Email Author John Nova Lomax

2012 Stories by John Nova Lomax

• Eric Dowlen: Cops Say He Assaulted Two Dudes with Pit Bull

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Nassau Bay cops say a man assaulted two neighbors with a deadly weapon -- namely, his pit bull terrier. According to a criminal complaint and published reports, 33-year-old Eric James Dowlen sicced t... More >>

• Bryan Ray Roe: Repeat Sex Offender Allegedly Assaults Autistic Boy, 9

  published Jan 11, 2012

  Talk about every parent's nightmare...Police in Coryell County say that a nine-year-old autistic Abilene boy was molested at a rural Central Texas bluegrass festival. Charged with the crime is registe... More >>

• Bodacious G. Neal: Punches, Threatens and Shoots at Baby's Mother During Two Alleged Holiday Assaults

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Talk about a guy who fails to live up to his name: If two criminal complaints are to be believed, as a beau, Bodacious Gerraud Neal is anything but. Police say that on Christmas Day, the 21-year-old ... More >>

• Tomball Cop's Shoulder Broken After She Stops Backseat Teen Sex

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Ask a cop about their most dangerous types of calls and you hear about drug raids, boozy domestic disputes and armed robberies. Seldom if ever have we heard of "catching two teenagers bonking in the b... More >>

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  Emma Jean Hardy: 57-Year-Old High School Employee Caught Sexing Student in Van

  published Jan 10, 2012

  Port Arthur police say they caught Emma Jean Hardy, a 57-year-old employee of the town's Memorial High School, having sex with a 17-year-old student in a van Sunday night. According to published repo... More >>

• You Won't Believe the Mugshots on the ETX Grinches Who Stole $20K Worth of Foster Kids' Toys

  published Jan 06, 2012

  Back in early December we brought you an awful story about a group of thieves breaking into a storage space and making off with $20,000 worth of toys that were supposed to be placed under the Christma... More >>

• Cirilo Castillo Jr: Accused of Multiple Counts of Horse Sex

  published Jan 06, 2012

  If the comment sections of Rio Grande Valley newspapers are any indication, Hidalgo County is regarded as something of a rustic backwater by its more urbane neighbors. Stories like this one sure can g... More >>

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  Elaborate Ocean's 11-Style East Texas Bank Heist Nets $70

  published Jan 05, 2012

  A crew of East Texas bank raiders could use a good freshening-up on the concept of costs vs. benefits. If this report from KTRE is any indication, the unknown suspects who raided the town of Cushing... More >>

• The Countriest Auto Wreck Ever

  published Jan 05, 2012

  By the time the dust had settled Tuesday afternoon on the two-truck, one-animal wreck on FM 1005 near the Deep East Texas hamlet of Mount Union, a 97-year-old man would be hospitalized, a donkey would... More >>

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  10 Hilarious Old Commercials for Terrible Wines, Mostly Aimed at Men Wanting Sex with Drunk Women

  published Jan 05, 2012

  By Italian or French standards, Americans still have a lot to learn about wine. But my oh my, how far we've come in the past 30 years. It's hard to fathom how little we must have known about the fruit... More >>

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  Christmas Catfight Lands Mom and (Alleged) Meth-Peddling Daughter Behind Bars (w/VIDEO)

  published Jan 04, 2012

  A woman charged with meth possession earlier this month is behind bars again after she and her mother were filmed beating a woman they suspected had been working with the police. According to Trinit... More >>

• The 2011 Houston Press Crimes of the Year

  published January 5, 2012

  With the Mayan Apocalypse just around the corner, perhaps it should come as no surprise that people are going a little nuts. And perhaps that's... More >>