Prosecutor Arrested for DWI | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 16, 2026 · 1m

Matt Rivers, Tarrant County’s top prosecutor, just got arrested for DWI after a fender bender near his Fort Worth home — and now he’s out on $500 bail in a soccer jersey, no longer with the DA’s office. A special prosecutor’s taking over his case, keeping it separate from his usual high-stakes work — which includes convicting killers, prosecuting gang members for murdering their own dads, and even winning a retrial after a tailgate massacre. But he’s also faced setbacks, like a jury acquitting a defendant in a double homicide. Now, the legal world watches as a man who’s prosecuted some of the…