Denton County Sheriff’s Office arrested 14 people in a “Prostitution Demand Suppression Operation” in Lewisville, Texas on Thursday, June 13. The operation works to suppress prostitution in a community by arresting individuals who attempt to purchase sexual favors for money. One of the 14 people arrested on charges of Solicitation of  Prostitution, which is a State Jail Felony, was Jason Scott Collier who is the Highland Village Fire Chief. Collier was also charged with resisting arrest, according to a press release from the Denton County Sheriff’s Office. The City of Highland Villag ..read more

A Mesquite man accused of shooting another man to death in Lewisville has been arrested and was given a $2 million bond on Wednesday. Aarion Morris, 39, is charged with murder in the shooting death of 27-year-old Jonathan Berto of Corinth, according to Lewisville Police. On Sunday, June 9, officers responded to the 1200 block of South IH-35E around 5 p.m. after reports of a dead person being along the northbound service road. Upon arrival, police found Berto’s body and learned that he had been mortally wounded by gunfire. Morris was arrested without incident on Tuesday, June 11, in the 1800 bl ..read more

A Lewisville High School senior is going to college for free after being awarded a scholarship for more than $240,000. Jesus Barrios immigrated to the US just six years ago and didn’t speak English. He’s now the first Lewisville ISD student to be named a Stamps Scholar. The merit-based program awards full college tuition for up to 380 students across the country and in the UK, selecting candidates based on their academics, leadership skills, and a desire to change the world. “It hits me hard because, you know, I never thought it was possible to be honest,” Jesus Barrios told NBC 5. It was poss ..read more

Loved ones are mourning the tragic death of a young man who was gunned down outside of a hookah lounge in Lewisville in late March. Jason and Delina Anderson are in disbelief that someone would kill their 19-year-old son Jayden Anderson. “Most sweet, loving, big-hearted child,” the victim’s mother, Delina Anderson, said. “Just sweet and loveable.” “One of a kind,” his father Jason Anderson said. “He just has such a big heart. He loved everybody. He didn’t see wrong in anybody. He had ideas and things that he wanted to do and he just was very determined.” The victim’s father said he was making ..read more

A North Texas man’s beloved pet macaw is safe after surviving a hawk attack and spending two days stuck in a tree after getting spooked while outdoors on Sunday. Between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon, Giulio Ferrari spent roughly 48 hours trying to rescue his 15-year-old brightly-feathered Catalina Macaw named Samba from a tree near Lewisville Lake. The bird flew the coop Sunday afternoon after getting spooked during a photoshoot. “My heart is broken. It’s like your child is on top of a tree,” Ferrari said on Monday. “This big gust of wind blew out of nowhere, and that’s what startled ..read more

There is an urgent search underway for a Lewisville man and his car last seen in the Prosper area. Vishaal Makani, 25, has been missing since March 2, according to his family. They are especially concerned because of his mental health struggles and because he purchased a gun one day before leaving his home in his 2013 Lexus RX. The search for Makani has led police and his family to neighboring Collin County, specifically rural farmland where Prosper meets McKinney. “We have gone on foot through these woods, we’ve done personal drones, professional help, DPS has also flown,” said sister Kashish ..read more

Firefighter rescue teams recovered a construction worker who was killed when he was buried in a trench collapse on Friday afternoon. Lewisville officials said contractors were working in the Indian Oaks subdivision on a city project when the trench collapsed near Wanderlust and Buffalo Bend drives, burying a person just before 2 p.m. James Kunke, community relations director for the City of Lewisville, says it was the construction crew who called 911. “They actually were still trying to dig when the first responders got here and had them stop,” said Kunke. “The firefighters confirmed he was de ..read more

The Lewisville City Council is expected to vote on a proposed temporary ban on new short-term rentals during Monday night’s meeting. The temporary ban would apply to new short-term rentals and would be in place for up to a year until a permitting process approved in January “can be established and initial results are evaluated,” according to the city. The contentious issue has pitted some neighbors against each other and has city officials researching legal parameters. For months, Lewisville residents and the Texas Neighborhood Coalition have lobbied against short-term rentals in the city. The ..read more

In honor of the Detroit Lions making it to the NFC Championship against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, a pizza joint in North Texas offers a deal that football fans and pie lovers will probably refuse. Motor City Pizza in Lewisville said it is running a ‘Buy One, Get 10 Free’ special on its “The Detroit Lions Pizza,” or as the menu describes, “The absolute worst.” The restaurant’s website says the pizza is “One of very few pizzas to never even reach the BIG game. Matter of fact, unless you are a die hard, lifelong Detroiter, we suggest you avoid this one.” However, the price tag on this pi ..read more

A missing class ring is back on the finger of its rightful owner thanks to an NBC 5 viewer. Sam Xie reached out to NBC 5 on Monday saying he’d found a 1985 University of North Texas class ring at Vista Ridge Mall on Sunday and that he wanted to get it back into the proper hands. Xie told NBC 5 he called us after first reaching out to UNT who said they weren’t able to help track down the graduate. Using a few details from the ring, including the name of the owner that was inscribed inside the band, NBC 5 published a short story on Monday afternoon hoping to find the owner. About four hours afte ..read more