For those of you not familiar with the wonderful local government we have here in Dallas county, it's the epitome of incompetence. Over the weekend the Dallas county records building flooded when an 8 inch water main broke. this flooded the basement where our wise county officials had the power and servers for all the counties computers. No one knows for sure if they will be able to get them up and running anytime soon, or if any data was lost. There was no offsite backup.
The Dallas county criminal courthouse is essentially shut down. If you have a loved one who was arrested over the Memorial day weekend, perhaps on a DWI, or a DUI, or any other misdemeanor criminal offense, it is going to take an extraordinary amount of time to get them bonded out and released from jail. In addition, the county just went" paperless", so all the criminal files including the indictments, police reports, etc. are unavailable to the defense lawyers, prosecutors, and judges. The Frank Crowley Courthouse is essentially shut down until that data can be retrieved and no one knows how long that will take. I will keep you posted if I hear anything new when it come available.
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