MURDER IN THE DAMON DUMP

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VOLUME V, NUMBER 8
GULF COAST-PINEY WOODS Edition
August 2008
MURDER IN THE IT'S HARD TO GRASP, BEING A
WIDOW LESS THAN 24-HOURS
DAMON DUMP
"The town was shaken to its roots"
By Marie Beth Jones
When 74-year-old Albina Konvicka left her home in the small
Brazoria County town of Damon in the afternoon of August 13,
1979, she took the same path to the town dump that she and
her canine companion traveled every afternoon.
Konvicka looked forward to seeing what had been left at the
dump each day and picking up things she may could use.
The dog returned home that night, but Konvicka didn’t.
Her nude and mutilated body, wrapped in a blanket and
thrown into the dump like garbage, was discovered the next
morning.
Even hardened sheriff's investigators were appalled by what
had happened to her. Both of her breasts had been removed,
her pubic mound was scalped, and she had been slashed in
the groin.
An autopsy revealed that she died from a crushed chest,
and based on evidence of seminal fluid, she may have been
raped.
A packet of tobacco encased in a pouch had been crammed
into her vaginal canal.
Investigators first thought she had been killed much earlier and left in the dump overnight, but her body temperature
indicated she had been dead only a short time before being
discovered.
Faye Markwardt Coupland, one of several investigators who
worked on the case over the years, said the body had no Rigor
Mortis (a) and there was slight evidence of Postmortem Lividity
(b) present on part of one buttock and the back of her shoulder
area.
"There was no lividity in her legs, indicating they had been
elevated higher than her body," Coupland added.
When found, Konvicka was nude except for a different colored sock on each foot, which relatives said was not unusual
for her. The killer had apparently wrapped two different types
of hay baling twine - one plastic and one hemp fiber - around
her ankles.
"It appeared she had been dragged on her back, indicated by
abrasions there," Coupland said, "but she also had abrasions
on the front of her body and her chin."
That was the extent of the information available at the beginning of the case, then on August 14th or 15th, investigators
Murder...Cont. on pg 5
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Three weeks had passed before I tried
I arrived on the sixth floor of John Sealy
to interview Crystal Wyers.
Hospital and as I rounded the
Three weeks since she sufnurse’s station, toting a 12fered horrific injuries in a
pack of Mountain Dew, headTexas City motorcycle crash
ing to where I thought her
in which her husband, Jeff,
room was, low and behold
a much loved and highly rethere she was. Crystal Wyers,
spected Galveston Police
sitting in her wheel chair in the
Sergeant, was killed.
hallway outside her room. The
Rather than just calling the
staff had fixed her up with a
hospital and asking for her
table and there she sat, smilroom, I called some of her
ing.
and Jeff’s good friends on
“Crystal?” I inquired. I knew
Crystal Wyers
the Galveston Police Departit was her for I had met her
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her and the medical staff caring for her, Rodeo. I guess I was just confirming it
and they would tell me if the time was was her.
right. Several of them were already work“Yep, that’s me,” she replied.
ing and organizing a benefit fundraiser for
“Hi, good to see you, I’m the Mountain
her in August and they had already set Dew man.” That got a chuckle from her.
up a Texas First Bank account for those
Then of all things to ask someone who
wishing to help her. I asked Lt. D.J. Al- had been through what she had, I asked,
varez if he thought Crystal was up to an “How are you doing?”
interview. “I’m sure she is,” he told me.
"Well, I’m fixing to have surgery number
“She’s just sitting up there in that room six tomorrow. Hopefully that will be the
with nothing to do,’ and he gave me her last one for now,”
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Crystal had already had a steel rod surI reached Crystal. She agreed to see me gically inserted into her right leg. Both
at one o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon in leg bones had been broken. One was a
July.
compound fracture. In other words, the
“Great!” I said, “Is there anything I can broken bone punched through the flesh
bring you when I come?”
and skin and protruded to the outside.
“A Mountain Dew would be good,” she Her ankle and foot were fractured, her
replied. I had my mission before me.
back was broken and she suffered a
When Tuesday came, I made sure I was bruised pelvis, three fractured ribs and a
there on time. I wanted to talk with her as punctured lung.
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Murder...Cont. from pg 1
found a woman’s dress and a man's
long-sleeved shirt in the dump. Both
of the garments had been cut up the
back and pulled off so that they were
inside out. Her husband identified
them as being what she had been
wearing that day.
Two or three days later when three
Brazoria County Sheriff's investigators
and an I.D. officer made a thorough
search of the dump, a gruesome discovery.
They found a woman’s breast and
body part cut from the pubis in different places around the dump, both
showing evidence of insect activity
indicating they had been there for a
considerable period of time.
The other breast was found in another part of the dump, but appeared to
have been left there later, as it was not
contaminated. Investigators theorized
it may have been refrigerated or frozen before being discarded.
During that search, the deputies
found a pair of shoes that Konvicka's
husband identified as the ones his wife
was wearing. The shoes, still wet, had
been left south of the dump, in an old
house with a shed on one side.
For whatever reason, this house
was unoccupied, said Coupland. The
people who had lived there until sometime in July had left their furniture and
other possessions inside, including
their dog.
Investigators interviewed at least
200 different people in connection
with Konvicka's murder. They went
back to several of those people for
two or more interviews with each,
and had several suspects at different
times.
At one point a man who operated
heavy equipment became a person-ofinterest. (c)
There were others, but nothing
worked out and the case went cold
with very little evidence and no fingerprints.
Although the autopsy report indicated the victim may have been sexually assaulted, DNA testing was not an
option at that time. Still, because the
case was unsolved, all the evidence
was securely preserved.
The murder was one that left the
entire county appalled. Damon residents "were walking on eggshells,"
Coupland said. "The town was shaken
to its roots."
The Konvicka family had lived in
Damon for many years, and everyone
knew that Mrs. Konvicka went to the
dump about the same time every
afternoon and returned home along
the same route.
An old building near her house was
stacked with old clothes she had gathered from the dump.
After the case went cold, some
Damon residents were hostile about
the situation, feeling that nothing was
being done, according to the investigator.
"Bob Goode, a former sheriff's deputy then Justice of The Peace in the
western end of the county, was interested in getting it solved," recalled
Coupland.
"I had come in as an investigator
for the sheriff's office in 1980, and
heard about the case. I cleared my
first homicide with the department in
June.
"Joe King came in as Sheriff, and
two years after the body was found,
he called me to his office. Bob Goode
was there."
King assigned Coupland to the case,
but he expressed concern about the
safety of sending a woman to do the
investigation.
"Bob Goode told us there was no
problem because he would go with
me," she said, adding that they started
right away, and stayed in Damon "for
the better part of every day."
In investigations, officers sometimes
see only what is right in front of them,
so a new set of eyes is often helpful.
Over and over, Coupland looked at
what had been found and what had
been done and finally centered her
attention on the shoes.
"The previous investigation hadn't
tried to do anything about the house
from which the former residents
had moved so abruptly," Coupland
explained, "and by the time I got the
case, the building had been bulldozed,
leaving only the lean-to."
When she went inside that lean-to, "It
was like I had stepped into the other
side," Coupland exclaimed. Twine like
that bound around Konvicka's ankles
was hanging from the two-by-fours,
and she "could just visualize what had
transpired."
Shaking her head, she said,” There
is no telling what that woman went
through before she died."
Coupland and others began trying
to find out who had lived in the house
at the time of the murder, and learned
that it had been occupied by a man in
his 50s, his wife, who was in her 20s,
and their newborn baby.
"The family had left the area suddenly on July 7th, just a few weeks before
the murder. They had left everything
behind - furniture and other belongings, and even their dog," she said.
When Coupland and other investigators finally nailed who this man was,
they began an active search to locate
him, and on June 26th discovered
he was living in the Longview, Texas
area.
They contacted officers there and
the man was taken into custody on an
outstanding warrant. A deputy went to
Longview and returned the person-ofinterest to Brazoria County.
"We were holding him in jail on that
outstanding warrant while we questioned him," Coupland said. “He could
give no reason for leaving Damon, but
insisted he was not even in the area
when Konvicka was killed.”
Throughout questioning he claimed
he knew nothing about the murder,
but even so, he revealed a good bit
of information about himself that was
helpful to the investigators.
At the officers' request, he agreed
to take a polygraph test. But before
an examiner could be scheduled, he
bailed out of jail and vanished.
"We knew that after he and his family left the county, he had rented the
U-Haul trailer to come back to get the
furnishings he left in the house," said
Coupland.
"Carl Weathers, a Texas Ranger
based in the Bay City area, worked
with me and we learned that our
man had actually been in the Damon
area on the night of August 13th and
14th."
During questioning he told investigators that when he and his wife returned
to the area and saw they couldn't salvage anything from the house, they
spent the night in their car, parked in
a local bank parking area.
Earlier in the investigation, officers had contacted a profiler, Roy
Hazlewood of the FBI, who listed traits
they should look for in the man who
committed the murder.
"Our suspect walked right down that
profile," Coupland remarked. "Out of
about 20 different things that matched
the profile, there was only one difference. Hazlewood said the suspect
was not married, and this man was."
As the profiler had indicated, the
suspect was an avid hunter and fisherman and was an expert with a knife,
skinning and gutting his kill.
The medical examiner had noted in
the autopsy report that the victim's
breasts and pubic area were removed
"almost as skillfully as a surgeon might
have done it."
Although investigators felt sure they
had the right man, they couldn't find
him anywhere.
Coupland got information that
Arkansas authorities were tracking a
man for the double homicide and mutilation of an elderly couple who walked
the same route daily, just as Konvicka
had. But a younger man confessed to
that crime.
At about this point in the case,
Coupland was struggling to raise three
children on her own, on the very low
salary then available to investigators
at the sheriff's department.
When she was offered a job away
from law enforcement at double the
pay she accepted.
"After two months at the new job,
I couldn't stand it any longer," she
exclaimed, adding that she went back
into law enforcement at the Clute Police
Department, making twice what she
had made as a sheriff's investigator.
This was not ideal, either, she
recalled, since it confined her to a
very small area of operation. She had
been used to working over the entire
county. In addition, she couldn't get
the Konvicka case out of her mind.
In 1988 she returned to the
sheriff's office. The Konvicka murder was among several cold cases
being reopened, and was assigned to
Investigator Gary Stroud.
Stroud came up with the same
suspect Coupland had, but was still
unable to locate him. When Stroud left
the department to go to Lake Jackson
the Konvicka case was again put on
the back burner.
"In 1988 or ‘89, Chris Kincheloe
picked up the case and took off with
it," Coupland said. "He even went to
North Dakota, where he discovered
this guy had been living. By that time,
however, the suspect had died of
cancer."
The suspect's wife refused to incriminate him because their son had good
memories of his father.
Somehow Kincheloe found the hospital where the suspect had been
treated prior to his death, and located
his files. By this time, DNA - which
wasn't available to earlier investigators - had become a factor in clearing
many old cases.
Information from the medical examiner in the Konvicka autopsy had noted
evidence of rape, but when Kincheloe
sought that evidence to check for
DNA, it could not be found.
"It still bothers me that we're not able
to tell Mrs. Konvicka's children that we
finally found their mother's killer," she
says, "but as far as Kincheloe and I are
concerned he has been found."
Coupland emphasized that everything each investigator did was essential in this case. Even though the
original investigation was unable to
zero in on the right suspect, that work
"pushed all the rubble out of the way
so those of us who came along later
could see him," Coupland explains.
Motioning to an inch-thick case file
that did not even include the latest
Murder...Cont. on pg 7
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To all the Officers, Blue Knights &
families that helped:
Words cannot express how we feel.
I hope that each of you know how special you are and how you helped make
an unbearable situation tolerable.
The loss of our son-in-law, Jeff Wyers,
is by far the worst tragedy we have endured. We had so many plans and now
we have so many memories.
Our daughter, Crystal Wyers, has
a long road to recovery and she will
draw on the strength that she has received from each of you. I know in my
heart that y'all will be there for the long
haul and she is so blessed to have you
in her life.
I come from a Law Enforcement family but never knew the bond that we
have until we needed it June 14th. The
love and support that was shown that
day and that continues is something
most people have never known. We
feel very blessed to be a part of that
family and want each of you to know
you will always be a part of our lives.
Although we are in Kansas again, our
hearts will be in Texas and the friendships that were forged from that fateful day will be cherished for the rest of
our lives.
I am sure we'll be making numerous
trips back to Texas to help Crystal
once she is out of rehab and until she
decides what she wants to do. We'll
make sure we try and get together
when we get back down. We'll also
try to make the fund raisers when we
can. Just keep us posted on when and
where they will be and we'll do our best
to get down there. Keep us in the loop
on what you need; we still have quite
a few friends down there that can help
out if needed.
I would like to end this in saying again,
thank you and that is not enough. We
hope that y'all stay in touch and we look
forward to seeing y'all again soon.
Stay safe.
Bob & Leslie Ober
Spring Hill, Kansas
(Editors Note) Cyrstal's dad is a Sergeant with the police department in
Osawatomie, Kansas and an avid Harley-Davidson rider.)
phone and contacting the restaurant
she was at, we had exhausted all
means of locating her.
That is when we contacted your
department. Dispatcher Scott was
amazing. Highly professional and compassionate, she became the only link
we had to finding my daughter 1500
miles away. A long story made short,
she didmanage to find her way home
with the help of some local gentlemen
and a call to your department for directions. I can't stress how important
Ms. Scotts actions were to us. A final
check at my daughters apartment by
your Officers finally gave us the piece
of mind we needed. Last night could
have ended very differently for her.
Thank you and your staff for their efforts, and a special "thank you" to Ms.
Scott.
Tim Couture
East Hampstead, NH
Editor,
Email to the Galveston Police Chief
I am writing to you from New Hampshire. I had the unfortunate need to
contact your Dispatchers last night
(July 4, 2008). My 21 year old daughter
used extremely poor judgment, overindulged and put my family through the
kind of thoughts that I am sure your
department is all too familiar with.
After failing to get her on her cell
Breck,
That was a fantastic piece you wrote
about Mom and the girls at the Diner.
The Diner is one of the wholesome
places always full of good down home
folks that makes me proud Galveston
is my home. With so many people always talking bad about Galveston its
nice to see that I am not the only one
who see's the good that's all around
our Island.
Kathy Goodwin
Editor,
I read your article in the Police News
about the Diner on 61st Street. It was
a good article and I really enjoyed it. I
did not know the Diner was there, but I
am going to try it out. You should write
more articles. You are a good writer. I
like your style.
I got the Police News in Porter yesterday while I was over there. I live
in Woodville, and try to get one when
I can fine one in that area. There are
many people in my area that would love
to read the Police News. I share mine
with many other people. Anyway, I will
tell mom I read about the Diner in the
Police News, and I will put her on my
prayer list. Keep up the good work.
Bobbie Yates
Woodville, TX
About the La Marque ISD officer incident, this reader wrote:
First point is check the code of ethics for officers.... They are not to be
offended by any statement made by a
person........ Second point is why are
our children fighting in school.... Well
look at their role models! Only in AMERICA.... GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
Name Withheld
Thoughts on recent Motorcycle Ac-
cidents... I live in Galveston County
Texas and we are seeing more motorcycles on the streets due to the
price of gas. We are also having a lot
of deadly accidents involving motorcycles in this area. I personally would like
to see a push for motorcycle safety
to the general driving public. Drivers
need to be more aware of motorcycle
riders. Just like you watch the road
conditions, you should be aware of not
just the cars around you but those on
2 wheels that need more attention. I
would like the State of Texas to put up
signs to remind drivers to watch out
for motorcycles, just like they do with
seat belts and littering. It seems as
gas prices go up - people's attention
span lessens and we have had some
horrible accidents in the past few
months involving motorcycles. I am all
for the helmet law to go back in effect,
because to me, wearing a helmet is
like wearing a seat belt. Sure it would
be nice to not be strapped in, but how
many lives have seat belts saved in accidents. Sure it would be nice to ride
a motorcycle with the wind blowing
thru your hair (those that have hair)
but if you are involved in an accident
wouldn't it be nice to have your main
control center protected? I don't ride a
motorcycle yet, but I have ridden with
friends and I know from experience
that people pay very little attention
to motorcycles. I think its time Texas
starts a motorcycle safety campaign.
We owe it to those that have lost their
lives in motorcycle accidents.
Faye Leonhardt
Dear Editor,
Brazoria County Deputy Shot July
10,2008. Thank you for reporting this
story correctly. I am Gerald Ryno's sister and since this incident, only a couple of the reports have been correct. I
received the first phone call from Gerald at 10:45 and stayed with him until 12:35 trying to talk him down. Our
conversations would get interrupted
because he would want to call other
family members, but he always called
me back. If I felt that he was taking too
long I would call him back, interrupting his call so that we could talk until I
arrived at his location. I arrived at his
location too late. The next morning I
checked my voice mail and learned he
left a final message at 12:57. Again,
thank you for an accurate report.
Selina Friedrich
(In July Gerald Ryno took his own life by
shooting himself in the head with a pistol. One of the shots exited his head and
struck Brazoria County Sheriff's Deputy
Jimmy Miller in the shoulder. Miller was
treated and released at a Houston Hospital. Editor)
Murder...Cont. from pg 5
information accumulated by she and
Kincheloe, she said the early investigators even sent flyers to people in
Damon, asking them to call if they had
any information.
"When you get a case like this, you
go to bed with it at night and wake
up with it in the morning," she said.
"It consumes you. The hardest thing
I had to do was to let go of it when I
retired from the sheriff's office."
She became close to one of
Konvicka's daughters, who Coupland
said would do anything to help in this
case.
"She even called me once and asked
about consulting a psychic. When I
told her I had seen them used in criminal cases, she contacted a nationally known forensic psychic who had
helped the Dallas PD.”
The forensic psychic told the women
to bring three things belonging to the
victim.
"She was a gardener, so we took
an old, short-handled chopping hoe
that had been cut down for her by her
husband.”
Another item they chose was the
collar of the dog that accompanied.
Konvicka to the dump.
"This psychic was good. He told us
what had happened. It was an emotional experience. You feel so close to
the victims when you work a homicide.
They come to life to you. You pick up
on their traits and understand what
goes on."
The suspect in the case died of cancer less than a year before officers
were finally able to locate where he
had gone.
Coupland says she and Kincheloe
share the hope that the murderer
is now being punished by a higher
authority.
(a) Rigor mortis: One of the recognizable signs of death that is
caused by a chemical change in the
muscles after death, causing the
limbs of the corpse to become stiff
(Latin rigor) and difficult to move or
manipulate
(b) Post-mortem lividity or livor
mortis: The reddish-blue discoloration of the body that occurs in the
dependent parts of the body due to
gradual gravitational flow of unclotted blood. This discoloration does
not occur in areas where pressure
against the skin occludes capillaries
as that prevents these tiny blood
vessels under the skin from filling
with blood, thus preventing postmortem lividity. Finger-nails and ears
are common sites as the blood vessels are superficial and the color
change is very apparent.
(c) Person of interest: A phrase
used by law enforcement when
announcing the name of someone
involved in a criminal investigation
who has not yet been arrested
or formally accused of a crime.
It is often used as a euphemism
for suspect, and can sometimes
result in a trial by media. It was
used at least as early as the 1996
Atlanta Olympics bombing in reference to Richard A. Jewell. Its initial
uses aroused controversy, but it
has since seen increasingly regular
use. While terms such as suspect,
target, and material witness have
clear and sometimes formal definitions, person of interest remains
undefined by the U.S. Department
of Justice.
Damon City Limit
Damon is unincorporated, but has
one "Damon City Limit" sign heading
south on State Highway 36 from FM
1462, which usually only incorporated communities have.
Marie Beth Jones is a published author
and freelance writer based in Angleton,
Texas.She is the Chairperson of the
Brazoria County Historic Commission
and a regular contributor to The Police
News.
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It's Hard to Grasp...Cont. from pg 1
about the accident.”
TPN: Tell us about Crystal Wyers,
where she started, where she’s from.
“I’m from here. I live in the house I
grew up in, in Dickinson. My grandparents built my house in 1956 when that
was East 41st Street. It’s Highway 517
now. It was a gravel road I think back
then. I’ve got it up for sale because we
were supposed to move to Kansas this
month. I’m probably still going to sell
it, even though I’ve been there most
of my life.
TPN: What is your Kansas connection? Why were the two of you moving
to Kansas?
“My foster parents live up there and
my oldest daughter is up there with
them.”
“They live in a very small, rural town.
My foster dad is a cop there. He’s a
Sergeant for the Osawatomie Police
Department.
“We found a little house outside of
a small town called Paola. (Population
5,011 in 2000) In fact, Jeff had put in
an application there for the police department. He hadn’t heard back from
them yet but it had only been about
two weeks since he mailed the application.
“We had a contract on it. It was beautiful, almost five acres, with a pond and
a place for our horses. It’s at the very
end of a dead-end road. I think there’s
only two other houses on the street.
We were really looking forward to it.”
(An emotional moment for Crystal)
TPN: And what were your plans?
What were you going to do? “Well, actually, the original plan was I was going
to be a housewife.”
TPN: A Domestic Goddess?
“That’s right, a Domestic Goddess,”
she giggles.
“Even though my domestic skills lack
considerably, Jeff was going to take a
chance. I sing also, so I was going to
do my music on the side.”
TPN: You mentioned your daughters.
“I have two daughters. My youngest
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daughter is 12 and she lives in Texas
City with her father and my 14-year old
is in Kansas with my parents.”
TPN: So what are your plans now?
“I don’t know. For awhile I’m going to
have to have help. Jeff and I lived together, but now it’s just me. We would
have been together two years this
September.”
TPN: Tell me about your wedding.
“We had a Harley-Davidson wedding,
a motorcycle wedding out at Jack
Brooks Park. There are a couple of
big Oak trees and we lined the motorcycles up as my aisle. My dad came
in from Kansas and brought his bike.
He’s got a 2008 Police Edition Harley.
So he rode me down the aisle on his
Harley.”
At this point in the interview, Susie
White, wife of Galveston County Sheriff’s Deputy Greg White, stopped in for
a brief visit with Crystal. Crystal says
Susie and Greg have checked on her
almost daily since she has been admitted.
TPN: Tell us about the responses
you have received from friends. “Well,
we finally had to take the flowers out
of here. You couldn’t even see the
counter over there because we had
so many flowers. Several went to the
house because people brought them
up while I was in ICU and I couldn’t
have them.
“The response has been overwhelming. Everybody has been fantastic.
GPD and the Sheriff’s Office have been
incredible. For a long time I had an officer up here pretty much 24/7, and
they coordinated that Texas First Bank
fund in mine and Jeff’s name.
“I worked for the Sheriff’s Office two
years. In fact, my last day there was
two days before our wedding. I worked
in the Corrections Medical Department
doing medical transports, taking inmates to and from doctor appointments and such.
“I really enjoyed working for the Sheriff’s Office. That’s one of the things I
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you really enjoy. I liked all the people
I worked with. They stepped up and
I’ve had everybody, just tons of deputies from friends to Major Henson and
Chief Poor come to visit.” (Jeff had
served under Freddie Poor when Poor
was Galveston Police Chief)
“The Sheriff’s Office and the Galveston Police Department, there’s no way
I can thank them enough. They put my
parents up because they came down
for the wedding and of course wound
up staying longer for me going through
all this, and for Jeff and the girls. They
put them up so they could be close to
the hospital. They told us anything we
need to just let them know.
“One of the biggest reasons I agreed
to this interview is because I want them
to know how much I appreciate them.
“I’ll probably be another week here
and they say I’ll go to rehab for another six to eight weeks, depending on
my progress and how I do here. If I
had one injury or the other it wouldn’t
be so bad, but having a broken leg and
broken back really complicates it.”
TPN: I’m surprised you can sit up
this long. “Well, they went in and put
rods in my back and about 30 staples.
I’m getting better. I can actually stand
up and turn around and move myself.
I’ve just started being able to move
more this week. Before that I just had
to lay there and they pretty much had
to move me. Everything I had hurt and
of course I still ache quite a bit but not
like I was.
“Right now everything is up in the air
because I quit my job and Jeff was retiring.
“It’s hard to grasp being a widow less
than 24 hours after you’re married.
“I haven’t had a chance yet to really
grieve or anything. I’ve tried to just put
it off enough to get myself out of here.
I’m sad because I didn’t get to go to the
services. It seems unfair because we
had both been through a lot before we
met. It was his second marriage and
my third, and everything just seemed
so right and I was so in love with him.
He saved my life, in more ways than
one—my parents say that I held on to
him until we hit the ground. I truly believe that if it wasn’t for him I would not
have survived the crash.
“I saw the pictures. (Memorial Service photos) The turnout was amazing.
I saw some on houstoneventphotography.com, who does a lot of photos for
Blue Knight events. I saw pictures of
the funeral before I saw the pictures of
our wedding. Thank you to everyone
who turned out to honor Jeff when I
couldn’t.
“My best friend Linda has been staying with me some here at night because
nights are emotionally difficult for me.
She takes care of all my critters at the
house. I’ve got five dogs and a cat, a
couple of birds. I’ve also got frogs, a
snake and a salt water fish tank.
“My 55 gallon salt water tank is probably my biggest chore, but was mine
and Jeff’s favorite thing to do rather
than watch TV. I kept telling him I was
going to cut the cable off because
we’d sit there on Friday night in our
oversized chair and talk and watch
the fish tank. Our friends would laugh
at us because they’d ask what we did
over the weekend and we’d say we
just sat and had of couple of drinks
and watched the fish tank. That was
one of the things we had a common
interest in.
“We liked to ride motorcycles and
we liked to ride the horses of course,
but motorcycles first. We were Blue
Knights, right here in Chapter ThirtyThree.
“My parents were going to start a
chapter in Kansas so we were planning
on helping out with that one when we
got up there.
“It’s hard to imagine my life now, because we did everything together.”
TPN: Where did you meet?
“It’s funny because we met at Big
Texas of all places, a dance hall in
Clear Lake, even though we essentially
worked in the same building. Both of
us swore we’d never date a cop. Just
coming from that background and
knowing how that goes, I’d never date
a cop, but he was different. His morals and ethics and just his attitude in
general was down to earth and hard
to resist.
“He kind of went by ‘you get what
you give’ attitude.
“It’s funny that he and I had never
met before because I had worked at
the fair. I worked out at the county fair
when I worked for Hitchcock and also
when I worked for Skip Gay.
“I laughed because I’ve always been
quick tempered and I think that Jeff
and I, for the whole time we were together, might have had three disagreements. I don’t really think we ever had
a serious argument because we just
meshed well.”
TPN: Were you aware of the funeral
arrangements? “Yes, they came to me
and asked me what my wishes were as
far as his funeral. I told them I knew he
wanted to be buried in Alabama, where
his parents are buried. It’s a little bitty
cemetery behind the Church of Christ.
We went to Alabama last summer
on vacation and he took me by that
church to show me where his parents
were buried.
“I knew that was what he wanted
It's Hard to Grasp...Cont. on pg 13
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Robert Benjamin “Ben” Boren
Robert Benjamin “Ben” Boren, of
Galveston, died on July 4, 2008 in Jasper in a tragic motorcycle accident. He
was born on Oct. 17, 1965 in Denton
to Bob and Yvonne Boren. He graduated from Denton High School, class
of 1984. He received an Environmental Science Degree from Texas A&M at
Galveston. He was employed by the
Army Corps of Engineers in Galveston.
He completed the Police Academy and
served as a volunteer Deputy with the
Galveston Sheriff’s Department Marine
Division. He enjoyed golf, fishing, hunting and karate.
Funeral services were Wednesday,
July 9, 2008 in the chapel of DeBerry
Funeral Directors with Rev. Fred Cas-
sell
officiating.
Burial
followed
at Cooper Creek
Cemetery.
A memorial service is pending in
Galveston.
He is survived
by his parents, Bob and Yvonne Boren
of Lake Kiowa; sister, Michele, “Missy”
Nelson and husband Greg Nelson and
niece, Kori Nelson, age 5 of Lewisville.
He is preceded in death by his brothers Victor Boren (1996) and Marshall
Jones (2006).
Memorials may be made to Texas Parks
and Wildlife Foundation, 4200 Smith
School Road, Austin, Texas 78744.
FIREFIGHTER'S HOME BURGLARIZED WHILE HE WORKS
Galveston firefighter Jeff Pucciarello
peers through the empty cabinet from
where his television was stolen by a trio
of burglars while he worked a 24-hour
shift at the fire station. The burglars
were captured after they made four
trips to his home hauling away his belonging in a pickup truck they stole from
his driveway. Pucciarello credits quick
action by Galveston police for the arrests and recovery of most of his property. One of the burglars had worked
for Pucciarello the
day before
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Fugitive Welcomed Back to Galveston
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she slipped back into Galveston where authorities caught
up with her in a local motel
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22 San Francisco's __ Hill
26 Browse some websites
27 "The Aba __ Honeymoon"
28 Tends to a squeak
29 Smashes a clarinet?
30 Filly's mother
31 __ Lodge (motel chain)
35 Romulus, to Remus
37 Shuffle follower
38 "No problemo!"
40 From nine to five, in classifieds
42 Carry-on luggage, maybe
5 Did a dry cleaner's chore
4
47 Train-sound syllable
50 Jackie O.'s husband
52 Ran off to the J.P.
53 One more than tri54 Propelled the dinghy
55 Take to the dump
9 Kemo __
5
60 "Don't delete this"
61 Source of poi
62 Ambler or Sevareid
63 Smell something fierce
65 Forbidden-fruit eater
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and I wanted my recording of Amazing Grace
played at his funeral. He loved to listen to
me sing and he loved the way I sing Amazing
Grace, so I just wanted to do that for him.”
TPN: What would you like us to tell people for
you? “Just make sure everybody knows how
much I appreciate everything, even though I
haven’t always been able to answer the phone
or return calls because there have been so
many people.
I know they have a benefit coming up in
August and I’m trying to get myself to where
I can be there. I’m planning on being there.
That’s a month away. I’m planning on being
out of here by then. It’s just been a horrible
thing. I keep wishing I would just wake up and
it was just a horrible nightmare.
“I know it’s going to hit me. I’ve been trying
to ward it off as much as possible because
I’m stuck in this little shoebox and I’ve got to
say, it hurts physically to cry. I’m hoping I’ll
eventually get to the point where I can watch
the service (on video) and have a chance to
grieve.
“The top priority on my list of things to do as
soon as I’m capable is a trip to Alabama. My
uncle promised me right off the bat as soon
as I could go he’d take me, and I think Tom
and Kathy (Jeff’s brother and sister-in-law) are
talking about going, along with several other
friends and family who are talking about making the trip with me.”
TPN: What about riding motorcycles? “I do
plan on riding again. I just have to get to the
point where I can. Jeff wouldn’t let something
like this keep him off that motorcycle if he
were capable.
“Jeff was one of the most conscientious
drivers I’ve ever seen on a motorcycle. He
was always very focused on what was going
on around him because he knew, like they say,
other drivers don’t tend to watch out for motorcycles. You have to watch out for them. In
this case, it was just too fast for us to react.”
TPN: The day after this interview Crystal
underwent a successful skin graft on her right
leg and was transferred to the Clear Lake Rehabilitation Center. She hopes to be released
from there August 1st.
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Deputy James William Cook
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End of Watch: Wednesday, August 26, 1925
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Wednesday, August 26, 1925
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Cook was shot and killed while attempting to arrest bootleggers.
Sergeant Patrick Elton Roberts Jr.
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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-of-duty
death caused by AIDS in the nation.
Patrol Officer Robert Louis John
Galveston Police Department
End of Watch: Thursday, August 16, 1990
Age: 47
Tour of Duty: 15 years
Badge Number: 703
Cause of Death: Struck by train
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.
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was held in June. Over
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Spokesman, Montgomery
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Motorcycle riders from
the Houston area and as
far away as Corpus Christi joined Sheriff Gage and
Ride Founder, Brain Miller,
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independent riders represented were
members of the Reguladores and Blue
Knights Law Enforcement Motorcycle
Clubs.
The event raised $15,000 for The
100 Club. A check was recently presented to 100 Club Executive Director
Rick Hartley to help the families of Law
Enforcement Officers and Firefighters
killed in the line of duty.
GALVESTON - Wife and family by his
side, native Galvestonian Charles Wiley,
who began his police career on the island, then returned to be Police Chief,
was officially sworn into office before
the Galveston City Council in July.
Wiley was selected for the post last
month from a pool of 47 applicants.
City Manager Steve LeBlanc’s decision to appoint Charles Wiley was ratified by the City Council at their June
26th meeting. Wiley left the Houston
Independent School District where he
served as Chief of Police to return to
the Galveston Police Department.
Born in Galveston, Charles Wiley
attended both Ball High School and
Galveston College before earning a
Bachelor of Science in the Administration of Criminal Justice from the University of Houston at Clear Lake City
and later, a Masters Degree in Crimi-
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SC. Prior to running the HISD police
force, Wiley served as Chief of Police
for the City of Denton. He has also
spent 13 years in Galveston County
law enforcement, including three years
as a patrolman in the Galveston Police
Department.
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JAMAICA BEACH - 26-years ago, Bryan Lamb, then Chief of Police in Santa
Fe, Texas, swore into office a rookie
patrolman by the name of Andrew B.
McLane.
In July, in council chambers at Jamaica Beach City Hall, Galveston County
Commissioner Bryan Lamb, swore
Andy McLane into office again, as Police Chief in the small, west Galveston
island City of Jamaica Beach.
McLane is no stranger to Jamaica
Beach. Following a tenure as a police
officer in Santa Fe, he went to work as
a patrol officer in Jamaica Beach. From
there he moved on to the Galveston
Police Department where he worked
his way through the ranks to become a
Sergeant. His last assignment before
retiring the end of June was as the departments Internal Affairs investigator.
Applicants for the chief’s position in
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Jamaica Beach out-numbered those
for the chief’s job in Galveston. The final two candiates for the job, after the
list was narrowed down to five finalist,
were both Galveston police sergeants.
McLane edged out the other sergeant
in the final vote of the city council.
climbing the ladder
GALVESTON - Police Chief Charles
Wiley promoted nine Galveston police
officers in July. The swearing-in cere-
Pictured from left are Sgt. Dwayne
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(L-R) Larry Chambers, Destin Sims, Matt Maggiolino, Tim Buck and Andre Mitchell promoted
to Sergeant. Byron Frankland, Jeff Heyse and Joel Caldwell promoted to Lieutenant. Henry
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great work you are doing on behalf
Houston - This year’s annual meeting of the citizens of the State of Texas.”
of the Texas Gang Investigator’s Asso- Judge Cox was further recognized by
ciation (TGAI) was held at the Omni Ho- the association as a ten years prosecutor who learned the
tel in Houston in June.
value of recognizing gang
In addition to three
members,
prosecuting
days of training on recthem
vigorously,
and takognizing and fighting
ing that valuable informagang violence in our
tion to the bench.
communities, prisons,
In accepting the award,
and schools, the 800
Judge
Cox thanked the
members present took
association for this great
time to recognize law
honor. He noted that
enforcement officers,
people in the community
correction
officers,
appreciated the work and
and probation officers
sacrifices made by these
throughout Texas who
have shown diligence Judge Lonnie Cox and Director brave officers and their
families, and dedicated
and excellent work in Michael Sullivan
his
award in their honor.
fighting gang violence.
This
association
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The association recognized Judge
law
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officers,
corrections
Lonnie Cox of the 56th District Court
as the Ted Poe “Damn Good Judge” officers, school liaison officers, and
of the year. In presenting the award to probation officers throughout Texas.
Judge Cox, Director Michael Sullivan The Attorney General of Texas, the U.
of the Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms S. Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms DeDepartment recognized that judges in partment, the U. S. Attorney General’s
Texas were recognized differently than Office, the DEA, the Texas School
in his home state of Massachusetts. Safety Center, and the FBI sponsor
He told Judge Cox, “Thank you for the TGIA’s convention.
TEXAS EXECUTIONS
Scheduled Execution: August 5, 2008
Jose Ernesto Medellin-Mexican Male
Born: March 4, 1975
Native of Mexico
Occupation: Laborer
Education Level: 9 years
Medellin was convicted with four
other men in the kidnapping, rape and
strangulation murder of 16-year old
Elizabeth Pena in Houston.
Pena and Jennifer Ertman, 15, were attacked
by these members of the
Black & White Gang as
they walked home from
Waltrip High School near
Jose Medellin
T.C. Jester Park.
After raping Pena, Medellin strangled
her so there would be no witnesses.
Co-Defendants: Peter Cantu, Raul Villareal, Efrain Perez, and Sean Derrick
O’Brien. All were convicted of Capital
Murder and sentenced to death. A juvenile was also prosecuted in the case.
Heliberto Chi - Hispanic
Born: December 28, 1978
Native of: San Pedrosula, Honduras
Occupation: Not Given
On March 24, 2001, in Arlington,
Texas, Chi and Alejandro Sierra, murdered the manager of a men’s clothing
store during a robbery.
Chi entered the store
armed with a .38 caliber
pistol while Sierra waited
in the car outside.
Chi shot his victim in
the back, killing him on
Helberto Chi
the spot. He also shot
an 18-year old customer in the back.
The second victim was treated and released at a local hospital.
Leon David Dorsey IV - Black Male
Born: November 17, 1975
Native of: Dallas, Texas
Occupation: Delivery driver
On April 4,1994 during the night in
Dallas, Dorsey entered
a video store and used
a 9 millimeter pistol to
rob and kill a 26 year
old and 20 year old
white male employees.
He forced them into the Leon Dorsey
back office, where he
shot and killed them. He took $392
from the business.
Dorsey had no prior criminal record
at the time this offense was commit-
ted. However, after this offense was
committed and prior to being convicted for this offense, Dorsey committed Murder with a Deadly Weapon
and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle in Ellis County where Dorsey and
a co-defendant entered a food store,
fatally shooting a 51 year old Oriental
female, then fleeing the scene with an
unknown amount of money. Dorsey
received a 60 year sentence for that
offense and was serving that sentence
when he was convicted of Capital Murder and sentenced to death for the
current offense.
Michael Anthony Rodriquez - Mexican-American
Born: October 29, 1962
Native of: Bexar County, Texas
Occupation: Not given
Michael Anthony Rodriguez is one of
the infamous Texas Seven, a group of
seven convicted felons
who collectively escaped
from the John Connally
Unit near Kenedy, Texas
on December 13, 2000.
On Christmas Eve,
Michael
while robbing an Irving,
Rodriquez
Texas Oshman’s sporting
goods store, the Texas Seven severely
wounded Irving police officer Aubrey
Hawkins during a shootout, then pulled
him from his vehicle and dispatched
him with shots to the head and back
at close range. They then ran over him
with their vehicle, leaving him for dead.
The gang, subject of a nationwide manhunt, finally was caught a month later
in Colorado.
Michael Anthony Rodriguez admitted
pulling the officer from his patrol car.
Rodriguez escaped while serving
a life term for hiring a hit man to kill
his wife, Theresa, 29, to collect on her
$250,000 life insurance policy. She
was gunned down in 1992 outside their
San Antonio home. The trigger man,
Rolando Ruiz, also is on death row.
As of November, 2007, Michael Rodriguez had requested that all appeals
on his behalf be discontinued. Due to
the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to review the death penalty as
currently enacted in most states (lethal
injection), Rodriguez was not given an
execution date.
However, with the U.S. Supreme
Court ruling on April 16, 2008 that
essentially allowed executions to be
scheduled, Rodriguez was assigned an
execution date of August 14, 2008.
Denard Manns - Black Male
Born: December 22, 1965
Native of: New York
Occupation: None given
Education: 12 Years
On November 18, 1998, after being
released from prison in New York on
armed robbery charges,
Manns entered the home
of 26-year old Michelle
Robson in Killeen, Texas,
raped her and shot her
in the head and chest.
He took credit cards and Denard Manns
cash from the home and fled in Robson’s car.
Robson was found dead in her bathtub the next day. There was no sign
of forced entry – indicating that the
murderer was likely someone the victim knew. At one time, Mann lived with
his half-brother Bamberg and his cousin Eric Williams who lived two doors
down from the victim.
Robson suffered five gunshot wounds
from a .22 caliber gun. Eric Williams
owned a .22. Bamberg and Manns
both knew where the gun was kept.
Williams often kept the back door to
his home unlocked because Bamberg
had no key. About 8:30 or 9:00 in the
evening on November 18th, Williams
found a bullet on the floor in front of
his dresser. He called Bamberg, who
had no explanation for the bullet’s
presence. Shortly thereafter, Mann
arrived and told Williams that he had
been at the residence earlier that day.
When Williams learned that the victim
had been killed with a .22, he turned
his gun over to the police. A firearms
expert determined that at least one of
the bullets recovered from the victim’s
body was fired from William’s gun. The
other bullets could not be excluded as
having come from the gun. Fingerprint
testing of the gun revealed fingerprints
from Williams and one fingerprint from
Manns. No fingerprints from Bamberg
were found on the gun.
The victim was found wearing a
black brassiere, which had semen
stains on it that matched Manns’s
DNA. The probability of another person
matching the DNA profile was one in
869,600,000,000 for black persons,
and even lower for persons of Caucasian or Hispanic descent.
On November 19, Manns went to the
residence of a friend, Barbara Feazell,
leaving a jacket, which Feazell later
turned over to law enforcement investigators. In one of the pockets was a
cigarette butt containing Manns’s DNA.
Kellie Lynn Meyer, a friend of the victim, identified the jacket as belonging
to the victim.
While Manns was at Feazell’s, sev-
eral rings fell out of his pants pocket.
A Von Maur department store receipt
showed the victim purchased a ring
with markings consistent with the ring
that had been turned over.
Richard Ray Broome was in the
county jail awaiting parole revocation
proceedings. He was known by other
inmates as a “jail house lawyer,” who
helped other inmates with legal research and other legal matters. Manns
asked Broome for his opinion about the
proceedings connected with this case.
He told Broome that the government
had a gun with his fingerprint on it. He
later clarified that the gun was a .22.
He further said the government had
the gun that killed a woman but could
not prove it because a .22 caliber bullet shatters when it hits the bone. The
fact that the murder weapon was a .22
was not published in the media. Later,
Manns showed Broome a letter from
Bamberg and said, “This is the man
that handed me to them on a silver
platter after I shot the woman.”
Jeffery Lee Wood - White Male
Born: August 19, 1973
Native State: Not given
Occupation: Not given
Wood’s execution stems from Texas’s Law of Parties, a subset of the
Felony-Murder doctrine.
On January 2, 1996,
Wood and Daniel Earl Reneau, a nurses aide from
Jacksonville, FL, parked
outside the Gold Bond
Jeffery Wood
gas station in Kerrville,
TX. While Wood waited outside, Reneau entered the station and shot the
clerk, Kris Keeran, killing him almost
instantly. Hearing the gunshot, Wood
entered the gas station and found the
clerk on the floor behind the counter.
The two took the store safe, a cash
box, and a VCR containing the security
tape. The value of the cash and checks
was estimated to be $11,350.00. Police recovered the murder weapon, the
store safe, and the charred remains
of the security tape they tried to destroy.
Wood was convicted and sentenced
to be executed although he was not
present during the killing, and was not
aware that Reneau was going to use
force. Additionally, Wood has a history
of mental illness and was initially not
mentally fit to stand trial.
Reneau was executed for the murder
on June 13, 2002.
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have the authority of the State of TEXAS
to go anywhere I want. See this card? I
will go wherever I wish.'
So the old farmer went about his
chores.
It wasn't too much later when the
farmer heard loud screams and yelling.
He looked over and saw several Highway
Department employees running for their
lives and right behind was the farmer's
huge prize bull. The bull was madder
than a hornet's nest and was gaining on
the Highway employees at every step.
The old farmer yelled out, 'Show him
your card, Smart Ass.... Show him your
card!!
Pilgrim Cleaners
Independent Associate
Save or Make $$$ on
YOUR Electricityy
Call me or GO TO:
www.savonpower4u.igniteinc.biz
Don Holland
281-660-0733
Voted Galvestons’ Number 1 Dry-Cleaner
Four Convenient Locations
WEST SIDE East Side
6222 Stewart Rd,
705 Holiday Dr.
ALTERATIONS CENTER SERVICING UTMB
409-744-3327 409-762-9013
YOUR HOME MAIN PLANT
or OFFICE
FREE PICK-UP 1210 Tremont
(23rd &L)
& DELIVERY
409-354-6239 409-762-0644
J. VASQUEZ ROOFING
40 Years Experience
All types of roofing • Re-deck Repairs
Pressure Washing - Painting
Jesse Vasquez – Owner
Alvin TX
Wk: 281-489-4660
Cells: 281-935-6514 & 281-235-4446
WANTED FUGITIVES
Milton Johnson
Montgomery County
DJ/Music Tech
The DJ
for all occasions
Weddings, Receptions, Parties,
Anniversaries, Sound Support and
much more.
If you have information on any of these wanted fugitives call Montgomery County Crime Stoppers
1-800-STOP (7867)
409-354-1341
or 409-682-1772
[email protected]
Lil' Milton
Productions
J & G Platinum Sounds
Cruz, Freddy Jaime
Hispanic Male DOB: 12/21/1975
Height: 5’01” Weight: 120 lbs.
Hair: Black Eyes: Brown
Murder - Warrant# 21752
Jackson, Shanita Latrece
Black Female DOB: 02/01/1985
Aggravated Sexual Assault of
Child
Warrant# 040100639
Martinez, Manel Trejo
Agg Sexual Assault/
Indecency w/Child
Warrant# 080605481
Reed, George Alexander
White Male DOB: 11/29/1972
Motion to Adjudicate
Agg Sexual Assault of a Child Warrant# 040705407
Holmes, Glen
Black Male DOB: 03/19/1984
Bond Forfeiture - Capital Murder
Warrant# 060605774
Epps, Winton Vincent
Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue
Aggravated Assault with Deadly
Weapon
Warrant #080202109
Bridges, Carl Andrew
Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown
Indecency with a Child
Warrant #070606664
Williams, Earl Royland
Bond Forfeiture - Aggravated
Robbery
Warrant# 071111568
Gutierrez, Jose Carlos
Accident Involving Death/Injury
Warrant# 080403787
Madrid, Jorge Delsantos
Motion to Adjudicate
Assault Against a Peace Officer
Warrant# 060201318
Villanueva, Alexandra L.
Hispanic Female DOB:
12/08/1974
Bond Forfeiture,Engaging in
Organized Crime
Warrant# 071010856
Clark, Charles Daray
Warrant: Aggravated Robbery
Warrant# 21758
Law Enforcement
Equipment and
Accessories
6831 Broadway Suite F
Pearland, Texas 77584
Owned & Operated by
Ofr. Rick Fernandez
Office: 281-412-7358
Fax: 281-412-7354
Mon-Fri 9am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 7pm
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E-mail: [email protected]
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& Galveston Island
409-621-4000
Clean, Full Sized Cars
and
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24 Hour a Day Service
On the Island or Off the Island
McCoy’s Building
Supply Center
• Lumber • Plywood
• Hardware • Electrical
• Plumbing • Paint
• Fencing • Garden Tools
7500 Broadway, Galv.
Brad Claussen: Manager
30 Day Accounts Available
✮ 30 Day Accounts Available ✮
409-744-3401
Contractor’s Line 741-8785
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.
SEX OFFENDERS — Brazoria County
Convicted Sex Offenders are required by Texas law to register with Law Enforcement in the city in which they reside. These
Sex Offenders are not wanted by the law…they are published for Community Awareness in cooperation with local Law Enforc.
ment Agencies. If you have information that any of these offenders are residing at an address other then the one shown,
please contact the listed agency. Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office 979- 864-2392.
More Sex Offenders listed online at: thepolicenews.net
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• Alternators • Starters • Generators
• Auto • Truck • Industrial • Marine
• Automotive Air Conditioning
• Engine Diagnostics
• Voltage Regulators
Rebuilt–Installed
Exchange
IVEY, GEORGE DENNIS
W/M DOB; 8-13-1937
2323 Frio Rosharon Tx 77583
- Sexual contact
Victim: Male 16 yoa
Risk level: Moderate
PENA, CANDELARIO JR
W/M DOB; 7-2-1952
527 CR 129D Alvin Tx 77511
- Sexual Contact
Victim: Female 12 yoa
STANLEY, MICHAEL SCOTT
W/M DOB: 10-4-1977
8307 Brazos River Road
Damon Texas 77430
Aggrv Sexual Assault - Child
RODRIGUEZ, STEVEN ANDREW
W/M DOB; 7-24-1980
2234 CR 529,
Alvin, Texas 77511
Sexual Assault Child
Victim: Female Age 14
HANDSAKER, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER
W/M DOB: 4-4-1986
12406 Annette Road
Angleton Tx
Indecency w/child – Sexual
Contact
HOGAN, JEREMY SCOTT
W/M DOB: 11-30-78
119 Des Moines Ct
RoSharon Tx
2 counts: Indecency w/child
– Sexual Contact
Victims: Females 7 & 9 yoa
Risk Level: Moderate
MCELVEEN, CHRISTOPHER LEE
W/M DOB: 1-13-1977
1102 CR 481 Brazoria Tx
Indecency w/child – Sexual
Contact
SUMMERS, MICHAEL PAGE
W/M DOB: 5-28-1975
2243 CR 140 Trailer 4,
Pearland Tx
Out of State – Statutory
Sodomy, 3 counts
Victims: Females 8 & 4 yoa,
male 1 yoa
Risk Level: Not Given
900 Grand Ave.
Bacliff TX 77518
Danny Hudson
281-339-9099
Galveston Island
2027 39th Street
Galveston TX
FREE
Estimates
Electric Co.
ZAVALA, TRINIDAD J
H/M DOB; 12-29-1966
227 CR 486 Trailer 4,
Freeport Tx
Sexual Assault of a Child
Victim: Male 15 yoa
Risk level: Low
WILLIAMS, BRUCE CARLTON
B/M DOB; 5-20-1982
Indency w/child – Sexual
Contact
Risk Level: Moderate
COPELAND, BELINDA
RENEE
W/F DOB: 2-21-1968
Agg Sexual Assault Child
Victim: Male 12 yoa
Risk level: Low
SHEPPARD, DANIEL DEAN
W/M DOB; 7-26-1957
Indency w/child – Sexual
Contact
Risk level: Low
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or 281-317-1430
[email protected]
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up at our main office located at 4700 Broadway, or printed
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unt
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4 Blocks from UTMB
409-763-1515
David Leining Sr.
409-927-4646
Offering
POLICE FAMILY
MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT
Santa Fe, Texas 77510
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Parking Tickets: I went to the store the
other day. I was only in there for about
5 minutes, and when I came out there
was a damn motorcycle cop writing a
parking ticket. So I went up to him and
said, "Come on, buddy, how about giving a guy a break?" He ignored me and
continued writing the ticket. So I called
him a pencil-necked-nazi. He glared at
me and started writing another ticket
for having bald tires! So I called him a
piece of horse shit. He finished the second ticket and put it on the car with the
first...then started writing a third ticket!
This went on for about 20 minutes. The
more I abused him, the more tickets
he wrote. I didn't give a damn -- my car
was parked around the corner.
Crossword Solution from page 11
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