Grandma Shot Dead After Taking Away Adult Grandson's Allowance | Crime Alert 2PM 03.25.26

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A Texas grandmother is dead after police say she was shot

by her own adult grandson following an argument over

allowance.

Rita Marie Jackson, age 68, was found unresponsive on the

patio of her apartment in Arlington, where paramedics

pronounced her dead.

Investigators say she had been shot and the Tarant

County Medical Examiner quickly ruled her death a homicide.

Police say the suspect is 21-year-old Ron Trell, Jackson,

the grandson.

Detectives say the two had recently argued, and that dispute

led to him losing his allowance.

After being questioned, investigators say he admitted

to shooting his grandmother inside the apartment early

that morning and then dragging her body out to the patio.

A firearm believed to be used in the shooting

was recovered inside the home.

Officers were first called to the apartment complex

on carriage house circle Friday afternoon after a family

member found the victim outside covered with a blanket.

Neighbors who lived just below the apartment say

the violence comes as a shock.

You try to rewind everything in your head of,

what could it have been?

Speaking to WFAA, Kiera Dennis says the reason behind

the killing makes it even harder to understand.

For someone to have lost their life over an allowance,

over a disagreement is hard to to process.

Dennis says the impact reaches beyond just one loss.

It's the shocking fact that you've now lost two people

in one family the way at which you lost them.

That's just tragic.

Her husband Jerry Dennis says the proximity to the crime

has made it even more difficult.

For it to be this close to you, it's very hard

to process even in words.

Neighbors say the family had appeared friendly

and nothing seemed out of the ordinary before that day.

Kiera Dennis said she did not hear any argument that day,

but later noticed an unusual number of flies near the patio.

Ron Trell Jackson has been charged with murder.

He's being held in the Tarant County jail

on a $750,000 bond as the case moves forward in Arlington.

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A Florida judge has thrown out manslaughter charges

against three former Miami-Dade deputies

in a deadly UPS truck shootout,

ruling they are protected under the state's

stinger ground law.

Broward County Circuit judge Ernest Calrad

dismissed the cases against Richard Senthiestibon,

Leslie Lee and Rodolfo Mirabal.

The judge wrote that quote,

the facts and testimony support the application

of immunity under Florida's stinger ground law.

The ruling stems from a December 5th, 2019 incident

in Miramar that ended in a barrage of gunfire

at a busy intersection.

Authorities say two armed robbery suspects

hijacked a UPS truck after a jewelry store robbery

and coral gables and took driver Frank Ordones hostage.

Police chased the truck into Broward County.

The pursuit came to a stop and rush hour traffic

along Miramar Parkway where officers open fire.

Ordones, 27 was killed during the shootout.

Another man, Richard Cutshaw,

who was stopped at a red light nearby, was also killed.

The two suspects in the robbery died as well.

The three deputies had been charged with manslaughter

and connection to the deaths, a fourth officer.

Jose Mateo was clear to under the same law

in a separate ruling last year.

Prosecutors say they planned a challenge to the decisions.

In a statement, the Broward State's attorney office

says, quote, it is our belief that

standard ground immunity does not apply in matters

involving innocent bystanders, like Frank Ordones

and Richard Cutshaw, who presented no danger to officers.

In this incident, two innocent men were killed

and the lives of numerous other innocent bystanders

were endangered.

The judge's ruling means the three former deputies

cannot be prosecuted in the case

unless a higher court overturns the decision.

David Sam Barlett was 35 when he disappeared

from Swananoa, North Carolina, on August 18th of 2009.

He was last seen leaving his mother's home on Max Metcalf Road

when a man he reportedly knew as Don met up with him.

Investigators say the two left in a gray or green 1990

Pontiac Grand Am.

Family members got concerned when he failed

to show up for a scheduled court appearance

in Marion, North Carolina.

His mother reported him missing 10 days later.

Since then, there have been few confirmed leads.

Authorities say Barlett may have used the nickname Beetlejuice,

but it is unclear if that name referred to him

or the man he was last seen with.

Barlett was known for having numerous tattoos,

some of them highly distinctive,

including a cross on his left hand,

multiple skull designs across his arms,

a tribal heart on his chest,

a vampire bat on his right forearm,

and a chili pepper on his left calf.

He also had a Harley Quinn mask,

tattooed on his right calf,

and a Confederate flag with a skull on his left arm.

He was white with brown hair, blue eyes,

and often wore his hair about neck length.

He had a goatee and two piercings in his left ear.

On the day he disappeared,

Barlett was believed to be wearing blue jeans

and black cowboy boots with silver tips

and chains on the heels.

He stood about six feet, weighed about 155 pounds.

He also had scars on his knees and one on his abdomen.

Today he'd be 52.

Anyone with information is asked to contact

the Bunkham County Sheriff's Office at 828-250-4449.

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