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The Police News
Galveston County Edition
VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 5
IN MEMORIAM
Danny Lee Weber
August 11, 1948 - April 23, 2011
Lifelong
Galvestonian,
former for three consecutive terms totaling
Galveston Fire Chief, and District 5 six years of service on City Council.
Councilman Danny Weber, Sr. passed Danny also served as a member of the
Park Board of Trustees
away Saturday morning,
for six years and was on
April 23, 2011, following
the Board of Directors for
a brief illness. Danny was
the Mardi Gras Children's
surrounded by loved ones
Parade. Danny had a pasat the time of his passing.
sion for good family times
Danny was born at
and honest hard work.
St. Mary's Infirmary in
He enjoyed refurbishing
Galveston, TX in 1948
furniture and restoring
to Leroy (Buddy) and
antiques, as well as barbeAnastacia Scofelia Wecuing and music. Danny
ber. He attended elemenDanny
Lee
Weber
loved Galveston and altary school at St. Patrick's
and graduated from Kirwin High ways encouraged all to remember to
School in 1967. Danny then gradu- "Shop Local and Hire Local."
Danny was preceded in death by his
ated from Galveston Junior College
where he received an Associate De- parents. He is survived by his wife of
over 40 years, Yvonne (Vonn) Weber;
grees in Business and Fire Studies.
In 1970, Danny wed the love of his two loving children: Danny Weber, Jr.
life, Yvonne, shortly after joining the and wife, Susan; and Anastacia Rubio
Galveston Fire Department to begin and husband, Jesse; grandchildren:
Samantha and Megan Weber and Jeshis fire career.
Danny was also a longshoreman se and Rebecca Rubio; sister, Sister
and a member of the ILA. Danny Rosalita Weber of Sisters of Charity
joined the Knights of Columbus in of the Incarnate Word in Houston; and
1989 and rose to become a Past Faith- numerous nieces, nephews, other relaful Navigator 4th Degree Knights of tives and friends.
A rosary was held April 26th at SaColumbus of the Msgr. Chataignon
Assembly #9978. He was an instruc- cred Heart Church in Galveston, led
tor in Fire Technologies at Galves- by Deacon John Pistone.
Funeral Mass was on April 27th, at
ton College and ran two consecutive
Fire Academies through the school. the church with burial following at
Danny achieved the rank of Galves- Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers were members of the
ton Fire Chief, where he remained
until his retirement after 32 years of Galveston Fire Department and members of the Knights of Columbus.
service.
To honor Danny's memory and his
After retirement, Danny sought,
ran for, and won the City Council desire to give back, please donate
Representative position for District blood to the UTMB Blood Bank in
5. He proudly represented District 5 Danny's name.
May 2011
Rookie Officer Killed in Shootout
57 Years Ago in Galveston, Texas
By Breck Porter
1954 was a year of dramatic events.
Newspapers across America were headlining the Supreme Court decision outlawing separate public schools for black
and white children. Florida had raised
the minimum age for the death penalty
to 18, halting the execution of minors,
and Congress added "Under God" to the
Pledge of Allegiance.
June 11th of that year was a typical
summer day in Galveston. It was the
peak of the summertime tourist season.
It was Friday and the weekend tourist traffic was already pouring onto the
island, over the Galveston Causeway
which seperates Galveston Island from
the mainland.
Beaches were packed with sunbathers and thousands of kids splashing in
the surf. These summer weekends were,
and still are, a boom to the island economy, but often a strain on the limited resources and manpower of the Galveston
Police Department. Officers of the GPD
were dealing with the onslaught of traffic which typically began in early afternoon each Friday.
Motorcycle officer A.B. "Happy" McGaffey, a young, 24-year old Galveston
police officer with less than two years
on the force was among the officers
faced with the task of maintaining peace
and controlling the traffic as the weekend crowds invaded Galveston island.
There was little time for a lunch break,
so as he often did, Happy stopped at his
parent's home on Avenue M to have
lunch. He knew his mother, Ellen, would
have lunch prepared because his brother
Louis would be home for lunch before
going to work in the plumbing department at Austin Junior High School.
Louis was a student in the morning and
worked in the afternoon. His father,
who worked at the Kempner Cotton
Compress, also came home for lunch
each day. Happy often joined them and
enjoyed visiting during the break. He
could also park his motorcycle near the
kitchen widow where he could hear his
police radio. There were no walkie-talkies as officers are equipped with today,
so it was necessary for officers to stay
within hearing distance of radios in their
squad cars or on their motorcycles.
Happy was a married man, with a
year old daughter, and second child on
the way. He and wife Dorothy married
shortly after he became a Galveston police officer and they wasted no time beginning a family.
Being in a police family was nothing
new for Dorothy. Her father was the Police Chief in Brownwood, Texas.
A.B. McGaffey, III, nicknamed "Happy" since early childhood, signed up
with the Galveston Police Department
in early 1953 beginning his career as
a rookie assigned to a patrol car with
a more senior officer, commonly call
a 'Field Training Officer or FTO'. This
was, and still is, part of the training of
new officers until it is determined that
the officer is capable of working alone
without immediate supervision.
Happy's ambition was to be a motorcycle officer, and within his first year on
the force he had applied for and been reassigned to the Motorcycle Patrol unit.
Happy was happy. He loved the feel of
sitting astride the powerful Harley Davidson, the surge of response when he
accelerated, and the way the Harley maneuvered in traffic. Like all solo cops,
he was born to be a motor jock. It's what
he loved and what he wanted to be.
A drama had began unfolding at
about 10:15 that Friday morning when
police received a call to investigate a
disturbance at a rooming house at 2619
Avenue H. Two officers had been dispatched, but by the time they arrived
there was no one there who knew anything about the complaint, so they left.
Rookie Officer...Cont. on pg 3
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Rookie Officer...Cont. from pg 1
Shortly before noon, while the McGaffey's were enjoying lunch, a second
call to the same address came into the
police dispatcher. This time the caller
reported that a 'madman' was shooting
at people from a second story window.
Officers J.E. Parrish and J.P.
O'Donohoe, arriving at the scene, spotted smoke coming from the upstairs
window and saw a man shooting down
into the street. They called for assistance
from additional police officers and firefighters. More than 20 officers from the
Galveston Police Department and area
agencies rushed to the scene.
Happy McGaffey's lunch was cut
short. According to relatives recounting the events, as Happy rushed to his
motorcycle, his mother begged him not
to go because she "had a bad feeling"
about that call. But Happy was dutybound. He cranked up his Harley and
roared off to the scene to assist the other
officers who were converging on the location.
Chief of Police W.J. "Willie" Burns,
Chief of Detectives W.J. Whitburn and
Sergeant H.F. Wisrodt were among
those responding. They showed up carrying riot squad tear gas guns.
As the event unfolded it was learned
the gunman inside the rooming house
was 38-year old Clarence Sims. By the
time fire trucks arrived he was downstairs and police were making plans to
fire tear gas into the house. They were
unsure if there were other residents inside so they asked firefighters direct a
high pressure hose at the front door to
blast it open.
Fireman William S. Fernandez told
reporters he took the hose and went to
the front door. As he got close enough
to open the nozzle, Sims appeared and
pointed his gun at him and fired once,
missing him. Fernandez dropped the
hose and ran for cover. Sims then ran
out the back door into the back yard in
an attempt to escape.
McGaffey, arriving at the scene and
seeing the action, ran around the side of
the house towards the back yard to cut
Sims off. The gate to the fenced yard
was locked so McGaffey leaped over it.
There are varying accounts of how McGaffey was actually shot.
Only one person, other than McGaffey
and Sims was in the backyard when the
shooting started. Officer Louis Rivaux
was coming over the fence from another
direction when he saw Sims shoot at
McGaffey and miss. Rivaux reported
that instead of returning fire, McGaffey
tackled Sims, and as the two struggled,
the officer lost his footing. As he fell,
Sims pulled the trigger twice, hitting
him once in the shoulder and once in the
chest, fatally wounding him.
Officer Rivaux, seeing McGaffey
gunned down, opened fire at Sims who
was trying to flee from the backyard.
Rivaux fired nine times from his automatic pistol without hitting the gunman.
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Rivaux. As the officer rushed him, Sims
fired one shot at him. Later Rivaux said
he didn't know whether Sims' gun was
empty or whether it misfired, "but at any
rate I didn't get hit." As the two fought,
Sims beat Rivaux over the head with his
pistol and attempted to gouge his eyes.
Running through the house, Galveston Fire Chief William J. Henderson
got to the rear door and saw the fight in
progress between Rivaux and Sims. He
picked up a six foot long two-by-four
board and swung it at Sims but missed.
He threw the board aside and ran to attend to the fallen officer.
Fire Captain Pat Doherty and fireman Alex Balfour also rushed into the
backyard to help Rivaux who was in a
desperate struggle with the crazed Sims.
Doherty grabbed the pistol from the fallen McGaffey and he and Balfour went
to help Rivaux. After pistol-whipping
Sims into submission, they handcuffed
him and took him into custody.
Albert Mathews, who lived in the
rooming house with Sims and several
other persons, told police that Sims
"began acting up the night before." He
said Sims was going around the house
saying that someone was after him and
wanted to shoot him with a machine
gun. Mathews and others were able to
calm the rampaging Sims that evening,
but trouble erupted again the next morning when Sims opened fire with his pistol into the street outside the residence.
The day ended with McGaffey dead,
officer Louis Rivaux being treated at
St. Mary's Infirmary for lacerations
suffered in his struggle with Sims, and
Sims being jailed and charged with the
murder of the young Galveston officer.
It was later learned that McGaffey's
parents, Ellen and Al McGaffey, left
their home shortly after their son and
went to the scene of the shooting. Ellen had begged him not to go since he
had not been dispatched to it, but Happy
went anyway. The coupled arrived at the
scene just as the body of their son was
being loaded into the ambulance.
Louis McGaffey, Happy's brother with
whom he had lunch earlier, reported for
work at Austin Junior High School after lunch, and was told by employee's of
hearing radio reports of a police shootout on Avenue H in which an officer had
been shot. Asked if the report had given
the officers name, one of the employee's
recalled that it was "Happy."
Brother-in-law William Ginn recalled
coming to Galveston as a young man to
visit Happy's sister Dolores. "I lived in
Houston and when I would come to visit
Dolores in Galveston, Happy would often stop me on Broadway. 'Where you
goin' boy" he would ask me, and I'd say,
"to visit your sister officer."
A.B. "Happy" McGaffey, III was born
in Coral Gables, Florida and moved to
Galveston when he was 14 years old
where he enrolled at Ball High School.
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Rookie Officer...Cont. on pg 5
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Although another man was her boyfriend, Pamela Horton had been seen
at bars in Fort Worth in Cary D. Kerr's
company for about a month.
On the evening of July 11, 2001, Horton socialized with Jennifer York and
Kerr at a bar called the Swan Club, and
the three later went to a nearby nightclub called Cowtown. Jennifer briefly
danced with Kerr but when he grabbed
her arm as she was walking away, she
punched him. Jennifer did not like Kerr
and told Pamela so, but Pamela defended him as being "a nice guy."
Pamela Horton later told Jennifer that
she needed a ride home, but Jennifer
was not yet ready to leave. Pamela was
clearly intoxicated.
In her testimony, Jennifer York characterized Pamela Horton as an "impatient"
person, who could be predicted to look
for someone else to take her home immediately, rather than wait until Jennifer was ready. Later, a bartender noticed
Pamela leaving with Kerr.
After escorting her from the nightclub,
Kerr returned briefly and whispered to
Cathy Dawson, "I'm taking this drunk
bitch home and I'll be right back."
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spotted Pamela Horton's dead body, lying in the street. The cab driver located
an ambulance and notified the paramedics of the body's location.
Pamela was wearing shorts but nothing else: no shirt, socks, shoes, or underwear. Only the top button of the shorts'
button-fly was fastened. There was
"fuzz" on her feet, indicating she had
recently worn socks.
After the paramedics had wrapped her
body, Kerr approached them and asked
them to pull back the sheet because he
believed he could identify her. The paramedics responded that they would not
pull back the sheet but asked Kerr to tell
them who it was if he knew. Kerr said he
was the one who found the body and had
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his car upon discovering her body because he thought she might be a robbery
decoy and that he had seen a black sedan with two men in it parked nearby.
Then he said he recognized the woman
as someone who frequented bars in the
area.
When police arrived they saw a purse
in Kerr's car and asked whose it was.
Kerr first said it was the dead woman's and then added, "If that's the girl
I picked up, maybe it's hers." Horton's
boyfriend would later identify the purse
as one he had bought for her. Kerr became very nervous after this admission
and retrieved the purse from his car for
the officers' inspection.
A broken, comb-like hair clip was attached to the handle of the purse. During their conversation with Kerr, the
officers noticed a long strand of blonde
hair on his face. Kerr didn't have blonde
hair but Horton did. One of the officers
took the strand of blonde hair and later
arrested Kerr at the scene. On the way to
the police station, Kerr started kicking
the back window of the patrol car and
began "cussing" and saying he was going to get out of the car.
Horton's body exhibited a large number
of injuries, some of which were inflicted
before death, and some after death. Her
injuries while she was still alive included: bruising of her right temple and the
top of her right eye, a bruise on the top
side of her left eye or eyelid, tiny pinpoint bruises on her neck and the collarbone, a bruise on her chest above the
right breast, and bruises on both arms.
Also, the hyoid bone of her neck was
fractured.
Post-mortem injuries included abrasions on the trunk of her body, the front
part of her breasts, her abdomen, her
left arm, her right leg, and her right
foot. These post-mortem abrasions were
"gliding abrasions" that could be found
on someone thrown out of a motor vehicle. It was determined that Horton also
had semen in her mouth. According to
the deputy medical examiner who performed the autopsy, the bruises on Horton's neck indicated the cause of death
was manual strangulation and that her
death was a homicide.
A forensic anthropologist testified that
the broken hyoid bone was also a sign of
manual strangulation. He indicated that
the injuries and sexual activity occurred
within a short time of each other, but he
conceded in cross-examination that the
physical condition of the body was not
inconsistent with consensual sexual activity followed by a homicide.
DNA testing showed that the semen in
the Horton's mouth matched the defendant's DNA profile. The probability of
a match with another person was 1 in
21 trillion for Caucasians, 1 in 159 trillion for those of African descent, and 1
in 615 trillion for Southwestern Hispanics. Hair analysis of the strand of blonde
hair picked off Kerr's face showed simiGary Kerr...Cont. on pg 9
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Veteran Sheriff’s
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GALVESTON, TX - John W. Pruitt, Jr.
has announced his intention to seek the
office of Galveston County Sheriff during the upcoming 2012 elections.
Pruitt, a 27-year Sheriff’s Office veteran, is a well-known and respected expert
in the field of crime scene forensics, having spent nearly his entire career working in that field; including assignment to
the Criminal Investigation Division as a Major Crime Scene
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He currently
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handling technical assignments supporting the Sheriff’s multi-agency computerized information system.
Pruitt has to his credit thousands of
hours of law enforcement training. In
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Institute at Sam Houston State University, he also holds a Master licenses as
a peace officer and county jailer, and is
a long-time law enforcement instructor.
Captain Pruitt has twice been honored
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A Galveston County native, Pruitt will
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2012 primary.
Rookie Officer...Cont. from pg 3
March 29, 1946 and earned the rank
of Seaman Second Class, but when
the Navy discovered that he was only
16-years old, he was honorably discharged on September 4th, after serving
only six months.
During his school days, he worked
partime at the C.P. Evans food store and
after graduating from high school, was
promoted to assistant manager. He left
the grocery business in 1952 to join the
police force.
McGaffey was well liked by his fellow officers. They commented, following his death, that he always had a ready
smile and good word for everyone.
As a police officer, McGaffey was
considered one of the best of the new
patrolmen, having been on the force less
than two years.
He was given a hero's funeral by the
Galveston Police Department. Throngs
of police officers from more than a dozen agencies, and citizens from throughout Galveston County, attended his funeral at Malloy and Son Funeral Home.
He was laid to rest in the Galveston
County Memorial Cemetery where he
was later joined by his parents.
In a strange conclusion to this story,
McGaffey's killer, Clarence Sims, killed
himself in his jail cell the very next day
by beating his head against the steel
bars. His funeral was on the same day as
the officer he had murdered.
On the day of McGaffey's funeral, the
killer's parents showed up at the funeral
home to pay their respects to the officer.
Brother-in-law William Ginn said, "I
was standing right there by the casket.
They (Sims parents) were crying and
told Happy's Mom and Dad they wished
Happy were their son, rather than that
other man over there, referring to their
own son.
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6 Lily of Utah
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14 Gondoliers' propellers
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17 Some arithmetic to memorize
19 Prefix with inflammatory
20 "The Stepford Wives" author
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27 Ancient region in Asia Minor
28 One of a showy hoops team
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36 "The Wire" network
37 Dates regularly
38 Internet hookup, for many
40 Word repeated after "Que" in
song
41 Aardvark's morsel
42 __ bonding
43 Ohio rubber center
44 Candidate for a Ph.D., say
48 Paddock papas
49 More saccharine
53 To boot
55 __ Paulo, Brazil
56 Manhattan's Park or Lexington: Abbr.
57 Mideast ruler
58 Shades
62 Enjoy the kiddie pool
63 Pennsylvania port city
64 Shelled out
65 Wilma's toon mate
66 Short swims
67 Junkyard purchases
Down
1 Fiber-__ cable
2 Ballerina Shearer
3 Violinist Mischa
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"__ whiz!"
Braying beast
Brightly colored beetle
Dresden's river
Guy's date
Like a tiny town
Very soon
Former "CBS Evening News"
anchor
Grid Hall of Famer Graham
Pork or beef cut
Yugoslavia's Marshal __
Son of Seth
Goes gray
On the __ (secretly)
Stressed type: Abbr.
Flowed back
Longest river wholly in Spain
Horse hue
"Fast!" on a memo
Jocular Jay
Doesn't hold accountable
Touched with affection
"__, poor Yorick"
__-Ball (arcade game)
Baseball bosses: Abbr.
Fed one's face
Layered, like a wedding cake
Grammarians' concerns
Delinquent GI
Electric dart firer
It's what's happening
Takes five
Province east of Que.
General Bradley
Saucy sort
Mentalist Geller
Cleopatra's undoer
Answers...on pg 8
Mineral spring site
Mi Abuelita's
Mexican Restaurant
1728 45th St.
Galveston
409-621-1616
Home Cooked Meals:
Quesadillas • Nachos
Breakfast Burritos
Fajitas • Enchiladas
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POLICE
OFFICER
The City of Santa Fe Police
Department is a Civil Service
employer and will be accepting applications until 5:30 PM on Thursday, June
2, 2011, to test for placement on an eligibility
list for the position of Entry Level Police Officer.
Starting wage is $18.80 per hour. The test date
will be June 16, 2011.
Applications may be submitted to City of Santa
Fe, P. O. Box 950, 12002 Hwy. 6, Santa Fe, TX
77510-0950, 409-925-6412. For more information: www.ci.santa-fe.tx.us or contact Pamela
Wood, Civil Service Director.
Remembering Danny
August 11, 1948 April 23, 2011
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Galveston County Grand Jury Indictments
The following persons were named in criminal indictments by Galveston County Grand Juries in May 2011
BATES, RANDY ALLEN - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
BLACK, CHRISTOPHER DEWAYNE - FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY-FAMILY VIOLENCE
BOOKER, ASHLIE MICHELLE - FORGERY OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
BRITTON, TYRONE DAVON - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE & TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE JAIL
BROUSSARD, DALTON G - AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
BROWN, CASSANDRA LYNN - ROBBERY
CONERLY, KEVIN EUGENE - FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY - FAMILY VIOLENCE
CUROE, BRYAN MATTHEW - FELONY ASSAULT CAUSING BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE-STRANGULATION
CUROE, BRYAN MATTHEW - AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
DAVIS, DAVID WINDELL - FELONY EVADING ARREST WITH VEHICLE
ESCOBAR, JULIO CESEAR - FELONY CRIMINAL MISCHIEF >=$1,500
GARCIA, MICHAEL JACOB - FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDER
GARRETT, STEVEN CHARLES - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1<1G
GIVENS, JALEESA DESHAWN - FELONY THEFT >=$1,500<$20K
HENRY, EDDIE RAY - FELONY EVADING ARREST WITH VEHICLE, UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1G<4G JAIL & AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON (TWO COUNTS)
HICKS, BRENT PHILLIP - FELONY EVADING ARREST WITH VEHICLE
JEFFCOAT, BRANDON SLOANE - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 1<1G>
JOHNSON, VICTORAN - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 28G<200G
LEE, BRUCE EDWARD - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 28G<200G & TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
LEMONS JR, RAY EDWARD - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUSBTANCE 1<1G JAIL
LOPEZ, EDDIE - AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON JAIL
MAYBERRY JR, ERNAL - FELONY EVADING ARREST WITH PRIORS
MERRITT, JAMES ERNEST - AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
MORGAN, ROBERT EARL - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4G<200G WITH INTENT TO DELIVER
REAGAN, MICHAEL JOSEPH - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 4G<200G WITH INTENT TO DELIVER JAIL & UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON JAIL
Veteran Lawman Joins Race For Sheriff
J.L. “Bubba” Campbell, former Chief your Republican Nominee for Sheriff in
of The Fort Bend I.S.D. Police Depart- 2004 and in 2008 and I’m ready to go
ment and two time Galveston County again in March of 2012. I'm proud to be
Republican Party nominee for Sheriff, part of a strong, electable, Republican
has announced his candidacy for the team.”
2012 Republican Party’ nomination
Campbell’s campaign will focus on
for Sheriff of Galveston
three principal themes: (1)
County.
extensive experience in
With over thirty-two
professional law enforceyears of law enforcement
ment management; (2) a
experience, Campbell said
commitment to transparhe is uniquely qualified to
ency and community inlead the sheriff’s office in
teraction to ensure public
the twenty-first century.
confidence in the integrity
“The people of Galvesof all department memton County deserve a
bers; and (3) indepenfiscally-responsible but
dence of judgment and acJ.L. "Bubba" Campbell
proactive sheriff’s office
tion, free of any obligations
that can provide quality public safety to special interests.
services," said Campbell. “Throughout
In his thirty-two year law enforcement
my career, I have worked with people career, Campbell has served 12 years
at all levels of government. I have suc- with the Galveston County Sheriff’s
cessfully partnered with local, county Department. Campbell also created
and state law enforcement agencies, the first police department for the La
court personnel and members of the bar. Marque ISD and served as its first Police
I have the experience, insight, drive, Chief. In addition, he recently retired afand ability to lead the Galveston County ter serving almost 15 years as Chief of
Sheriff’s Office.”
the Fort Bend ISD Police Department
Campbell went on to say, “and unlike providing law enforcement services for
some of my opponents in the Repub- the 6th largest school district in Texas
lican primary, my involvement in the including 70,000 students, 9,000 district
political process and my commitment employees on 74 campuses and leading
to the Republican Party is not a recent 50 officers and 120 civilian personnel.
occurrence. I’m a proven conservative Campbell, a life-long resident of
Republican of conviction, not conve- Galveston County, is a member of True
nience. I was honored to have been Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson; he
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“I understand, you’re against parking meters on the seawall.”
Puzzle Answers...From pg 6
is a certified Master Police Officer who
is part of a family that has served law
enforcement in Galveston County for
three generations with almost 90 years
of service. Campbell has been married
for 21 years and has 5 children and 4
grandchildren.
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LOOKING BACK
1974 Huntsville Prison Siege
The 1974 Huntsville Prison Siege was
an eleven-day prison uprising that took
place from July 24 to August 3, 1974 at
the Huntsville Unit of the Texas State
Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. The
standoff was one of the longest hostagetaking sieges in United States history.
Gomez Carrasco
side the shield were the three convicts
and four hostages, while eight other hostages ringed the exterior of the “taco”.
Acting on a prearranged plan, prison
guards and Texas Rangers blasted the
group with fire hoses. However, a rupture in the hose gave the convicts time
to fatally shoot the two women hostages
who had volunteered to join the convicts in the armored car. When prison
officials returned fire, Carrasco killed
Elizabeth Beseda, then committed suicide and Dominquez was killed.
Julia Standley was also killed that day.
Ignacio Cuevas, the surviving perpetrator was received as death row prisoner number 526 on May 30, 1975. He
was held at the Ellis Unit, until he was
executed on May 23, 1991. Cuevas's
last meal request consisted of chicken
dumplings, steamed rice, sliced bread,
black-eyed peas, and iced tea. Cuevas's
last words were "I’m going to a beautiful place. O.K., Warden, roll ‘em."
Gary Kerr...Cont. from pg 4
Ignacio Cuevas
During the riot inmates Federico Gomez
Carrasco, Ignacio Cuevas and Rudy
Dominquez laid siege to the educationlibrary building of the Huntsville Unit.
“Fred” Carrasco, the most powerful heroin kingpin in South Texas, was serving
a life sentence for the attempted murder
of a police officer. He was also suspected in the murder of dozens of people in
Mexico and Texas. Having smuggled
pistols and ammunition into the prison,
he and two other convicts took eleven
prison workers and four inmates hostage.
At the precise moment that a one
o’clock work bell sounded, Carrasco
walked up a ramp to the third-story library and forced several prisoners out at
gunpoint. When two guards tried to go
up the ramp, Carrasco fired at them. His
two accomplices, also armed, immediately joined him in the library. The prison warden and the director of the Texas
Department of Corrections immediately
began negotiations with the convicts.
FBI agents and Texas Rangers arrived
to assist them, as the media descended
on Huntsville. Over the next several
days the convicts made a number of demands, for such things as tailored suits,
dress shoes, toothpaste, cologne, walkie-talkies and bulletproof helmets, all of
which were provided promptly. With
the approval of Texas Governor Dolph
Briscoe, an armored getaway car was
rolled into the prison courtyard. Carrasco claimed they were planning to flee to
Cuba and appeal to Fidel Castro.
After a grueling eleven-day standoff,
the convicts finally made their desperate
escape attempt just before 10 PM, Saturday August 3, 1974. They moved out
of the library toward the waiting vehicle
in a makeshift shield consisting of legal
books taped to mobile blackboards that
was later dubbed the “Trojan Taco”. In-
larities to Horton's hair but with enough
differences that the hair examiner could
say only that the strand could not be
ruled out as having come from her.
Pamela's blood alcohol concentration
at the time of autopsy was determined
to be 0.465 - over five times the legal
limit. The deputy medical examiner estimated that the concentration probably
had peaked at 0.5 and was on its way
down, and that the dead woman would
have to have been a "seasoned drinker"
to be able to walk around with that much
alcohol in her body.
A search of Kerr's home yielded a brassiere, panties, and a plastic "tooth" for a
comb or a hair clasp. The brassiere was
severely torn in two places. In one place
there was a complete separation of the
strap from the cups in the front, and in
another place there was a tear on one of
the cups at the side. A forensic examiner
testified that the tears were significant
enough to interfere with the brassiere's
function, and he testified that a great
deal of force would be required to produce the tears in question.
Examination of the comb-like hair clip
revealed that it had been manufactured
with fourteen teeth but eight had broken
off. In addition, part of the gripping surface was missing and the hinging mechanism was damaged. The comb tooth
retrieved from Kerr's residence was the
same color as the hair clasp, and microscopic analysis showed a match. The
forensic examiner testified that considerable force would have been needed to
cause the damage to the hair clasp. The
brassiere and the panties also contained
DNA from Pamela Horton.
On May 3, 2011, Cary D. Kerr is
scheduled to die in the Texas death
chamber in Huntsville TX for the murder of Pamela Horton. He will be just
five months short of his 47th birthday.
He was 36 when he raped and murdered
Pamela Horton.
BOYD, ALEXA M
AKA TALLANT, ALEXIS
W F 12/06/1988
Serving
Galveston
for 100+
years!
TAT
L LEG “DADDY’S
GIRL”
TAT C NECK “J G W/ROSE”
LKA SAN LEON
ENDANGERING CHILD
DELOSSANTOS, WILLIAM
W M 06/05/1987
PIERCED NOSE
LKA SANTA FE
POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
** ESCAPE RISK**
Downtown Galveston:
222 Kempner
Galveston TX 77550
409-763-4641
Fax: 409-762-2158
Galveston
West End:
FERNANDEZ,
LINDSEY
ALEXANDER
13680
FM 3005
W F 11/08/1984
Galveston
TXTAT
77554
TAT R LEG
R HIP
TAT409-737-1488
L CALF TAT R CALF
SEABROOK
Fax:LKA
409-737-9146
POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
GONZALES, FERNANDO BERNARDO
W M 05/11/1976
LKA BACLIFF
SEXUAL ASSAULT CHILD
ING
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CA
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&
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Voted Best Italian
B
Restaurant & Friendliest
DLIAiN RESTA
Service in Galveston Co.
I TA
Closed Mondays
RICHARDSON, DEBRA KAY
Tues. – Fri.············Lunch
W F 01/01/196211 – 2 p.m.
Tues.TAT
­– Thurs.······Dinner
5 – 10 p.m.
LR LEG SMALL FLAME
Fri. – Sat.·············Dinner
5 – 11 p.m.
TAT BOTH EYEBROWS
LKA LEAGUE CITY5 – 10 p.m.
Sunday··················Dinner
POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
See our Review at www.galvnews.com
RUDD, JAMES ANDREW
W M 06/18/1984
TAT UR ARM
Galveston
TAT BACK
– TAT NECK
LKA LEAGUE CITY
POSS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
31st & Avenue P
409-763-9036
TAT
TAT
TAT
Seawall at 89th street – Galveston
M ov i e H o t l i n e : 4 0 9 - 74 1 - 170 0
Featuring the latest in stadium-seating, comfortable
high-back rocking seats and DTS digital sound Systems.
— Lobby ATM — All major credit cards accepted
All “R” rated Movies Require an ID – Visit us @ www.pccmovies.com
FREE LARGE DRINK WITH PURCHASE
MATINEE
$5.75 ANY SHOW PRIOR TO 6:00 P.M.
OF A SMALL POPCORN
NOAH’S Service Center & Tires
Noah S. Rice
Owner
Your Satisfaction is our Pride
409-744-1314
7428 Stewart Road
Galveston, TX 77551
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C
re
401
E. R. Johnson
Family Mortuary
Eddie R. Johnson
Owner/Funeral Director
ESCO PEST CONTROL
Cremation, Monuments, Pre-Arrangements,
Insurance and Notary Services
WDI Inspections
Termites - Rodents
Roaches - Ants - Fleas
Birds - Trapping
“ Quality, Distinctive, Professional Service
3828 Avenue O/PO Box 5
Galveston, TX 77550-6626
Ph: 409-762-8470
Fax: 409-762-8480
Email: [email protected]
409-737-3200
Steve Spicer – Owner
9355 Jamaica Beach
Galveston, TX 77554
www.escopestcontrolinc.com
CREATIONS UPHOLSTERY
David Gillioz, Owner
409-927-2747
12531-1/2 FM 1764 – Santa Fe, TX 77510
Boats - Motorcycles - Jeeps - Pickups - Convertibles
Automotive - Commercial - Marine - Residential
Come see us
for all your
Upholstery
Needs!
Ask people why they have deer heads on their walls and they will tell you it’s because they’re such
beautiful animals. I think my wife is beautiful, but I only have photographs of her on the wall.
OLSON'S
PILING SERVICE
Boat Houses • House Pilings
Water Pilings • Pile Replacement • Bulk Heads
Cell: 409-682-9040
Office: 409-737-5074
6075 Sea Isle, Galveston TX 77554
nternational
Tony’s Car
Care
nternational
Car Care
409-763-1515
BACK IN
Since 1994
BUSINESS
1328 Postoffice,
Serving Galveston County
Welcome all old and
Galveston
new
customers!
Serving
Galveston
Open
Mon-Fri.
8 - 5:30 County
pm
Since 1994
1328 Post Office St.
Galveston TX
409-599-3463
1328 Postoffice, Galveston
409-763-1515
Lots of times, changes in life also affect
your investments. That’s why there’s
never been a better time to schedule
your free portfolio review. We’ll talk
about the changes in your life, and help
you decide whether it makes sense to
revise your investments because of
them.
A portfolio review will help ensure your
investments are keeping pace with
your goals. Call your local financial advisor today.
TOM ESTEP
Concealed Handgun Training
Photos & Fingerprints
included
Ammo Available
David P Rogers
Financial Advisor
6710 Stewart Rd Ste 201
Galveston TX 77551
409-744-1769
$95
All Inclusive
www.tomestepshooting.com
281-455-0846
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WANTED FUGITIVES
Galveston County
Galveston County Sheriff’s Office
409-766-2322 or 1-866-248-8477
BEASLEY, RACHEL SARAH
AKA HOLT, SARAH
W F 01131978
506 135 BRO BRO
LKA TEXAS CITY
MTRP ABDON OR ENDANGER CHILD
CHAMPION, MICHAEL JEROME
AKA CHAMPION, SHYMAINE; SMITH,
JERMAINE CHRIS; SMITH, JONATHAN
B M 03101974
510 190 BLK BRO
TATS BOTH ARMS, CHEST, L WRIST ,
BUTTK, L LEG
LKA TEXAS CITY
WARRANT FELONY THEFT
Bienvenidos a Henry's
Salvadorian food, burgers, seafood and more!
Daily Specials - Breakfast All Day
Drive-Thru Window Service
Open 6 am - 10 pm
2823 Broadway
Galveston
10-years at the same location
409-765-8400
MARTY'S CITY AUTO
Paint and Body
Unlock any Vehicle
Jump Starts
COLLINS, KENNETH GLEN
W M 12251956
510 140 BRO HAZ
TATS BOTH ARMS, BACK, CHEST
LKA GALVESTON
MTRP DWI FELONY
DICK, KEITH ROBERT
W M 01211964
511 180 BRO BLU
TATS BOTH ARMS
LKA TEXAS CITY
MTRP DWI FELONY
Complete Road Service
Private Property Tows
Local & Long Distance Towing
Mechanic Services
Salvage Parts
On-site Notary Public
24-hour Towing/Request Us
409-765-9788
4310 Church Street
www.facebook.com/martyscityauto
MOLINA, NESTER DANIEL
W M 01101979
506 195 BLK BRO
TAT LEFT ANKL
WARRANT FELONY THEFT
SELLERS, ISSIAH SHERMAN
B M 08171986
601 190 BLK BLK
TAT R SHOULDER, STOMACH
LKA TEXAS CITY
WARRANT BURG HABITATION
STEWART, NAMON DAVID
B M 10111990
510 210 BLK BRO
TAT R WRIST, BOTH FOREARMS, LEFT ELBOW
LKA TEXAS CITY
*CAUTION ESCAPE RISK, WILL RUN,
ASSUALTIVE /GANG MEMBER
MTRP ASSAULT PUBLIC SERVANT
OCALLAGHAN, CLINT THOMAS
W M 10291980
508 195 BRO BRO
LKA DICKINSON
MTRP FORGERY
WARRANT INTERFERE 911 CALL,
ASSAULT FAMILY VIOLENCE
SPURLOCK, MAURICE DAVID
AKA BIG RED, DIRTY DEAD,
BIG RED DIRTY
B M 10231984
511 150 BLK BRO
TATS BOTH ARMS, R WRIST, NECK,
BOTH SHOULDERS
WARRANT FELONT THEFT
WILLIS, ELIZABETH MICHELLE
W F 08021980
504 160 BRO HAZ
TAT R ANKLE, LEFT LEG, RIGHT LEG
LKA GALVESTON
MTRP ABANDON ENDANGER CHILD
Frank's
PAINT & BODY SHOP
Complete Auto Body & Collision Repair
Frame Repair - Custom Body & Paint Work
We Do It All - Insurance Claims Welcome
Free Estimates - All Work Guaranteed
2027 39th, Galveston
409-762-4106
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