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A man involved in fixing the Dallas Cowboys' now-collapsed practice facility faked his educational credentials, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday. The consultant, Jeffrey Lawrence Galland, who advised a company that made major structural reinforcements to the mammoth tent-like practice facility which collapsed May 2, also served federal prison time for his role in a violent drug trafficking gang, the newspaper reported. The Morning News said its investigation revealed that Galland, engineering director of a Las Vegas company called JCI, actually has no engineering license.
Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, who was injured when a practice facility collapsed in a storm, has left the hospital, the team said. DeCamillis, 43, fractured one of his cervical vertebrae when the roof of the Cowboys indoor practice facility fell in during a thunderstorm May 2.
The Texas Board of Professional Engineers said the city of Irving is under investigation for issues related to the collapsed Dallas Cowboys practice facility. Board spokesman Lance Kinney declined to comment on the scope of the investigation, which comes after city officials said they have no record of the engineer who signed off on the design of the facility, and the building's blueprints and specifications are not on file, The Dallas Morning News reported Friday. The facility collapsed due to high winds May 3, leaving Cowboys scouting assistant Rich Behm permanently paralyzed from the waist down and 11 others injured. Under Texas state law, officials enforcing engineering-related laws are not allowed to accept planning documents unless they bear the seal of an engineer.