Officials say a man in Texas is dead after being dumped into a garbage truck's compactor on Wednesday morning.

The man was reportedly sleeping in a trash bin when its contents were dumped into the truck's compactor, NBCDFW.com reported. Police say the incident happened before 7 a.m. local time Wednesday outside an auto parts store in Fort Worth, according to The Dallas Morning News.

When the truck crushed its load, the garbage truck driver reportedly heard a screaming man, NBCDFW.com reported.

Fort Worth Police Department Spokesperson Sharron Neal said the man was transported to an area hospital where he later died. Neal could not confirm to NBC News whether or not the man was homeless.

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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will determine his identity and the cause of the man's death.

Temperatures in the area dropped into the 20s overnight Tuesday, according to NBCDFW.com.

NBCDFW.com's Frank Heinz, Christina Miralla and Kevin Stewart contributed to this story.

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A college student accused of an erratic crime spree in North Dallas this week apologized to the victims in a jailhouse interview Thursday.

Investigators say Eric Keng carjacked someone, tried to rob a business and led police on a chase in a stolen vehicle on Tuesday.

"I apologize for anything that I did to anyone. It wasn't intentional. I don't know what happened," Keng told NBCDFW.com in an exclusive interview.

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Police said Keng went on a wild rampage near the 18000 block of Marsh Lane, where officers said he smashed a driver's windshield with a golf club, tried to carjack two people, successfully carjacked a third and tried to rob a business.

 Investigators said Keng then led police on a car chase in a stolen vehicle. Officers used spike sticks to get Keng to pull over. Police said he was so erratic, officers had to wrestle him to the ground using pepper spray.

Keng said he took an energy supplement earlier in the day.

"I was cleaning my mom's house to make sure she was happy when she got home, and then I took some pre-workout stuff called C4, and then I went completely nuts," he said.

Keng said he often takes the energy supplement and thinks someone, possibly a friend, slipped something in it that caused him to act out.

"I think I was drugged," he said.

"I sincerely believe someone put something in that C4, because I've taken it many times before, and the one time I took it this time, I wake up in jail and hear about this (expletive), and that's not me," he said.

Keng started crying several times during the interview.

He also apologized to his family.

"I just don't want my mom to be mad," he said, with tears running down his face. "It's not me, but clearly it is. I'm sorry."

Keng said he was enrolled to continue classes at Brookhaven Community College in the fall. He said was hoping to join the military or the Air Force but doesn't see any of that happening now.

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A Texas middle school principal is accused of encouraging her daughter to hide a cell phone camera inside a high school girls’ locker room to spy on a coach accused of being too stern with basketball players.

Wendee Long, 46, is accused of using her daughter to place a camera inside an Argyle High School girls locker room.

Wendee Long, principal of Wayside Middle School in Fort Worth, surrendered to authorities on Monday in Denton County. She was charged with improper photography or visual recording and unlawful interception, use or disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications, also referred to as wiretapping, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. 

If convicted, Long faces up to 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Long was released after posting $25,000 bail, the Star-Telegram reported. 

Investigators said Long's two daughters played on the Argyle High School girls' basketball team and complained that the coach was too stern with players, according to television station WFAA of Dallas-Fort Worth.

According to court documents, Long encouraged one of her daughters, then 17, to hide the cell phone camera during an away basketball game in Sanger, Texas, in February, the Star-Telegram reported.

The daughter who planted the phone isn’t facing any charges and authorities say the camera didn't record anything inappropriate.

Long's attorney, Daniel K. Peaugh, said in an email Tuesday that he was “surprised and disappointed” at the charges, according to NBCDFW.com.

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"We do not believe anything has taken place that should involve the justice system,” Peaugh wrote in an email. “However, now that we find ourselves in the system we are confident that Wendee will be cleared of any wrongdoing."

Julie Sheridan’s daughter was in the locker room while the camera was recording on Feb. 7, according to ABC News. Sheridan told ABC News: "I don't understand why someone would go to those lengths to break a law to try to get something to go the way they want it to go."

Long has been principal of Wayside Middle School in Tarrant County for five years, according to NBCDFW.com.

School district officials said they will conduct a separate investigation next week.

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Correction: An earlier version of this post, citing Fort Worth police, incorrectly identified a former student who was arrested.  Austin Williams Carpenter, 26, is not involved in the case, NBCDFW.com reported.

Original post: Seventeen students, including four football players, were arrested early Wednesday in a drug bust at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, school officials said.

At a news conference, officials said those arrested sold drugs to undercover narcotics officers both on and off campus during a six-month investigation.

"There is no doubt all of those arrested today are drug dealers," said Steve McGee, TCU chief of police, according to NBCDFW.com. "These individuals engaged in hand-to-hand delivery, for money, with undercover narcotics agents."

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Among those arrested were football players David (D.J.) W. Yendrey, a junior defensive tackle from Edna, Texas; Devin Johnson, a junior defensive back from Oklahoma City, Okla.; Tanner Wilson Brock, Jr., a junior linebacker from Copperas Cove, Texas; and Tyler (Ty) Horn, a sophomore offensive tackle from McGregor, Texas, according to documents released Wednesday.

In a statement, TCU head football coach Gary Patterson said, "There are days people want to be a head football coach, but today is not one of those days. As I heard the news this morning, I was first shocked, then hurt and now I'm mad.”

“Drugs and drug use by TCU's student-athletes will not be tolerated by me or any member of my coaching staff. Period,” he said.

TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. said the busts aren’t just a football problem, but also a student problem, and that it was shocking and disappointing to learn of the investigation and arrests.

In a letter to students earlier in the morning, Boschini said that the school has never experienced a magnitude of student arrests such as this. The arrested students were taken off campus and are subject to expulsion, he said.

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McGee said the investigation began six months ago after multiple tips were received from students and parents.

The police chief said those arrested were selling marijuana, cocaine, “Molly” (ecstasy in powder form), ecstasy in pill form, acid (LSD) and prescription drugs including Xanax, hydrocodone and others similar to OxyContin.

On its website, NBCDFW.com listed the other 13 students who were arrested as: Bud Pollard Dillard, Cynthia (Cindy) Jaqueline Zambrano, Earl Patrick Burke, Hunter Wallace McLaughlin, Jonathan Blake Jones (not to be confused with the Jonathan Jones who is on the football team), Katherine Ann Peitre, Matthew Iarossi Davis, Michael Gragg King, Peter Signavong, Richard Clay Putney, Scott (Scooter) Lee Anderson, Taylor Davis Cowdin and William (Will) Davis Jennings.

Lisa Albert, TCU's director of communications, confirmed to msnbc.com that 17 current students had been arrested. Also arrested were two former students, NBCDFW.com reported.

Investigators are still working to determine if those arrested were working in small groups or together and with what suppliers, reported NBCDFW.com. Officials said the investigation is ongoing and that more arrests are possible.  

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