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Dragging Up Bones
Investigation puts heat on a handful
of suspects in 2003 murder
By ANTHONY JONES
Galveston County Police News
alveston Police are collecting clues rode his bike along Seawall Boulevard to
and stringing together a series of Apffel Park Road. He said he was riding on
events that led to the beating death of a the shoulder of the road when he found
Galveston man in late 2003, but their list the body, “lying like it was in a coffin on
of potential suspects has been narrowed.
the side of the road.”
Former Galveston Police Detective
Sammy Parks, who is now
a Federal Agent, says that
a street-level dope dealer
and maybe two other men
killed 22-year old Terence
Dewon Boyce in late
2003.
Boyce, also known as
Terrence Boyd, skeletal
remains were found scattered in a grassy marsh
area of an East Galveston
beach on December 13, Detective Rick McCullor points to the area where he spotted
2003, said Detective Rick the remains as he flew over the area in a helicopter.
(Breck Porter Photo)
McCullor, the Crime
Scene Investigator on the case.
“When I first saw it, I rode past the
“We rode a helicopter over the area and body,” said Stevens. “I didn’t think it was
found the dead man’s red ball cap in an real. I backed up. I thought it was a
area where coyotes had been bedding manikin. Someone had laid him there realdown,” McCullor said. “It was at least a 50- ly neatly. His clothing was intact but his
foot diameter area where we located the face , I couldn’t see his eyes or his ears.”
clothing and a red cap.”
This was typical of a body being devoured
The circumstances surrounding Boyce’s by wildlife as they attack the tender areas
death are filled with mystery. He was last of the anatomy first.
seen by his father Eric Veazie on
Thanksgiving Day, which was on November
27, 2003. When he later read in the newspaper, the clothing description given from
the body discovered on east beach, Veazie
recognized them as the clothes that he had
bought for his son at a flea market.
An anonymous caller made the initial
report to police saying he had found a body
“lying just off the shoulder of the road,” on
November 30, 2003. But after sending a
Veteran Detective Gilbert Gomez now heads
patrol unit to investigate, there was no the investigation into the beating death of
body found. Police thought it was a hoax. Terrence Boyce.
However, investigators later traced the call
to Michael A. Stevens and almost two
Stevens explained that where he first
weeks later, asked him to come to police saw the body and where police found the
headquarters and make a statement body some two weeks later, were two difdescribing the details of his discovery.
ferent places.
Stevens, a Wal-Mart manager, regularly
“It was about 100 yards further into the
continued on page 6 (Bones)
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APRIL 2006
Popular Grocer Helps Sack Bank Robber
By ANTHONY JONES
outside,” said the 57-year-old Lucas. “I told
him to drop the money and insulted his motht was a windy but normal Saturday morn- er. Then I thought he might have a gun. He
ing Feb. 26 for a popular Galveston con- threw or dropped some money and started
venience store owner who was making a running east on (Avenue) O – toward Ball High
deposit at Hometown Bank on 45th Street. School.”
Suddenly one of the bank tellers shouted out:
From there, Devane fled down 44th Street
“He took all my money!”
then back to the west on Avenue P with Lucas
At first, A.R.
dogging him all
Lucas was puzthe way. He said
zled but asked
he could not figwhat she meant,
ure out how the
“she pointed at
suspect could run
the bank doors
so well because
and said that
he was wearing
man told her, ‘I
“Dutch-style
have a gun, give
wooden
clog
me all your
shoes.”
$100s, $50s and
“At 44th and P,
$20s.’” Lucas
he ran between
looked around
the first and secjust in time to Handcuffed bank robber Carl Devane (center) ran but ond house on P,”
couldn’t hide from Tracker-Jack and officers Eric Cox (L)
catch a glimpse and Scott Pena (R)
added.
(Courtesy Photo) Lucas
of a man running
“There was a litout of the bank.
tle pathway between the houses and there
“He was going through the second set of was a barking dog. I observed him squatting
glass doors when I saw him but I couldn’t see by the garage — he was actually changing his
his facial features. He was wearing a ball cap, clothes and appearance, then he jumped the
shades, a red satin jacket and blue jeans. He fence.”
had thin shoulder-length, scraggly, light hair
and weighed about 190 pounds and he was
about 6-foot-2 max.”
Hometown Bank President Jimmy
Rasmussen said what Lucas did was very
brave. He screamed at the suspect and then
the chase was on.
Galveston Police Lt. Joe Pena said with
Lucas’ help, Galveston resident Carl Devane,
47, was ultimately apprehended and charged
with aggravated robbery a short while after a “I told him to drop the money and I insulted his
foot chase through backyards and alleys in the mother. Then I thought, he may have a gun”
quiet neighborhood. Devane is in Galveston A.R. Lucas, back in his store “Lukes” on Stewart
County Jail being held on an $80,000 bond. Road.
He has had some minor brushes with the law,
but Pena said, “Nothing major.”
continued on page 20 (Bank Robber)
Devane had gotten in line behind Lucas at
about 11:30 that morning, then switched to
another line. When he heard the teller
scream, Lucas left his bank bag
with the teller and began chasing
the bandit.
“He cleared the second door and
ON THE SCENE with
was across 45th Street when I got
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Team Up To Catch Escapee
A tip from Galveston Crime Stoppers has
lead to the arrest of a man sought by
police as an escapee. Paul Eugene Butler,
III, 17, was charged with Escape From
Custody while in the custody of the
Galveston County Juvenile Detention
Center. Police say that Butler was
assigned to a work task when he disappeared. Although he was in the custody of
juvenile authorities as the time of the
escape, he became a legal adult on his
17th birthday in November 2005 while he
was a fugitive.
Butler appeared in the January edition of
the Galveston County Police News in a
Crime Stoppers bulletin.
A Crime
Stoppers spokesperson said that the tip
came from a person who saw Butler’s pic-
ture in the Police News. The tip to Crime
Stoppers lead to his arrest in the 2500
block of Avenue P 1/2. At the time of his
escape, authorities described Butler as a
known gang member and cautioned that
he may be armed and should be considered dangerous.
When he was confronted by officers in
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the ground and attempted to flee but was
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Lhasa __ (Tibetan dog)
“Who’s Who” group
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“It’s been __!”
Relating to birth
Counterirritant concoction
Web address ending
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Poor grade
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Part of NATO: Abbr.
Noodlehead
Celestial hunter
Bubbling on the stove
British john
Item in 2000 election news
Rhoda’s TV mom
Horse fathers
The only one-syllable state name
Six years, for a senator
Scand. land
Apply macadam to
“Shoot”
Claiborne of fashion
“__ a Rebel” (1962 hit)
Yogi Bear’s hangout
Mediterranean nation
Spinach is rich in it
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Took a gander at
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Commentators’ pages
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Not relaxed
Pleased as punch
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Marquee name
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continued from page 1 (Bones)
diameter, near Boddeker and Condo roads someone answering the telephone at
wetlands,” Stevens said, explaining that it as well as near the west entrance to Apffel Day’s residence in an effort to interview
him for this report. The person answering
is hard for him to believe coyotes moved Park along Apffel Park Road.
Boyce had a long rap sheet dating back the call would not identify himself and our
the body. “Someone may have seen me
and moved the body before the police to 2000 with crimes ranging from evading calls were not returned.
arrest to possession of about 50 pounds of
“In our interviews with Mathew,” said
came.”
In his statement to Detectives Parks and marijuana. In August 2001, he faced mis- Parks, “he would stop in the middle of the
Harold Beasley, Stevens described the demeanor charges for failing to identify interview and refuse to talk and his stateface of the dead man as “bright red with himself as fugitive from justice when he ments were all inconsistent. He came in a
no facial features – like the face was was stopped and questioned by a police couple of times voluntarily but he changed
scalped or something.” He did not recall officer. Then in January 2002, he was his story every time.”
With Day’s consent, police
seeing any facial features, “not
searched his vehicle a couple of
even ears.”
times for evidence. “We didn’t
Upon seeing photographs of the
have to get a search warrant
recovered clothing where the
because he gave us his consent to
skeletal, Stevens identified them
search,” The search turned up no
as the same that he had seen on
useful evidence.
the body.
“I think he was beat probably by
“There are trails back there peoa couple of guys at the direction of
ple found and turned in about 20someone else,” Parks said. “That
30 bones,” McCullor said. “A dog
is unconfirmed but that’s what
located a femur (upper leg or thigh
everybody thinks happened.”
bone) and we had a report of
Shortly after Boyce’s body was
someone seeing a body beside the
shoreline — water patrol could not Police found only some clothing items and skeletal remains of found, a brick was thrown through
a window at Day’s home with a
pin point where it was.”
Terrence Boyce.
note attached, “saying something
Boyce’s body remained undiscovered from November 30th when Stevens arrested for possession of a controlled to the effect, we’re going to get you,” said
Parks.
reported it until December 6th when a substance.
Following the discovery of Boyce’s
Even though the remains were badly
pelvic bone was found.
Another man, who asked not to be iden- remains, Galveston resident Mathew Day, decomposed, autopsy results corroborate
tified, was walking his dogs along a Jack n The Box manager, told investiga- Parks‚ assumption. Dr. Gill King with North
Boddeker Road and found more bones on tors that Boyce, at one time, had been his Texas, Forensics Unit, in Denton ruled that
the cause of death was “blunt trauma by
December 9th. The road is an ideal site for roommate for a few months.
“Terrence moved out and then started homicidal means.”
watching ocean-going ships. It is secluded
“There is ample evidence of craniofacial
and uninhabited with the exception of a breaking into Mathews‚ house and stealing
couple of juke joints and small bait stands. dope from him,” Parks added. “Day knew blunt force injury,” Gill noted. He said
Wearing wading boots, the man said he it was Terrence because the neighbors Boyce died from multiple blows to head
and face. Gill had multiple fractures to his
turned his dogs loose in the salt flats area starting telling him about it.”
Day filed several burglary reports on his jaw. He had been severely beaten and
so they could splash around in the shallow
water, chase sea gulls and sniff out the residence but he never reported anything probably by more than one person, said
critters in the tall grass. The mutts, he stolen. But on November 28th, the day investigators.
Since this case first began, at least three
said, would always bring their discoveries after Boyce went missing, Day told police
that Boyce had burglarized his house and detectives have been assigned to the
to him.
Star, one of the mutts, was excited, tail stole some marijuana, a strange event to investigation. The first, Sgt. Sammy
wagging and showing him a strange-look- police in that drug dealers do not usually Parks, referred to in the story, left the
ing bone. He looked closer and discovered report to police when someone steals department to become a Federal Agent.
The case was then reassigned to Sgt.
it to be the elbow joint and upper and their stash.
Another acquaintance of the dead man Douglas Balli who left the department to
lower bones of a human arm. The man
was shocked and ran to flag down a pass- told detectives that he stood as…look-out- enter private business as a financial coning car and asked the driver to call police. for Boyce during one of the burglaries of sultant. The investigation is now assigned
The man and the driver of the vehicle wait- Day’s house. “Terence stole some powder to veteran police detective Gilbert Gomez
cocaine and some marijuana from the who gained some notoriety in the 90’s for
ed for police.
Unable to access the area, investigators house,” he said, explaining that Boyce his work diluting the serious gang activity
summoned a helicopter from an offshore gave him some of the marijuana after he which plagued Galveston Island. In addition to the assigned detectives, many idenhelicopter service at Scholes Field, said committed the crime.
He also said Boyce stole a pair of shoes tification and forensic specialists, patrol
McCullor.
“Evergreen Helicopters took me up from a car belonging to Timothy Campbell, officers and other investigators have been
December 11th,” he added. “We could see another so-called friend and associate of involved in this investigation.
Detective Gomez urges anyone who may
numerous areas where coyotes had been Boyce.
The mother of Timothy Campbell’s baby have information that will assist in solving
bedding down…the grassy areas are laying
flat because of the coyotes rolling around.” told police that she and Boyce were the murder of Terrence Boyce, contact
“A red cap caught my attention,” friends. She said Day told her that Boyce him at (409) 797-3759 or Galveston
McCullor said. “The animals had gnawed had “broke into his apartment and stole Crime Stoppers (409) 763-TIPS (8477).
Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards for
through the blue jeans. They had been eat- eight squares.” She also said that on at
ing and dragging pieces around in a 50-80 least one occasion, Day yelled to his neigh- information leading to the arrest and conbors from his porch that he “would kill viction of persons wanted in felony crimes.
foot area.”
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Cattle Rustling Still Popular Crime
As more and more Texans are learning
every day, it‚s not just a crime of the past
By Bobby Horecka
Field Editor
Texas Agriculture Magazine
he sun begins to glow orange in the
western sky as you climb into your
T
pickup, mind racing to the week ahead to
that business presentation on Tuesday or
that teacher conference on Wednesday
morning.
You scan your herd of cattle as you give
the lock one last tug before you drive home.
“Those calves are filling out nicely,” you
think. “They should bring a good price at the
sale barn.”
But you won’t get to find out.
Someone else gets to your herd before you
do–all but that gangly old heifer, too stub-
born to climb into the thieves’ trailer.
You’re a victim of what most folks thought
was a crime of yesteryear. You’ve been hit by
cattle rustlers.
And you’re not alone.
In fact, cattle thieves this year are plaguing every cattle producing state in the country, claiming whatever they can manage to
coax on their trailers, some even so brazen
as to commit their crime in plain view and in
broad daylight. In the Houston area alone,
rustlers have nabbed more than 450 head of
cattle in the last few months.
“Cattle market prices have been so strong
lately that it has become quite lucrative for a
cattle thief,” said Larry Gray, director of law
enforcement services for the Texas and
Brazoria County Murder
Detective not giving up hope in finding woman’s killer
By:Colleen O’Brien
Houston Community Newspapers
ead folk don’t talk…That’s part of
the problem for Capt. C. R.
Kincheloe, Brazoria County Sheriff’s
Office, Criminal Investigations Division.
“I’m not giving up,” says Kincheloe. “It
could be something simple just staring us
in the face. Part of the puzzle of this case
is the victim’s lifestyle.”
Catherine Stevens, 39, a mother of two
and a Friendswood resident, was a dancer
at Moments Gentlemen’s Club in
Pasadena.
She was last seen alive the night before
her body was found on June 25, 2005,
leaving the Pasadena club where she
danced.
Witnesses said she was in the company
of a man described as Caucasian and
clean-cut.
A composite sketch of the man was later
produced and circulated by the authorities.
Stevens’ nude body was found the night
of June 25, 2005, near the then-BP
Chocolate Bayou plant, wrapped in a
sheet and a plastic bag, shoved head first
in a 55-galloon drum that had been filled
with fuel and set on fire.
“We have bits and pieces of this case,”
says Kincheloe. “It’s been difficult talking
with Ms. Stevens’ coworkers. That could
be a trust issue. We haven’t found any firm
leads at this point, but the case is still
open.”
The killer or killers didn’t count on a BP
Chocolate Bayou plant employee discovering the burning barrel when his shift
changed at 11 p.m., and alerting his
supervisor. The fire was quickly extin-
D
guished, and the unburned part of
Stevens’ body, including her fingertips,
was retrieved.
The Galveston County Medical Examiner
was able to lift fingerprints from Stevens’
hands, and subsequently matched them
to her file prints. Stevens had been picked
up on a drunk driving charge several years
ago. That arrest record allowed authorities
to identify her body in quick order.
Robert Stevens, the deceased’s former
brother-in-law, had presided over her
funeral service at Forest Park East Funeral
Home & Cemetery. Friends and family,
including a brother, were in attendance.
“I don’t miss Catherine’s calls at 3 a.m.
in the morning,” Robert Stevens had said.
“But I will miss her energy and her love.
Nobody deserves what happened to her. I
hope they catch him.”
An AA member at the funeral testified,
“We in Alcoholics Anonymous will miss
Catherine. Despite some troubled times,
she always had a smile and a positive attitude. She will be deeply missed. She was
an inspiration to us all. Catherine was a
member of our group for the past three
years.”
Jim Doyle, Stevens’ stepfather, said that
Stevens had been getting around town by
asking for rides or taking a taxi. Stevens’
mother had died years earlier and Stevens
had been living with her step-father.
“I still think of her as a little girl,” Doyle
said when notified of his stepdaughter’s
death. “She had such a generous heart,
but she did kind of live for the day.”
Anyone having any information concerning the case is asked to call Brazoria
County Crime Stoppers at 979-849-8477
or 800-460-2222.
Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
(TSCRA), the lead investigative unit in Texas
for cattle and ranch-related thefts.
“Just think…for one trailer of cattle, you
could be looking at $10,000 - $20,000,”
Gray said. “And all they’re out is the gas of
hauling them to the sale.”
If caught, the rustler does face a stiff
penalty, depending on the number of cattle
he’s stolen. Less than 10 head is a state jail
felony, meaning he’ll spend at least a couple
of years in prison. Ten or more is a third
degree felony, punishable by up to 10 years
behind bars.
Many of the cattle thefts Gray’s team of
investigators have focused on of late have
centered in Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston and
Brazoria counties. Most are small operations with just a few cattle, and most of the
thefts have been orchestrated while the
owner wasn’t around.
Most of the thefts have been relatively
small heists–a dozen or so cattle here or
there–but others required considerably
more effort, field inspector Brent Mast said,
such as one of the cases where the thieves
made six separate loads before they called it
quits on one cattleman. Evidence leads
investigators to believe the thefts may be
related, but the case remains unsolved until
they can locate the stolen cattle, which are
now pushing the half million dollar mark in
total value.
“I thought the days of cattle rustling were
long gone, but they’re obviously not,” said
State Rep. Glenn Hegar (R-Katy), who last
session authored legislation to better define
the statutory role of the special Texas
Ranger division inspectors.
“Given what we’ve seen around the state
in the last few weeks, I’d say we’re dealing
with a much bigger problem than any of us
may have realized.”
David Murrell of Winnie knows that fact all
too well.
Roughly a year ago, he lost some 20 head
of cattle to a boy who had worked for him
and many of his neighbors. Although the boy
was eventually caught and sent to jail, only
two of Murrell’s cows and a bull were recovered.
Having lost so much, Murrell remains critical of the current system in place.
“There’s no accountability of the people in
place–the sale barn still earns its commission and the inspectors still collect their 48
cents a head,” he said. “And what for? I’m
still missing my cattle.”
Murrell said he felt the system would be
better served if sale barns required certified
letters from the county clerk before they
could be sold.
“An honest rancher wouldn’t mind bringing a letter to sell his cattle,” he said, “but a
thief sure would.”
Gray’s team of inspectors totals 29 officers, each working somewhere between 10
and 18 counties each in Texas and
Oklahoma.
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My Silent Tears & Prayers
Honey, you dreamed of becoming a Cop all your life,
Even though you weren’t one when I became your Wife,
I didn’t like it then and I still don’t like it now,
But no matter what I will support you somehow.
I am proud of what you chose to do with your life,
And I promise to forever LOVE you as your Wife.
You see I live in fear each and everyday,
Of the many situations that I know will come your way.
You know that I adore you and I LOVE my time with you,
But I really need to tell you what I pray for you.
I pray that God will protect you in all that you do,
Never let your guard down and no harm will come to you.
I pray that on those long nights, when you haven’t had much sleep,
That the Lord will bring you safely home for me to keep,
I pray that he will help us to keep our LOVE strong,
And I pray that no one will come between us or do us any harm.
There are so many days that you don’t see the tears,
But Honey, I do because I live in fear.
For 16 years I’ve wiped the tears from my eyes,
As you’ve left for work to save many lives,
Every morning when you leave me, I say a Silent Prayer,
I send you to start your day with my true Loving Care.
You think your life of a Cop is Tough?
Try being this Cops Wife
Cause everyday I live my life
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continued from page 7 (Cattle Rustling)
“We’re stretched pretty thin,” Gray admits.
“But that’s really all we can afford in the division.”
For their size, their recovery rates are phenomenal. Last year alone, field inspectors
helped recover more than $4 million worth
of livestock and ranch machinery.
The law enforcement officers are aided in
their efforts by 70 market inspectors, who
identify 5 million to 6 million cattle each year
at more than 125 Texas livestock markets.
They report their findings to TSCRA’s Fort
Worth headquarters, where the information is
entered into a large brand recording database, which in turn is distributed to more than
700 law enforcement agencies nationwide.
TSCRA members do have a leg up in
retrieving their cattle in many cases, Mast
said, because the organization keeps
records of its members’ herds, making them
easier to track and locate.
But, Gray said, his inspectors work all
cases equally, regardless of membership.
Mast offered the following tips:
• Check on your cattle as often as possible at different times of the day.
• Vary feeding times and locations, and
whenever possible, avoid pen feeding the
animals.
• Don’t build working pens directly off
main roads.
• Always brand your cattle. Unbranded
animals are very difficult to find, particularly
when they get mixed with similar breeds at
the sale barns.
• And most importantly, get to know your
neighbors.
Let them know what you drive, when you’re
usually around and who they can expect to
see on your property working your cattle.
“And always report to your local sheriff
anytime you think something might be suspicious. The quicker you notify the law, the better the chance of recovery,” Mast said.
“In 12 hours, you can be a mighty good
ways off,” he said. “Where a herd may have
started in East Texas, you could easily be as
far away as Kansas in that time. And the farther away they are, the less likely a chance
we stand of recovering the stolen cattle.”
Anyone with information about the crimes
in the Houston area is urged to contact local
law enforcement officials. “We’ve had lots of
tips, but you never know when that single
piece will come along and the puzzle falls
into place,” Mast said.
Santa Fe Police Warn
Residents of Coyotes
The Santa Fe Police Department has
began to examine the issues surrounding
coyotes and they are warning area residents that coyotes are within the city limits of Santa Fe and will continue to be.
Coyotes are active year round but become
more active between October and April of
each year when they scavenge for alternative food sources, such as small animals,
animal food and garbage.
Most wild coyotes fear humans.
However, when they associate humans
with food they become habituated.
Habituated coyotes now frequent suburban areas, taking advantage of abundant
food, water, and shelter. Unsecured
garbage, unfenced gardens, and unattended domestic animals become easy targets. However, documented cases of coyotes biting humans are very rare and most
often caused by humans feeding coyotes.
Coyotes are drawn to urban and suburban neighborhoods for two reasons:
human encroachment into native habitat
and the availability of food. Take the following steps to prevent coyotes from being
attracted to your home:
Secure garbage cans by fastening lids
with rope, bungee cords, or chains and
tying the handle to a stake driven into the
ground.
Dispose of especially attractive food
wastes such as meat, cheese, and eggs by
adding a small amount of ammonia to the
bag to deter coyotes. If it will be several
days before garbage pick up, temporarily
freeze these wastes until they can be prop-
erly disposed of.
When composting, use enclosed bins
rather than exposed piles. Avoid adding
dog or cat waste, meat, milk or eggs, and
food containing these products to compost.
If you have fruit trees, pick the ripe fruit
and keep fallen fruit off the ground.
Coyotes are fond of ripe fruit.
Outdoor lighting triggered by motion sensors may keep coyotes from approaching
too close to your house at night.
Clear away bushes and dense weeds
near your home where coyotes find cover
and critters to feed on.
Cats and small dogs may be seen as
prey to the coyote, while larger dogs may
be injured in a confrontation. To avoid
these situations consider the following:
① Fence your property or yard.
② Keep animals inside at night (coyotes
are primarily nocturnal).
③ If you allow your cats to go outside
unattended and there is little or no natural
tree cover, you can help protect your cat
by installing “cat posts.”
④ Don’t leave dog or cat food outside.
⑤ Discuss an appropriate dog or cat
vaccination program with your vet.
⑥ Spay or neuter your dogs. Coyotes are
attracted to, and can mate with unspayed
or un-neutered domestic dogs.
➆ Despite years of trapping and attempts
to control the coyote population, there are
more coyotes in the area than ever before.
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As a man was preparing to go to bed for
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window and saw people stealing things
from the storage shed in his backyard.
The man immediately called the police
but was told there was not an officer in the
area to help but one would be sent as
soon as possible.
With that he hung up but called back
within a minute and told the dispatcher, “I
called you a minute ago because there
were people stealing things from my shed
but there’s no hurry now, I’ve shot them.”
Within minutes there were six or eight
police cars, a police helicopter and the
SWAT Team all over the area and they
caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the officers said to the man, “I
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replied, “I thought she said there were no
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Air Conditioning Contractors of America
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• If you will talk to informed contractors who
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“Static Pressure” of the average home is 1.8” of
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• If your house has hot and cold spots, the air
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duct will pull it free from the supply air or
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• An acceptable duct leak rate by ACCA is
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• Ask your contractor if he is a member of the
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question to ask your contractor, is whether his
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organization that provides testing of technician
skills and trains professionals in the A/C industry. Forward thinking and innovative contractors use the NATE to qualify their technicians’
skill level. In the near future, all technicians
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The most effective way to insure an efficient
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A dangerous new scam combines the
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lottery or sweepstakes. We are aware of several cases in which seniors have been
scammed out of all their savings by this trick.
Like the phony lottery or sweepstakes,
this scam begins with an email, call or
mailer that promises a large sum of
money. The money may be a prize, winnings from a lottery, a once-in-a-lifetime
“investment opportunity” or an inheritance. The tip-off is that before you can
receive your “prize” you must first send in
some money of your own, which is supposedly to cover transfer fees or taxes or some
other made-up cost. You lose this money,
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The scammers have now addressed this
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The victim then lets down his or her guard,
believing that the whole thing is not a
scam but the real thing. After all, it
appears they’ve actually received the
money. So the victim sends the money for
the fees, or taxes or whatever. Then the
check turns out to be worthless, and the
victim’s money is gone.
In one variation that we are aware of, the
scammer told the victim that he would
help her by raising the money she needed
to pay in order to collect a $2 million
inheritance. He gave her a phony check
for $61,000 and told her to deposit it in
her account and then wire it overseas. Her
bank initially told her the check was good.
She did as she was told. When the check
turned out to be worthless, she was liable
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By Wydell Dixon — Special to The Galveston County Police News
mals we have in our
ing afternoon.
care are not “ours”
In the latter case, there was not enough
either, but we see it
light on the front of our building for the
through properly.” I
camera to help us identify the person who
further explained
dumped the newborn kittens. Per Penal
that what she did
Code 4209-Cruelty to Animals, a case is
was against the law
open at the Texas City Police Department.
and she had about
If anyone has any information leading to
five minutes to get
the identification of the loser who did this,
her tail down to the
please call Corporal Rodriquez at (409)
facility and either
948-2525 and refer to case # 06-2002.
hang some money
Whiskerville Animal Sanctuary is here to
around these kithelp YOU help these animals that did not
tens necks for us to
ask to be put on this earth. We cannot do
help them or pick
it alone without foster homes, monetary
them right back up.
donations, and physical help. So many
After thinking about
people complain about all the area shelit for a second, I
ters that are killing animals daily, but what
realized that her
are THEY doing to help end it? It is real
taking these kittens
easy to judge from your couch. Get off
back was not what I
your couch… help us make a difference!!!
wanted her to do,
There is so much more to helping the
so I flew down to
many suffering animals on our streets
the sanctuary to
besides just “warehousing” them. They
bring them in. She
need homes and families who love them
These kittens were dumped at Whiskerville Animal Sanctuary late
had already picked
and have time to spend with them.
at night in a filthy cage. They died.
them up and called
Before you judge all the shelters who kill
abandoning animals was unlawful. I was
the law on ME! A person in law enforceanimals, come see for yourself what we all
shocked; especially since I had an idea of
ment phoned and wanted to give me some
do every day!
the amount of time this person had been
grief about dressing this “rescuer” down.
in law enforcement. I told said person
This “enforcer of the law” had no idea that
since that was his/her take on the situation, that I would post a huge sign on our
building directing everyone to just dump
these defenseless animals on his/her front
porch. Sounds like a plan to me.
On February 28, 2006 yet another such
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Okay all you wonderful men and women
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this month’s column personally. I simply
must bring something up that makes at
least one local law enforcement officer
look a bit “uninformed”. It is certainly not
my intention to point fingers and stereotype my local law enforcement because of
one person being oblivious to our laws.
One would hope that this particular subject will be viewed as education.
Since we bought the property to be used
as Whiskerville’s sanctuary for animals,
there have been at least twenty animals
left in crates, shoved through our front
gate, tied to our trees, etc. This sanctuary
is not only private property, but is posted
as well. We now have surveillance and we
are determined to prosecute the first person/persons caught abandoning animals
on our site.
About three months ago a woman was
caught on our back camera abandoning a
crate with three kittens in it. This woman
was even stupid enough to call and tell us!
It was almost as if she thought she was
some kind of hero! I called her immediately and asked her if she thought what she
did was the right choice to make. She
explained that they “were not her kittens.”
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point. Clemons is also wanted for failing
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His last known address was 217
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The pot ring, busted by Drug
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A DEA spokesperson said that the pot
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Affolter’s pot ring, which operated under
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Thomas Charles Mack is alleged to have
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commit various sexual acts with him on two
different occassions.
Two bonds totaling $300,000 have been
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whereabouts of THOMAS CHARLES MACK
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Police Officer John Ferguson – Galveston Police Department –
Stabbed to death by mental patient – April 6, 1873
Police Officer George Froeschl – Galveston Police Department –
Died rescuing drowning victim – April 8, 1952
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Office Precinct Two – Struck by an automobile – April 2, 1927
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“I disagree with people trying to ban violence in games,” Lane said. “But ‘25 to
Life’ has abysmal reviews.”
The 18-year-old said real-world violence
is the responsibility of the person committing an act. If that person is young, he
said, that responsibility also applies to his
or her parents. Lane said parents should
monitor what their children watch and
play.
Blois Olson, spokesman for the National
Institute on Media and the Family in
Minneapolis, Minn., said numerous studies have shown that the more violence a
child is exposed to, the more aggressive
his or her behavior.
“There’s no doubt that interactive media
has a much more profound effect because
it is using the same part of the brain that
would be used in committing the act,”
Olson said. At the same time, Olson
added, “there are plenty of people who
play video games who do not commit violent acts in public.”
The National Institute on Media and the
Family is considered one of the leading
research-based organizations on the
effects of media on children and youth.
Ibarra said people who say games like
“25 to Life” are just harmless role-playing
don’t take some things, such as law
enforcement agencies’ own use of roleplaying for training, into consideration and
that he would support a boycott of all
videos, games and music that allow violence against civilians and police officers.
“I would boycott any video game that literally devalues human life,” Ibarra said.
“We have enough police officers that lose
their lives in the line of duty.”
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national law enforcement boycott against
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members and police officers and use civilians as human shields.
The boycott began Jan. 17, the day Eidos
Inc., the manufacturer of “25 to Life,”
released the game, which can be played
online on PlayStation 2, Xbox and personal computers.
Domingo Ibarra, president of the Corpus
Christi Police Officers Association, said he
is asking people not to buy the video game
and retailers not to carry it.
“It’s just deplorable,” Ibarra said. “There
is no social redeeming value to this. I see
no benefit when individuals are allowed to
use human beings as shields while shooting at police officers.”
Michelle Seebach Curran, public relations director for Eidos Inc., said the game
was created for adults in their 30s or older
and is within standards of contemporary
media.
“In its simplest form, ‘25 to Life’ is a
cops and robbers-style game that gives
players the choice of equal play from two
very different perspectives,” Curran said.
She also said the company strictly follows the Entertainment Software Ratings
Board’s rating policy for all its video game
releases. “25 to Life” is rated ‘M’ for
mature and is intended for sale to people
age 17 or older.
While most retailers sell the game, one–
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Florida, which has lost two officers.
Seventeen states have lost at least one officer.
According to preliminary numbers, 14 officers have died either as the result of an auto
crash or because they were struck by a vehicle, often while investigating an accident or
crime. Twelve officers have died from gunshots.
“This data is alarming on many levels,”
said Craig W. Floyd, Chairman of the
National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), which released
the year-end figures in partnership with
Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS).
“Firstly, our roads are rapidly becoming the
most hazardous places for law enforcement
officers. The public absolutely must be
more aware of officers patrolling our roads,
and how to respond to accident scenes.
Only in these ways will we be successful in
reducing these often preventable deaths.
Every citizen who drives is responsible for
making sure our officers are safe while they
patrol our nation’s highways and byways.”
The 14 officers who have died thus far in
2006 in auto crashes continues a trend in
which auto crashes are threatening to
eclipse shooting deaths as the leading cause
of death among law enforcement officers. In
2005, automobile and motorcycle-related
crashes (62) topped gunfire (60) as the leading cause of death. As a result of the trend,
the NLEOMF and COPS are urging communities to equip all law enforcement officers
with body armor, and are encouraging officers to continue wearing the armor despite
recent controversy over the effectiveness of
some brands of armor. To reduce the number of officers injured and killed in motor
vehicle-related incidents, the organizations
are also calling for better driver training,
safer automobiles, and better public awareness of proper procedures when encountering police and emergency vehicles.
Every officer who died in the line of duty
during 2006 will be honored at a
Candlelight Vigil in May 2007 during
National Police Week. The officers will also
be commemorated at the Hall of
Remembrance exhibit at the National Law
Enforcement Museum, which will open in
2009.
The Museum is located at the site of the
National Law Enforcement Memorial at
Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. The
Hall of Remembrance will include stories,
photos, and personal mementoes of officers who have died in the line of duty. In
addition to honoring fallen officers, the
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There are more than 870,000 sworn
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the United States, which is the highest
figure ever. About 11.7 percent of those
are female.
In 2004, there were more than 1.4 million violent crimes committed in the
United States (according to the National
Crime Victimization Survey conducted
by the Bureau of Justice Statistics). The
annual number of violent crimes has
declined by 35% since it peaked in 1993
at 4 million.
Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since
the first recorded police death in 1792,
there have been more than 17,000 law
enforcement officers killed in the line of
duty. Currently, there are 17,081 names
engraved on the walls of the National
Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
A total of 1,649 law enforcement offi-
cers died in the line of duty during the
past 10 years, an average of one death
every 53.5 hours or 164 per year. There
were 153 law enforcement officers killed
in 2004.
On average, more than 57,000 law
enforcement officers are assaulted each
year, resulting in some 17,000 injuries.
The 1970s were the deadliest decade
in law enforcement history, when a total
of 2,255 officers died, or 226 each year.
The deadliest year in law enforcement
history was 1974, when 273 officers
were killed. That figure dropped dramatically in the 1990s, to 159 per year.
The deadliest day in law enforcement
history was September 11, 2001, when
72 officers were killed while responding
to the terrorist attacks on America.
New York City has lost more officers in
the line of duty than any other department, with more than 580 deaths.
California has lost over 1,350 officers,
more than any other state. The state
STATE AND FEDERAL BREAKDOWN
OF LAW OFFICERS’ DEATHS
On average, one law enforcement officer is killed somewhere in America every 53
hours. The first known line-of-duty death occurred in 1792, when New York’s Deputy
Sheriff Isaac Smith was shot and killed. Since then, over 17,000 officers have died
while performing their duties. New York City has lost more officers than any other
department, with 584 deaths. The state with the highest number of police deaths is
California, with 1,377. Vermont has the fewest deaths, with 18. A complete state-bystate breakdown follows.
ALABAMA
416
SOUTH CAROLINA
260
NEBRASKA
121
INDIANA
334
ALASKA
41
SOUTH DAKOTA
45
NEVADA
68
IOWA
141
ARIZONA
225
TENNESSEE
390
NEW HAMPSHIRE
29
KANSAS
214
ARKANSAS
202
TEXAS
1192
NEW JERSEY
430
KENTUCKY
341
CALIFORNIA
1377
UTAH
99
NEW MEXICO
121
LOUISIANA
350
COLORADO
224
VERMONT
18
NEW YORK
1159
MAINE
80
CONNECTICUT
125
VIRGINIA
347
NORTH CAROLINA
382
MARYLAND
250
DELAWARE
33
WASHINGTON
249
NORTH DAKOTA
45
MASSACHUSETTS
285
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
118
WEST VIRGINIA
138
OHIO
701
MICHIGAN
518
FLORIDA
652
WISCONSIN
233
OKLAHOMA
379
MINNESOTA
202
GEORGIA
490
WYOMING
44
OREGON
156
MISSISSIPPI
184
HAWAII
46
TERRITORIES
335
PENNSYLVANIA
670
MISSOURI
586
IDAHO
51
FEDERAL AGENCIES
895
RHODE ISLAND
40
MONTANA
109
ILLINOIS
890
MILITARY
37
TOTAL: 17,071
Figures updated 9/29/05.
with the fewest deaths is Vermont, with
18.
There are over 900 federal officers listed on the Memorial, as well as over 400
correctional and over 30 military law
enforcement officers.
There are 205 female officers listed on
the Memorial, only nine of whom were
killed prior to 1970.
During the past ten years, more officers were killed feloniously on
Wednesday than any other day of the
week. The fewest number of felonious
fatalities occurred on Sunday. Over the
past decade, more officers were killed
between 10:01 p.m. and midnight than
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Not wanting to encounter the dog or
attempt jumping the fence, Lucas called the
Galveston Police on his cell phone and reported where he was and where he had last seen
the fleeing robber. Then he went back out to
44th Street where a Southwestern Bell
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robbery suspect had headed back to the
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drove down the alley between Avenues P and
P 1⁄2 in his police cruiser, “ I showed him
where the robber was hiding under a house –
it was the third or fourth house on the north
side of Avenue P 1⁄2,” Lucas explained.
“Lucas flagged me down when I was coming up 44th Street and told me where he last
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saw the bank robbery suspect,” Orozco said.
“I knew he obviously knew where the guy was
at. He had chased him to 44th and Avenue P
and that’s where we set up the perimeter.”
Lt. Henry Porretto said Lucas kept an eye
on the suspect. “We brought in a tracking
dog and set up a single-block perimeter
around the area of 45th and P and started
doing a search.” Police bloodhound TrackerJack and his handler, Officer Eric Cox began
a sweep of the search area.
Orozco and Lucas went to the backyard of
the boarded and condemned house where
Devane had been squatting where they found
the red satin jacket he had been wearing as
well as some of the stolen loot. Both men
began picking up the bills that were blowing
in the wind. Lucas returned to the bank about
an hour later and detailed his chase to investigating officers.
Later Lt. Porretto called Lucas and told him
that Devane, who was barefooted at the time
and hiding under the house at 4416 Avenue
P1⁄2, had been captured.
“He’s a good guy and an involved citizen,”
Porretto said about Lucas. “We don’t normally like people getting involved especially in a
dangerous felony crime but he did an excellent job. He’s a good man – a typical
Galvestonian who has the people at heart.”
“I think that is what everybody should do —
it should be the norm not the exception,” said
Pena about Lucas. “We’d have less crime.”
Rasmussen said he is very grateful for what
Lucas did. Not all of the money was recovered, but the banks loss was cut considerably. It was a windy day and many of his bank
customers helped gather up some of the
money Devane had dropped as he fled the
bank.
“It’s not something that I would recommend a customer do,” Rasmussen added,
saying he is very grateful for what Lucas did.
“But the police apprehended the suspect
because of what he did.”
“We thanked him publicly in our board of
directors meeting,” Rasmusen said. “He did
such a great job – it was an extremely brave
thing to do.
Lucas also explained that his convenience
store businesses at 8227 Stewart Road and
8027 Harborside Boulevard had recently fell
victim to a fraud scheme. His “Luke’s” convenience stores also operate check cashing
services and have been plagued by a ring of
thugs cashing bogus $700 and $800 checks.
Police said the check cashing ring consisted of more than a dozen crooks cashing
authentic-looking checks drawn on the San
Luis Hotel and Resort.
“They looked like paychecks,” said Lucas.
“They were drawn on the Texas First Bank
and over a two-day period they cashed
checks totaling $17,000.”
Galveston detectives say they suspect same
ring has been cashing the forged checks in
cities throughout the county and possibly the
state.
Associated Press
A convicted killer sent to death row for
gunning down a federal Environmental
Protection Agency agent during a robbery in Houston more than 17 years ago
died at a prison hospital of natural causes on March 5th.
Anibal Rousseau, 65, cheated the executioner,
died in the hospital.
(Web Photo)
“Anibal Rousseau, 65, a native of
Cuba who emigrated to the United
States in 1962, died at the Texas
prison medical unit in Galveston,” Texas
Department of Criminal Justice spokeswoman Michelle Lyons said.
She said “Rousseau had been taken
the previous day from death row outside
Livingston to the prison hospital. The
inmate’s wife has approved an autopsy,”
Lyons said.
Rousseau had been on death row
since July 1989, nine months after the
robbery and fatal shooting of David
Delitta outside a southeast Houston
restaurant. Delitta and another EPA
employee, David Sullivan, were confronted in a parking lot and robbed of
cash and their wallets. When Delitta
reached down to get a gun in an ankle
holster, he was shot.
Rousseau, who was on parole at the
time for a drug conviction, surrendered
about a month later. He already had
been linked to several bank robberies.
In May 1989 he was convicted and
sentenced to death. A key witness at his
trial was Sullivan, who testified
Rousseau was the gunman and had
used a large-caliber shiny revolver.
In recent years, however, questions
were raised about the murder weapon.
More than a decade after the conviction, lawyers researching Rousseau’s
case found that the Houston Police
Department’s crime lab determined a
bullet from a gun linked to the agent’s
death had been used in a slaying after
Rousseau’s arrest. That gun was a
black-colored weapon and the man who
used it, Juan Guerrero, was convicted of
the other slaying and subsequently
deported to his native Dominican
Republic.
Rousseau’s lawyer, Philip Hilder, said
he’d been waiting for months for a
response to the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals from a state judge appointed to
the case before his request for a new
trial for Rousseau could move forward.
Hilder, who said he was convinced of
Rousseau’s innocence, said while the
inmate’s health had been deteriorating,
his death was “somewhat unexpected.”
“It’s despicable that this has been
allowed to happen,” Hilder said. “The
courts dragged their heels. It’s more
than unfair. It’s a travesty.”
“I know I committed a crime, and I did
things I was not supposed to do, but I
didn’t kill nobody,” Rousseau told the
Houston Chronicle last year from death
row.“
Unfortunately, Rousseau has been
released from death row, but as a cadaver,” Hilder said. “And the case is
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will be held Friday, April 21, 2006 through
Sunday, April 23, 2006. Event organizers
have met with City officials to coordinate
logistics for the annual weekend gathering. Representatives from Countdown
Promotions commented that advance
sales have been strong and they are projecting a large crowd for this year’s event.
Changes for this year include the addition of Beach Reach, an African American
ministerial service program that will sponsor activities throughout the weekend.
The group hopes to attract close to a
1,000 volunteers to man first aid and
water stations, basketball free-throw contests, and Christian services at local
churches.
The City of Galveston will provide traffic
control, sanitation, code enforcement, and
public safety services for residents and
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Herron told Frazier, “I’m going to do ‘em
Scheduled Execution: April 25, 2006
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Herron pointed the pistol at her and told
her not to move. Cody, hearing a commotion between his mother and the two men,
went to investigate and was promptly shot
by Herron. Herron then handed the pistol
to Frazier who shot Betsy in the head.
After she fell he shot her in the head a second time. According to Frazier, Herron set
fire to the home and the two fled in Betsy’s
truck and went back to the home they had
previously burglarized to retrieve the rest
of the bounty they had gathered.
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During the morning of November 4,
1982, Sosa, who was then 31-years old,
and his 17-year old nephew Leroy Sosa,
flashed the lights of their vehicle to flag
down Wilson County Deputy Sheriff Ollie
“Sammy” Childress while they were driving on a rural road in Wilson County.
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“I couldn’t read or write,” he said in a
recent interview. “All I can tell you is they
forced me to sign a confession.”
Scheduled Execution: April 26, 2006
MARVIN LEE WILSON
Born: January 5, 1958
Jefferson County, Texas
Education Level: Eleven Years
Occupation: Construction
On November 4, 1992, Beaumont Police
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Cop-killing Lyrics Gets CD Yanked
WFPD Officers Named in Local Rapper’s Song
By Jessica Langdon/Times Record News
A Wichita Falls rapper - who has a
rap sheet - found his music turned
down after Wichita Falls police and
other groups objected to violent, copkilling lyrics that referred to local
police officers.
The CD was pulled from store
shelves.
Cedric Gray, 31, who recorded his
new rap CD as C-Nyle, refers to two
Wichita Falls police officers by name
in track 10 of “Tearz of a Strugglin’
Man.”
Both officers who are named in the
expletive-filled song have arrested
Gray in the past, Wichita Falls police
records show.
“He was making some violent
threats,” Capt. Manuel Borrego said.
The song, “Mr. Officer Part 2,” came
to the police department’s attention
sparking concerns about its messages
*** Mr. Officer, man, I wish you ho’s
would just die.I would love to see your
son and your daughter and your wife
at a funeral crying ‘cause your body
don’t move. I ought to kick your casket
over, m***** **** these fools.
“In the CD, Gray uses threats
toward the law enforcement officers
such as finding them without their
body armor and violently cutting or
shooting them,” a news release from
the Wichita Falls Police Department
reported.
Leaders from the police department
and board members of the Wichita
Falls Police Officers Association took
action once they heard the song’s
lyrics.
They got in touch with the store
that’s been selling the CDs, asking
that the music be removed from the
shelves.
Hastings had the CDs in stock for
about two weeks, Store Manager
Bobby Edwards said. He decided to
pull the CDs. About half the stock had
sold since the CDs have been out, he
said.
“Everybody has a right to free
speech,” he said. “If it’s going to have
a negative impact on the way the store
is viewed, then I don’t want that.”
Employees with the police department listened to the song and transcribed the lyrics.
Borrego acknowledged a right to free
the CD are among over 190 officers
that risk their lives daily in an effort to
detect and stop violent crime in every
Wichita Falls community.”
‘Mr. Officer Part 2’ excerpts
Hey ****-s*****g punk*** mother
****** police department.
WFP mother ****** D, yeah you, Mr.
Officer, I said don’t **** my name
again.
You ho’s can eat my *****r ******
**** *****
Mr. Officer, I see you still *******
with my, why? I can’t even go nowhere
without seeing your lights in my
rearview.
speech but said the lyrics in this song
did
concern
local
law
enforcement.“They have to understand if they make threats, we do take
those seriously,” Borrego said.
He said ensuring officer safety will
be a major consideration in any future
dealings with Gray.
“We’re going to be very wary of how
we approach him or how we interact
with him,” he said.
Cedric Gray was arrested on what
Sgt. Joe Snyder said was a civil child
support issue. However, Gray’s family
said they were told by police when he
was arrested that it was for terroristic
threat related to the music.
Cedrics’ mother, Rose Gray, said
Cedric uses his music to express himself and the lyrics in the song do not
threaten particular officers.
“He’s saying, ‘Mr. Officer,’ “ she
said, referring to the lyrics about a
funeral. “They might as well go out to
Hastings and pull all the rapper
music.”
Cedric’s brother Patric. Who works
at the Times Record News, said his
brother took the incident in stride and
considered it more publicity.
Wichita Falls police records showed
Gray has been arrested by the department 17 times, from this year back to
the late 1990s.
Snyder listed charges on which Gray
has been arrested - aggravated robbery, manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance and unlawfully carrying a weapon, plus criminal trespass, driving offenses and traffic warrants.
“*** All I want is to be free and
spend my nights with the wife, and try
to make it in this rapping ****. I’m trying to change my life.”
Law enforcement reaction to this CD
came a few weeks after dozens of people in the Wichita Falls area added
their names to a national on-line petition against the violent, police-killing
video game “25 to Life.”
“The men and women of the Wichita
Falls Police Department believe blatant threats against the lives of actual
police officers are far more objectionable than recently released video
games,” Snyder wrote in the news
release. “The two officers named on
I’m not even near you but you bother me, lookin’ for a reason to harass
me so you follow me for blocks and
blocks hoping that I break your traffic
laws, but I’m not. But I will try to
break you bastards’ jaws.Y’all goin’
arrest me, try to set me up, the dope
ain’t mine, Like the time y’all got the
white girl and charged me with a nine,
but that’ fine.
Every dog in police have their day.
Consequences come in fury when
you **** with Cedric Gray.
And hey I hear sometimes you work
without your bulletproof vest.
Wish you all the painful death in a
coffin sir.
Why y’all steady ****** with a n****,
Mr. Officer?
And Mr. Officer tell me where you get
your badges at, I forgot they got ‘em
buried in a box of Cracker Jacks,
imagine that.
What if I decide to snap and go ballistic and purposely get pulled over
just to try to split your ****, *****.
Who is it? Mr. Officer with a search
warrant. Come on in, what you lookin’
for? Go on and search for it, over
there, no, over there beside the table
as I cut you cross your ****** throat
and rip down in your navel...
Tell me why y’all mad at me. What is
it about C-Nyle that make y’all want to
lock me up for life like I’m a
pedophile?
I’m innocent...
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MURDER
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for the shooting death of Mildred
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2005 in Santa Fe, Texas.
Mrs. Mahoney was shot and killed as
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An Open Letter
Daughter Pleads For Capture of Mother’s Killer
My mother Mildred Campbell
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She stayed up the night before
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The last time I saw my mother
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had known that it was the last
time I would ever see my mother
live again. I wish I had given her
kiss and a hug goodbye. That eats
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before December 22nd.
My mother was a great caring
woman that loved her family very
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Manger. She worked hard for
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don’t understand what happened
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She was my best friend, we did
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for her but it is so hard. The only
thing I think about is her being
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The person who murdered my
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as my mothers.
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