Email Author John Nova Lomax

2010 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Samantha Michelle Hamilton: Iced Tea Heist Could Equal Many Years In Prison

  published Oct 04, 2010

  If you're gonna take an aggravated robbery charge, whatever it is that you robbed most aggravatedly should be worth it. After all, this is a first degree felony we're talking here, punishable by five... More >>

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  Jaxon Leone: 86'd From Hospital For Being Drunk, Police Say Local Man Then Swiped Ambulance

  published Sep 30, 2010

  We've all heard that urban legend about the drunk guy who drives off in the cop car and forgets all about it...You know, he's in a black-out, and he goes home and passes out, and then the next day, he... More >>

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  The Olsen Twins: Now Chopped And Screwed!

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Now that screwing and chopping can be done without even using turntables, the technique has become all the rage on the Internet. And it's made a great leap forward into video. Now not only are the ja... More >>

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  Maria Ipina: Valley Cops Say Toddler Caught Peddling Weed Door-to-Door

  published Sep 29, 2010

  Even the most grizzled cops in the Rio Grande Valley town of San Juan say this is a new one for them, and that's saying something. They say they have had to remove a four-year-old girl from her home ... More >>

• John Karrer: Did Facebook Postings Foretell Alleged Drunken Vehicular Assault Spree

  published Sep 28, 2010

  Houstonian John Karrer was amped last Friday about the upcoming debut of Dexter, Showtime's award-winning series about a serial killer. "More Killing Please!!!" he enthused on the wall of his Facebook... More >>

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  How Not To Pass A Forged Check

  published Sep 27, 2010

  While we are no experts on the subject, we'd bet it was safe to say that if you are trying to pass a forged check, you probably want to move quick, but not too quick, and not attract attention to your... More >>

• HPD Takes To Cyberspace To Fight Gang Crime. Next Thing You Know, They'll Be On MySpace

  published Sep 23, 2010

  A slew of top cop brass from the city, state and federal levels assembled today to announce the latest weapon in the fight against gangs in Houston. A Web site. In 2010. Late as it is, the site cou... More >>

• This Week's Cover Story: Ire Greets Dedication Of Bolivar's New Catholic Chapel

  published Sep 22, 2010

  Ordinarily, the dedication of a new church building is cause for unbridled, unqualified celebration. Such is not the case in Crystal Beach on the Bolivar Peninsula, where the circumstances surrounding... More >>

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  Killing Fields Northr Montgomery County Detective Looks Anew Into '80s Cases of Five Slain Women

  published Sep 22, 2010

  A Montgomery County detective has detected a possible pattern in five murders committed between 1980 and 1983. All of the victims were young women from blue-collar backgrounds, and all were found dum... More >>

• Thomas Slauter: Tossed Aggie Ring Spurs Wild Overreaction (Including a $50,000 Bond)

  published Sep 17, 2010

  It's been known to happen before: when multiple fraternities get together to booze in attempted Pan-Hellenic harmony, quite often the result is a fracas.Such was the case last Saturday in College... More >>

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  Crystal Sierra: Galveston Woman Jumps Gun On Birthday, Ends Up In Jail

  published Sep 17, 2010

  Another week, and another Crystal gets in trouble in a kind of awesome way.This time it's now-23-year-old Crystal Angelita Sierra's turn.Seems last Sunday was her 23rd birthday, and apparently Sierra ... More >>

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  Jeanette McCorvey, Jennifer Klinkhammer: Two Local Women Jailed After Parking Lot Demolition Derby

  published Sep 15, 2010

  A love triangle on the southwest side led to a vehicular catfight and the arrests of two women on Monday, courthouse sources tell Hair Balls.According to Jeanette McCorvey's arrest report, she arrange... More >>

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  NASA's Space Vomit Recipe: The Video

  published Sep 14, 2010

  So apparently the space program needs some next-gen trash bags, and they need to find out if those bags can stand up to every manner of substance that they will be containing.This will include many em... More >>

• What's My Crime 2: Bad Girls Edition

  published Sep 13, 2010

  Welcome to the second installment of What's My Crimer, a contest wherein you, dear Hair Balls reader, get to try to match a mugshot to a crime.We're changing things up a little this time around. First... More >>

• Dear Bicycle Bandit: Five Simple Rules To Aid Your Getaway

  published Sep 09, 2010

  A bike bandit is on the loose in Houston, of all places. Yes, right here in the anti-Portland, a brigand is holding up banks and making his getaway on a Schwinn.We covered him early in his spree, but ... More >>

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  Ricky Penson: Please Enter Your Guilty Flea

  published Sep 06, 2010

  Just like many a mother has warned, if you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas. A Lufkin man recently learned that lesson, and what's more, he's sharing it with the police force of that honky... More >>

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  Ivernal Stubbs: Mississippi-Bred Criminal's Schemes Get Classier In Houston

  published Sep 06, 2010

  You could call Ivernal Cawone Stubbs and his occasional cohorts stupid criminals and be done with it, but there's something about their schemes we find oddly affecting -- in the same way we once sort ... More >>

• Z-Ro's Woes: Rapper's Latest Drug Charge Resolved

  published Sep 01, 2010

  Back in February we broke the story of Joseph Wayne McVey's latest drug charge. Back then things were looking pretty grim for the 33-year-old rapper/singer known as Z-Ro and "the King of the Ghetto."B... More >>

• Z-Ro's Woes: Rapper's Latest Drug Charge Resolved

  published Sep 01, 2010

  Back in February we broke the story of Joseph Wayne McVey's latest drug charge. Back then things were looking pretty grim for the 33-year-old rapper/singer known as Z-Ro, or "the King of the Ghetto." ... More >>

• Deep In The Piney Woods, A Big-Ass Pot Farm Grew

  published Sep 01, 2010

  Police say they typically find a couple of hundred pot plants when they raid an outdoor growing operation. This is Texas. Everything's bigger here, including the pot farms.Hunters sprucing up their de... More >>

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  Gregory Chambers: Popped For Smearing Poop On Seawall Burger Joint

  published Aug 31, 2010

  Here's the poop on a low-down crime, a mystery worthy of Scooby Poo... Just who was that incontinent miscreant who has spent much of this long hot summer by creeping down to the Wendy's on Galveston'... More >>

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  What's My Crime: Match The Mug Shot To The Misdeed

  published Aug 31, 2010

  To paraphrase Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Your face, my thug, is as an open book, where men may read strange matters." We got to wondering how much you could tell about someone by just looking at their m... More >>

• The Stern-Gaiser Affair: HPD Arrests Alleged Shooter

  published Aug 27, 2010

  A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with events surrounding the alleged murder-for-hire plot of Yvonne Stern, the Bellaire trial lawyer's wife who survived three recent attempted hits.Hous... More >>

• Larry Williams: Bean Recipes Are Worth Stabbing Over, Dammit

  published Aug 27, 2010

  A bean-pot was at the heart of a violent conflict on the Texas coast this week. As this is the second such episode in the past six months, we hope we are not seeing the outlines of a new trend. The m... More >>

• Joyce Espinosa: The Family That Lifts Together Sticks Together

  published Aug 27, 2010

  And they say that not enough families are spending time together and sharing family activities...Last week, a 42-year-old Webster mom was arrested along with her two teenaged kids after the threesome ... More >>