December 25 Crime Log: It’s not my fault Santa put you on the naughty list

     10-22457 ~ 3300 Old Tyler ~ Criminal Mischief ~ comp stated someone scratched vulgar words into the hood of his truck last night.

     10-22454 ~1300 Pruitt Hill ~ BMV ~ comp advised that unknown suspects entered into her unlocked vehicle and removed her wallet.

     10-22471 ~ 1200 South ~ Counterfeit ~ While closing out registers the comp found a counterfeit 20 dollar bill.

     P10-22480 ~ 217 S. Church ~ Burglary ~ The complainant, advised that she was away from her apartment during the afternoon and someone entered and stole her billfold with no forced entry.

     P10-22484 ~ 4800 North ~ DWI Child Passenger ~ The complainant follow a vehicle to Wal-mart that had been weaving in traffic from the south side of town. Officer contacted the driver and identified her as Jean Marie Urban. She was found to be intoxicated and she was arrested.

     P10-22473 ~ 3400 E. Main ~ Burglary of a habitation ~ The complainant, advised that persons unknown entered her apartment and stole two pieces of jewelry. There was no forced entry and no other valuables were taken.

     P10-22487 ~ 1000 E. Main ~ Criminal Mischief ~ The complainant, advised that her 1994 Mercury Caprice had a tire cut on it while she was in the salon between 1920 and 1930. She valued the tire at 100 dollars.

     P10-22475 ~ 4800 Emerald ~Credit Card Abuse ~The complainant, advised that her boyfriend had assaulted her at her home. He then took twenty dollars cash from her purse and her debit card. She came to the police department a short time later to report unauthorized expenditures on the card. She wishes to file charges.


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December 24 Crime Log: You may be Christmas shopping, but you’re getting a lump of coal

     3800 North Theft Officer received a tip from a store that a wanted person that we have been looking for had just left. Officers located the subject who had a Felony Theft warrant and arrested him. While arresting him Officers found a DVD player underneath his jacket that he had just stolen from a local store. The plastic sack the subject was carrying at the time of his arrest contained a new pair of boots that he also had stolen from another local store.

     100 N Fredonia Driving While License Invalid Officer stopped a car due to a traffic violation and found that her license was suspended.

     100 Old Line Drive BOH Complainant left his house for a few hours and when he returned he found that his computer and backpack were taken.

     100 Oak Hill Plaza Assault Family Violence Officers responded to a disturbance and located both parties. One subject was upset because her boyfriend did not make the correct breakfast for her children. During this argument he pushed her.

     300 Ellington Criminal Mischief Complainat advised that his girlfriend got mad at him and smashed his cellphone.

     900 Shawnee Assault Family violence/Criminal Mischief Complainant advised that he had gotten into an argument with his girlfriend and she walked out of his house. Complainant locked the door behind her and she broke out a window. Complainant went back outside to stop her from damaging more of his house and she bit him on the arm.

     2500 Saratoga Burglary of a Habitation Complainant left his house for a few hours and when he returned he found that his window had been broken out. When he went inside he found that his TV, Camera, Xbox, Wii and 10 games were missing.

     1700 W Austin Driving while Intoxicated Officer stopped a vehicle for speeding and found the driver to be intoxicated. He was arrested.

     1700 North Theft Complainant advised he left his cellphone on the counter and when he went back it was gone.

     3200 North Aggravated Robbery The victim advised he was trying to sell him MP3 player to a subject who told him to meet him across the street. When the victim went to the location he was assaulted and states that he had a pistol put to his head. The suspect along with another subject took his money, jewelry and the MP3 player.


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Thomas Kerss (Nacogdoches Sheriff): Bank Burglars Captured

Thomas Kerss

     At approximately 3:30 this morning (Friday, December 24, 2010) two masked men burglarized the bank in Cushing, Texas (Nacogdoches County). It was the second time in just over a week the bank was targeted by burglars. As deputies responded to the alarm call, deputy Ben Curtis met a vehicle that matched the description of the vehicle used by suspects in the previous burglary. A high speed pursuit began when Deputy Curtis attempted to stop that vehicle along F.M. 225 just south of Cushing. Deputy Curtis chased the suspects to Douglass, at which time the suspects abandoned the vehicle (a silver Toyota P.U.) and fled on foot toward the Douglass school. As officers searched the school campus for the suspects Deputy Curtis observed a ladder leaning against one of the buildings on campus. Deputy Curtis climbed the ladder and located both suspects hiding on the roof of an adjacent building. The suspects then jumped from the roof to the ground, at which time one of the suspects (Wilburn Thacker of Alto, was taken into custody. The second suspect, later identified as Emanuel Griffin (also of Alto) fled into a wooded area west of the school.

Emanuel Griffin

Wilburn Thacker

     A staging area was established at the Douglass School and officers set a wide perimeter around the area west of F.M. 225 in Douglass. Tracking dogs from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and a DPS helicopter were summoned to assist in the search. At approximately 9:00 A.M. Emanuel Griffin was located and arrested in a densely wooded area adjacent to State Highway 21 between Douglass and Alto.

     The vehicle that had been driven by the suspects was towed to the Sheriff’s Office where a search warrant was executed on the vehicle. That search revealed burglary tools, as well as rolled coins and a teller stamp that had been stolen from the bank. Officers have also linked the Griffin suspect to the first burglary and are pursuing information that may lead to additional arrests in that case.

     We were glad to have solved these crimes and we appreciate the assistance my office received from the law enforcement community and the public. Assisting the Sheriff’s Office in this search were the following agencies: Texas Highway Patrol, Texas Rangers, Nacogdoches Police Department, Constable’s Office-Pct. 1, Alto Police Department and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Thomas Kerss, Sheriff

Nacogdoches County

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December 23 Crime Log: Reckless driver also uninsured and unlicensed

     100 North DWLI Officer stopped a vehicle that was called in as a reckless driver. The driver’s license was found to be suspended and the driver did not have the vehicle insured. The driver was arrested.

    1100 Woodbine Burglary of a Habitation Complainant left her residence for a few minutes and when she returned she found that her front door was forced open and two TV’s were taken.

    2200 Applebysand Rd DWI Officers responded to a minor accident and found one of the drivers intoxicated. He was arrested.

    4800 Warr Circle Assault Family Violence/Resisting Transportation Offficers responded to a fight between two brothers. Officers arrested one brother for a warrant and the subject resisted being placed into a police vehicle.


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Chris Herrington’s Reality: First Responders Not Responded To

Chris Herrington decided years ago that his reality was much more fun…

and he’s ready to tell you why.

Sit back and relax.
It’s going to be a bumpy ride.


     I guess is seems to make sense that we would have trouble passing a bill to make sure that those who respond first in an emergency knew in the future they would be supported by their fellow Americans so that they would feel courageous enough to face the possibility of debilitating diseases should their courageous acts lead them into medical scenarios that were not unlike those of their being in war, but maybe not. We’ve also had trouble making sure the troops at war were given first class care too. Of course this makes sense then; we want help for free.

     What I find really interesting is that those who depended on others to help them in a time of crisis are incapable of helping those who helped them in time of crisis. Essentially, what we are saying is that we want something for free because others should be willing to give it but we ourselves are unwilling to give under the same circumstances. If the drum beat is for less government, that seems to make sense, because I do not want the government all in my business, telling me who I can love, get married to, or how I live my life. Some people interpret the less government thing as having no rules about how they make their money, what guidelines they operate under, or whether they operate with full disclosure as to where the profits they make are stored or how they are invested.

     Personally, I don’t want an income tax at all. I would like to have a completely volunteer government where only those who want to donate their time work for the government; that will make it smaller. I think that we should not have insurance companies at all. We should pull our money in groups and use the money from the fund to pay our bills, and we can organize the groups as we wish. Smokers over here. Vegetarians over here. Meat eaters over here. The system is so broken that we need , like local credit unions, insured groups that let in only certain members. Low costs would promote better health would promote lower costs. Now that’s real progress. We could do the same thing for every service we need, and without pork barrels at all.

     With all of the money we would save, we could then afford quality education, quality health care, and a fund to take care of critical emergencies. It’s the entire congress and the senate and the White House that costs so much. They have all the purse strings and none of the will power to actually do the right thing. We’ve got laws that cover the most minor things and do not even begin to take care of the major things. A person gets busted locally and he goes to jail for life for the third offense. He starts an avalanche of mess that screws up the entire world economy and he gets rewarded with a low interest loan that he can use to make higher interest loans to others. The system is broken, really.

     But I’ve digressed from my main point, the 911 First Responders. It’s the bleeding edge of stupidity to allow those who take care of us to take it on the chin. Who is going to bail your sorry behind out of a burning fire if he is afraid to get to close to you and lose his life saving yours. Only a moron, right? “Who needs to protect a moron? What an idiot! You saved me and now I’m fine and you’re messed up and you expect me to help you? I’m not like you. You’re a hero, or a nut, whatever. I take care of my own! Fine, it’s true I might not have been here if you had not pulled me out of that burning building, but that’s your problem! I can afford to take care of myself!”

     I’m sure that the first responders would not mind if we didn’t help them out if they had the kind of insurance that would keep them out of the poor house by firstly paying them what they are worth, and secondly by making insurance companies keep them on after some magic limit. Doctors have long argued and even left their practices because of the high cost of malpractice insurance. Are our fireman, policeman, and medical emergency deployment teams facing this too? Hardly anyone will home deliver a baby anymore. Maybe we are seeing the end of services of all types. Only the rich will be able to afford any kind of health care. What will that magic line be?

     Eventually, we are out classing ourselves. Everything will be too expensive. This is called inflation, yes. But there is something else at work. Those who are on top financially will be able to afford the medical care that the rest of us will not, but it won’t matter. To a billionaire, the best care will be available, and their will only be a few doctors who can do the surgery, but then they will only need a few select patients. Greek society only had 29% free citizens and the rest were slaves. We called that the beginning of democracy. It was nice while it lasted.

     What I find really interesting about these ideas is that common folk will argue like the rich are going to take care of them. If you make less than $250,000, what is the reason why the rich would take care of you? You don’t even have enough left over to bleed out. This is why they want to lower the taxes, so that you have disposable income. Right now, it takes all of that just to get along. But when you can buy more stuff and it takes what you have to pay the lights, you’ll forget all about the first responders too.

runningturtle87


     Having completed 32 years of public school service, Chris Herrington lives, with his wife, in Appleby, Texas, and his writing consists of blogging and essay writing concerning an array of topics including education, mediation, self-development, and human interests. He teaches at the Martin School of Choice, plays racquetball, and enjoys his job.

     Chris Herrington can be reached at herrington@everythingnac.com

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December 22 Crime Log: That’s really just more annoying than anything else

     600 NW Stallings Burglary of Motor Vehicle Complainant advised that during her lunch break she went to her vehicle and found one of her windows had been busted out. Complainant states that the only thing taken was a bag full of papers.

     1200 Dolph Possession of Marijuana Officer contacted a subject during a traffic stop and found him to have a warrant. Officer then located some marijuana on the subject after the arrest.

     200 W Austin Burglary of Motor Vehicle Subject stated that he has not checked on his vehicle in over three weeks when he noticed his trailer hitch was missing. He then noticed that someone had entered his vehicle and took his jacket and pistol.

     900 N University Theft Complainant advised that he dropped his wallet in the parking lot and when he went back it was gone.

     1400 North Theft Unk subject stole several items from the store and was chased by employees. During the chase the actor dropped some items which were recovered by employee’s.

     800 MLK Jr DWLI Officer stopped a vehicle due to a traffic violation. Computer check showed that the subject’s drivers license was suspended.

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December 21 Crime Log: Don’t let the door hit you on the way out

     119 Beall, Criminal Mischief: The manager of a Minit Mart stated that two males came into the store trying to cash a Western Union money order and became angry when the comp would not cash the money order. As the two subjects left, one of them pushed the front door open very hard causing the top hinge to get damaged. The two subjects got into a grey 2dr Pontiac Grand Prix vehicle and left the area.

     3505 South, Theft: Comp advised that an employee took money from the business. Suspect would ring up a sale, collect the money then cancel the transaction on the cash register. Suspect would then keep the money. Suspect arrived for work while officer was on scene and was arrested for a warrant unrelated to this incident. Warrant being requested for this theft.

     1602 Cardinal, BMV: Comp advised that between 12/16 and 12/18 her vehicle had been burglarized. She was not sure if her vehicle was locked. Reported by phone because she did not have time to call prior to leaving town. Taken was a silver IPOD touch valued at $150 and a black cd case containing about 70 cd’s valued at $300.

     3428 South, M-C Assault F/V, Crim. Mischief: Officers responded to Rm 120 at the Best Western in reference to an unknown situation. On arrival, Officer contacted a male and female. The two had lived together for about 2 yrs and are now ex’s. The female said she was there to discuss getting some of her belongings from her ex-boyfriend and he said she came over for fun. She changed her mind and they started to argue and assaulted each other and the female threw her phone in the parking lot after she called her current boyfriend to come over. The two were arrested.

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Recent Arrests December 17 – December 20

These arrests are not convictions, and are simply arrests made in the Nacogdoches County during the time period. The mugshots are the felony 1 and 2 arrests made during this period.

Juan Alvarez, 08-19-79, public intoxication

Roger Dale Bailey, 04-24-74, assault causes bodily injury

Billy Otis-Eugene Clements, 06-05-86, driving while intoxicated

Treveon Dante Collins, 03-16, 91, possession of marijuana <2oz Jerry Duane Merchant, 11-26-84, burglary of a habitation Brent Darwin Montgomery, 08-18-72, theft of firearm Okhaide Ojo, 09-11-91, possession of marijuana <2oz Mariana Perez, 03-20-85, driving while license invalid, failure to maintain financial responsibility, and speeding Lorena Ramirez, 09-28-84, driving while intoxicated William Bradley Smith Jr., 03-14-87, assault family strangulation Sara Ann Wilson, 06-18-89, possession of marijuana <2oz Johnathan Steve Cooper, 08-30-93, possession of a controlled substance <1g Linda Calley Cooper, 08-30-93, possession of a controlled substance <1g Linda Calley Forney, 06-30-66, theft property <$50 with previous conviction Marcus David Goodman, 03-21-82, speeding, motor vehicle inspection, and failed financial responsibility Pamela Demitria Green, 09-17-69, no driver’s license Danny Ray Harris, 10-17-77, possession of a controlled substance <1g, possession of marijuana, <2oz, delivery of a controlled substance >4g <200g, tampering with evidence, and resisting arrest Steven Lynn Skidmore, 08-28-64, arson intend damage habitation Sylvia Lazette Willis, 06-12-78, warrant other magistrate and failed to maintain financial responsibility Crystal Broadway Cabera, 01-07-80, public intoxication Luis Castillo, 04-04-83, driving while intoxicated Ricardo Coulston, 01-25-92, public intoxication Shalada Deshay Hurts, 02-05-88, public intoxication Jonathan Lewis Lacy, 12-01-79, public intoxication Laaron Arlander Long, 09-10-88, possession of marijuana <2oz, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no driver’s license, failed to maintain financial responsibility, and no driver’s license Hollis Clyde Mallard, 08-03-73, expired operator’s license and failed to maintain financial responsibility Alexander Marines, 01-04-91, driving under the influence and driving while license invalid Rosio Ceiene Posada, 08-27-91, public intoxication Luis Enrique Posadas, 03-25-92, driving while intoxicated/open container Jesus Rubio, 02-21-91, public intoxication Moses Sanchez, 03-14-82, driving while license invalid and failed to maintain financial responsibility Alfred Tonche, 10-20-66, driving while intoxicated/open container Ervin D. Fletcher, 11-28-91, drove without secured safety belt, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no driver’s license, failed to maintain financial responsibility, no driver’s license, and no driver’s license William Vangerald Gordwin, 05-19-83, intoxicated assault with a vehicle Joneshia Lafaye Johnson, 08-06-89, disorderly conduct Byron Jermaine McClelland, 08-07-81, resisting arrest, evading arrest, possession of a controlled substance >4g <200g, and criminal mischief >$50 <$500 Joseph Hood Molandes, 07-23-81, failed to maintain financial responsibility Deldrick Marquece Neal, 12-08-72, driving while license invalid Hosia Palmer, 05-14-81, failed to maintain financial responsibility, driving while license invalid, driving while license invalid, failed to maintain financial responsibility, driving while license invalid James Cader Riley, 05-23-64, public intoxication Jose Luis Soto, 06-23-80, order of confinement Christopher Eric Whitten, 06-21-84, public intoxication

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Obituary: Ronny M. Thrash

     Ronny M. Thrash, 64, of Doyline, LA passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2010 in Minden, LA.

     A memorial service to remeber Ronny will take place on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel located at 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches with Reverend David Brasher of Perritte United Methodist Church officiating.

     Friends are invited to a visitation on Monday, December 20, 2010 from 6-8 p.m at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors located at 5400 North Street in Nacogdoches.

     Condolences may be offered at www.casonmonk-metcalf.com”>www.casonmonk-metcalf.com

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