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Armed Robbery – Assault to Murder
January 2010
Crack Head Killer Murdered
Friend Who Helped Him
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By Marie Beth Jones
Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
ROSHARON - Sheriff's investigators in Brazoria County are looking for this
man they consider a 'Person of Interest' in two robberies that occurred at the same
Rosharon convenience store within one week.
In the first robbery November 23rd, three men entered the Quick Mart store at
FM-521 and FM-1462 wearing long sleeved clothing, gloves, masks and hooded
jackets.
In this robbery the store clerk was pistol whipped suffering a large gash in his
forehead.
The victims are cooperating with investigators in their effort to identify and
arrest the bandits.
Investigators believe the same trio returned about 3 'clock in the morning a
week later when the store was closed as the employee was cleaning inside.
The bandits, dressed the same as the previous robbers, broke through the glass
front door and forced the clerk to sit on the floor as they raided the cash register and
broke into the safe. As they left one of the robbers shot the clerk who survived.
One of the suspects was described only as being 5'-4" to 5'-7" tall, another 5'-7"
to 5'-10" and the third one as 6' or taller.
Brazoria County Sheriff's Captain Chris Kinsheloe said, "We need to get these
guys off the streets before they kill someone." He asks anyone with any information which may be helpful in this case contact either Investigator Chris Anderson
or Chris Dubois at 979-864-2208 or Brazoria County Crime Stoppers at 800460-2222.
lliott Wall Hebert Sr., 80, a "friendly," "generous" man who "never met
a stranger" was murdered in January of
1996 for his Rolex watch and other
jewelry.
Alvin police said Hebert was stabbed
several times with a kitchen knife. His
body was found lying on the floor of
his Alvin apartment. His Rolex watch,
diamond ring, and $1,400 in cash were
missing.
The Harris County Medical
Examiner's Office, conducted the
autopsy on Hebert's body, and reported
his death resulted from multiple stab
wounds, some of which lacerated major
arteries.
Alvin Detective Stuart Crouch said
neighbors described Hebert as "a very
affable, friendly, well-liked man," and
added that the murder appeared to have
occurred as a result of the robbery.
His son, Lon H. Hebert, 43, of Alvin,
said his father "would do anything for
anybody" and "would give you his last
nickel."
A native of Louisiana and 52-year
resident of Houston, Hebert was a rice
buyer for Blue Ribbon Rice Company.
He had moved to Alvin just seven
months before his death.
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Alvin police filed
murder charges
against
Keith
Earl
Flannery
Jr. a 33-year-old
unemployed construction worker
to whom Hebert
had previously
loaned money.
Flannery, who Keith Earl Flannery, Jr.
had no address,
was reportedly staying with a friend at
the time of his arrest. He was held briefly at the Alvin City Jail, and then transferred to the Brazoria County Detention
Center in lieu of $800,000 bond.
A technical error in the grand jury
indictment led District Attorney Jerome
Aldrich to ask that it be dismissed until
a new indictment could be filed.
The original indictment failed to
specify the type of weapon used in the
attack, which could potentially cause
a judge to overturn a conviction in his
case. He was then re-indicted and the
trial was held in June of 1997.
Defense Attorney Stanley McGee of
Angleton sought to exclude a pair of
blood-soaked jeans as evidence, contending the jeans had not been properly
Crack Head..Cont. on pg 3
Sugar Land Police Promotions
SUGAR LAND, TX - Police Chief
Doug Brinkley recently announced the
promotions of Capt. Scott Schultz to assistant police chief and Lt. Michelle Allen to captain, effective Nov. 20.
In Allen’s new role, she will command the patrol division, which includes
traffic, crime prevention, the special enforcement district, patrol officers and
beat accountability.
In his most recent role, Schultz was
instrumental in several new programs,
including implementation of patrol
rifles, a new fitness program for SLPD
police officers, implementation of Tasers and standardization of weapons for
police officers.
Other promotions include Lt. James
Davis, Lt. John Bauer, Sgt. John Torres
and Sgt. Eric Pino, all of whom will be
assigned to the patrol division.
Scott Schultz, Asst. Police Chief
Michelle Allen, Captain
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Jade Hamilton is barely staying one
step ahead of a ruthless killer. Paranormal visions have been a part of her life
since she was ten, this time her visions
put her in the middle of a murder. Jade
has to keep six year old Emmie Linderhoff safe from this killer, as well as,
keeping herself out of jail for kidnapping.
Jade runs with the child after the girl’s
parents are murdered and along the
way she meets St. Joseph ‘s most eligible bachelor, Detective Ryan Douglas. Ryan, along with his partner, try to
help Jade solve this case before another
murder occurs. As they become more
involved in the case, they begin to realize that their feelings for each other are
growing as quickly as the fear that that
they won’t find the killer in time.
This fictional murder mystery is authored by T.L. Jones who lives in South
East Texas with her husband, Dave, a
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Herman.
A former police officer, T.J. Jones has
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Crack Head..Cont.from pg 1
stored prior to DNA testing, possibly
tainting test results.
The jeans were found in a home
where the defendant was staying at the
time of his arrest, and were reportedly
worn by Flannery during the murder.
In his opening statement to jurors,
McGee said the prosecution's case was
weak, and was based on a "woman of
the night … jail birds and people they're
going to have to bring here in chains."
He expressed disbelief that the state
would ask for a capital murder conviction based on the evidence it would
present, adding, the jury would have no
choice but to return a not guilty verdict.
Flannery's girlfriend, Shanna Sayer testified that Flannery had spoken of robbing Hebert, who had shown them his
Rolex watch and a diamond ring.
While she and Flannery were living
at the Country Village Apartments they
had a "1,000-a-day addiction to crack
cocaine, she said.
Although Flannery was out of work
during most of this time, Sayer worked
as a topless dancer at various Houston
area bars to pay the rent and support the
$1,000-a-day crack cocaine addiction
habit shared by herself and Flannery.
At one point, she said, Hebert had
loaned them $100 after she told him
Flannery needed the money to get out
of jail.
Another
witness,
21-year-old
Cassandra Newberry, a prisoner in the
Alvin jail when Flannery was arrested,
said he told her he remembered taking
part in Hebert's death.
He said he could remember seeing the
blood on his arms, and hearing the old
man saying, "Stop. Stop. Why are you
doing this to me?"
Three persons, inmates at the
Brazoria County Detention Center during Flannery's incarceration, as well as
Sharon K. Ryan, said the defendant had
told them he killed Hebert.
One of the inmates, Antwyne J.
Fleming, was a convicted drug dealer who said he sold crack cocaine to
Flannery around the time of the murder.
Fleming said Flannery described
Hebert's killing and said he had hidden
his bloody jeans in the bedroom closet
of a friend, Tony Weathers, in an effort
to implicate Weathers in the murder.
Flannery told Fleming that he had
walked up behind Hebert, grabbed him
and twisted his neck and stabbed him,
Fleming said.
Other evidence in the trial included a
video-taped interview between Flannery
and an Alvin police detective, in which
Flannery accused Weathers of the murder.
McGee accused the Alvin officers of
focusing solely on Flannery and never
looking seriously at other suspects. In
response to McGee's questions, Alvin
Detective Sue Dietrich said officers
checked other leads, but they came to
dead ends.
McGee also questioned Dietrich concerning the lack of photographs of the
bloody jeans in the place they were
found, eliciting her response that it
"probably would have been better" had
such photos been taken.
Dr. Tommy J. Brown of the Harris
County Medical Examiner's office told
jurors that Hebert died quickly after
being stabbed four times, including a
fatal wound to the carotid artery and a
one to his heart.
The absence of defensive wounds on
Hebert's hands and arms indicated that
his attacker might have taken him by
surprise, Dr. Brown said.
Flannery's former roommate, Tony
Weathers, said that on the day after the
murder Flannery showed him a Rolex
watch and a diamond ring he wanted to
sell.
At that time Flannery said the watch
belonged to a friend who owed Flannery
money, and claimed that the ring was his,
Weathers said. Weathers took the jewelry
and wore the watch all day and talked
with various people about selling it.
When police came to his residence at
5 a.m. the next day to talk to Flannery,
Weathers said he learned for the first
time that they were investigating a
homicide.
Although they revealed that some
jewelry had been stolen, Weathers said
he did not get the watch and ring
because he didn't connect them with the
murder.
Later that day, he sold the jewelry to
former pawn shop operator Billy Shaw
of Pearland for $1,000 cash and a diamond bracelet. Alvin police recovered
the jewelry from a man to whom Shaw
had subsequently sold them.
Flannery was arrested at Weathers'
home. In a search of the house, Detective
Carol Adkins found the blood-spattered
jeans tucked under toys in a bedroom
closet.
Weathers pointed out that the jeans
were not his size, and that they "had to"
belong to Flannery.
Brazoria County Identification officer
Cathy Parmiter, said the knife that killed
Hebert had no fingerprints. A bloody
handprint on the carpet was believed to
have been made by Hebert, she said.
Michelle Lockhoof, a crime lab scientist for the Texas Department of Public
Safety, said blood on the jeans taken
from Weathers' house did not belong to
either Flannery or Weathers, and may
have belonged to Hebert. It had genetic
information similar to that of Hebert, she
said, but could have belonged to about
10 percent of the world's Caucasian
population.
The jeans were among more than
30 pieces of evidence sent to the DPS
crime lab in Austin.
The jury viewed a video tape showing
Hebert lying on his side with a knife
in his chest and the front pocket of his
pants turned inside out, indicating he
had been robbed.
The final prosecution witness, Judith
Floyd, a DNA anlyst with a Dallas laboratory, said the genetic material on the
jeans was "a perfect match" to a blood
sample taken from Hebert. She said
only one in 136 million Caucasians has
the same DNA.
When it was time for the defense to
present its case, McGee called no witnesses and rested the case.
He said that despite prosecution testimony that had consumed five and
one-half days, he heard no believable
evidence that Flannery was the killer.
McGee had earlier indicated that he
planned to call several witnesses, but
apparently changed his mind because
"I believe they didn't make the case
beyond a reasonable doubt."
The defendant is presumed innocent
until proven guilty, he said, and after
reviewing the evidence, he had determined the prosecution had not proven
the case.
In closing arguments McGee told the
jury of six men and six women that the
prosecution's case contained "a whole
lot of holes" which the defense was not
required to fill in.
The jeans found stained with Hebert's
blood had not been shown to have
belonged to Flannery, he said, and the
36-inch waist was too large for Flannery
to have worn them without them falling
off.
He also pointed out that many of the
prosecution's 20 witnesses were convicted criminals or persons hoping to
protect themselves from accusations in
the case.
Assistant District Attorney Tony
Latino told the jury that Flannery was
the person with motive, access to the
victim and opportunity.
Flannery saw this as his access to
money he needed to support his crack
cocaine addiction, Latino said.
District Attorney Aldrich said the 36inch waist jeans could have fit Flannery
because his weight fluctuated as a result
of his drug habit.
If the jurors did not believe the defendant was guilty, Aldrich said, "Let him
move in next door to you … and your
family."
Buddy Stevens, who assisted McGee
in Flannery's defense, reminded the
jurors that a unanimous decision was
required to convict Flannery. He urged
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them to stand by their individual beliefs
and not be swayed by the majority.
Three hours into its second day of
deliberations the jury returned, finding
Flannery guilty of the capital murder of
Hebert, meaning that he could be sentenced to either death or life in prison.
Aldrich said that based on the victim's
age and the violence used in the murder,
he would ask the death penalty in order
to protect young and elderly people who
are vulnerable to attack.
In the penalty phase of the trial, two
of Flannery's former girlfriends testified
that he had subjected them to physical
abuse.
Shanna Sayer said Flannery had
wrapped a pillow case around both his
hands and asked her, "Are you ready to
die?" She said she passed out during the
attack.
Sheryl Bucsanyi said that during an
argument in the late 1980s Flannery
"went crazy" and "put me against the
wall" with her feet off the ground. He
had one hand wrapped around her throat
and used the other to slap her repeatedly, she said, adding that he became
abusive after beginning to use drugs.
McGee pleaded for the jury to spare
his client's life, but put no witnesses on
the stand during the punishment phase
of the trial.
To emphasize the finality of a death
penalty verdict, McGee said if the jury
felt that he should be executed, they
should "go down to Wal-Mart and get
… some rope" and string him up to a
tree.
The jurors spent about 11 hours deliberating Flannery's punishment before
deciding to recommend life in prison.
This would make him ineligible for
parole until 2037.
Today Keith Earl Flannery, Jr. is
known as Texas prison inmate number 00786229 and calls his home the
Clements Units in Amarillo, Texas. He
will be eligible for his first parole hearing on January 9, 2036.
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GALVESTON – The Galveston Police Department presented the Boys
and Girls Club of Galveston a check for $25,000 following the first Battle of The Badges boxing event in December. Galveston police officers
took on boxers from the Galveston County Sheriff’s Office, Galveston
Fire Department, and the Galveston Port Authority Police Department in
17 bouts of boxing at the Galveston Convention Center .
More photos of the event are available at ThePoliceNews.Net – Photo
Gallery.
Photos by Juan Pena
The Police News - Page Jamaica Beach Loses Friend, Neighbor, Protector
Photos by Juan Pena (Breck Porter)
JAMAICA BEACH , TX -- Don Moore, 67, veteran
Texas lawman and Jamaica Beach police officer for the
past 10 years, passed away November 23, 2009 at 3
o’clock in the morning in UTMB Hospital where he
was admitted November 4th after suffering a massive
heart attack.
Jamaica Beach Police Lt. Steve Hubbell said Moore ‘s
son and two daughters had traveled to Galveston from
San Antonio and Kansas City to be by his side. He had
been in a coma since he was stricken while pumping gas
into his pickup at the Jamaica Beach Valero station.
Born and raised in Illinois, Moore became a Texas
lawman when he joined the Precinct 5 Constable’s Office in Nueces County, Corpus Christi, in 1973. On his
way to Jamaica Beach he served on the Port Aransas
Police Department, Taft Police Department and Kendall County Sheriff’s Office.
“He was a workaholic,” said Hubbell, “He was always there when we needed him, no matter what time
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it was, day or night.”
Moore was a ‘dyed in the wool lawman’. He earned
the Master Peace Officer rating, he was a firearms instructors and skilled in the martial arts. But he was a
patrolman at heart, said Hubbell, “He was a born patrol
officer.”
In 2008 Don lost the love of his life, Sandy Lane,
to cancer. Since then he lived alone with his pets in
Jamaica Beach a small, incorporated village on west
Galveston Island .
Jamaica Beach Police Chief Andy McLane said Moore
was an active member of the Blue Knights, Chapter 31,
law enforcement motorcycle organization and had recently purchased a new Harley Davidson 3-wheel motorcycle replacing his previous bike destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
Don’s cremated remains were cast in the Gulf waters
near 16 Mile Road on West Galveston Island where he
joined Sandy Lane.
Photos Courtesy
Mike Tordado
Hundreds pay respects to Brazoria Deputy
By Breck Porter & Marcie Ellis
ANGLETON, Texas - Nearly 500 mourners braved rain and
cold Monday in November to honor a friend, native son and
lawman extraordinaire, Rickey Opperud.
Born Richard Fred Opperud, II, on April 12, 1962, Rick was
one of the best at what he did. He loved animals and dogs,
police dogs, were among his best friends. His love for the
animals was returned a thousand fold by the many friends in
and out of law enforcement that traveled to Angleton, Texas
from throughout Texas and Lousiana to bid a final farewell to
a man gone too young.
Rick was in Louisiana, training police canines and their handlers when he suffered a brain aneurysm and slipped into a
coma from which he never recovered.
A resident of Angleton and a highly respected lawman, he
served the Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office for 17 years earning numerous awards for his dedication to law enforcment
and his excellent canine training skills. He was selected as the
Outstanding Peace Officer of the Year in 2004 by the Brazoria
County Peace Officers Association. He received the Meritorious Achievement Awards in 2006 and 2009 from the National
Narcotic Detector Dog Association. Additionally he was honored by Narcotics Dog Detector Associations in Lake Jackson, Nacogdoches and Corpus Christi.
Rick‘s life long dream as a youth was to become a law enforcement officer, in particularly a K-9 officer. His hard work
and committment lead to the fulfillment of the dream he was
still living when it was abruptly ended at the young age of 47.
Brazoria County Sheriff Charles Wagner expressed the tremendous love and respect for Rick Opperud by the members
and employee’s of the Sheriff’s Office and vowed the Canine
Training School which Rick founded would continue.
Rick was survived by his children, Joshua Opperud and wife
Pam of Angleton, Amber Kay Opperud of Freeport; grandmother Mrs. Jessie Branstetter of Angleton; sister, Robbyn Opperd Smith and husband Larry, of Angleton, nieces, Meghan
Smith of Cy-Fair, Texas; Gabrielle Vesely and husband Jodie
of Longview, Texas; Emily Smith of Angleton, Shelbi Smith
of Angleton; nephews, Jesse Opperud, and Jordon Opperud of
Lake Jackson; and great-aunt Betty Whitaker of Angleton.
He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents Fred and
Helen Bieri; grandparents E.C. Bransterrer and Elouise Bieri
Opperud; parents Richard and Connie Opperud; and niece
Ariel Smith.
A celebration of Rick ‘s life was held in the auditorium of
the Brazoria County Fair Grounds November 30, 2009. Interment followed at the Angleton Cemetery.
A video of his service may been viewed
online at www.ThePoliceNews.net. Enter Opperud in the search box.
The Police News - Page We’re Not Here to Embarrass Anyone
By Retired Texas Ranger Ed Gooding
as told to Bobby Neiman
the A’s and keep sending wreckers until
I tell you to stop.” Of course the strikOne of the strangest incidents I was ever ers heard this, and a few decided their
involved with happened in May 1963. It civil disobedience didn’t go all the way
was during a wildcat strike at the Shell to the impound yard. They moved their
Refinery on the La Porte Highway just cars before the tow trucks could snatch
east of Houston at Pasadena. We re- them.
When the first wrecker arrived, we flat
ceived a call from nearby Deer Park ‘s
city of police, B.J. Bickerstaff, asking out got the strikers’ undivided attention.
We had the wreckfor our assistance. I had known
er driver back up
Chief Bickerstaff since my days
to a car. Before he
in Baytown as a Highway Patrolcould hook up, the
man when he was the resident
owner came rundeputy sheriff. Captain Oliver
ning up, claiming
sent Sergeant Pete Rogers and me
we could tow his
to the strike area to keep a lid on a
car. Wrong! Watch
potentially explosive situation.
us! We were more
I hate strikes, and I don’t know
than will to give
of a single Ranger who would dishim and all the
agree with that statement. I want
other road-blockto say categorically that Texas
ers a change to
Rangers have no business workEd Gooding, Texas Ranger
move their vehicle.
ing strikes. It puts us in a loselose situation. No matter what decision We didn’t want to cause anyone any
we make, one side or the other is going trouble, but one way or another we were
to claim we were biased for the other going to open the highway. So they had
side. But like them or not, we were told a choice: they could either drive their
vehicles off the highway right-of-way,
to go to La Porte. So we went.
When Pete and I arrived at the refin- or they could have the cars towed. It
ery we found the four-lane highway was up to them. They all needed to uncompletely blocked by a hundred to a derstand one thing very clearly: we had
hundred and fifty cars and pickups. All already told the wrecker driver that once
the vehicles had their hoods raised and he hooked onto a car, he was to keep it
their motors off. The owners claimed until he got every single penny of his
they were “broke down.” The press es- money. And we would back the wreck
timated that more than one thousand ad- driver to the hilt. Did anyone have any
ditional vehicles were stacked up behind questions? I don’t guess this guy did; he
the “broke down” ones. Needless to say, got in his car and drove away.
That also resolved it with a few of the
the people unable to get to work because
other strikers: they took their cars and
of the strikers were not a bit happy.
Pete had an outside speaker mounted left. But most stayed put, leaving plenty
on the grill of his car. He had attached of cars for the tow trucks to haul off. In
it to his two-way radio. By simply flip- short order, enough cars had either been
ping a switch, he didn’t have to be in his towed or moved so that the backed-upcar to hear incoming messages. As soon traffic could, by driving down the center
as we pulled up, he flipped the speaker lane, weave its way through the cars still
on. He called the DPS office in Hous- on the highway.
Pete and I headed for the demonstraton and told them to go to the wrecker
section in the yellow pages and “start at tors. As we approached the middle of
Carpet
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the
men to riot. “Let’s take this thing over!
We outnumber them a hundred to one!
We can run this anyway we want to!”
He had them going pretty good and was
working them into a frenzy. The more
agitated the mob became, the more dangerous the situation was. A riot was right
around the corner unless we stopped this
nonsense right now.
Pete looked at me and said, “I think he
sinned. Don’t you?”
“Real bad!”
Before wading into the mob, we pulled
off our hats and put them in the car. We
eased our way through the crowd, heading for the speaker. When we got close
enough to the striker, I yanked him off
his stump and started for the car before
anyone knew what was going on. I had
the seat of his pants in one hand and his
shirt collar in the other. By now, the mob
realized what was going on and they
started trying to form a circle around us
to stop us. But anyone who got in our
way...well, let’s just say that Pete got
them out of our way. All the while, the
telling was so loud you couldn’t hear a
thing. But we were not going to be stopper. When the striker and I made it to the
car, Pete had the back doo open, waiting
for us. I bent the old boy over, put my
knee in his seat, and pushed him into the
backseat. By then, Pete had the car moving. I slammed the back door, grabbed
the handle of the front door, flung it
open, and jumped in.
All of a sudden, we had a new man in
the car with us. Sugar would have melted in his mouth. Everything was, “Yes,
sir. No, sir! I was only joking. I’m terribly sorry.” There was one apology after
another for causing us so much trouble.
As soon as we were well away from the
mob, we stopped to question the man.
It turns out he was Bruce Tuck, a city
councilman of nearby Deer Park. We
asked him why in the world he was trying to stir there men up the way he was.
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the remained vehicles, a Volkswagen
came tearing out of the refinery, heading toward Houston. Two strikers were
walking in the center of the highway
just in front of us, but had not seen us.
As the driver of the Volkswagen came
abreast of the walkers, one of the strikers pulled a short chain about sixteen
inches long out of his shirt. He had
welded a handle onto it and he swung
it into the windshield of the Volkswagen. The windshield shattered into the
car, but the driver wisely kept going.
Stopping in the middle of the screaming, made strikers would not have been
too smart on his part. Bother men were
laughing when they finally saw us, not
ten feet from them. They ran for what
they hopped would be the safety of a
nearby ditch, where a couple hundred of
their buddies were making all the noise.
Pete cut one of them off and I caught
the other as he rounded the front of the
car. I put him up on the fender of Pete’s
car and searched him. Nothing! Not even
a picket knife. Pete had the man with the
chain. I told the man I had that he could
get on the shoulder with his buddies and
do all the mouthing he wanted, but he
better stay off the roadway. As for the
man with the chain, R.W. Errington, we
hauled him before Justice of the Peace
Bud West in La Porte. Judge West freed
Errington on his own recognizance.
Once we finished with Errington, Pete
and I returned to the strike area. The
wreckers were still working full blast,
and the more cars they towed, the madder the strikers got. We could hear someone trying to stir them up with some very
angry rhetoric. This mob - and that was
what it had turned into - was big enough
that if we didn’t do something to defuse
it really fast, things were probably going
to get very ugly.
Standing on a large, wooden cable
spool was the man we had earlier told to
stay off the right-of-way. He was waving a clenched fist in the air, urging the
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TEXAS EXECUTIONS
Scheduled Execution: Jan. 7, 2010
Kenneth Mosley
Black man born September 7, 1958
Education level: 12th grade
Occupation: Laborer
Native of: Flint, Michigan
Mosley, 50, is set
to die by lethal injection for the fatal
shooting of Garland police officer
Michael
Moore.
The
32-year-old
officer was killed
during a bank robKenneth Mosley
bery February 17,
1997 by a bullet that struck above the
top edge of his protective vest. Mosley
was shot in the wrist by another officer
waiting outside the bank and arrested in
the parking lot.
At the time of his arrest, Mosley was
wanted in the Dallas area for the armed
robbery of a fast-food restaurant where
he once worked. When he walked into
the Garland bank, an employee recognized him as the man who robbed the
same bank a month earlier.
Moore was among officers to respond
to a 911 call. When he approached Mosley, who was waiting in line, the two
men fought and fell through a plate
glass window. Mosley pulled a 9 mm
pistol and opened fire.
At his trial, Mosley’s lawyers argued
the shooting was accidental contending Mosley was trying to surrender the
9mm pistol when it went off five times,
hitting Moore four times. A witness testified she saw Mosley stand over the
fallen officer and continue shooting.
Scheduled execution: Jan. 12, 2010
Gary James Johnson
White man, born October 17, 1950
Education Level: 8th Grade
Occupation: Laborer
Native of: St. Louis , Missouri
Bill and Shannon Ferguson were in
their pasture on the evening of April 30,
1986, waiting for a mare to foal. Sometime before 10:00 p.m., they saw a truck
pull over near a gate to the adjacent Triple Creek Ranch. They saw someone get
out of the truck, heard a chain rattle on
the gate, and saw the truck go through
the gate and onto the ranch.
Other evidence showed that the original chain had been cut and a new lock
had been placed on the gate. The truck’s
headlights were off, but Mrs. Ferguson
noticed an unusual
brake light pattern
on the truck (four
large round lights,
two on each side,
one above the other). Mrs. Ferguson
went to the barn Gary James Johnson
and called the Triple Creek Ranch. She spoke to the wife
of Jim Hazelton, the ranch manager, and
told her that a burglary might be taking
place because a truck had entered the
ranch with its lights off.
Mrs. Hazelton told Mrs. Ferguson that
her husband would be right out. Fifteen
minutes later, the Fergusons saw Triple
Creek Ranch manager Jim Hazelton’s
truck appear at the same gate. Hazelton
was unable to enter the ranch through
that gate, so he backed up and entered
the ranch from another location.
Eventually the Fergusons heard Hazelton’s truck stop. When they heard a
gunshot, Mrs. Ferguson went back to
the barn to call the Walker County Sheriff’s Office and Mrs. Hazelton. While
Mrs. Ferguson was gone, Mr. Ferguson
remained in the pasture.
Several minutes after the first gunshot,
Mr. Ferguson heard several shots fired
in rapid succession. After a brief silence,
Mr. Ferguson heard someone plead for
his life. The pleas were silenced by two
more shots.
When the law enforcement officials arrived, they discovered the bodies of Jim
Hazelton and his brother-in-law, Peter
Sparagana. Mrs. Hazelton was Peter’s
sister.
Walker County Deputy Sheriff Allen
McCandles saw a truck matching Shannon Ferguson’s description of the truck
driven by the intruders in Gary James
Johnson’s pasture after the shootings,
and he saw Johnson driving the truck
numerous times.
Another law enforcement officer testified that two of the lights on the back
of Johnson’s truck were removed in the
two weeks after the murders.
Johnson and his brother Terry Del
Johnson were arrested for the murders
two years later.
Three of Johnson’s brothers, Tracey,
Randy, and Ricky, testified for the State
at trial. Tracey testified that Johnson
came to Missouri during the fall of 1986,
returned Tracey’s .44 caliber pistol, and
asked Tracey to destroy it because the
gun had been used in a double murder
in which Johnson and another brother,
Terry, participated.
Ricky testified that, during that same
visit to Missouri , Johnson was in possession of the .44 caliber pistol, he admitted killing one man with the gun, and
he said that he and Terry also killed a
second man.
A state firearms examiner later identified a bullet fragment retrieved from
Hazelton’s body as having been fired
from the same .44 caliber pistol that
Johnson returned to Tracey.
Randy testified that Johnson told him
that Johnson and Terry were out at the
Triple Creek to steal a welder, tires,
livestock feed and other items when two
men “got the drop on them”; while Terry
distracted them, Johnson shot one of the
men; Johnson and Terry caught the other man, brought him back to the barn,
made him kneel, and tied his hands behind his back; and while the second man
pleaded for mercy, Johnson shoved the
gun in his mouth. The medical examiner
testified that Jim Hazelton died from a
contact bullet wound to the mouth.
Randy testified that Johnson told him
the two men were killed because “dead
mean don’t talk.”
The defense called Johnson’s brother,
Terry, as a witness. Terry testified that
Gary Johnson killed both of the victims.
He testified that his brother Gary’s favorite expression was “kill them all, let
God sort them out.”
The defense also presented testimony
from two inmates in the Walker County
Jail that Terry Johnson told them that he
(Terry) had killed both of the victims.
At the penalty phase of the trial, the
State presented evidence that Johnson
shot and killed a neighbor’s dog from a
distance of 75 to 100 yards, while the
dog was standing a few feet from the
neighbor.
The State also presented evidence that
Johnson was carrying a loaded handgun
when he was arrested for the murders.
Johnson’s uncle testified for the defense at the penalty phase that he had
never seen Johnson act violently.
Johnson’s former boss and a co-worker
testified that Johnson was hard-working,
respectful, and non-violent. Johnson’s
ex-wife testified that Johnson was never
violent toward their children, and never
drank or used drugs.
The jury found that Johnson had acted
deliberately and with a reasonable expectation that death would result, and
that it was probable that Johnson would
commit future acts of criminal violence
that constitute a continuing threat to society.
The trial court sentenced to Johnson to
death. Co-defendant Terry Del Johnson
was convicted of murder and sentenced
to 99 years after testifying against his
brother and accepting a plea bargain to
avoid a death sentence.
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Embarrass...Cont. from pg. 10
“I belong to the union and that’s my
job.”
We told him, “We’re not here to embarrass anyone. You know that if we file on
you, your job as a city commissioner is
finished, don’t you?”
“Yes sir, I realize that.”
“If we take you to your car, will you
promise to go on home and leave these
people along?”
“Yes sir, I sure will. I’m very sorry for
what I did.”
To be on the safe side, we followed him
to the driveway of his house.
About two weeks later, two federal
marshals came to the Ranger office and
served Pete and me with a stack of papers that would have choked a horse.
Bruce Tuck, the “oh, I’m so sorry, I was
only joking” city councilman, had sued
each of us for seventy-five thousand
dollars for false arrest, defamation of
character, and a couple of other charges
I can’t recall.
The same Eddie Dykes who had saved
Skippy Rundell and me from charges of
tearing up the Silver Moon on Galveston Island answered the summons for
us. The only difference was that when
he had taken care of Skippy and me, I
never met him. This time I got to meet
Mr. Eddie Dykes personally. De was
definitely a good man to have on your
side. City councilman Tuck didn’t give
in until the evening before we were to
appear in federal court. I guess he and
his lawyer finally realized that we were
not going to back down. Late that afternoon, the clerk of the court called and
told us the case had been dismissed.
Needless to say, Pete and I were greatly
relived.
From his book, Ed Gooding, Soldier,
Texas Ranger, by Robert Nieman, Published October 2001 by Ranger Publishing Co, Longview, Texas.
Reprinted with permission.
If ever a man defined the Greatest
Generation, it was Ed Gooding. At 9:40
Thursday night, July 3, 2003, Ed passed
from this world and joined his beloved
Lena, who preceded him in death in
1995.
Robert Lee Nieman, Jr. (Bobby), 62,
of Longview, passed from this life to his
eternal home on October 17, 2009.
He was a historian, co-authored books,
a columnist, authored articles and book
reviews, primarily about the Texas
Rangers, and was managing editor of
the online Texas Ranger Dispatch Magazine. Robert sat on the board of directors of The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame
and Museum, and The Texas Ranger Association and Foundation.
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SEX OFFENDERS-Brazoria 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 Brazoria County Sheriff’s Office 979- 864-2392.
HONEYCUTT, GEORGE WARREN III
W/M DOB: 9-22-1975
4602 Dana Linn (Off CR 89)
Pearland , Tx 77584
Sexual Assault Child
Victim: Female/14 yoa
Risk level: None Assigned
JOLLY, PAUL DAVID
W/M DOB: 1-30-1964
222 Sung Harbor rd. (CR 730)Liverpool
Tx 77577
Indecency w/child by sexual contact
Sexual Assault of Child
Victims: Females/5 yoa /14 yoa
Risk level: High
SEGURA, ERIC
H/M DOB: 11-5-1976
19070 CR 669D,
Alvin , Tx . 77511
Sexual Assault
Victim: Female/33 yoa
Risk level: Moderate
WEBBER, BRIAN KEITH
W/M DOB: 9-12-1977
19700 Hastings Rd.
Alvin , Tx . 77511
Sexual Assault Child
Victim: Female/15 yoa
Risk level: Low
FERGUSON , MICHAEL DAVID
W/M DOB: 11-4-1970
1702 CR 804,
Angleton Tx . 77515
Agg. Sexual Assault Child
Victim: Female/8 yoa
Risk level: High
PAGE, ANTHONY
B/M DOB: 10-30-1978
4359 CR 842
Brazoria , Tx . 77422
Indecency with a child-exposure
Victim: Female/16 yoa
Risk level: High
BURNS, KEVIN ALLEN
W/M DOB: 5-18-1971
6106 E. Stephen F. Austin
Jones Creek , Tx . 77541
Indecency with a Child-Sexual Contact
Victim: Female/16 yoa
Risk level: Low
BREEZEE, GEORGE JOSEPH
W/M DOB: 11-18-1953
15802 CR 505
Sweeny , Tx . 77480
Indecency with a Child-Sexual contact
Victim: Female/14 yoa
Risk level: Low
EDMONDSON, DAVID
W/M DOB: 5-21-1962
10615 Leedy Rd.
Manvel , Tx .
Sexual Assault Child-2 counts
Victims: Females 16-16
Risk level: Moderate
PEARSON, AUBREY
B/M DOB: 6-26-1968
6334 Trans Lane ,
Pearland , Tx . 77584
Indecency with Child
Exposure (3 counts)
Victims: Females/5-7-5 yoa
Risk level: Moderate
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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
Becker, James Robert
W/M DOB: 06-14-86
8902 Highway 646 S #B
Santa Fe 77510
Victim: Female/13
Aggravated Sexual Assault Child
Risk Level: Medium
Berchok, Frank Hector
W/M DOB: 07-09-55
1211 32nd Street
Santa Fe 77510
Victim: Male/11
Indecency with child by Contact
Risk Level: None Assigned
Carlin, Johathan David
W/M DOB: 09-27-78
408 5th Street #2
San Leon 77539
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Medium
Cawthorn,Michael Ray
W/M DOB: 11-20-75
4430 4th Street Bacliff 77518
Victim: Female/15
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Medium
Cisneros, Dante Avalon
W/M DOB: 08-28-87
19426 Westwood
Algoa 77551
Victim: Female/4
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: None Assigned
Martinez, Carlos Edward
W/M DOB: 09-14-85
4422 Swan
Hitchcock 77510
Victim: Female/14
Indecency with a Child by Contact
Risk Level: Medium
Martinez, Jose Manuel
W/M DOB: 11-20-64
303 Gordy Street #50
Bacliff 77518
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault
Risk Level: None Assigned
McGeehen, Gerald Keith
W/M DOB: 07-10-76
837 16th Street #3
San Leon 77539
Victim: Female/5
Aggravated Sexual Assault Child
Risk Level: None Assigned
Norman,Frank Paul
W/M DOB: 01-11-54
3118 Elm
Arcadia 77517
Victim: Female/11
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: None Assigned
Nowlin, Jeffery Keith
W/M/08-01-76
800 29th Street
San Leon 77539
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Low
K-9 Captures Armed Robber
TEXAS CITY - Texas
fire, hitting the passenger side
City Police chased David
of the getaway car. However
Dixon over a large area of
Dixon managed to take off
the city firing shots into his
again and sped away from the
getaway car before finally
officers.
corralling him and taking
A few blocks away Dixon
him into custody with the
drove his car into a power pole
help of a police dog.
guy-wire, jumped from his car
The saga began when
and ran into the Mr. Mechanic
police were dispatched
shop at 1302 31st St.
to an armed robbery at a
Police surrounded the shop
David Dixon
Valero Station in the 2000
and sent in a police K-9 that
block of Texas Avenue.
quickly tracked the man hiding in the
The clerk said he had been robbed at back seat of a car that was in the shop
knife point and the robber sped away in an for repair.
old model Ford LTD with $3,000 in cash.
Police arrested David Darvell Dixon a
Officers sweeping the area in search 28-year old black man from Texas City.
of the car spotted it shortly thereafter He was charged with Aggravated Roband gave chase stopping it a few blocks bery and Evading Police in a Motor Veaway. When Dixon tried to run and offi- hicle and was jailed under $320,000.00
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1. You have the right to remain motionless, or you may elect to run away from
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you.
4. If while running, you suddenly decide to end the race, beware that my K-9
may or may not understand your intentions, and may continue his pursuit of
you in full stride.
5. You may stop running at any time, at your own risk.
6. Good luck. On your mark, get set....GO!!!!!
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Blue Alert Needed in all States
by: Barbara A. Schwartz
Cathy Hill lost her husband in the line
of duty. Harris County, Texas Deputy
Barry Hill engaged in a foot pursuit and
never came home. The killer shot Barry
seven times, ran off, hijacked a woman’s
car, and fled.
If the details of the shooting and the
killer’s description hadn’t ended up
in an FM radio broadcast, Washington
County Deputy Don Wass never would
have heard it. He captured Barry Hill’s
killer 75 miles from where he shot him.
Cathy, a Spring, Texas mother of two
daughters and president of the Greater
Houston chapter of Concerns of Police
Survivors, decided to do something. She
didn’t want this scenario to happen to
another law enforcement family. “There
had to be a way to find the offender as
soon as possible, before they can hurt
someone else. A better way to inform
law enforcement around the state, so
they hear about a line-of-duty death
from dispatch and not an FM broadcast
station.” She points out that people
don’t listen to their car radio--they listen
to CDs.
She repeatedly wrote to the governor’s
office. Her pleas were finally heard. On
August 18, 2008 Texas Governor Rick
Perry signed the “Blue Alert” into law
by executive order.
The Blue Alert executive order allows
the Amber Alert System to be used when
a Law Enforcement Officer is killed or
seriously injured and the offender is
still at large. The legislation states that
when “the investigating agency determines the offender poses a serious risk
or threat to the public and/or other law
enforcement personnel the alert will be
initiated.” The Blue Alert will immediately forward a detailed description of
the offender, the offender’s vehicle, and
license plate information to state law
enforcement agencies and to the public
through media resources and the Department of Transportation’s dynamic
message signs along Texas highways.
Cathy attended the signing ceremony
where Governor Perry stated, “Today,
we are gathered to restate our gratitude
for members of the law enforcement
community, to reiterate our support for
you and your families and to take a simple step that will rally the entire state to
your side.
“This simple act will speed the apprehension of a person who could harm
others or even escape prosecution for
their crime. Working together, Texans
can show their support for the brave
men and women who protect them and
ensure that those who do them harm are
quickly captured, fully prosecuted and
appropriately punished.”
Texas joins two other states, Florida
and Oklahoma that have enacted similar
legislation.
Cathy wants all fifty states to get on
board. She wants to be sure that if an
officer at the city, county, state, or federal level is seriously injured or killed
in the line of duty every agency in the
state is quickly notified as well as every
citizen.
The offender who fled after murdering her husband stole a car at gunpoint
from an innocent woman. He had time
to change out the license plates. He also
obtained and doused his clothes with
bleach in an attempt to rid himself of
Barry’s blood.
Cathy says the Blue Alert will keep
the next offender from having the opportunity to cover up his crime and flee.
She recalls how difficult it was to know
Barry’s killer had escaped and having to
wait for word of an arrest. She doesn’t
want other law enforcement families
to have to endure what her family did.
“The Blue Alert will help catch a criminal quickly. Hopefully, it won’t be an all
(L_R Standing) Jean Hill, Sherylynn Kelley, Tom Kelley, Amanda Wass, Cathy Hill and an
unidentified Austin police officer look on as Governor Rick Perry signs the Blue Alert Law.
day event like it was for us.”
Cathy urges officers, unions, citizens,
friends, and families to contact their
governor’s office, or state senators and
representatives, and request similar
legislation be enacted. She also recommends initiating petitions for signatures
that can be sent to elected officials.
“Officers are invaluable,” Cathy explained. “And they are more than just
officers, they are family members. We
must do everything we can to protect
them. And, when they are hurt, do what
we can to get the criminal.”
Information on the Texas Blue Alert
can be obtained by phone by calling
the Governor’s Division of Emergency
Management at 512-424-2208. Information and Criteria on how the Texas
Blue Alert is activated can be found at:
ftp://ftp.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/amber/
blue_alert_information.pdf.
The LE only request form can
be viewed at: ftp://ftp. txdps.state.
tx.us/dem/amber/blue_alert_request_
aug2008.pdf.
Barbara A. Schwartz writes exclusively
about the brave officers of law enforcement from her home in Houston, Texas.
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