Fort Worth files nuisance lawsuit against motel with high crime rate

The city of Fort Worth has filed a lawsuit against a motel for being a nuisance and a drain on public resources.Fort Worth Police Chief Eddie Garcia, the city’s attorney, and others addressed the Central Motel on East Lancaster Road in Fort Worth on Tuesday.They explained the nuisance abatement lawsuit that now aims to end its chronic drain on city resources.The filing states that the "lives of the brave men and women of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are unnecessarily put in harm’s way every time they respond to a call related to this property."Police have responded to the Central Motel 591 times since 2024.Chief Garcia said that includes a murder in 2025, an arson in 2025, 80 narcotics cases, seven weapons offenses, seven aggravated assaults, multiple prostitution offenses, and many more theft, vandalism, criminal trespassing, auto theft, and burglary cases."We’ve met with the ownership of this motel two separate times about the crime since 2020, the last time bei