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Separate suspects sought in pair of east Arlington rapes

Police are looking for two suspects in two different sexual assaults on women in east Arlington. Police said the attacks are not related and occurred at locations less than two miles apart.

One attack happened right after the victim's husband went to work, at about 6 a.m. at a residence in the 700 block of Glen Rock Place. The second attack happened at H.A.D. Dunsworth Park near the playground at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. A woman was walking in the park when a naked man grabbed her, police said.

Staff Writers Mitch Mitchell and Susan Schrock report.

Fort Worth dad arrested in child injury case

The father of a baby boy taken to Cook Children's Medical Center last month with at least 22 broken bones in different stages of healing was charged Wednesday with injury to a child. Earlier this week, Fort Worth police arrested 25-year-old Phillip Michael Ramirez (right).

His son was 11 weeks old when the boy's mother and her relatives took the infant to the hospital about 11:30 p.m. April 19. They were concerned that the boy's arm didn't look right and that he cried when he was picked up. Hospital staff told police that an examination revealed at least 22 broken bones in different stages of healing -- the break to his arm being the newest.

Staff Writer Deanna Boyd reports.

Euless man who ran over his mom gets 2 years

A Euless man who fatally injured his mother by running over her with a U-Haul truck has been sentenced to two years in prison. Lawrence Michael Gibbs Jr., 36, (left) has pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to stop and render aid, according to court records.

"It was a difficult decision for him," said Gibbs' attorney, Steven Bush. "The fact is he did fail to leave his name with the medical staff."

Staff Writer Kate Gorman reports.

Raids close three gambling centers in Fort Worth

State authorities simultaneously raided three Fort Worth eight-liner game rooms Wednesday, part of a statewide crackdown on Ace Gaming Amusement Centers. The game rooms are alleged to be "casinolike operations that derive their income from illegal gambling," said Tom Vinger, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Ken Griffith, president of Dallas-based Aces Wired Inc., which operates the game rooms, vowed to fight the allegations.

Staff Writer Alex Branch reports.

A crime of unmentionables

A trio of thieves may not have to do laundry for a while.

Two men and a woman shoplifted about 580 pairs of panties Tuesday night from Victoria's Secret at Grapevine Mills mall as clerks attended to other customers, police said. A clerk told police that she had seen the trio standing near the panties bin, then they strolled out of the store. The clerk later noticed that the bin was nearly empty, according to police reports.

Staff Writer Domingo Ramirez Jr. reports.