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Man Charged in Fatal Hit-and-Run Accident

admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:11:23 +0000

A 20-year-old was arrested after a fatal hit-and-run accident that left a 78-year-old woman dead.

Harris County Police arrested and charged Cory Christopher Bonnefin with accident involving injury on Saturday. He is currently in custody at the Harris County Detention Facility waiting for his court date.

The incident happened Thursday night around 6:30pm on South Mason Road in Katy. When police arrived at the scene they found the body of Irene Bourgeois.

Investigators determined that Bourgeois was hit by a dark green pickup truck which did not stop after colliding with the elderly woman.

For the entire story read here.

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Wylie Police Officer Suspended for Lewd Behavior, Child Pornography Claim

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:40:06 +0000

A police officer in Wylie, TX has been put on paid administrative leave after lewd behavior and child pornography were discovered.

Images appeared on the internet of the officer and a woman appearing in sexual acts. The photos depicted a naked woman lying next to the officer with his badge and doing an obscene act with his gun.

There are also allegations of discovering child porn.

The photos were apparently stolen from the policeman’s computer and emailed to all of his contacts in his address book.

The police have confiscated the computer and will get a search warrant to determine what, if anything, is on the computer.

For the entire article, read here.

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Daycare Operator Raped and Threatened Boy

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:21:45 +0000

Police arrested a man in San Antonio after he allegedly raped and threatened an 11-year-old boy whom he cared for.

According to an arrest affidavit, Bradley Bendele runs a mobile day care business and looked after the child.

The affidavit states that Bendele had continuously sexually assaulted the boy and threatened to kill him and his family if he told anybody. The victim told his mother about the incidents and the mother contacted the police.

Bendele was arrested with continuous sexual assault of a young child and is being held in Bexar County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond.

Read the entire article here.

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Teacher charged with having improper relations with student

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:39:33 +0000

A Port Arthur ISD teacher was arrested Sunday for allegedly having improper relations with a student.

The 57-year-old,Emma Jean Hardy, is being held in Jefferson County Correctional Facility on a $75,000 bond.

A policeman noticed a suspicious looking vehicle on the Sea Wall near downtown Port Arthur on Sunday night. The officer found the two engaging in inappropriate teacher student relations.

The teacher was arrested for second degree felony of improper relationship between educator and student and the 17-year-old student was arrested for public lewdness, a class a misdemeanor.

Their names have not yet been released to the public.

Read the entire article here.

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Study Finds Katrina Crime Wave To Be Myth

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:49:47 +0000

A new study performed by five criminologists has conclusively shown that the crime waves blamed on evacuated Hurricane Katrina victims was a fabrication. The Katrina evacuees were taken to Phoenix, Houston and San Antonio. Experts found only a modest increase in murder rates from Phoenix and murder and robbery rates in Houston during this period. San Antonio experienced no crime increases at all. There were no increases in any city for assault, car theft and other crimes that the relocated victims would have been likely to participate in.

“What we found in Houston was there appears to be an increase in some categories of crime, in particular murder and robbery, during the Katrina time period when the evacuees came to Houston. There was no significant change in rape, aggravated assault, burglary or auto theft,“ said lead author Sean P. Varano.

The study was completed in an attempt to confirm or deny anecdotal stories from the public and the media regarding the behavior of the refugees. The research showed there was a small initial spike in crime, but it soon faded, meaning the fabled “Katrina crime wave” was little more than talk.

San Antonio criminal attorneys believe the crime wave myths were merely a way for locals to help blame their existing crime problems on a temporary, transient group of people.

To read more on the issue, see the article in the Houston Chronicle. Image via Ely Online [Flickr].