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The Police News
VOLUME IX, NUMBER 10
Galveston County Edition
October 2012
THE MURDER OF "LIBBY" JONES
By Breck Porter
Elizabeth Jones lived alone in a house
in Clear Lake Shores, Texas, near the
IBM facility where she worked as a
manager on the NASA shuttle project.
At about 7:30 in the evening Sept. 8,
1987, Jones called her boyfriend Terry
Hahn and told him that she was not feeling well and that she planned to go to
bed early. Jones was in the midst of remodeling her home, and she told Hahn
that a roofer was still there hammering
on the roof over her bedroom.
After Jones did not appear for work
the next day, some friends went to her
house in the evening to check on her.
They found the doors locked, Jones's
car parked in the driveway, but no one at
home. Jones's friends entered the house,
but found no evidence of forced entry or
bloodshed.
Jones had apparently left without taking any of her clothing or jewelry. Only
her purse and bathrobe were missing.
They reported Jones's disappearance
to the Clear Lake Shores police. Police
investigators also searched the house,
discovering numerous cigarette butts
and ashes in different locations about
the house and an almost empty bottle
of wine in the trash can, although neither Jones nor her boyfriend smoked and
Jones did not drink.
Police learned from Jones's construction contractor that Timothy Gribble
was the man who had been working on
Jones's roof that evening. Realizing that
Gribble may have been the last person
to see Jones alive, police contacted him
to ask him some questions; however,
he was not considered a suspect at that
time. Gribble told police that after completing the day's work, he had knocked
Timothy Land Gribble
on Jones's door and told her he would
have to return the next day to complete
the job. He claimed that Jones allowed
him to enter her house so that he could
wash his hands, and then he left.
Despite continued search efforts during the next couple of weeks, friends
and authorities were unable to locate
Jones.
Several days after her disappearance,
Jones's ex-husband hired a private detective agency to assist in the investigation. Private investigators and police
questioned Gribble again on Sept. 21
and 22, 1987. At this point, Gribble admitted to be the source of the cigarette
butts and wine bottle found in Jones's
home, but he still denied any involvement in her disappearance. Several days
after that interview, Gribble fled the
state and went to Tennessee, where he
hid out with relatives.
On Sept. 30, 1987, 22 days after
Jones's disappearance, Tennessee law
enforcement officers took Gribble into
custody. A Texas Ranger and a deputy
from the Galveston County Sheriff's
Office went to Tennessee to
speak with Gribble. On Oct.
3, 1987, Gribble was taken
to the Harris County Sheriff's
Office in Houston where, after being advised of his rights,
he confessed to the sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder
by strangulation of Jones.
Gribble said he did leave
after washing his hands in
Jones's house, but that he
returned later in the evening
claiming that he had dropped
his wallet. On this pretense,
Jones allowed him to enter
her home. He said that, once inside, he
took Jones to the bedroom and had sexual intercourse with her and at first she
but then enjoyed it.
Later, Gribble said he asked Jones not
to tell anyone about the incident. When
Jones told him she was going to report
him to the police, he took her from her
home, wearing only her bathrobe, and
drove her around various county roads
until they finally arrived at a dark and
desolate area near League City. There,
he claimed he told Jones he wanted to
spend some time with his wife and stepchildren before he was arrested for what
he had done.
He told Jones he was going to tie her
naked to a tree in the dark woods. He
said then Jones began to cry out and
scream. He tried to cover her mouth and
she bit him. He then took the sash of her
bathrobe, tied it around her throat, and
strangled her until she was dead. Then
he dragged her body a short distance and
left her lying, clothed only in her robe,
under a tree with a tree branch on top of
her. He then drove to a nearby park and
disposed of Jones's purse.
While giving his confession, Gribble
drew a map showing where he had disposed of Jones's body. Then, he led officers to the lake where he had thrown
Jones's purse, which was recovered by
police divers. Gribble then led officers
to Jones's body. There, 26 days after her
disappearance, officers found Jones's
body in an advanced state of decomposition, the robe sash still wrapped
around her neck.
Gribble was indicted on Oct. 14, 1987,
in the 122nd Judicial District Court of
Galveston County for the capital offense
of murdering Elizabeth Jones while kidnapping her on Sept. 9, 1987.
On Nov. 14, 1990, after Gribble had
been found guilty of capital murder by a
jury and sentenced to death, his conviction and sentence were reversed by the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and
a new trial was ordered. The U.S. Supreme Court denied the State's petition
for writ of certiorari on June 24, 1991.
On retrial, Gribble was tried before a
different jury upon a plea of not guilty,
and on April 23, 1992, this jury too
found him guilty of capital murder. On
April 29, 1992, the trial court assessed
Gribble's punishment at death.
Gribble appealed his conviction and
sentence to the Court of Criminal Appeals, which affirmed his death sentence
on Feb. 1, 1995. The U.S. Supreme
Court denied his petition for writ of certiorari on Oct. 2, 1995.
On April 28, 1997, Gribble filed an
application for state writ of habeas corpus with the convicting court. The trial
court denied his petition, and the Court
of Criminal Appeals agreed on Oct. 29,
1997.
Libby Jones Murder...Cont. on pg. 9
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TEXAS EXECUTIONS
murder was a two-edged sword.
But, like Haynes’ mother, he said he
was a parent first and that he would always love his son and that he treasured
the time they had together. He also said
On Friday night, May 22, 1998, Hous- he didn’t think the case against his son
ton Police Sgt. Kent Kinkaid was off was a capital murder, but a regular murduty. About 11 p.m. he and his wife der, which doesn’t carry a death senNancy left their home in the Copper- tence.
field area of west Harris County, in their
But when asked why his son might
Jeep Cherokee, en route to meet friends have gone bad, Donald Haynes just
at a nearby restaurant. Sergeant Kinkaid looked upward and sighed: “Drugs, alwas driving in his neighborhood when cohol and guns don’t mix . . . It’s a huan object struck his front windshield. man tragedy and it destroyed both famiKincaid believed the object had been lies, and it’s going to take a lifetime to
thrown from a pickup truck passing recuperate, if that ever happens.”
them in the opposite direction.
On Friday night,
Sergeant
Kinkaid
May 22, 1998, Housimmediately
turned
ton Police Sgt. Kent
around and followed
Kinkaid was off duty.
the vehicle fourteen
About 11 p.m. he and
blocks, at which time
his wife Nancy left
the truck turned around
their home in the
and headed back toward
Copperfield area of
him. Kinkaid got out of
west Harris County
his vehicle as the truck
, in their Jeep Cheropulled up alongside
kee, en route to meet
him and confronted the
friends at a nearby
Anthony-Cardell Haynes
driver about the object
restaurant. Sergeant
that had hit his windshield. He asked Kinkaid was driving in his neighborthe driver, later identified as Anthony hood when an object struck his front
Cardell Haynes, for identification and windshield. Kincaid believed the object
identified himself as a Houston police had been thrown from a pickup truck
officer. He was reaching for his Po- passing them in the opposite direction.
lice ID when Mrs. Kinkaid saw an arm
Sergeant Kinkaid immediately turned
come out of the driver’s side window of around and followed the vehicle fourthe truck. She saw a flash and heard a teen blocks, at which time the truck
gunshot and saw her husband to fall to turned around and headed back toward
the pavement as the truck sped away.
him. Kinkaid got out of his vehicle as
Quickly, the LifeFlight Helicopter the truck pulled up alongside him and
flew Kincaid to Hermann Hospital. He confronted the driver about the object
had been shot once in the left eye.
that had hit his windshield. He asked
Kent Kinkaid died of the gunshot the driver, later identified as Anthony
wound at 3:18 a.m. Saturday, May 23, Cardell Haynes, for identification and
1998. He was forty years of age.
identified himself as a Houston police
Defense lawyers Robert Alton Jones officer. He was reaching for his Police
and Alvin Nunnery tried to build a de- ID when Mrs. Kinkaid saw an arm come
fense on the fact that Kincaid was in out of the driver’s side window of the
civilian clothes and not on duty. Later, truck. She saw a flash and heard a gunafter he was convicted, they pushed for shot and saw her husband to fall to the
life and portrayed Haynes as someone pavement as the truck sped away.
who had thrown away opportunities to
Quickly, the LifeFlight Helicopter
lead a good life because of drug abuse flew Kincaid to Hermann Hospital . He
and emotional problems.
had been shot once in the left eye.
But prosecutors Mark Vinson and
Kent Kinkaid died of the gunshot
Don Smyth countered that the support wound at 3:18 a.m. Saturday, May 23,
Haynes received from a loving family 1998. He was forty years of age.
and the chances he missed at bettering
Defense lawyers Robert Alton Jones
himself only proved that there was no and Alvin Nunnery tried to build a demitigation.
fense on the fact that Kincaid was in
“It is a paradox that exists where a civilian clothes and not on duty. Later,
child raised by a police officer would after he was convicted, they pushed for
end up in a situation being charged and life and portrayed Haynes as someone
convicted of killing a peace officer,” who had thrown away opportunities to
Jones said.
lead a good life because of drug abuse
Donald Haynes, the defendant’s fa- and emotional problems.
ther, a Houston Arson Investigator said
that, because he is a lawman, Kincaid’s Executions...Cont. next pg.
Houston Cop Killer
Scheduled To Die
October 18th
Executions...Cont. from previous pg.
But prosecutors Mark Vinson and
Don Smyth countered that the support
Haynes received from a loving family
and the chances he missed at bettering
himself only proved that there was no
mitigation.
“It is a paradox that exists where a
child raised by a police officer would
end up in a situation being charged and
convicted of killing a peace officer,”
Jones said.
Donald Haynes, the defendant’s father, a Houston Arson Investigator said
that, because he is a lawman, Kincaid’s
murder was a two-edged sword.
But, like Haynes’ mother, he said he
was a parent first and that he would always love his son and that he treasured
the time they had together. He also said
he didn’t think the case against his son
was a capital murder, but a regular murder, which doesn’t carry a death sentence.
But when asked why his son might
have gone bad, Donald Haynes just
looked upward and sighed: “Drugs, alcohol and guns don’t mix . . . It’s a human tragedy and it destroyed both families, and it’s going to take a lifetime to
recuperate, if that ever happens.”
Jonathan Marcus
Green scheduled
for execution
Jonathan Marcus Green is scheduled to
be executed after 6 p.m. on October 30,
2012. Green was sentenced to death for
the kidnapping, rape and murder of a
12-year-old girl in Montgomery County.
On the evening of June 21, 2000,
12-year-old Christina Neal disappeared
after leaving a friend’s home in the small
community
of
Dobbin, TX.
The girl’s family began looking
for her the next
day, after determining that she
had not stayed
overnight at a
friend’s house.
Christina’s glass- Jonathan Marcus Green
es were found
along a road near the Neal home. The
glasses were “smashed and broken.”
On June 23, the girl’s father, Victor
Neal, asked his sister to look for Christina while he was at work. Christina had
run away before, so Victor told his sister
to report her as a runaway if she could
not find her. Later that day, having failed
to locate Christina, the sister reported
her missing to a Montgomery County
Sheriff’s deputy. Officers then joined the
family in searching for Christina.
On June 26, the FBI joined in the
search. Christina’s panties were found at
the edge of the woods across from the
Neal home, and Christina’s bracelet and
necklace were found along a pathway in
the woods.
On June 28, investigators spoke with
Jonathan Green, who also lived in Dobbin, because his wallet was discovered
in the vicinity of Christina’s disappearance. Green said he had no information
concerning Christina’s disappearance,
and that he was either at home or at his
neighbor’s house on the night she disappeared. He gave investigators permission to search his home and property,
with the condition that he be present. Investigators performed a cursory search
of the house and property, but they noticed nothing significant.
On July 19, a man who lived on the
property behind Green’s, told investigators that Green had an unusually large
fire in his burn pile the day after Christina disappeared. A few days later, investigators went to Green’s home and
asked if they could search his property
again, including his burn pile. Green
again consented, but insisted that he be
present during the search. An FBI agent
smelled a distinct odor emanating from
a disturbed section of ground which he
identified as “some sort of decaying
body.” The investigation team then began to dig up the disturbed area. Green,
who had been cooperative up to that
point, became angry and told the officers to get off his property.
The investigative team returned to
Green’s property later that night with
a search warrant. They discovered that
part of the burn pile had been excavated,
leaving what appeared to be a shallow
grave. They also smelled the “extremely
foul, fetid odor” of a “dead body in a
decaying state.”
An officer then arrived with a “cadaver
dog,” trained to detect human remains.
The dog repeatedly went to the side of
a recliner in the house. An FBI agent
looked behind the recliner and found
human remains in a bag that were identified as Christina’s. An autopsy concluded that Christina was sexually assaulted and then strangled.
During the course of the autopsy,
various materials were recovered from
Christina’s body.
DNA testing on black hairs found
on Christina’s body indicated a higher
probability the hairs came from Green.
A Texas Department of Public Safety
crime lab criminalist testified that many
of the fibers recovered from Christina’s
body matched fiber samples seized from
Green’s property and residence. On the
panties that were recovered near the
Neal home five days after Christina had
disappeared and nearly a month before
her body was found, investigators found
a fiber that had characteristics identical
to carpet in Green’s residence.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
affirmed Green’s conviction on Dec. 17,
2004.
On March 6, 2006, the U.S. Supreme
Court denied certiorari review.
On March 23, 2005, the Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals adopted the findings and conclusions of the trial court
and denied Green’s application for state
habeas relief.
On Feb, 15, 2008, a U.S. district court
denied Green’s federal petition for a
writ of habeas corpus.
On February 27, 2009, the United
States Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit denied a certificate of appeal
ability.
On October 5, 2009, the U.S. Supreme
Court denied certiorari review of this
decision.
No litigation is currently pending.
Green had a misdemeanor conviction
for unlawfully carrying a weapon.
The State also presented evidence of
Green’s history of violent behavior:
A woman testified that Green raped her
about four years before he was tried for
the capital murder of the 12-year-old
girl.
Another woman testified that in July
1999, Green entered her home without
permission, jumped on top of her, and
demanded that she have sex with him.
The woman said she tried to defend herself, but Green forced himself on her.
The woman also testified about another
time when Green tried to rape her. However, on that occasion, she was armed
with a pocket knife and was able to fend
him off.
Green was linked to the stabbing death
of a pony that was stolen in January 2000
from a pasture in Dobbin. The pony was
tied to a tree and stabbed to death. A
bloody pair of shears and a bloody broken butcher knife were laying near the
pony’s carcass. Green admitted that the
shears were his but claimed that they
had been stolen a few weeks earlier.
However, the only print recovered from
the shears matched Green’s left middle
finger.
Green also displayed increasingly violent behavior while he was incarcerated
in the Montgomery County Jail:
On the morning of September 9, 2000,
Green threatened to assault an officer
for taking a toothbrush and a bowl of
food from him.
On February 5, 2001, Green threatened
a fellow inmate asserting that he “would
make his heart stop.”
On another occasion, Green threatened
a deputy because he would not give him
a second glass of juice.
On July 26, 2001, Green assaulted and
robbed another inmate.
On March 13, 2002, Green assaulted
an officer in the jail.
October 31st Set
For Execution of
Woman’s Killer
LAKE LIVINGSTON - Donnie Lee
Roberts Jr., 36,
was convicted of
capital murder
and sentenced to
die for the 2003
robbery-slaying
of Vicki Bowen
at her home near
Lake Livingston
in Polk County .
In his appeal to Donnie Lee Roberts Jr.
The Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals, Roberts raised 16
points, including an argument that the
facts of the case were insufficient to
prove robbery.
“By his own admission, Roberts
pointed a gun at Bowen and demanded
money from her immediately before he
killed her,” wrote Sharon Keller, the
Austin court’s presiding judge.
All the appeals claims were turned
down, although Judge Lawrence Meyers, in a dissent, said he agreed that
court testimony from a victim of an earlier Louisiana robbery should not have
been allowed.
Records show Roberts, from Natchitoches Parish, La., had a previous armed
robbery conviction and seven-year prison sentence in Louisiana.
A victim of his robbery in Baton
Rouge, La., testified the emotional impact of the crime forced her to quit her
job because she was afraid customers
at her business might rob or kill her,
that she had difficulty sleeping and was
troubled by nightmares, and that even
when she found a new job she remained
in fear.
Roberts, described in court documents
as unemployed, a frequent drinker and
cocaine user, confessed to the slaying
of Bowen, 44. A friend discovered her
body after Bowen failed to show up for
work as a dental assistant and became
worried about her.
Her television and her son’s truck
were missing. Police arrested Roberts
after tracking down the truck. Evidence
showed he also took jewelry, a rifle and
pistol, and Houston Texans football
tickets, which he sold for $100. He traded the pistol for some cocaine.
In his confession, he said he would
go to bars, get drunk and then look for
drugs. The shooting, he said, came after Bowen refused to give him some
money. At his trial, however, he testified
he grabbed a .22-caliber rifle because
it was out of place near a door, that the
woman had what he thought was a pistol in her pocket and when she moved to
reach for it, she was shot with the rifle.
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Every day 160,000 students intentionally skip school for fear of being bullied.
How many are skipping at your schools?
On behalf of Mr. Shawn Bailey, President and CEO of AMOCO Federal Credit Union and Mr. Darrell Scott,
Founder of Rachel’s Challenge, we want to personally invite you to join us at a local free presentation on
Thursday, October 25th from 9:00AM-10:30AM at The San Luis Resort Hotel in Galveston.
At this time you will hear about a transformational community initiative - a pro-kindness campaign that will
inspire, instruct and positively enable our students and adults to spread kindness and acceptance of others. Like
you, we’ve had the opportunity to attend numerous inspirational seminars, heard teams of motivational
speakers, and been moved to tears and action by events both large and small. However, the story of Rachel
Scott is unique and inspiring. Rachel was the first victim in the horrific Columbine school shootings in 1999, yet
she has positively motivated millions of people around the world since her untimely and tragic death.
“At AMOCO Federal Credit Union we have an obligation to support the health and vibrancy of communities we
serve and this is why we have decided to support Rachel’s Challenge to help students replace violence, isolation
and negativity with acts of kindness and compassion.” (Shawn Bailey, President and CEO, AMOCO FCU)
On behalf of Rachel’s Challenge and the thousands of students that have experienced Rachel’s Challenge
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entire AMOCO Federal Credit Union team for bringing Rachel’s Challenge to Galveston area schools. We are
honored and excited to announce a new generous gift from AMOCO FCU. AMOCO FCU is offering a $10,000
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Galveston County Grand Jury Indictments – September 2012
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BENNETT, WILLIE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
BOYD, AARON DWAYNE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN DRUG FREE
ZONE
BOYD, RACHELLE LEA POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN DRUG FREE ZONE
BRESIE, MICKY FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY
BRUCE, BURTON LEE FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY
COLEMAN, NATHAN ALAN ROBBERY
ENRIQUEZ, ADAM CHARLES FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE BY STRANGULATION
FORD, JEREMY DEWAYNE CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD ABUSE
GUARDADO HERNANDEZ, CEASAR THEFT OF COPPER
HAGA, SANDRA JEAN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
HARRY, EMILY CHRISTINE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
HICKSON, MYKEL KEITH FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY
FAMILY VIOLENCE W/ PREV CONVICTIONS
HURST, CYNTHIA JEAN OBSTRUCTION OR RETALIATION
IRVING , MARLIN DESHAWN FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY BY STRANGULATION
JACOBS, DONALD JOSEPH ENGAGE IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
JOHNSON, UNDRA NWAI FELONY THEFT PREV CONVICTIONS
JONES, BRANDON ALLEN FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE
BY STRANGULATION
MATAMORAS, RUBEN JACK AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
MILLER, BRANDON MARIO CAPITAL MURDER BY TERROR THREAT/OTHER FELONY
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY JAIL (2 counts)
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON (2 counts)
MONROE, TIMOTHY CHARLES FELONY THEFT
THEFT OF PROPERTY 2 OR MORE PREV CONVICTIONS
PATHAN, UBAID FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY BY STRANGULATION
ROBINSON, DANIEL CLAYTON POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
SCOTT, TRAI LAKEITH FORGERY
SIMMONS, RICKEY LEE FRAUDULENT USE PRESCRIPTION
THOMAS, LARRY CONRAD POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN DRUG FREE ZONE
WASHINGTON, DAYRON VELTON BURGLARY OF VEHICLE
BURGLARY OF VEHICLES W/ PREV 2 OR MORE CONVICTIONS
WILLIAMS, JUSTIN LEE CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD ABUSE
INJURY TO CHILD/ELDERLY/DISABLED WITH INTENT BODILY INJURY
ALLEN, OSCAR WAYNE FELONY EVADING ARREST DETENTION WITH PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
ALVARADO-RUIZ, JUDITH FELONY DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD OR MORE
BANNISTER, NATHAN FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY 2/MORE PREV CONV
BLACKMAN, DONNA ELIZABETH FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY
INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE BY STRANGULATION
BLAND, BRANDY RENEE FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY
BOLES, GARY RAY INJURY TO CHILD/ELDERLY/DISABLED WITH INTENT BODILY INJURY
BRANCH, EDWARD CHARLES BURGLARY OF BUILDING
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CARLOS, LEILA DARLENE ACCIDENT INVOLVING SBI/DEATH
CONWAY, WILLIAM PATE THEF OF MATERIAL ALUM/BRNZE/COPPER
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CRISP, AMANDA MARIE FORGERY
CUTTRELL, CHRISTOPHER LEE FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF VEHICLE & FORGERT
CUTTRELL, HEATHER DAWN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
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FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY
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DURAND, JAMES LEE THEFT OF MATERIAL ALUM/BRNZE/COPPER
EVANS, MELANIE ANN FELONY THEFT 2/MORE PREV CONVICTIONS
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FOSTER, RANDAL WAYNE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
GARCIA, RICHARD LEE JR FORGERY
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GATES, DANIELLE DENISE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
GATLIN, ANTONIO CATRELL AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY
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HADLEY, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
HADLEY, QUENDA DABNEY POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
HAMILTON, TIFFANY CHANTEALLE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
HARRIS, CHARLESTON RAY FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY <$1,500 2/MORE PREV CONV
HOLMES, FAVIAN JASON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
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JOHNSON, TROY WAYNE POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JONES, ERVIN BERNARD BURGLARY OF A HABITATION
FELONY THEFT OF PROPERTY 2/MORE PREV CONV
KEGLER, ROBERT LEE FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE W/
PREV CONV
KITTLE, TABITHA NICHOLE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
LARA, VICTOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WITH INTENT TO IMPAIR
LAUDERDALE, KOZA UTHANT FORGERY
MAXWELL, RITA LYNN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
MCGOWAN, MONIQUE ANN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
MENDOZA, JOSE SALOME FELONY DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD UNDER 15
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MUNOZ, NICOLE FORGERY
NEALY, MONICA RENEE ROBBERY
PORTILLO, JOSE MIGUEL SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD (2 counts)
RODRIGUEZ, KENNYDALE WADE BURGLARY OF HABITATION
SANFORD, SAMUEL DAVID III UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON
SANTOS-VALDEZ, ERICK HERMAN MURDER
SCHATELOWITZ, SHARLA YVONNE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH DEADLY WEAPON
SHOPE, SAMUEL RAYNOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
SIMPSON, JEMMA ASHLEY POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
SMITH, TIMOTHY PAUL SEX OFFENDERS DUTY TO REGISTER 10 YRS
SONNENBURG, JASON WILLIAM FELONY DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED 3RD OR MORE
THERRAL, MARK ANTHONY FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE
BY STRANGULATION
VIGLIONE, ANTHONY MICHAEL FELONY EVADING ARREST DETENTION WITH VEHICLE
WOOTTON, BRIAN PAUL FELONY ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY
FAMILY VIOLENCE BY STRANGULATION
WRIGHT, GREGORY ALLEN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
Libby Jones Murder...Cont. from pg. 1
On Jan. 6, 1998, Gribble filed a pro se
motion to file an out-of-time application
for state writ of habeas corpus, which
was dismissed by the Court of Criminal
Appeals as an abuse of the writ on Feb.
2, 1998.
On Jan. 20, 1998, while his second application for state writ of habeas corpus
was pending, Gribble filed in the United
States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas, Galveston Division, a
motion for appointment of a lawyer to
assist him in filing a federal habeas petition.
After an attorney was appointed, he
filed a federal habeas petition on April
3, 1998. On June 25, 1998, the district
court entered final judgment denying
Gribble's federal habeas petition. The
district court then denied him permission to appeal.
The United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
similarly denied permission to appeal
on Sept. 20, 1999, and denied rehearing on Oct. 26, 1999. Gribble thereafter
filed a petition for writ of certiorari to
the United States Supreme Court, which
was later denied.
At the punishment phase of trial, Gribble admitted to arrests for possession of
marijuana, possession of a prohibited
weapon, and public intoxication. He
also admitted to committing these other
offenses:
(1) On Jan. 11, 1981, burglarizing a motor home owned by his father;
(2) In the early morning hours of April
10, 1981, using false pretenses to gain
entry into the home of a 54-year-old
woman, whose 15-year-old daughter he
knew, where he then sexually assaulted
the mother;
(3) On Oct. 24, 1981, possessing a controlled substance;
(4) On Aug. 12, 1983, forcing and
threatening a 15-year-old girl, who he
knew from the community and had offered a ride home, to engage in oral sex
and sexual intercourse over a period of
several hours;
(5) In early Sept. 1987, purchasing a
pick up truck, knowing it was stolen;
and
(6) On Sept. 17, 1987, nine days after
committing the instant capital offense,
using false pretenses to gain entry into
the apartment of his ex-wife where he
subsequently choked her into submission then threatened and forced her to
engage in oral sex and sexual intercourse.
Gribble was initially sentenced to 10
years probation for the April 1981 offense. When he subsequently plead
guilty to the Aug. 1983 offense and received a five-year prison sentence, his
probation was revoked and he received
a 5-year prison sentence for the April
1981 offense.
According to Gribble's testimony at
the punishment phase of his trial, the
majority of his life of crime was related
to alcohol, marijuana, and illegally-obtained prescription drug abuse, and his
sexual assault offenses were attributable
to what he termed a sex problem.
On March 16, 2000 Timothy Lane
Gribble welcomed his execution. Unlike
the scene in the Texas death chamber 24
hours earlier, when another inmate resisted his lethal injection and spit a key
from his mouth in a final act of defiance,
Gribble peacefully accepted his punishment for killing Libby Jones more than
a dozen years earlier. "It was wrong
what I did," he said in a final statement
in which he apologized for the killings.
"Just please, find peace." In a handwritten statement read by prison chaplain
James Brazzil, Gribble said he had been
living with guilt and pain.
Gribble added that he needed to speak
out against the death penalty, "although
I have no regrets in my case," he said.
"The death penalty is an unnecessary
punishment for a society who has other means to protect itself." "I go with
God," Gribble said after the chaplain
finished reading. Then he began chanting a prayer, and gasped and snorted
as the drugs began taking effect. He
slipped into unconsciousness and eight
minutes later, he was pronounced dead.
"I feel very satisfied justice has been
served," Mike Guarino, the Galveston
County District Attorney who prosecuted Gribble, said after watching the
prisoner die. "I sincerely hope he meant
what he said. "I hope, sincerely, that
he has come to grips with the horrible
things he did."
Gribble had confessed to Jones' slaying and two others. He was indicted
but not tried for the murder of Donna
Weis, 23, whose remains were found in
Galveston County 18 months after she
disappeared in June 1986. Authorities
never were able to confirm his claim
of a third slaying. At his trial, however,
prosecutors presented to the jury three
women who testified he raped them.
As Gribble was being executed in
Huntsville for Jones murder, one of
the nation's most prominent death penalty opponents was addressing a prayer
vigil in downtown Houston. Sister Helen Prejean, the New Orleans nun who
wrote the book Dead Man Walking, told
the vigil participants at Sacred Heart
Co-Cathedral that all Texans take part
in every execution in the state. "We are
caught in this; it's like a machine," said
Prejean, 60. "It relentlessly runs until we
stop it, until the people of Texas stop it.
Every citizen of Texas is participating in
this execution tonight. Anybody who's
not standing up against it and working
against it is . . . involved in the killing." Prejean, who had been a spiritual
counselor to five men on Louisiana's
death row since 1982, was in Houston
to speak at the University of St. Thomas
Lenten lecture series. Earlier in the day,
she spoke at First Unitarian Universalist
Church.
For the last month or so, 25 to 30 people had gathered in front of the cathedral each evening of an execution, said
David Atwood, director of the Texas
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
This vigil moved inside the church after a few minutes because to a sudden
shower. The group had held vigils outside the Huntsville prison at every one
of the state's 211 executions since 1982,
Atwood said. Gribble's execution was
the 12th that year in Texas. Prejean said
advocates may consider lethal injection
to be humane but years of agonizing
anticipation precede every execution.
"We can't take torture out of the death
penalty no matter how we change it,"
she said.
Prejean also took issue with those
who say execution provides closure
and a sense of justice to murder victims' family members. "Of the victims'
families I've known, the ones who have
healed and been able to move on when
a loved one has been killed are people
in the community, who have love and
faith and people accompanying them.
Those who haven't healed were the ones
who wanted the execution the most,
watched it and afterward said, `He died
too quickly. We hope he burns in hell.'"
Prejean cited Marietta Jaeger, a Midwest woman whose 7-year-old daughter
was murdered on a family camping trip.
Jaeger later went to work with a national organization called Murder Victims
Families for Reconciliation.
As part of the prayer vigil, the group
read from a statement by Jaeger: "The
capacity for mercy and compassion is
what sets us apart from the rest of creation. Our laws should call us to higher
moral principles than the practice of
primitive acts of more murders to resolve our conflicts, hatreds, fears and
frustrations. We violate our own honor
and dignity by unabashedly killing a
chained, restrained defenseless person,
however deserving of death we deem
that person to be."
Convicted killer Timothy Lane Gribble said that night he was ready to die. "I
want to get this over with," Gribble said
in a death row interview. "I don't want to
spend the rest of my life here. I just want
to end this." And they did.
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Poor Endorses
Pruitt for
Sheriff of
Galveston Co.
At a recent political fund raiser for
Captain John Pruitt, the democratic
nominee for sheriff of Galveston County , Pruitt was introduced by the incumbent sheriff, Freddie Poor. Here is his
introduction.
"29 years ago I was a police captain
with the Galveston Police Department
and I was in charge of the identification
and crime records division and there
was a young man came to my door and
he said, "I need to talk to you" and I
said, come on in, who are you and he
said "my name is John Pruitt" and I said
how old are you John and he said I'm
18 years old. I said what can I do for
you and he said "I want to learn to be
a crime scene investigator, I want to be
trained. Can you help me?
"At that particular time I told John I'd
love to be able to help you. For the next
29 years John and I have been kind of
partners. When I was on the police department and came over to the sheriff's
office, John was there. And I can tell
you that knowing John and knowing his
work ethic, knowing his integrity, and
everything else about John and his love
of his family, he's a credit to law enforcement.
"People do different things in life, but
you know, John always does the right
thing for the right reason and I see that
day in and day out.
"He's gone through all the training he
needed to get, the Institute of Applied
Science , the Law Enforcement Executive Management Institute of Texas, the
FBI National Academy and all the other
scores of training schools he's gone to.
He's never lost sight.
"But you know the main thing about
John? John brings all those people with
him. He trains them and puts them out
in the field. If you go to any police department in Galveston County and you
ask them, 'who's the best crime scene
investigator in Galveston County , or
the State of Texas ? They will tell you,
it is Captain John Pruitt and his unit of
fine people.
"And to watch John mature over
the years and bring that expertise to
him, you know, it made me proud. It
made me proud when he went to those
schools. It made me proud to be there
when he accomplished those goals in
his life. And I can tell you I can honestly say about John Pruitt, he won't
let you down. He never let me down
and I thank him one hundred percent.
John's that person that has that heart to
lead people and to lead the Galveston
County Sheriff's Office.
"I was struggling because there were
a lot of other things I'd like to say about
John, but what I would like to do right
know is to tell you that I would like
for you to welcome the next sheriff
of Galveston County , Captain John
Pruitt."
Porretto sworn in
as police chief
GALVESTON — In a special ceremony, organized by friends and supporters,
Henry Porretto was sworn in as Galveston’s 57th police chief in September.
Porretto was named police chief in
June after having served in the position
for nearly a year in an interim capacity.
At least 300 people attended the ceremony at the Galveston Island Convention Center.
U.S. District Court Judge Gregg Costa, appointed in April to Galveston’s
federal bench, swore in Porretto, who
then had his badge pinned by his mother
Rosemarie Porretto.
Biker
A man decided that he was going to
ride a 10-speed bike from Pittsburgh, to
Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
He got as far as Altoona before the
mountains became too much and he
could go no farther. He stuck his thumb
out to hitchhike, but after 3 hours hadn't
gotten a single person to stop.
Finally, a guy in a Corvette pulled over
and offered him a ride. Of course, the
bike wouldn't fit in the car.
The owner of the Corvette found a piece
of rope lying by the highway and tied it
to his bumper. He tied the other end to
the bike and told the man that if he was
going too fast, to honk the horn on his
bike and that he would slow down.
Everything went fine for the first 30
miles.
Suddenly, another Corvette blew past
them. Not to be outdone, the Corvette
pulling the bike took off after the other.
A short distance down the road, the two
Corvettes, both going well over 120
mph, blew through a speed trap. The
police officer noted the speeds from his
radar gun and radioed to the other officer that he had two Corvettes headed
his way at 120 mph. He then relayed,
"and you're not going to believe this, but
there's a guy on a 10-speed bike honking to pass."
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 Sex Offender Hotline - 409-770-5201
Dunivan, James Karl
W/M DOB: 11-15-77
4706 11th St .
Bacliff 77518
Possession of Child Pornography
Risk Level: Low
Parham, Shawn Kelly
W/M DOB: 12-10-71
19618 E Hwy 6
Alvin 77511
Victim: Female/16
Sexual Assault
Risk Level: Low
Razor, Ronnie Jason
W/M DOB: 09-10-74
4708 Rose St #F
Bacliff 77518
Victim: Female/4
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Low
Reyes, John Joseph
W/M DOB: 11-30-54
419 6th St
San Leon 77539
Victim: Female/15
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Moderate
Rodehorst, Kurt Albert
W/M DOB: 04-02-51
2546 FM-517
San Leon 77539
Victim: Female/3
Indecency with a Child by Contact
Risk Level: Moderate
Ruiz, David Jr
W/M DOB: 12-24-91
4719 Heron
Hitchcock 77563
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Moderate
Shell, Donnie Wayne
W/M DOB: 03-01-81
4111 Brown St
Bacliff 77518
Victim: Female/14
Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: High
Snow, Larry Gilbert
W/M DOB: 06-22-54
2322 FM 517 #45
San Leon 77539
Possession of Child Pornography
Risk Level: Not Assigned
Velez, Gilbert Julian
W/M DOB: 07-09-50
1215 Poston
Santa Fe 77510
VictimL Male/13
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Risk Level: Moderate
Adams,Tyrell Tremain
B/M 12-02-84
2808 Avenue B
Dickinson 77539
Victim: Male/5
Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child X2
Risk Level: High
The Police News - Page 11
EXPERIENCE
vs
DESIRE
Danny Sendejas has:
16 years as a Galveston County Sheriff's Deputy
12 years as a Precinct One Deputy Constable
5 years as Precinct One Chief Deputy Constable
Lives in the precinct he serves
The only candidate in this race with experience
and qualifications
PROMOTE CHIEF DEPUTY
DANNY SENDEJAS
TO
CONSTABLE, PRECINCT ONE
He earned it!
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