{"id":35500,"date":"2025-07-03T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35500\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:24:10","slug":"dallas-police-tase-arrest-arizona-gang-member-accused-of-selling-drugs-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/35500\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Police tase, arrest Arizona gang member accused of selling drugs downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/33-year-old-dencel-idris.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">33-year-old Dencel Idris (Source: Dallas County Jail) <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>DALLAS<\/strong> &#8211; An Arizona gang member was arrested on Wednesday night in Downtown Dallas after police say he was selling drugs in the 400 block of North Lamar Street around 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>   Dallas Police tase Arizona gang member <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">According to police, Downtown Task Force officers on a foot patrol say they saw 33-year-old Dencel Idris conduct a drug sale. Officers say Idris ran from officers before he was tased and taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Officers say he had about 26 grams of cocaine on him at the time of his arrest.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">An investigation revealed Idris was wanted on multiple felony warrants in Arizona and is a documented gang member.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/514356136_1171688651667579_3217156437684358864_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Idris had about 26 grams of cocaine at the time of his arrest (Source: Dallas Police Department) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;Proactively disrupting criminal networks and seizing dangerous drugs before they reach our streets is our priority,&#8221; said Assistant Chief Mark Villarreal. &#8220;Every day, our officers are protecting lives with their dedication and vigilance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Charges <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Idris was charged with evading arrest or detention, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance, and arrested on felony warrants from Arizona.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">He is being held in the Dallas County Jail. His bonds total $80,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the Dallas Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/dallas-county\/dallas\/downtown-dallas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtown Dallas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/az\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article 33-year-old Dencel Idris (Source: Dallas County Jail) DALLAS &#8211; An Arizona gang member was arrested on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1587,6082,1596,7290,14052,50,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-35500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-az","10":"tag-crime-publicsafety","11":"tag-dallas","12":"tag-dallas-county","13":"tag-downtown-dallas","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114789762275143231","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}