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Nightclub Provides Two
Victims for Violent Rapist
By Marie Beth Jones
August 2009
Two Murders, Same Gun
Galveston Police Probing '83-'84 Murders
By Breck Porter
T
bout 1:30 on the morning of June
4, 1999, a partially nude, hysterical
woman ran out in front of traffic on
State Highway 288 near the S-curve south
of Angleton, Texas.
In an effort to avoid hitting her, Robert
Cox, the driver of a pickup truck swerved
into a ditch. Although his truck turned over,
Cox managed to emerge without serious injury.
Another motorist, Morgan Page of Angleton, saw the accident and stopped to check
on the truck's occupants. As Cox was asking Morgan whether she had seen someone
Karl Wayne Hardy
in the road, the hysterical woman ran up,
clutching at her and exclaiming that she had
been raped.
Cox walked toward them, and the woman began screaming to Page, "Get
him away; get him away from me."
At that point Cox identified himself as a reserve deputy for the Brazoria
County Sheriff's Department.
When another vehicle stopped and a man got out, the woman began shouting, "get him away."
Page got a large shirt from her car with which to cover the nude woman, and
another driver gave her a pair of swim trunks from his car.
Because of the time required for the investigator to arrive from the Brazoria
County Sheriff's Office which was considerable distance away, the Angleton
Police Department dispatched units to the scene.
The victim, a 27-year-old woman currently living in Houston, was a former
resident of Brazoria County .
wenty-six years after
Keenan Denning was
murdered outside
the restroom of a Galveston
softball park, his family back
home in Idaho Falls, Idaho
are urging Galveston police
to review the case in hopes
that with the passage of time
something new may have
developed which would lead
them to the killer.
Brandon Denning, the
dead mans nephew, 6years old at the time of his
Keenan Denning
uncle's death, said Keenan
Was
he
a mistaken victim?
Denning's parents and
grandparents still hope and
pray for the day the gunman who snuffed the life from their loved one will
stand before the bar of justice.
The murder of Keenan Denning is listed at the Galveston Police
Department as case number G-9050, Murder, December 3, 1983.
About 5 o'clock that Saturday morning police officer Wes Jennings
found Denning's body in the partially closed door of the restroom at Charlie
Rouque Softball Field in the 8300 block of Stewart Road. His body lay
sprawled at the entrance to the facility, torso on the concrete, head in the
grass, his feet inside the door propping it open.
He was dead with two small caliber bullets in his brain.
"I was at home in Idaho Falls when his landlord called me from
Galveston," said Kim Denning, the youngest of the four Denning brothers,
in an interview with The Police News.
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Two Murders...Cont. on pg 5
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Her vehicle, a white Toyota Landcruiser, was found about 1.4 miles north
of FM 2004. It was impounded by investigators for forensic processing.
The victim was taken to AngletonDanbury Hospital , where she was later
interviewed by Buck Henson, Investigator for the sheriff's office.
The victim told Henson she had met
the suspect in the parking lot of an Angleton nightclub. She said although she
didn’t know him, the man knew who
she was and mentioned mutual friends.
When he asked her for a ride home, she
agreed.
She said as they drove on State Highway 288, he suddenly attacked her, hitting her in the face with his clenched fists
and tried to strangle her. The attacker
told her he had seen a Playboy magazine
photo spread in which she was featured.
She said he called her names and threatened to kill her.
She was able to give a partial description of the man, a white man in his midthirties, about five-feet ten to five-feet
eleven inches tall and a stocky build. He
had dark, crew-cut hair with a receding
hairline, she said.
The officer noticed the odor of alcohol on the victim's breath, and when he
asked if she had been drinking, she said
she had drinks at her mother's home
earlier in the evening, but had not been
drinking at the club.
Later that day, however, interviews
with employees at the bar revealed she
had several drinks there. They also said
she was behaving in a flirtatious manner
with several men.
In a second statement the victim gave
to Henson at his office several days later, she added that her attacker "seemed
to have a deep hatred towards her family."
Asked how she managed to escape her
attacker, she said she told the man they
should step outside the vehicle "where
there would be more room and better atmosphere."
When she opened the door, she "started running and never looked back," she
said.
She told Henson she ran down the
road toward some headlights and heard
a crash but didn't see it. After that, she
said, a woman driver assisted her and let
her sit in the front seat of her car.
Henson assured the woman that every
effort would be made to find the man
who assaulted her. He also told her that
she would be asked to try to pick him
out of a line-up.
She expressed doubt that she would
remember him well enough to identify
him, remembering only his physical
characteristics, husky, and about 200
pounds.
Despite efforts by Henson and others,
they found no leads to help identify the
attacker during the next several months.
Then, on January 22, 2000, another
sexual assault with similar circumstances was reported to the Angleton Police
Department.
About 5 o'clock that morning, a woman came to the police department and
reported she had been raped.
Because the incident occurred outside
the city limits, the Sheriff's Department
was notified. Both a patrol deputy and
Jack Langdon, an investigator for that
department, were called to investigate.
Langdon said the victim was crying
and in shock when he arrived. As he
took her to Angleton-Danbury Hospital,
she told him that a man known to her
as Karl Wayne Hardy approached her in
the parking lot of a nightclub – the same
one involved in the previous rape – and
asked for a ride home.
The woman said she agreed, and they
were driving on State Highway 288-B
when an Angleton police officer stopped
them and gave her a warning ticket for
having a defective tail light. At that
time he identified the passenger as Karl
Wayne Hardy, she said.
After the policeman released them,
she asked her passenger for directions to
his residence and was told to head down
County Road 210. After traveling several miles the woman got nervous and
turned the car around.
He asked her to stop, and got out of
the truck, she said.
"The next thing I knew, he jerked the
door open, grabbed the keys and was all
over me. I tried to fight him off with a
flashlight, but couldn’t."
Afterward, the victim said, her attacker began crying and asking her not
to tell anyone. "He told me, 'I guess I am
going to have to do something to you to
keep you from telling," she related.
The victim said she begged him to let
her go, and he finally agreed. She then
drove to his residence, on County Road
706.
When the deputy and the victim arrived at the hospital she got sick and began throwing up and getting hysterical,
preventing Langdon from continuing
his interview with her.
He filed a charge of Sexual Assault
against Hardy, who was found hiding in
the bedroom of his home when he went
there to arrest him. Hardy originally told
officers that he was innocent of rape,
claiming the victim had agreed to have
sex with him. He signed papers allowing police to take samples for DNA testing.
As this was being done, Langdon noted that Hardy had bruises and red marks
on his chest, consistent with what the
victim said earlier about fighting her as-
sailant.
She was asked to view a lineup, and was
able to identify Hardy as her attacker.
An investigation into his background
revealed that a description and picture
of the suspect in a case in Portageville,
MO, on March 28, 1998, was a close
match to those of Hardy.
Langdon contacted an officer in Poplar Bluff , Missouri and sent samples to
Missouri for DNA testing. No further
information about that case was available locally.
In addition to a charge of Aggravated
Sexual Assault in the case that occurred
in January, 2000, a second charge for
that offense was filed against Hardy in
connection with the earlier rape.
Investigators had lifted latent fingerprints from the first victim's car. After
Hardy's arrest, a comparison matched
those latent prints with Hardy's.
A jury in 23rd Judicial District Court
in Angleton found Hardy guilty of the
January 22nd rape after hearing evidence of both assaults. The jurors assessed his punishment at nine years.
About two months later he pled guilty
to the June, 1999 assault and given another nine-year sentence. He served the
full nine years and was released several
months ago.
Henson expressed some satisfaction
about the outcome of the case, calling
it "probably one of the best examples of
good crime scene processing for forensic evidence."
He added that it involved a case
"where the suspect was unknown and
latent fingerprints brought him to justice."
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She is Chairwoman of the Brazoria County
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Two Murders...Cont. from pg 1
"She said there had been an accident." As it turned out, the so-called
accident was a pure and simple case
of murder and the oldest of the six
Denning children was dead.
In interviews with siblings, The
Police News learned that Keenan
Denning, a brilliant man with degrees
in Accounting, English and the Science
of Radiation Protection, left Idaho Falls
for a position with a company at Todd
Shipyard on the Galveston ship channel.
Denning was a very soft spoken
man, very honest, and very conscientious about his health. He didn't smoke
or drink and he faithfully jogged early
every morning. As a matter of fact,
investigators say it was during one of
these morning jogs that his life was
ended by gunfire from a yet unidentified assailant.
Investigators at the time reported
Denning's 1981 Datsun was found near
the murder scene, keys still in the ignition, passenger door wide open. His
wallet, a gold watch, about fifty dollars in cash and his high school ring
were found on his body. In his wallet,
his ID revealed he was from Idaho
Falls, however, a Rosenberg Library
card and phone numbers found inside
his car identified him as a resident of
Galveston.
A team of Galveston police were
assigned the investigation, including Detectives Harry Millo and Louis
Kessler, together with Identification
Officers Freddie Poor and Nicholas Rac.
They quickly learned that Denning had
moved from Idaho Falls and signed on
with Diversified Nuclear, Inc. at Todd
Shipyards on June 20, 1983, a little
more than six months before his murder.
Investigators learned from co-workers that Denning was a shy sort of man,
the quiet type who would go out of his
way to avoid contact with others. He
spent much of his time in the library on
the Texas A&M, Galveston campus.
Bullet casings discovered near
Denning's body were identified as
Blazer CCI .25 caliber pistol ammo.
They were sent to the Houston Police
Department's Ballistics Lab for identification and comparison purposes. The
investigation slowed somewhat after
that.
Then, on Wednesday morning,
February 15, 1984, about five weeks
after Denning's murder officer P.E.
Millo was dispatched to east Seawall
Blvd., about a mile west of Boddecker
Drive where the body of 27-year old
John David Ruiz had been discovered,
sitting behind the steering wheel of his
1980 GMC pickup truck, two small
caliber bullets in his brain. Sergeant
William Dagg found two spent .25 caliber casings on the ground outside the
driver door.
Ruiz was a Galvestonian, employed
as a front desk clerk at the Marriott
Hotel Galvez, now a Wyndham Hotel,
and a historic landmark which opened
in 1911 known as the Queen of The
Gulf. Ruiz had clocked off duty shortly
before one o'clock that same morning,
changed clothes, and gone to a club with
a female friend. That female friend told
police that John David Ruiz was a gay
man and had told her of problems he
was having with two gay companions
with whom he was living.
As the story was told, there was
a spat between the three gay lovers
because Ruiz was garnering more attention leaving another feeling cheated.
That caused a big breakup and David
moved out and was warned not to come
back and fool around with the other
guy.
David Ruiz was last seen that
Wednesday morning leaving a bar called
Mary’s II and driving off east from the
600 block of Seawall Blvd. being followed by a smaller sedan.
Detectives visited several local businesses which sold ammunition hoping to identify people who recently
purchased ammunition of the same
type and caliber as that used to murder David Ruiz. They inquired at The
Shooter, 4103 Avenue S; Salt Grass Gun
Company, 4625 Fort Crockett; Ardans,
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Broadway; K-Mart, 6300 Stewart; WalMart on 61st Street; Loans Unlimited,
5201 Broadway; and Kirks Guns, 3820
Avenue S, all in the City of Galveston.
And then, on March 1st, investigators were notified by the FBI National
Ballistics Lab in Washington, D.C. that
the bullet casings recovered at the scene
of the Denning and Ruiz murders had
been fired from the same weapon.
Detectives believe that the murders
of Keenan Denning and David Ruiz
were committed by the same person. It
is possible this person either moved out
of the area or was imprisoned following
the Ruiz murder as there were no more
similar killings afterward.
Police also believe that although relatives are adamant that Keenan Denning
was not gay, because of his shy demeanor, good looks and introverted personality, he may have been mistaken for a
gay man. Could there have been a gunman targeting gay men during these few
months?
There was another murder during
that time frame also in which the killer
used a weapon of the same caliber,
but the weapon was never found. That
killer was sentenced to 35 years in
prison. He is now a free man and back
in Galveston.
Galveston Police Detective Fred
Paige believes it is possible that at least
one person in Galveston knows who
murdered Ruiz or Denning or both and
has remained silent about it all these
years. He urges anyone who may have
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[email protected].
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Douglas Ted Villanueva, 55, of Alvin was unable to drive in a single marked lane. He failed a
field sobriety test and registered .146 on a breath
test.
His criminal history lists six previous convictions
for DWI in Harris and Brazoria counties.
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said Captain Joe Pena, a veteran of almost 20 years on
the local police force, and
One driving through a
commander of the Uniformed
neighborhood and seeing
Patrol Division which encoma couple of men in old
passes a small group of offiwork clothes, climbing a
cers known as the Special
utility pole, ripping down
Operations Unit. And this
trashy signs, would like"Special Ops" group is who
ly pay little attention. We
Pena called into action to get
would assume they were
started cleaning up the neighprobably utility company
borhoods.
workers or public works
"I was raised here, I'm raisemployees doing someing my children here," said
thing.
Pena in an interview with The
But if we were to
Police News. I want it to be
notice their tool belts
clean, just like any other resiwere instead gun belts,
dent here wants it to be. We
we would likely be curidon't expect any more or any
ous about what they
less. We just want a clean
were doing on that pole.
town, clean streets and clean
Then if we noticed the
buildings. It's just a normal,
badge on their shirts, our
human need."
question would likely be,
The police department is
"What the hell is that cop
trying to focus on some of the
doing on that pole?"
quality of life issues, accordThat very scenario has
ing to Captain Pena. Littering,
been fairly common
abandoned vehicles, code
place in some Galveston
enforcement issues, high
neighborhoods of late,
grass, debris in the streets,
and those guys up on
graffiti, anything that effects
those poles have been
the quality of life here, is
actual Galveston police
their targets.
officers ripping down
"Anything that breeds crime
bandit signs left behind
we're going after," Pena said.
by hundreds of uncaring,
disrespectful, money Officer Chris McNeil (L) and Sgt. Michael Gray display some of the hun- "These creeps and crooks we
grubbing, businesses that dreds of bandits signs seized by officers during a bandit sign sweep of deal with just look at some of
our neighborhoods and assume
poured into Galveston Galveston Island. (Police News photos)
no one cares, so they just come
following Hurricane Ike
borhoods were over run with winos,
hell bent and determined to leave town drug addicts, prostitutes, and thugs of in and do whatever they want to do.
Stealing, prostitution, low level drug
as quickly as possible with as much all calibers and categories.
money as possible and uncaring about
These events were not, however, dealers just take over entire neighborthe litter and debris and 'bandit signs' going unnoticed by many citizens, and hoods.
"But if there are people out there mowthey left behind for Galvestonians to especially by the Galveston Police
clean up.
Department. The community based ing their lawns and if our guys are out
That didn't leave city officials in a very police initiative enacted shortly after there helping them by ripping down
good mood but the city was stretched to Police Chief Charles Wiley took over signs and whatever else we can do,
the max with much work to do and few the department last year, brought in these thugs are less likely to occupy that
employees to do it. There were more reports from beat cops in the neigh- neighborhood.
"I'm hoping people will be out in the
important fish to fry than going around borhoods they patrol indicating a seritearing down cardboard signs from light ous criminal element occupying once neighborhoods more so we can come in
contact with them, and visit with them
poles.
decent, respectable neighborhoods.
But cluttered neighborhoods, abanBut what to do? There were no city and they can talk with us in person and
doned houses, unkempt lawns and ban- employees available to begin the basic communicate their concerns to us."
But what kind of assignment is this for
dit signs by the hundreds nailed to recapture of these neighborhoods which
a
police officer? Shouldn't they be busy
virtually every utility pole sent strong must begin at the grass roots, ripping
signals to the seedy characters in town down bandit signs, cleaning up graf- arresting crooks, patrolling the neighthat the neighborhood was abandoned fiti, running off the pimps, prostitutes, borhoods, catching thieves and robbers
or uncared for, and they began moving thieves and thugs out of the neigh- and such? Aren't we already short sevin. Burglaries and thefts in the mid- borhoods they don't belong. Actually, eral police officers in Galveston? It this
dle and lower class neighborhoods sky they don't belong in any neighborhood. really what a cop should be doing?
"I started getting complaints from citirocketed. Transients and other bottom These people live nomadic lives, movfeeders that find Galveston an attractive ing from place to place to stay one step zens about litter and debris and a whole
range of things several months ago. But
place to live and bum and prey on oth- ahead of the vice and narcotics cops.
ers, took over abandoned homes and set
"We needed to get started so we the complaint I heard most about recentup housekeeping in them. The neigh- decided to take on the task ourselves," ly was signage, 'bandit signs', nailed on
By Breck Porter
almost every pole in many neighborhoods. Some poles had as many as six
or eight signs on them.
"At first we started calling the sign
owners, but they gave us the run around.
When they discovered it was the police
calling they quit answering the phone or
they would pass the buck advising us to
call someone else at some other number
and that went on and on.
Captain Joe Pena
"We thought about Sanitation Division,
Parks Department, Public Works, but
those guys are spread just as thin as we
are because of the cut backs. We spent
so many hours trying to work it out
from different angles we just decided
to go ahead and do it ourselves," Pena
continued.
"I hope it ignites something in people.
I see a lot of things I don't like. Junk
vehicles, debris and those things I've
mentioned and we're going to get it
cleaned up.
"The Code Enforcement officers have
been very receptive and they are working really well with us and doing a great
job, but they're over worked too. Most
of the things we deal with are code
enforcement issues.
"Some would say this isn't police
work, but really it is. Police used to do
everything. Many decades ago if not
longer the police used to do everything.
They were everything from dog catchers to peace keepers, and everything in
between, people went to them 24/7 for
everything.
"One may not call it crime fighting
but what we are doing is an important
part of our community based policing
effort. For so many years I was kicking
in doors and arresting people and I'll
continue to do that, but we can't do that
all the time.
"Today, a police officer has to do both
to be a well rounded, professional police
officer, and that's what we are training
our officers to be." concluded Pena.
It’s Just A Roll of The Dice Galveston DA Hires New First
ents, bad part of town. A few dollars...
the Nac Rat wanted them, killed him
A roll of the dice as to whether it will be and took his few dollars.
So many things are wondered about
you next time, you just never know.
Michael Mott, was a friend of mine and with things like this. The cell phones are
buzzing about Mike, disbeplayed ball with my son.
lief rampant, nahhhhh, nuh
One hell of a man. He
uh!! they all say..Why?
had just graduated from
Did they catch em? You are
Stephen F. Austin Unishi--ing me? get back! get
versity and was working
outta here!! Man I don’t beon his masters. He was
lieve it!
a hugely muscled man
What is it about that old
from the greatest work
saying
I heard, “only the
ethic I think I have seen.
Michael Mott
good die young”? What
Mike came back from
adversity, a powerhouse running back words can be used to express the necesfor SFA, he totally ripped his quadriceps sary outrage about this?
What can be done to stop, to end the
from the joint. He worked, he worked
hard on the very serious injury, most of Nac Rats of the world?
Is my son or daughter next? Ahhhhh,
the time this would be a death knell to a
ban
all the guns some say...LOL.....ahh
running back. But not Mike.
I watched him work after the tendon whatever. Bet this Nac Rat would not
reattached, walking, then walking the tell the feds he had one.
Good bye Mike, you were special, you
stands, running the stands, then running the stands with 80 pound weighted were unique, you will be missed. That is
vests. Work in the weight room, looked not enough said but I don’t know what
else to say Mike!
like a black Schwarzenegger.
Editors Note: According to witness acVery intelligent and driven. Even after
counts,
a group of men were on one side
the serious injury the Green Bay Packof
the
parking
lot outside Harlon’s BBQ
ers wanted him for his power and work
in Nacogdoches, Texas on June 27, when
ethic His Mom was so proud. I saw her
Mott, 24, and a friend left the restaurant.
at most ballgames. Wonderful lady, I Mott pushed his friend to the ground and
know where Mike got some of his so- ran into the street as four shots were fired.
cial skills.
Nacogdoches Police said when they arrived
President of his fraternity and class. just before 2 a.m., Mott was laying in the
Popular, smiling, intelligence what else middle of the road. He was transported to
Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital where he
could he have?
Then the rats came out at night. Mike later died.
Nickevett Rhonshondo Carey, 20 was later
had a few dollars at a BBQ stand, not
arrested
in Shelby county and returned to
much. Mike came from a bad side of
Nacogdoches where he was charged with
Houston I understand. Wonderful parBy Matt Wingo
the murder of Michael Mott.
Assistant and Two Bureau Chiefs
GalvestonCountyPoliceNews.Com
The Galveston County Criminal District Attorney’s Office has secured the
services of Ms. Donna Goode, a career
prosecutor who will assume the position
of First Assistant and second in command in the District Attorney’s office
in August. Ms. Goode, a former Harris County Assistant District Attorney,
brings more than twenty-four years of
knowledge and experience as a prosecutor to the office.
During her prosecutorial career, Ms.
Goode has served as Chief Prosecutor
of the Professional Development Bureau, the Major Fraud Division, and the
Organized Crime Unit of the Special
Crimes Bureau, the Intake Bureau, and
the Public Integrity Division. She has
also tried the entire realm of criminal
cases, ranging from Misdemeanor offenses to Capital Murders.
District Attorney Kurt Sistrunk has also
obtained the services of another career
prosecutor, Lester Blizzard, who brings
more than twenty years of experience in
prosecuting the full spectrum of criminal cases. A former Harris County prosecutor, Blizzard has previously served
as the Division Chief, Major Frauds Division, Special Crimes Bureau, Felony
Trial Bureau, Appellate Division, and
in the Misdemeanor, Juvenile and Intake Divisions, and his responsibilities
in Galveston will be Trial Bureau Chief,
a position responsible for all cases that
are tried in the District Courts.
Additionally, Mr. Ted Weems, who has
spent the last eleven years as the Elected District and County Attorney in Lee
County, Texas, joined the Galveston
DA’s office in January and was named
Chief of the Misdemeanor Division.
His experience and proven capabilities
will be used to train the young group of
beginning prosecutors in the office.
DA Sistrunk told The Police News,
“All three of these individuals being
available, with this much experience, to
join our office and assist us in our continuing prosecutorial efforts is nothing
short of remarkable. With these hires,
we have secured a wealth of knowledge
and experience that will be invaluable,
today and tomorrow, over and over
again, with the positive outcomes being
realized not only in the courtroom, but
also in the communities we serve.”
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Nina Laurletta Morning-Simen
Nina Laurietta Simon-Morning, 40, of Galveston, also known as Nina Johnson, Yolanda
Moore, Nina Simon (and maybe others) went
shopping in the CVS Pharmacy on 25th and
Broadway. Store security stopped her as she
left the store without paying for her merchandise, four boxes of Neosporin. Ms. SimonMorning is 5’-9’ and weighs 280 lbs and was
not easy to handle until officers Chris Coucette
and Brandon Kiamar arrived and cuffed her up
for the ride to the jailhouse.
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Galveston Police Department
Accepting Applications
The City of Galveston is now accepting applications from TCLEOSE Licensed Peace Officers for the position of Police Officer with the Galveston
Police Department. All applicants are required to take a written exam that
will be given:
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009
9:00 a.m.
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All candidates should arrive early and bring photo identification to the
exam. The test will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and no one will be admitted once the exam has commenced.The exam will be scored immediately.
Directions and schedules for each step in the hiring process will be announced following the test.
Candidates must pre-register for this examination by calling the City of
Galveston’s Human Resources Office at (409) 797-3650. The exam registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 12th. An exam study
guide is available from the City’s Human Resources Office free of charge.
For more information please contact the City of Galveston’s Human Resources Department by calling (409) 797-3650. Additional information is
available on the City of Galveston’s website, www.cityofgalveston.org. The
City of Galveston is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
William David Townsend
William David Townsend, 34, of Willis, Texas
When law enforcement officers raided William
Townsend’s doublewide mobile home in Montgomery County, they said they recovered a
laundry list of illegal drugs from methamphetamine to hydrocodone along with thousands
of dollars in cash. The home was fortified with
seven rifles, two shotguns, surveillance cameras and a grenade in an ice chest on the front
porch.
He and his wife were arrested, then he ran
off to Mexico to hide. In a secret operation the
Mexican military arrested Townsend in Monterrey and turned him over to U.S. Marshals
who brought him back to the U.S. in June.
His wife Tabatha Jo has been sentenced to
five years in prison for money laundering and
delivery and sale of controlled substances.
Townsend is being held in the Montgomery
County Jail without bond and is a suspect in a
murder case in that county.
Getting a new deputy
The local sheriff was looking for a
deputy, so Gomer - who was not
exactly the sharpest nail in the bucket
went in to try out for the job.
"Okay," the sheriff drawled, "Gomer,
what is 1 and 1?"
"11" he replied.
The sheriff thought to himself,
"That's not what I meant, but he's
right."
"What two days of the week start
with the letter 'T'?"
"Today and tomorrow."
He was again surprised that Gomer
supplied a correct answer that he had
never thought of himself.
"Now Gomer, listen carefully: Who
killed Abraham Lincoln?"
Gomer looked a little surprised
himself, then thought really hard for
a minute and finally admitted, "I don't
know."
"Well, why don't you go home and
work on that one for a while?"
So, Gomer wandered over to the
pool hall where his pals were waiting
to hear the results of the interview.
Gomer was exultant.
"It went great! First day on the job
and I'm already working on a murder
case!"
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LEAGUE CITY - A contingent of police lead by Deputy U.S. Marshal’s arrested a long sought fugitive in League
City.
When an undercover officer spotted
Robin Kenneth Chauvin, 33, in League
City he fled but was followed to a house
in the 2100 block of Shasta.
Deputy U.S. Marshal’s, League City
Police and deputies from Galveston
County Constable Jerry Fisher’s Office
surrounded the house. Chauvin finally
surrendered after officers held their position for over two hours.
Chauvin has a long criminal history in
Galveston, Harris and Brazoria Counties, including convictions for weapons
and drugs violations, theft, evading arrests, assaults, robbery, burlgary and
Joseph David Bender
Lovett Leslie Ledger Jr.
a man used his pellet gun to repeatedly shoot Sassy. She ran to a neighbor’s
yard and died. The man turned around
with his children and went into his home
without a care in the world about the
neighbor’s pet he had just killed.
The man who killed the pet wasn’t just
a homeowner. Lovett Leslie Ledger Jr.,
40, is an F.B.I. agent stationed in Waco.
At first Ledger lied about what he had
done. When he realized his other neighbors had witnessed him do it, he changed
his story and admitted he shot and killed
his neighbor’s pet.
Ledger pleaded “no contest” to felony
When Friendswood police paid a
visit to the Regency Estates home
of 23-year old Joseph David Bender
they found a vial of liquid heroin, Vicodin pills, liquid steroids and black
tar heroin, not to mention $3 grand in
cash. He had already been convicted
of heroin possession in January and
was already a probation violator.
Is there a chance he’ll get probation
again? Who knows?
Robin Kenneth Chauvin
two drunk driving arrests. He uses nicknames of Robin and Robbie and was last
known to live in Kemah.
He has a reputation of carrying a firearm and is considered by law enforcement to be a dangerous criminal.
F.B.I. Agent Murders Neighbor’s
3-Pound Chihuahua
What kind of person would shoot and
kill a 3-pound little female Chihuahua?
Neighbors say Sassy was wearing her
pink rhinestone collar walking in the
street through the upper-middle class
neighborhood in Lorena, Texas, when
BUSTED
animal cruelty charges in exchange for
deferred probation, no fine, and 300
hours of community service. Deferred
probation means Ledger will have no
final verdict of guilt if he completes his
terms successfully.
In other words, Ledger got practically
no punishment for killing his neighbor’s
pet.
The F.B.I. has an internal investigation to see if Ledger gets to keep his job,
which he should absolutely lose. The
man shot a little dog who was simply
walking through the neighborhood. If
he is capable of that, how has he abused
his power as an F.B.I. agent?
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Police News Aids In Capture
Of Another Sex Offender
FRIENDSWOOD - An anonymous tip
to Friendswood police resulted in the arrest of a convicted sex offender in July.
The tipster reported seeing a photo of
a registered sex offender in The Police
News newspaper, distributed in Friendswood. The photo was accompanied
by information requesting police be
contacted if the offender, Shawn Christopher Manis, 32, was observed residing at a different location than the one
at which he was registered with police.
The tipster told police that the sex offender had been seen near his neighborhood.
Police checked the listed registered
address and found it to be empty. After
interviewing neighbors, police checked
the reported residence and found Manis
in the yard. When he saw police Manis
ran into the house. He then came back
outside and was taken into custody and
charged with Failure to Register as a
Sex Offender, a third degree felony and
Evading Arrest, a class B misdemeanor.
During a search incident to his arrest,
Manis produced his registration card
There Are Suspects in Year Old
Crystal Beach Rape-Murder
By Breck Porter - The Police News
Shawn Christopher Manis
which had been altered several times.
Manis was originally convicted of two
counts of Indecency With a Child in
2000 which occurred in Texas City. He
was also arrested for Failure to Register
in January, 2009 by Brazoria County officials.
Since beginning publication in 2004,
law enforcement agencies have credited
tips from Police News readers with the
capture of dozens of wanted fugitives
and sex offenders.
we have been investigating very
GALVESTON COUNTY - The lead strong persons of interest,” referring
investigator in the murder of 28- to them alternately as suspects and
year old Bridgette Gearen two years persons of interest. He would not reago in Crystal Beach says there are veal what state he had visited or how
his
investigators
bonafide
sustracked
the suspects
pects in the case
there, but he did say
and they have
investigators from
been placed at
other states as well
or near the crime
as federal agents are
scene when the
involved in the inyoung
mother
vestigation.
was strangled,
A $25,000 reraped and beaten
ward
is offered for
to death.
information in the
“We have becase. Confidential
lieved from the
information
may
very beginning
be given to Galvesthere was more
ton Crime Stopthan one person
Shawn Christopher Manis
pers 409-763-TIPS,
involved in this
EasTex Crime Stopmurder,” said Lt. Tommy Hansen.
In an interview with The Police pers 409-724-TIPS or to Lt. Hansen
News in July, Hansen said, “We have directly 409-766-2358.
just returned from out of state where
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Thomas Whitmarsh, 68, was busted in a
Friendwood Library for sitting in an open
area masturbating. Police put him in a
private cell and told him to stay out of the
library in the future.
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The Enforcers - (Standing L-R) Richard Ferrino, GCSO; Tino Ramirez, GCSO; Steve Yaden,
DPS; Gilbert Villarreal, GCSO; Justin Popovich, GPD; Russell Duplechin, Alvin ISD; Tony Rogers, GCSO
(Kneeling L-R) Sal Chapa, TCPD; Todd Phillips, DPS; Joe Petrillo, DPS & Bat Boy Caleb Duplechin. Not pictured Junior Urbina, GFD.
The Galveston County Enforcers softball team won Second Place and a Silver
Medal in the 2009 Police Games in Conroe in June. The team, comprised of police
and firefighters from throughout Galveston County, defeated teams from Brownsville, San Antonio, Laredo and Austin to capture the Silver Medal. It was their third
year participating in the statewide competition. (Courtesy Photo)
Get Out Or You’re Under Arrest
A new state law will allow police to arrest people who don’t leave town under
mandatory evacuation orders.
As it stands, officials cannot compel
people to evacuate, only warn that those
who stay behind won’t have any emergency services at their disposal. The new
law gives county judges and mayors the
power to authorize use of “reasonable
force” to remove people from the area.
The law, passed this year, takes effect
Sept. 1, in the heart of hurricane season
in Texas. It also applies to other disasters, such as fires or floods.
pink and made the inmates wear pink 4 new buses just for hauling these crimiprison garb. Well......... He’s at it again. nal aliens back to the border. He’s kind
Maricopa County was spending ap- of a ‘Git-R Dun’ kind of Sheriff.
prox. $18 million dollars a year on stray
Arpaio keeps getting re-elected over
animals, like cats and dogs. Sheriff Joe and over and it may be because he has
offered to take the department over, and jail meals down to 40 cents a serving
the county supervisors said
and the inmates pay
okay.
for them. He has
The animal shelters are
stopped
smoking
now all staffed and operand banned porno
ated by prisoners. They
magazines, removed
feed and care for the strays.
weights, and the only
Every animal in his care is
movies on TV are ‘G’
taken out and walked twice
rated.
daily. He now has prisonHe started chain
ers who are experts in anigangs and have inmal nutrition and behavior.
mates working on city
They give great classes for
and county projects,
anyone who’d like to adopt
then he started chain
an animal. He has literally
gangs for women so
taken stray dogs off the
he wouldn’t be sued
street, given them to the
for discriminating.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio
care of prisoners, and had
At one point Arpaio
them place in dog shows.
disconneted the cable TV until he found
The best part? His budget for the en- out there was a federal court order that
tire department is now under $3 million. required cable TV for jails so he hooked
A local couple adopted a Weimaraner it back up but only plays the Disney and
from a Maricopa Countyshelter two Weather channels.
years ago. He was neutered, and current
There is no more coffee in the Arpaio
on all shots, in great health, and even jail. He says it has no nutritional value
had a microchip inserted the day we got so there’s no use in having it. When inhim. Cost us $78.
mates complained he told them, “This
The prisoners get the benefit of about isn’t the Ritz/Carlton, if you don’t like
$0.28 an hour for working, but most here, don’t come back.”
would work for free, just to be out of
With temperatures being even hotter
their cells for the day. Most of his bud- than usual in Phoenix about 2,000 inget is for utilities, building maintenance, mates living in a barbed-wire-surroundetc. He pays the prisoners out of the fees ed tent encampment at the Maricopa
collected for adopted animals.
County Jail, have been given permisMany people all across the country sion to strip down to their governmenthave wondered when their counties issued pink boxer shorts.
would take a look at the way he runs
One day in July hundreds of men wearthe jail system, and copy some of his ing boxers were either curled up on their
ideas. He has a huge farm, donated to bunk beds or chatted in the tents, which
the county years ago, where inmates can reached
work, and they grow most of their own 138 degrees inside the week before.
fresh vegetables and food, doing all the
Many were dressed only in wet, pink
work and harvesting by hand.
towels as sweat collected on their chests
He has a pretty good sized hog farm, and dripped down to their pink socks.
which provides meat, and fertilizer. It
‘It Feels Like We Are In A Furnace’
fertilizes the Christmas tree nursery, remarked an inmate who has lived in the
where prisoners work, and you can buy tents for 1 year. ‘It’s Inhumane.’
a living Christmas tree for $6 - $8 for
The tough-guy sheriff who created the
the Holidays, and plant it later.
tent city and long ago started making
He was reelected last year with 83% his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna
of the vote.
sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic.
Now he’s in trouble with the ACLU He said he told all of the inmates: ‘It’s
again. He painted all his buses and vehi- 120 Degrees In Iraq And Our Soldiers
cles with a mural, that has a special ho- Are Living In Tents Too, And They
tline phone number painted on it, where Have To Wear Full Battle Gear, But
people can call and report suspected il- They Didn’t Commit Any Crimes, So
legal aliens. Immigrations and Customs Shut Your Mouths!’
Enforcement wasn’t doing enough in his
opinion, so he had 40 deputies trained
Meth Cook Captured Not a Good Day for Love Birds
SPEAK
ENGLISH and Cuffed
Joshua Wallace Finley, 27, of Richmond
was cuffed up, jailed and charged with
third-degree felony manufacturing and
possession of methamphetamine, and
second-degree felony possession or transport of certain chemicals with the intent
to manufacture controlled substance.
The meth lab components were in a
pickup Finley was driving, with Michael Wayne Turner and an unidentified
18-year-old woman as passengers.
Rex Dahl,
a
popular
bar owner in
Montgomery
County was
killed in July
when an unlicensed and
uninsured,
criminal alien
turned his car
in front of
Rex’s oncoming
motorcycle.
Rex’s friends and customers gathered
at Thirsty’s Ice House for a benefit in
his honor. The uniform of the day was
black t-shirts with white letters reading
“SPEAK ENGLISH.”
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Friendswood police raided the crib of Darrell Odom, 40, of Friendswood and
found him in a bedroom with Kimberly Shano, 20, of Seabrook and a gun nearby.
The search turned up 15.4 grams of cocaine and more than $3,700 dollars in a
luggage bag. Officers also located several pills of Ecstasy, hydrocodone, Soma and
some marijuana along with drug paraphernalia.
They were given separate bedrooms at the Friendswood jail. The police kept their
guns and cash and drugs. It wasn’t a good day for Love Birds.
Beware! The Scams
They were busted by state narcotics
agents with the Methamphetamine Initiative Group (MIG) and the US Drug
Enforcement Administration agents in
Montgomery
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after paying the initial investment and
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Pills that let you lose weight without
exercising or changing your diet, herbal
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cures for impotence and hair loss are
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sales pitch.
The scam: Many of these are illegal
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Immigration Judges Found Under Strain
Surprising researchers, 59 immigration
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questionnaire elaborating on why they
felt discouraged. In the comments,
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judges spoke of an overwhelming volume of cases with insufficient time for
careful review, a shortage of law clerks
and language interpreters, and failing
computers and equipment for recording hearings. “We judges have to grovel
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cases, one judge commented. Another
wrote of the “drip-drip-drip of Chinese
water torture” from court administrators
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of sufficient time to be really prepared
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I Only Kill Dopers and Pigs
33 Years Ago in Montgomery County, Texas
By Breck Porter
John Denson was a 43-year old
Montgomery County juvenile probation officer and reserve officer for the
county sheriff’s department. He was at
home with his wife Grace and 13-year
old daughter Susan on the evening of
November 19, 1976 when someone
rang the doorbell of their Magnolia,
Texas home.
“They rang the doorbell,” said Grace
Denson. “I started going upstairs then
I heard something and looked around
and this guy was pushing inside with
a gun.”
The guy she was referring to was
24-year old cement worker Joseph
Starvaggi, and he was not alone. With
him as they stormed into the Denson
home was 40-year old Glenn Earl Martin
and 27-year old G.W. Green.
Starvaggi and Green were not known
criminals but Martin, for a man of only
twenty-seven had amassed an impressive criminal history in and around the
Houston area. He was a burglar and a
thief, and he had been busted for manufacturing and delivering dangerous
drugs. He had already been to the joint,
in fact he was on parole from the pen
when he, Starvaggi and Green teamed
up to raid the Denson home.
According to investigators on the case
31-years ago this month, John Denson
had quite an attractive gun collection.
Word got out on the street that the collection was worth maybe ten grand, an
attractive target for this trio of crooks.
When they pushed their way into
Denson’s home, Starvaggi was waving
a pistol and demanding the gun collection. One of them ordered Grace and
Susan upstairs where he demanded they
lay on the floor where he covered them
with a blanket and tied their hands and
feet.
“He went downstairs and we heard a
shot,” said the daughter, adding that he
later ordered them downstairs but kept
the blanket over their heads.
The daughter, however, could see
through a hole in the blanket. She said
her father, already shot once, was beg-
D
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ging for mercy while one of the invaders
shouted, “Kill him, kill him!” Denson
was shot twice more.
Grace Denson recalled that one of
the men, G.W. Green had insisted that
Starvaggi kill her and Susan also, but
he refused.
Investigators learned later that Denson
had been shot because he put up a fight,
grabbing at the pistol in Starvaggi’s
hand and wrestling with him. Starvaggi
shot him once in his upper back and
twice more directly through his heart. “I
shot him the last two times to keep him
from suffering,” Starvaggi was later
quoted as saying.
Asked why he didn’t shoot the
woman and the girl Starvaggi said,
“I shoot dopers and pigs, but I don’t
shoot straights.” Pigs in that era, was
the slang term for police officers and
included anyone who may have been
a law enforcement officer of any kind.
Denson was double qualified as a ‘pig’,
he was a juvenile probation officer, and
he was a reserve deputy sheriff.
Joseph Starvaggi finally went to his
death when he was 34-years old. He
had remained calm throughout his last
day, prison officials said, requesting no
visitors and no personal witnesses to his
execution. He was administered a lethal
injection at 12:22 a.m. and, after coughing and gasping twice, was pronounced
dead eight minutes later.
He had sought a reprieve, but it was
turned down by a federal district court,
the United States Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, and by
the U.S. Supreme Court. He became the
26th person put to death by Texas since
the state resumed executions in 1982
and the sixth in 1987.
Glen Earl Martin was sentenced to
life in prison and G.W. Green was also
sentenced to death. He was executed on
November 13, 1991 at the age of 54.
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Peace Officer
Job #342
The City of Friendswood is currently accepting applications to establish an eligibility list for full-time PEACE OFFICERS, with the Police
Department. The base salary is* $43,243 to $54,059 annually, DOQ. The
successful candidates will be responsible for the performance of routine
patrol, crisis intervention and preliminary criminal investigations in an
active, problem-solving partnership with the community. Applicants must
demonstrate good human relation skills and be able to work well with all
segments of the public.
Applicants must be:
§Enrolled in a TCLEOSE accredited entry-level program, or
§Be a licensed Texas Peace Officer, or
§Have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college,
or
§Been Honorably Discharged from the United States Armed Forces
after 4 years of service.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens. An Associate Degree or prior experience is preferred.This position has a strong, competitive benefits package and a wide range of in-service training provided to career officers.*
New hires not certified will be classified as Cadet and will receive
$36,000. Upon graduating academy and passing TCLEOSE Licensing
exam employee will receive a change in status to Peace Officer and pay
will be adjusted to $43,243.
CLOSING DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 AT 5:00 P.M.
APPLICANTS MUST SHOW IN THE APPLICATION THAT THEY
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE INVITED TO TAKE THE
WRITTEN TEST.
TESTING DATES ARE:
TUESDAY, September 8th AT 9:00 A.M. AND 7:00 P.M.
All positions at the City of Friendswood require documentation of
employment eligibility in accordance with Federal employment law.
Communication skills in English are required for some specific assignments based upon job-related needs for communication with the general
public and/or co-workers. Bilingual skills (Spanish/English) are encouraged, but not required.
Apply at the Human Resources Office, 910 S. Friendswood
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The City of Friendswood is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
TEXAS EXECUTIONS
Scheduled Execution: August 20,
2009
David Leonard Wood
White man born June 20, 1957
Education Level: 8 Years
Date of Offense: May 5, 1987
Native of: Tom Green County, Texas
description of one used by a man who
had picked up a prostitute two months
earlier and raped her in the same area of
desert where the bodies had been found.
It was that rape, which occurred before
the first of the bodies was found, for
which Wood was convicted in March
1978.
David Leonard Wood , convicted of
Police originally had considered Wood
killing six young women in and around a possible suspect in the desert deaths
El Paso in 1992, is scheduled to die at because of a history of sex offenses, but
the state prison in Huntsthey would not confirm that
ville on August 20th.
publicly. He had been paroled
Wood was indicted in
in January 1987 after serving
the murders of six girls
seven years for raping a 19and women whose bodies
year-old and a 13-year-old in
were in shallow graves
1980.
scattered around the
The years of waiting for the
Northeast El Paso desert.
slayings to be solved were agThe case had frustratonizing for the victims’ famied police since the first
lies.
two bodies were found
Marcia Wheatley’s 15-year
in September 1987, alold
daughter, Desiree, disapDavid Leonard Wood
though officers considpeared June 2, 1987.
ered Wood, 33, a prime suspect almost
Her body was found in one of the desfrom the beginning.
ert graves Oct. 29. 1987.
Wood was serving a 50-year sentence
The indictment alleges that Wood used
in Huntsville for a 1987 rape near where “the same scheme and course of conthe six bodies were found when he was duct” to kill:
charged with capital murder in the six- Ivy Susanna Williams, 23, May 30,
count indictment returned by an El Paso 1987.
County grand jury.
Desiree Wheatley, 15, June 2, 1987.
The grim discoveries in the desert be- Karen Baker, 20, June 5, 1987.
gan when El Paso Water Utilities work- Angelica Frausto, 17, Aug. 8, 1987.
ers stumbled across the first two bodies Rosa Maria Casio, 24, Aug. 12, 2987.
Sept. 4, 1987. The other graves were Dawn Marie Smith, 14, Aug. 28. 1987.
found during the next few months, as
The indictment listed a cause of death
police and volunteers searched the area only for Williams. The grand jury alon foot and in helicopters.
leged that Wood killed her by stabbing
Wood, who maintained his innocence, her “with a sharp instrument.”
filed a $20.5 million lawsuit against El
The other five deaths were attributed
Paso police, contending he had been to “some manner and by some means,
harassed by detectives investigating the instrument or weapon unknown …”.
desert bodies case.
He was arrested Oct. 23, 1987, after
police saw a pickup truck matching the
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Line of Duty Deaths
The Police News honors these area law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in the month of August in the years indicated.
Deputy James William Cook
Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office
End of Watch: Wednesday, August 26, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Sergeant Patrick Elton Roberts Jr.
Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office
End of Watch: Friday, August 17, 1990
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Date of Incident: Friday, August 17, 1990
Sergeant Roberts died from the AIDS virus
which he contracted while at a crime scene. Sergeant Roberts’ death is the first reported line-ofduty death caused by AIDS in the nation.
Patrolman John William Sartain
Corpus Christi Police Office
Age: 22
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: Convicted
Patrolman Sartain was shot and killed by a
sniper while using an employee entrance at the
police station during a shift change. The suspect,
who lived in an apartment complex 200-yards
behind the police station, was apprehended and
convicted of Patrolman Sartain’s murder. Patrolman Sartain was survived by his wife, son, brother, and mother.
City Marshal James Otway Lee
El Campo Police Office
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 11, 1914
Date of Incident: Tuesday, August 11, 1914
Weapon Used: Gun
Marshal Lee was shot and killed in the line of
duty.
Sheriff James Thomas (Tom) Garvey
Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 2 years, 10 months
Weapon Used: Gun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Reconstruction in the South officially ended
in 1877, but the Republican Party had gained
a stronghold in many counties with the support
of freed Black voters. A feud broke out in Fort
Bend County in 1888 between wealthy, white
Democratic “Jaybirds,” and Republican “Woodpeckers,” who had power since Reconstruction.
The feud crossed racial, social and political lines.
Assassination and violence had become commonplace. Fort Bend County Sheriff Tom Garvey
was a leader of Woodpeckers, and opposed the
efforts of the Jaybirds to return to power through
violence. The town was an armed camp. The
Governor sent Texas Rangers to maintain order.
On August 16, 1889, the Jaybirds faced Woodpeckers in front of the courthouse. Sheriff Garvey
and a crowd of armed men warned the Rangers
to get out of the way since this was none of their
business. A Ranger sergeant and four privates
on horseback tried to block the two sides. A gun
battle erupted and Sheriff Tom Garvey, his uncle,
former Sheriff J. W. Blakey, Jaybird leader, H. H.
Frost, and a bystander were killed outright and
many participants were wounded. Ranger Private Frank Schmid, Jr., was severely wounded,
and died from his wounds on June 17, 1893.
Sheriff Garvey was appointed in October
1886, and was elected on November 2, 1886. He
was re-elected on November 6, 1888. Ranger
Sergeant Ira Aten, who was trying to maintain
order that day, was appointed sheriff on August
21, 1889.
Detective Jon Anthony Farrar
Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office
Age: 28
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Detective Farrar was killed in an automobile
accident on Highway 59 while returning from an
assignment to teach a class at the police academy at the Wharton County Junior College.
Patrol Officer Robert Louis John
Galveston PoliceOffice
End of Watch: Thursday, August 16, 1990
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 15 years
Cause of Death: Struck by train
Date of Incident: Thursday, August 16, 1990
Officer John was killed when his patrol car was
struck by a train at approximately 1515 hours. He
was delivering the patrol car to a dealership for
servicing when it was struck by the Texas Limited Passenger Train as he crossed the tracks on
77th Street.
Officer John had been with the agency for 15
years.
Deputy City Marshal Charles H.
Baker
Houston City Marshal’s Office
Age: 52
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1986
Marshal Baker was shot and killed when he
and his partner stopped a man who was suspected of robbing a bar. When they attempted to
detain the man a struggle ensued. The suspect
pulled out a handgun and shot Marshal Baker
and his partner. Marshal Baker succumbed to
his injuries. The suspect was apprehended four
days later in Kentucky and was executed for the
crime in 1986.
Officer John M. Cain
Houston Police Office
Age: 31
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1916
Officer Cain was shot and killed when he
attempted to arrest a suspect he saw hop onto
a freight train. When Officer Cain called for the
suspect to stop, the man turned and fired two
shots, killing Officer Cain.
The suspect was later arrested and convicted
of murder. He was executed in 1916.
Police Officers E. G. Meinke, Ira
Raney, Ross Patton, Horace Moody
and Rufus Daniels
Age: 23
Weapon Used: Rifle
Suspect Info: 19 suspects executed
Officer Meinke, Officer Ira Raney, Officer
Ross Patton, Officer Horace Moody, and Officer
Rufus Daniels were all shot and killed during race
riots which were sparked by the arrest of several
black soldiers assigned to Camp Logan. After being harassed by local law enforcement and citizens a large mob of the soldiers stole rifles and
went on a rampage, shooting and killing a total of
16 people throughout the city.
110 of the soldiers were court-martialed after
being taken into custody. 19 of them were sentenced to death and executed.
Officer J. Clark Etheridge
End of Watch: Saturday, August 23, 1924
Cause of Death: Motorcycle accident
Officer Etheridge was killed in a motorcycle
accident while pursuing a speeding car when another vehicle pulled out in front of him. The motorcycle skidded and turned over, causing Officer
Etheridge to slide under the vehicle.
He was survived by his wife, parents, and
three sisters.
Police Officer Howard B. Hammond
End of Watch: Sunday, August 18, 1946
Age: 33
Date of Incident: Sunday, August 18, 1946
Weapon Used: Officer’s handgun
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Hammond was shot and killed with his
own service weapon while he and his partner investigating a group of people dancing and drinking in a tailor shop on Dowling Street. When the
officers went into the shop they were attacked
and severely beaten. Officer Hammond was
disarmed by one suspect and shot as the two
struggled. The suspect was also shot and killed
during the struggle.
Officer Robert Schultea
Age: 28
Date of Incident: Saturday, August 25, 1956
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Officer Schultea was shot and killed after he
and his partner responded to a tavern on Navigation Boulevard to investigate reports of gambling.
When the officers arrived they told the bar owner
to close the bar for the night. The man refused
and began to fight with the two officers. The bar
owner’s wife opened fire on the officers, striking
Officer Schultea. Officer Schultea was trans-
ported to Jefferson Davis Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds two hours later.
Officer Schultea was survived by his wife and
son.
Police Officer John W. Suttle
End of Watch: Monday, August 3, 1959
Age: 24
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Date of Incident: Monday, August 3, 1959
Officer Suttle was struck and killed by a vehicle while directing traffic around the scene of an
accident on the Gulf Freeway at the Lombardy
overpass. The vehicle that struck Officer Suttle
dragged him more than 50 feet.
Officer Suttle was survived by his wife, son,
parents, sister, and two brother.
Sergeant Charles R. McDaniel
End of Watch: Sunday, August 4, 1963
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Sunday, August 4, 1963
Sergeant McDaniel was killed in an automobile accident while returning home in his police
cruiser following his shift.
Officer Francis Eddie Wright
Age: 32
Cause of Death: Struck by vehicle
Officer Wright was struck by a vehicle and
killed while directing traffic at an accident scene.
The vehicle that struck him was being driven
at a high rate of speed at the time. The driver
was charged initially, but all charges were later
dropped.
Officer Wright had served with the Houston
Police Department for three years. He was survived by his expectant wife and three children.
Police Officer Kathleen C. Schaefer
Age: 33
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Accidental)
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 18, 1982
Weapon Used: Handgun; .357 caliber
Officer Schaefer was accidentally shot and
killed by a fellow officer while conducting a drug
buy-bust for the Narcotics Unit. She had just
made a purchase and gave the signal a buy had
been completed. Another officers mistook her for
a suspect holding a gun and shot her once in the
abdomen, fatally wounding her.
Officer Schaefer had served with the Houston
Police Department for 3 years. She was survived
by her husband and two children.
Deputy Thomas Nolan
Nueces County Sheriff’s Office
Age: 24
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Line of Duty..Cont. from previous pg
Deputy Nolan died of injuries he received
when attempting to arrest an intoxicated man.
Deputy Nolan and his brother, Sheriff Matthew
Nolan responded to a call where an armed, intoxicated suspect was creating a disturbance. While
attempting to arrest the suspect, the suspect produced a handgun from his pants and shot Deputy
Nolan in the forehead. Deputy Nolan remained in
a coma until his death 11 days later.
Sheriff Matthew Nolan was shot and killed in
the line of duty four years later.
Deputy Nolan had served with the Nueces
County Sheriff’s Department for three years.
Deputy City Marshal Louis W. Ahlers
Victoria Police Office
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 8, 1893
Age: 44
Date of Incident: Monday, August 7, 1893
Deputy Marshal Ahlers was shot and killed
while attempting to arrest a drunk male who had
attacked another male at approximately 2300
hours. The victim found Deputy Marshal Ahlers
and reported the incident to him. The victim and
Deputy Ahlers returned to the restaurant where
the attack occurred and waited for the suspect to
come out.
When the male exited the restaurant, he began to walk away as the deputy and the victim
called out to him. When Deputy Marshal Ahlers
told the male he was under arrest, the male suddenly turned and opened fire. Deputy Marshal
Ahlers returned fire but was struck in the chest
and killed. The suspect fled the scene following
the shooting.
Deputy Marshal Ahlers was survived by his
wife and two children. He is buried in Weimer
Masonic Cemetery in Weimer, Texas.
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Blue Knights Stage International Convention
Members From Around The World Meet in Louisville, Kentucky
By Breck Porter
If the term ‘saddle sore’ can be applied to
those who ride motorcycles, then surely
several members of the Blue Knights
law enforcement motorcycle club can
claim that discomfort after a recent ride
of 2750 miles around the country and
49 hours of saddle time. Their destination was Louisville, Kentucky and the
annual Blue Knights International Convention.
Blue Knights members from Texas
Chapter XXXI, lead by Chapter President D.J. Alvarez of the Galveston Police Department, set out for Louisville,
Kentucky July 17th with stops along the
way in Birmingham, Alabama; Pigeon
Forge, Tennessee and Deals Gap, North
Carolina.
From Galveston, Alvarez, Laura Sims
a Galveston County Sheriff’s Sergeant,
retired Friendswood officer Roger
Byars and wife Tracy, traveled by way
of Beaumont where they were joined by
Blue Knights members from that area.
Some rode motorcycles, some traveled
on four wheels tailoring their bikes to be
ridden in the parade and other activities
in Louisville, sparing them the aggravating saddle sores.
Founding Father Ed Gallant and wife Maggie
(Florida) and Glen Wheat and wife Linda (Indiana) sharing time together.
On the ride through Deals Gap they
experienced the Dragon ride, an 11 1/2
mile roadway of 318 continuous, winding curves, a very popular ride for motorcycle enthusiasts. Then on for 180
miles more through the Great Smokey
Mountains, eleven bikers headed for
Louisville.
Ruben Gardner and members of Kentucky II (Elizabethtown) Chapter hosted
the convention which brought 650 members and spouses from nearly every state
in the U.S. and from Canada, England,
Scotland, Belgium and Mexico. In addition to board meetings, chapter president
meetings, and business meetings, there
were pool parties, magic shows and hospitality rooms. Ladies were treated to
pampering parties with body massages,
manicures, pedicures and facials.
Parade Day through downtown Louisville -Rich Bartley and wife Reida (GLRC ChaplinOhio) w/mini replica police car.
On the more serious side of the agenda were motorcycle safety awareness
seminars, internet seminars, motorcycle
skills competition and a night at a ball
game at Louisville Stadium.
Some rode the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
visiting eight breweries and returning
safely without any crashes or DWI’s.
There was a ride to the Corvette Museum, the Frazier Arms Museum, the
General George Patton Museum at Fort
Knox, and the Horseshoe Casino where
one Blue Knights wife scored a $1600
win.
Chaplin, Reverend Richard Bartley
conducted a Memorial Service and
Blessing of the Bikes prior to an escorted parade through parts of Louisville
and International President Dave Mulford read the names of BK’s who have
entered Heaven One since last year’s
convention. Heaven One symbolized
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the death of a brother member.
Ed Gallant, one of the original seven
founding members of the Blue Knights
in 1974, was there with wife Maggie.
Having traveled to Louisville by car,
they rode the parade aboard a HarleyDavidson offered by Galveston’s D.J.
Alvarez.
One item on the business agenda was
a proposal that the International Blue
Knights award $1000 scholarships annually to a family member in each of the
11 Blue Knights chapters throughout the
world. This proposal was brought forth
by Alvarez, the regional representative
for the Rio Grande Conference which
encompasses Texas, Arkansas and Eastern Mexico. He is also a founding member of the Galveston County Chapter
and it’s president since it’s beginning.
In September the world’s longest, escorted motorcycle ride may make the
Guinness Book of World Records when
Blue Knights join other motorcycle clubs
in the annual Texas Honor Ride. More
than 200 bikers are expected to make
the ride from Houston to Brooke Army
Medical Center in San Antonio where
they will present a check from the Texas
Honor Ride Foundation to help improve
the quality of life of wounded soldiers
and their families who are recovering
at the Brooke Army Medical Center. In
2008 the check was for $75,000.
Glen Wheat, Blue Knights, Indiana and
D.J. Alvarez, Blue Knights, Texas contributed to this story.
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A real officer will respect these requests, especially in light of recent
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These are NOT wanted fugitives, but Registered Sex Offenders. If observed
residing at any address other than the one listed below the photo, please
notify the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office 979- 864-2392.
HAWES, LYLE WILLIAM
W/M Born: 7-2-1967
78 Briar Oak Court (CR 794C),
Alvin, Tx. 77511
Possession/Promotion of Child Porn
Victim: Female 16 yoa
Risk level: High
GREENWALD, SHAWN BRIAN
W/M Born: 2-28-1978
3930 Live Oak, Damon, Tx 77430
Aggravated Sexual Assault - Child (3
counts)
Risk level: Moderate
MILLS, MICHAEL SCOTT
W/M Born 6-8-1958
4034 FM 523, Freeport, Tx 77541
Indecency with a child by contact
Risk level: Not Available
SAMPSON, KELLY MITCHELL
W/M Born 6-13-1960
4808 Arnold, CR 107C
Pearland, Tx 77584
Indecency with child - Sexual Contact
Risk level: Low
STRAMBLER, MYRON LYNN
B/M DOB: 5-3-1988
214 CR 770, Rosharon, Tx 77583
Sexual assault - child
Risk level: High
RUBIO RENATO
H/M Born: 1-18-1956
5340 CR 306A, Brazoria, Tx. 77422
Indecency w/child - sexual contact (3
counts)
Risk level: Low
DEVORE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER
W/M Born: 5-25-1980
3727 Temple Dr. ,Manvel, Tx. 77578
Sexual Assault - Child
Risk level: Moderate
FLOOD, FRANCIS
W/M Born: 12-2-1962
100 Munson Ranch Rd, Angleton,Tx 77515
Indecency with child - sexual contact
Risk level: Low
T KIESSLING, JOSHUA
W/M Born: 3-17-1978
322 CR 129, Alvin, Tx. 77511
Aggravated sexual assault - child
Risk level: Low
TELANO, JOSHUA
W/M Born: 10-4-1984
4121 ½ CR 424, Alvin, Tx 77511
Criminal Solicitation of a Minor
Risk level: High
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SEX OFFENDERS-Galveston Co.
These are NOT wanted fugitives, but Registered Sex Offenders. If observed
residing at any address other than the one listed below the photo, please
notify the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office 409-766-2320
Alford, Joseph Walter
W/M Born: 04-22-58
1071 Faggard Slip Rd Gilchrist Tx 77617
Victim: Female/30
Burglary w/Intent to Commit felony
Risk Level: Medium
Beadles, John Travis
W/M/ Born: 11-23-42
923 B Perkins Dr, Bacliff Tx 77518
Victim: Male/13
Indecency with child by Contact
Risk Level: Not reported
Calderon, Roberto
H/M Born: 10-24-75
4812 N Railroad Ave Hitchcock,Tx 77573
Victim: Female/15
Indecency with a Child by Contact
Callihan, AKA: Odom Amelia Elizabeth
W/F Born: 08-14-52
2603 Branding Iron #48 Dickinson Tx 77539
Victim: Female/16
Deangelis, Michael Edward
W/M Born: 12-12-71
2443 Rue De Laffitte St. San Leon TX 77539
Victim: Female/16
Sexual Assault of a Child
Drewing, Danny Dean
W/M Born: 06-19-63
1026 Bacliff Drive Bacliff, Tx 77518
Victim: Male/16
Indecency with a Child by Exposure
The Flood: An orthodox rabbi is studying in his living room, when there
is a knock on the door. When he opens the door, it is a policeman, who
informs him that a hurricane is coming, the tides are rising, a flood is
expected, and evacuation is recommended.
The rabbi explains, “I am a man of God. I am sure he will protect me
from danger.” The policeman shrugs his shoulders and leaves.
As the rabbi is watching the rising tide waters getting closer and closer
to his house, there is a second knock, this time a State Trooper.
The trooper says, “Rabbi, we are evacuating the area as the flooding is
getting serious and you are in jeopardy.” Again the rabbi explains, “I am a
man of God. I am sure he will protect me from danger. I am staying.”
Well, the water continues to rise, until the rabbi is forced to stay on the
second floor. He hears some yelling and looks up to see two firemen in a
rowboat right outside his second floor window.
“Rabbi!” one of the firemen calls, “Get in the boat, the flood waters are
getting deeper! It’s getting serious.”
“I am a man of God. He will protect me from danger. I’ll stay.”
The firemen, fearing for their own safety, row on.
As the flood rises, the rabbi is forced to climb out onto his roof, just as
a helicopter is flying over. The helicopter drops a rope ladder and a voice
calls down, “We’re coming to get you, rabbi!”
“No, no.... God will protect me. You go on.”
Well, needless to say, the water continues to rise and the rabbi drowns.
When he gets to Heaven, he’s really upset.
“I must see God,” says the rabbi. “Please take me to God.”
He is granted an audience with God. “Lord,” says the rabbi, “after a
lifetime of devotion to you, why would you forsake me in my moment of
need?”
God says, “You schmuck, I sent two cops, a rowboat full of firemen, and
a helicopter.
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Elkin, Robert Kenneth
W/M Born: 09-04-81
18101 McKay
Algoa, Tx 77511
Victim: Female/13
Indecency with a Child by Exposure
Flores,Naun Pineda
W/M Born: 05-05-87
4424 6th Street
Bacliff, Tx 77518
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault of a Child
Gibson, Mitchell Lee
W/M Born: 11-30-56
13118 Sayko
Santa Fe, TX 77510
Victim: Female/12
Hart, James Wetherill
W/M Born: 03-16-34
1438 24th Street #2
San Leon, Tx 77563
Victim: Female/12
Sexual Assault
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A man walks into a pet store and is looking around when
he spots a chimpanzee in a cage marked, “$1000”. The man looks a little closer
and discovers that the chimpanzee is wearing a tie and a hat and is twirling a set
of handcuffs around his finger.
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The man is suitably impressed and moves to the next cage, which is occupied
by a gorilla -- also wearing a hat and tie, but is gnawing on a pen instead of the
handcuffs. The price on this one is $5000.
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one has an Advanced certification, is capable of training other monkeys in basic
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“What does this one do that he’s worth $12,000?” asks the man.
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him do anything except drink coffee and smoke cigars, but he says he’s a Lieutenant.”
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Carlo Alejandro Gonzalez
Mexican Male, 24, 5’11”, 200
Brown Eyes, Black Hair
LKA: Houston, Texas
Charge: Aggravated Robbery
Walter Eddie Coyne
Tanya D. Swarthout, 22, has been
held in the Montgomery County Jail on
$100, 000 bond since her July 12 arrest
for her involvement in the brutal beating and robbery of a 66-year old Patton
Village man.
The victim told investigators he heard
a car pull into his driveway and went
onto his porch where he was met by a
woman he identified as Swarthout. As
they talked, a white male got out of
the car, walked up to the porch and attacked the resident with a club, striking
the man’s head repeatedly and causing
severe injuries.
The other party involved in the vicious attack remains unidentified. He is
a white male, about 6’-1”, 180 pounds,
medium build with numerous tattoos.
His name may be “Carlos,” and he
is rumored to be an ex-convict staying
somewhere in southeast Montgomery
County or Northeast Harris County.
Anyone with information is asked to
contact Patton Village Police Chief Joe
Schultea at 281-689-9511 or Montgomery County Crime Stoppers at 1-800STOP (7867).
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Swarthout is in custody.
Information about this fugitive should be
given to Patton Village Police (281) 6899511 or contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
Police warn Gonzalez is an ex-convict
currently on parole and is to be considered
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