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Texas Monthly November 2001 What happens when a top law firm gets two crooks for clients? At Locke, Liddell, and Sapp, the result was a $30 million settlement for angry investors. by John Spong LOCKE PURNELL ATTORNEY JANE MATHESON'S NOTE ON THE BACK OF A TRADE AGREEMENT her firm was editing for client Russell Erxleben in February 1998 got right to the point: "Tell the truth." Erxleben, an All-American punter and place kicker for the University of Texas Longhorns in the seventies, had enlisted the 110-year-old, blue-chip Dallas law firm to keep his company, Austin Forex Investments (AFI), from running...

A morning bank robbery in Richardson turned into an area-wide search for at least two suspects armed with automatic weapons who police said fired on numerous officers during a pursuit. The men are still at large, and by 1 p.m. authorities believed the two men had fled to Wylie, but were unsure what vehicle the men may be driving.

Cyclist dies from accident injuries 05/05/2003 From Staff Reports A well-known North Texas cyclist died Sunday, three days after he was hit by a school bus in Collin County. Larry Schwartz, 42, of Wylie was biking east on FM1461 about 8:05 a.m. Thursday when the mirror of a passing eastbound school bus struck his head, knocking him to the ground. The nationally known marathon cyclist was unconscious when he was taken by medical helicopter to the hospital. Larry Schwartz The bus driver, Robert Haynes, 40, was jailed on a felony charge of failure to stop and render aid, said Senior...