Email Author John Nova Lomax

2011 Stories by John Nova Lomax

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  Yet Another List of Funny (Accused) Criminal Names: Hello, Mega Matahari!

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Every so often we furnish you with a list of some of the strangest, funniest and most awesome names we find in our daily trollings of Harris County records. Usually, we do this roughly once a quarter,... More >>

• Cover Story: The Year in Crime

  published Dec 28, 2011

  We like to think we are pretty hard to surprise. As the son of hard-living hippies who were close friends of people like Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, I'd seen more by the time I was 12 than many ... More >>

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  Bethany Solomon: How Not to Pose for Your Mugshot When You're Accused of Intimidating a Witness

  published Dec 28, 2011

  A Trinity woman has been arrested for the second time this month, and this time police say she tried to intimidate a witness in her first case. Back on December 2, Solomon, 26, and 49-year-old Gena W... More >>

• Morris "Big Boy" Jones: Luck Runs Out for (Alleged) Westside Fence

  published Dec 28, 2011

  According to court records, police already had Morris "Big Boy" Jones over a barrel when they rolled up outside his Katy home. A criminal complaint shows they had already seized more than $30,000 wort... More >>

• Kimberley Briggs: Police Say She Beat Sister at Mom's Funeral in Fight over Heirloom Jewels

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Even in the best of times, the holidays can be a time of extreme stress. Add in the death of a parent, and you have the proverbial tinderbox of flammable emotions. One such firestorm came to a head y... More >>

• Towering Townes

  published December 29, 2011

  In the 15 years since his death on New Year's Day in 1997, the now truly late and always great Townes Van Zandt is as extensively documented as... More >>

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  The 2011 Houston Press Crimes of the Year

  published December 29, 2011

  Check out the mugshots from the Top Crimes of the... More >>

• Tess Ferguson: Facebook "About Me" of a Channelview Meth User

  published Dec 22, 2011

  According to court records, Harris County sheriff's deputies arrested 26-year-old Tess Ferguson yesterday. This time, she has been charged with possession of meth -- between four and 200 grams, a seco... More >>

• Corpus Man Steals Beer Twice, Gets Beaten Up, All in One Evening

  published Dec 19, 2011

  For most people, a single day in which you were beaten badly enough by a group of men at a bus station to require a hospital visit and were caught (allegedly) swiping beer not once but twice would qua... More >>

• How Not to Turn Yourself in for Arrest When High

  published Dec 16, 2011

  If you have a warrant or two for your arrest, it's a good idea to go ahead and turn yourself in. That way you get to pick when you are detained, and not the boys in blue, who might just haul you in at... More >>

• Rife Kimler, Odd SETX Attorney, Arrested for Harboring Wanted Young Woman

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Criminal defense attorneys are often colorful characters, but few seem as downright eccentric as Rife Kimler of Nederland. Kimler is currently in hot water for hindering the apprehension of an accuse... More >>

• The Meth Singularity: Oklahoma Woman Tries to Cook Batch Inside Walmart

  published Dec 15, 2011

  In last month's feature on meth in East Texas, veteran Angelina County speed freak James "Bull" Durham was positively exultant about the drug's ease of manufacture these days. Gone are the days whereb... More >>

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  Julie Ann Moore: Another Texas Teacher Snared in Student Sex Scandal

  published Dec 14, 2011

  An Amarillo elementary school teacher is currently out on bond and has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in the back seat of her car during the halftime of a high school football... More >>

• Notsuoh Suit Over: Jim Pirtle Walks Away a Winner

  published Dec 13, 2011

  The $12,000,000 and 47 cent personal injury lawsuit against Jim Pirtle, Melissa Bosch and their Notsuoh bar is over, and the bar owners won't have to pay a dime. After several days of testimony last ... More >>

• Nancy Jane Mancuso Gelber: Police Say Aspiring Crime Writer Wanted Estranged Hubby Whacked

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Nancy Mancuso Gelber could face up to life in prison after she was arrested Friday and charged with attempting to hire a hit man to kill her estranged husband. Unfortunately for the 53-year-old Bryan... More >>

• Douglas Paul McCoy: East Texas K-2 Fan Jailed Again; This Time For "Occupying" Lufkin

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Three months ago, we brought you the saga of Douglas Paul McCoy, a 48-year-old Lufkinite who went to jail twice in two days, allegedly because of his love of (and antics while under the influence of) ... More >>

• UPDATED, with Mugshots: East Texas Grinches Steal $20,000 of Foster Kids' Christmas Presents

  published Dec 09, 2011

  UPDATE, 01/06/2011: Longview police have released names and photos of two suspects in this case: Racheal Bradley and Sarah Adams. They have also recovered some of the loot. We spend a lot of ti... More >>

• Rebecca Dauler: State Says She Ran One-Woman Extortion Racket

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Say what you will about Rebecca Dauler, but if what the State of Texas is alleging about her is true, you can't deny that the 33-year-old Clear Lake woman has plenty of pluck and good-old-fashioned gu... More >>

• Denise Gonzales: Admits Running Amok with Children's Museum Credit Cards

  published Dec 07, 2011

  Former Children's Museum of Houston assistant gallery director Denise Gonzales used the nonprofit's credit cards to fund over $13,000 in illicit purchases, court documents say. According to a crimina... More >>

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  Taking Apart Yesterday's Facebook Music Screed

  published Dec 06, 2011

  Yesterday, about a half-dozen of my Facebook friends forwarded a gloom-and-doom listicle from a site called Buzzfeed entitled "12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music." Now up to over one... More >>

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  Aida Hillen: Lobbed Christian Pamphlet at Kid She Ran Over, Then Drove Away (Allegedly)

  published Dec 06, 2011

  What would Jesus do if he hit a youth with His car, asked the kid if he was okay and got "no" for an answerr If you answered, "Toss him a book about Himself, peel out and haul ass like the Dukes of H... More >>

• Splendora Cops Seeking Two Butt-Dumb Burglars

  published Dec 05, 2011

  Have you seen these two menr Splendora cops would like to know. That's because they say these two geniuses swiped the digital camera on which these photos were taken (along with a laptop, TV and a W... More >>

• Heather Daughdrill: Busted for Sexing Teen Boy She Met at Bible Camp (w/ Video)

  published Dec 05, 2011

  A 28-year-old Lake Charles-area woman faces a bevy of charges after Louisiana police said she repeatedly had sex with a 13-year-old boy who she met at the Bible camp where she was a teacher/aide. Acc... More >>

• Tanya "Lil' Bit" Martin: ETX Woman Facing Felony Charge in Pumpkin Heist

  published Dec 02, 2011

  In our second example of East Texas pumpkin-related mayhem this week, Hair Balls brings you the story of Tanya Lanea "Lil' Bit" Martin, a pint-sized Tyler-area woman in a heap of crap over a $3.99 gou... More >>

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  Amanda Billiris: Police, Relatives Say She Spent Turkey Day Raping 15-Year-Old Relative

  published Dec 02, 2011

  Last week Hair Balls came up with a list of the 10 worst things you will face at your family Thanksgiving. One that didn't make the cut: walking in on an adult woman having sex with an underage rel... More >>