, of Plano, Texas, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Causing Serious Bodily Injury. This follows a

District Attorney Greg Willis Announces Life Sentence for Father Who Attempted to Hang His 8-Year-Old Son

(McKinney, Texas) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis today announced that Kendall Thigpen-Watkins, 34, has been sentenced to life in prison for the attempted capital murder of his 8-year-old son. On June 23, 2023, McKinney police received a 911

District Attorney Greg Willis’ Office Secures 60-Year, No-Parole Sentence for Child Predator

(McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’ office secured a 60-year, no-parole sentence for Shawn Darfour, 36, of Dallas, Texas, for repeated sexual abuse of a child after a jury found him guilty. Darfour had ongoing access to the child

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 50 Year No-Parole Sentence for Sexual Assault of 4-Year Old

September 5, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 50 year no-parole sentence for Quadriel Forest, 32, of Dallas, Texas for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child after a jury found him guilty. Forest was an

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 30-Year Sentence on Fentanyl Dealer Linked to Overdose Death

August 20, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 30-year prison sentence for Denzel Johnson, 30, of Allen, Texas, after a jury found him guilty of Possession with Intent to Deliver more than 4 grams, but

Citizen Prosecutor Academy | Fall 2024

August 5, 2024 District Attorney Greg Willis announced that the fall session of the highly rated Collin County Citizen Prosecutor Academy (CCCPA) will begin September 5th. Prosecutors are sworn to seek justice in every case, and the CCCPA offers a

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures Justice with Capital Murder Conviction for Brutal Robbery and Murder of Sachse Father

June 25, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a life without parole sentence for Brandon Dale, 43, of Dallas, for his brutal robbery and murder of a Sachse father, after a jury found him guilty of

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures Convictions in 2022 Plano Hate Crime Case

June 18, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis announced that as a result of a joint state and federal investigation, Esmeralda Upton, 59, of Plano, pled guilty to four state Hate Crime charges related to an incident outside

District Attorney Greg Willis Announces Indictments and Arrests in 2018 Human Trafficking Case That Resulted in the Death of an 18 Year-Old Victim

June 7, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis announced the indictments and arrests of three individuals related to the 2018 death of Julia Wells, 18, on the North Dallas Tollway. The Collin County Grand Jury returned three indictments

District Attorney Greg Willis Announces Indictments in Sex Trafficking Case

June 5, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis announces the indictments of Sheldon Vonshey Evans, 38, of Atlanta, Georgia, related to the trafficking, kidnapping, and unlawful sexual contact with a 16 year old child in Richardson, Texas, in

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 60 Year Sentence for Dallas Woman Who Shot Her Child’s Grandmother at a Richardson Starbucks

June 4, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 60-year sentence for Tranisa Watts, 26, of Dallas, for shooting her child’s grandmother at a Richardson Starbucks. Richardson Police Department was dispatched to the Starbucks on Renner

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures Life in Prison for Married Man Who Murdered Girlfriend and Buried her Body

May 29, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured Life in prison for Ocastor Shavon Ferguson, 35, a Jamaican National, for the murder of his girlfriend, Kayla Kelley. On January 12, 2023, a burned up car located

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures Life in Prison for McKinney Man’s Murder of Fiancée in Domestic Violence Shooting

May 16, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office secured a Life sentence for McKinney man, Joel Jesus Torres, 24, who fatally shot his fiancée. On November 14, 2021, McKinney officers were dispatched to a “shots fired” call

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 31 Year No-Parole Sentence for Sexual Assault of 6-Year Old

April 25, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 31 year no-parole sentence for an abuser’s sexual assault of a child. Paul Wilbanks, 50, of Justin, Texas, was an adult who was known by and had

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 52-Years in Prison (No-Parole) for Abuser’s Repeated Sexual Assault of a Child

April 16, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 52-year with no-parole sentence for an abuser’s repeated sexual assault of a child starting when the child was 9 years old, and continuing until the child was

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures the Maximum 20 Year Sentence for Prison Gang Member who Assaulted a Plano Police Officer

April 9, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 20 year sentence for a member of the Texas prison gang Tango Blast who assaulted a police officer while resisting arrest. Salvador Jove, 32, of Royse City,

District Attorney Greg Willis’s Office Secures 35 Year Sentence For Long Time Drug Dealing McKinney Mother

April 3, 2024 (McKinney, Texas) – District Attorney Greg Willis’s office secured a 35 year prison sentence for long-time drug dealer Monica Gonzales, 37, of McKinney, Texas. On May 30, 2023, Detective Joe Arp of the McKinney Police Department conducted

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