Fort Worth man gets 131/2 years for fatal DWI
FORT WORTH -- A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to 131/2 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Euless man a year ago.Miguel Moreno, 36, of Fort Worth, pleaded guilty to an intoxication manslaughter charge on Jan. 13. As part of the plea agreement, a 2009 burglary charge was dismissed, Tarrant County criminal records show.Brook Johnson, 23, was fatally injured about 1 a.m. Jan. 1, 2011, when his Ford Mustang was hit by Moreno's Toyota Tacoma in the intersection of Hurst Boulevard and Precinct Line Road in Hurst. Moreno had run a red light. Johnson died Feb. 4.Moreno's criminal history in Tarrant County includes arrests for unlawful restraint and assault with bodily injury of a family member, according to court records.Also, federal authorities placed an immigration hold on Moreno, the Tarrant County Jail website shows.-- Domingo Ramirez Jr.Medical examiner calls man's death homicideFORT WORTH -- The Tarrant County medical examiner's office has ruled homicide in the death of 47-year-old man who was choked, police have said, while disciplining his stepson.Michael Heath of Fort Worth was strangled in an arm lock, according to the medical examiner.Police had reported that on Sept. 25, Heath was holding his stepson, then 16, while the boy's mother hit him with a wooden stick. They were in the family's apartment in the 600 block of King George Drive in east Fort Worth, according to police.During the struggle, the teen got Heath in a chokehold, and he collapsed. Heath was pronounced dead at 10 a.m. that day at a Fort Worth hospital. -- Mitch MitchellHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
