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“Mr. Riggs. I have no comment!” Investigative Report Sends State Rep To Federal Prison
I posed a straight forward question to State Representative Terri Hodge, “Who pays your rent?” I already knew the answer to that question as a result of digging day and night into corruption allegations at Dallas City Hall. Hodge stared into the camera like the proverbial deer caught in headlights. A deafening silence followed. Finally Hodge blurted out, “Mr. Riggs. I have, no comment!” Everything about her body language and tone said guilty and her response entered the lexicon of … Continue Reading »
The Original “Cool Hand Luke” of the Texas Prison System
The Investigation Discovery Channel show “I Almost Got Away With It” recently featured me in an hour long profile about Dennis Wayne Hope, Texas most notorious escapee from a state jail and a prison. Hope is the real life “Cool Hand Luke”.
Here’s the story behind the story. In 1994, I covered Hope’s escape from the Texas prison system and the manhunt that followed. Dennis talked to me inside the Dallas County Jail after his capture by fugitive hunters from … Continue Reading »

George Foster Peabody Award
Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Journalism Award
Silver Gavel - American Bar Association