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18 Jul 2008, 7:38 am
POTTER; from Harris County; 1st district (01-06-01042-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04-03-08)(billboard lease)No. 08-0414ERIC H. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 7:24 am
The resignation sent from a jail cell by former 2001 Texas "Prosecutor of the Year," Rockwall County DA Ray Sumrow, ends another sad saga of corruption by an elected official and leads me to reflect on how many recent high-level law enforcement types we've seen get into trouble recently: Bexar County Sheriff: Resigned to avoid prosecution for bribery related to the commissary. (2008)Potter County Sheriff: Convicted of bribery related to… [read post]
14 Jun 2008, 9:02 am
An all-woman jury yesterday in Amarillo brought back a guilty verdict against Potter County Sheriff Mike Shumate for taking bribes from the Dallas-based commissary manager, Mid-America Services. [read post]
18 Apr 2008, 8:46 am
Texas criminal defendants have a greater chance of facing the death penalty in Harris County than in Travis County for the same offense. [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 8:21 am
Potter and Randall counties, therefore, have joined with nearly two dozen other West Texas counties in an effort to reduce the cost of trying defendants charged with the most serious criminal offense the state provides. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 9:34 am
"Potter, Randall, Lubbock, Midland, Tom Green and Taylor counties have signed our interlocal agreement, along with a number of smaller counties in our 85-county region," said Stoffregen, who will take part in the 10 a.m. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 1:31 am
But we've seen scandals take down Sheriffs in Dallas, Bexar and Potter Counties regarding allegedly improper or bribe-influenced commissary contracts, so it'll be interesting to see which contracts related to county jails wind up being wrapped into the investigation.It wasn't that long ago that the Cameron County Sheriff was convicted of escorting drug smugglers through his county, and San Antonio city council members went to prison for… [read post]
15 Dec 2007, 3:10 pm
Box 2871 Houston, TX 77252-2871 Phone: (713) 513-7575 Southwest Chapter Autism Society of America 511 Executive Center El Paso, TX 79902 E-mail: autism@swasa.com Web: http://www.swasa.com Denton County Autism Society Lewisville, TX Web: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/3565 Texas Gulf Coast Chapter of the ASA P.O. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 4:09 am
(Thankfully, commissaries in adult Texas prisons are operated by TDCJ.)It's clear that Texas needs to perform a comprehensive investigation/audit of county jail commissary contracts statewide. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 3:37 am
Before getting back to a few extant TYC-related topics, I wanted to point Grits readers to several news and blog items I've seen this week:More full county jailsHays County south of Austin has a full jail, while the just-indicted Potter County's Sheriff (neighboring Amarillo) says he's not to blame for jail overcrowding. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 2:57 am
[Potter County Sheriff Mike] Shumate said technology may be a contributing factor, but inattentive drivers and police officers also are to blame. [read post]
21 Apr 2007, 5:58 am
Right now the Department of Public Safety manages all wiretaps statewide, and given the low volume involved - and the fact that most big city PDs aren't using wiretaps - it doesn't make a lot of sense to create redundant capacity at these six agencies.Here are the last several years' statistics reported to the Department of Justice about Texas wiretapping:Wiretapping in Texas(1998 - 2005) Year No. of Wiretaps … [read post]