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General in the Aryan Brotherhood admits to racketeering
A probe that led to warrants and prosecutions of 74 members and associates of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas also snagged one of its generals, a man know as “Big Terry” Blake. Blake plead guilty Friday to a massive racketeering conspiracy. Blake, 57, told U.S. District Judge Sim Lake that he’d been close to the […]
Dog Fighting Ring Raided in Beaumont
Federal agents trying to serve an arrest warrant believe they may have uncovered a dog fighting ring. Inside the home where they were serving the warrant training harnesses, bite sticks and a treadmill officers believe indicate dogs were being taught to fight. Possible charges the dogs’ owner could face include cruelty to animals, and possibly more significant […]
Pastor alleges Waller County Prosecutor threatened him
In yet another example of unprofessionalism among legal professionals, a Waller County DA allegedly made threats to a member of the cloth. Rev. Walter Pendleton alleged that after he requested information on prosecution rates by ethnicity in the county northwest of Houston, the prosecutor became abusive in text messages sent May 28. “Don’t ever call […]
Florida Judge Challenges Attorney to Brawl
“Go out back and I’ll just beat your ass.” These were the words of Judge John C. Murphy in Brevard County Florida, who was displeased with Assistant Public Defender Andrew Weinstock for zealously representing his client. “If I had a rock I would throw it at you right now…SIT DOWN!” Another gem that was hurled […]
Houston Police Dept. Fails to Investigate over 20,000 Criminal Cases
According to a report commissioned by the city, more than 20,000 burglary, theft, assault and hit-and-run cases were not investigated in 2013. When I stumbled onto this story the explanation given was that HPD is understaffed. This may be some of the reason this happened, but I am not buying that this is the only […]
Texas Appeals Court reverses capital murder conviction
The 14th Court of Appeals reversed Jaime Arturo Zamora’s 2011 capital murder conviction this week. Why? Common sense – you can’t sustain a conviction based solely on the testimony of people who are already in trouble. There was no evidence connecting him to the shooting except testimony of his alleged accomplices. Zamora was serving life […]