Posted September 3, 2010

On August 17 Garland police responded to the report of a man being shot in the 600 block of Rilla Drive around 2:30 p.m.  When officers arrived they found 48-year-old Alan Nevil in his next-door neighbor’s front yard suffering from a gunshot wound.  He was able to tell officers who had shot him before being transported to Baylor Hospital of Dallas where he underwent surgery.

Alan Nevil died last night from complications resulting from that shooting on August 17.

On that same day officers also found Mr. Nevil’s wife, 46-year-old Darlene Nevil, shot to death inside their home.

Shortly after the shooting a 12-year-old female and 13-year-old male were taken into custody based on the information provided by Alan Nevil at the scene.  The two were later charged with Murder and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.  Garland investigators have been in touch with the Dallas County District Attorney’s office and now with the death of a second victim, Alan Nevil, Capital Murder charges will be sought against the 12-and 13-year-old.  The two remain in custody in the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center. 

Posted September 2, 2010

Garland police responded to the report of a body lying in a field in the 1800 block of Glenbrook Drive this morning just before 10:30 a.m.  When officers arrived they found a Hispanic male dead and laying in the field near the rear of an apartment complex.  It appeared that the man had suffered more than one gun shot wound.  The man was later identified as 39-year-old Ruben Moreno Guerra.

Detectives are investigating the case as a murder and are working to discover the identity of a suspect or suspects along with a motive.

Crime Report:  August 22-28

Posted August 30,  2010

The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56.  Listed below are the 188 crimes reported this period and the districts in which they occurred:

District 11 5 District 12 5 District 13 7 District 14 14 District 21 19 District 22 6 District 23 3 District 24 4 District 25 3 District 31 2 District 32 0 District 33 4 District 34 3 District 35 8 District 41 11 District 42 6 District 43 11 District 44 3 District 45 5 District 46 13 District 51 5 District 52 5 District 53 12 District 54 4 District 55 4 District 56 5 Not assigned to district 24

 Crimes broken down by type were as follows:

Murder	0
Murder, crim, solicit	0
Murder, crim, consp	0
Assault, aggravated with a deadly weapon	4
Assault, aggravated, SBI	0
Injury to a child	1
Injury to an elderly person	0
Injury to a disabled person	0
Sexual assault	2
Robbery of an individual	3
Robbery, aggravated, of an individual	2
Robbery, aggravated, home invasion	0
Robbery, aggravated, of a business	0
Robbery, business	0
Burglary of a building	21
Burglary of information	2
Burglary of a vehicle	46
Burglary-habitat w/ intent to commit other felony	0
Burglary of a habitat	21
Burglary of a coin-operated machine	0
Criminal mischief	30
Information theft	1
Info found - property - forgery	0
Shoplifting	13
Theft by steal/receive stolen check	0
Theft by check	0
Theft, pocket picking	0
Theft of an individual	1
Theft, purse snatching	1
Theft of an elderly individual	0
Theft of a service	0
Theft, various	30
Theft of a vehicle	1
Theft of vehicle parts/accessories	0
Theft of vehicle, non-motor	0
Theft of a firearm	2
Unauthorized possession food stamps	0
Unauthorized use of motor vehicle	7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information provided by Joe Harn, pubic information officer for the Garland Police Department

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Crime Report:  August 15-21

Posted August 30,  2010

The Garland Police Department has divided the city into 26 districts, numbers vary from 11 to 56.  Listed below are the 231 crimes reported this period and the districts in which they occurred:

District 11 7 District 12 5 District 13 23 District 14 15 District 21 11 District 22 5 District 23 8 District 24 6 District 25 3 District 31 6 District 32 2 District 33 8 District 34 4 District 35 7 District 41 6 District 42 13 District 43 6 District 44 9 District 45 9 District 46 20 District 51 4 District 52 10 District 53 16 District 54 1 District 55 3 District 56 8 Not assigned to district 16

 Crimes broken down by type were as follows:

Murder	1
Murder, crim, solicit	0
Murder, crim, consp	0
Assault, aggravated with a deadly weapon	4
Assault, aggravated, SBI	1
Injury to a child	1
Injury to an elderly person	0
Injury to a disabled person	0
Sexual assault	3
Robbery of an individual	1
Robbery, aggravated, of an individual	6
Robbery, aggravated, home invasion	0
Robbery, aggravated, of a business	0
Robbery, business	0
Burglary of a building	8
Burglary of information	1
Burglary of a vehicle	48
Burglary-habitat w/ intent to commit other felony	0
Burglary of a habitat	21
Burglary of a coin-operated machine	0
Criminal mischief	30
Information theft	0
Info found - property - forgery	0
Shoplifting	24
Theft by steal/receive stolen check	0
Theft by check	1
Theft, pocket picking	1
Theft of an individual	1
Theft, purse snatching	1
Theft of an elderly individual	1
Theft of a service	0
Theft, various	52
Theft of a vehicle	3
Theft of vehicle parts/accessories	4
Theft of vehicle, non-motor	0
Theft of a firearm	0
Unauthorized possession food stamps	0
Unauthorized use of motor vehicle	18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information provided by Joe Harn, pubic information officer for the Garland Police Department

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Murder charges to be filed
against 12- and 13-year-olds

Posted August 18, 2010 - Update

Garland police responded to the report of a man being shot in the 600 block of Rilla Drive around 2:30 yesterday afternoon.  When they arrived they found 48-year-old Alan Nevil in his neighbors’ front yard suffering from a gun shot wound.  He was able to tell officers who had shot him before being transported to Baylor Hospital of Dallas where he underwent surgery and is listed in stable condition today.

Officers then made entry into Nevil’s home where they found his wife, 46-year-old Darlene Nevil, dead.  It appeared to officers she had also been shot.

Police followed up on the suspect information they received from Mr. Nevil before he was transported to the hospital.  They located and took into custody a 12-year-old female and 13-year-old male several blocks away without incident.  Police also recovered a hand gun believed to be the weapon used to shoot Mr. and Mrs. Nevil.

Police detectives interviewed the two and are now in the process of filing murder and aggravated assault deadly weapon against both the 12-year-old female and 13-year-old male.  The two have been transported to the Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center where they remain in custody on those charges. 

Double shooting ends in woman’s death

Posted August 17, 2010

Garland police are investigating the shooting death of 46-year-old Darlene Nevil who was killed in her home located in the 600 block of Rilla Drive.

This afternoon, shortly after 2:30 p.m., Garland police responded to the report of a man who had been shot in the 600 block of Rilla.  When officers arrived they found 48-year-old Alan Nevil in his neighbor’s front yard with a gun shot wound.  Mr. Nevil was transported to Baylor of Dallas where he is currently in serious condition.  Darlene Nevil, the wife of Alan, was found dead inside the residence. 

At the outset of this investigation, officers learned that the person(s) possibly responsible for the shootings were in their early teens.  Officers located the possible suspects, a 13-year-old male and a 12- year-old female, several blocks away where they were taken into custody without incident.  The two are currently being held on investigation of murder.