Subject: Kent Schaffer

• Prosecutors Dismiss Assault Charges in J Prince Gym Beating Case

  July 10, 2008

• Law and Disorder

  In Janice Law's quests for a judgeship, the fourth time was a charm -- and now an alarm for the rest of the courthouse

  September 2, 1999

• Insider

  Justice Free-for-all

  September 30, 1999

• Let's Make A Deal

  Convicted felons Mike and Pat Graham are at it again, trading allegations for favors

  June 1, 2000

• Bar Tabs

  The D.A. and county attorney dip into office funds to up the influence in judicial polls

  October 25, 2001

• Area Man Keeps Houston's Name In Steroids Spotlight

  Juan Carlos Ballivian, a personal trainer in Houston, was sentenced last week to three years probation for dealing steroids, ending a federal investigation of a network of dealers in Texas.The investigation originally targeted professional athletes, and David Jacobs -- one of the first dealers arrested -- was linked to the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas-area police officers, according to Kent Schaffer, Ballivian's attorney. No athletes or officers were prosecuted because Jacobs and his girlfriend wer

  December 1, 2008

• The New DA Announces A Victim's Rights Division

  Harris County District Attorney Patricia Lykos announced today she's expanding and improving the division that serves Harris County's crime victims. "Government exists to protect and to serve; that's what we're doing with this new division," Lykos tells Hair Balls. "We're ensuring that it's not bureaucratic."The announcement was met with some applause and some eye-rolling. (After all, one of the "big moves" was to change the name from Victim Witness Division to Victim's Rights Division.)Andy Kah

  January 29, 2009

• Letters

  October 3, 1996

• The Insider

  February 27, 1997

• The Insider

  March 20, 1997

• Pain for the Prosecution

  June 26, 1997

• Snitch Vs. Snitch

  August 28, 1997

• The Drug Sweeps Are Ending At HISD (For One Reason Or Another)

  The Houston school district is coming under heavy fire for its "no-tolerance" drug-dog searches of school parking lots, mostly because they nabbed a popular West U teacher who is very likely to be proven innocent.West U residents, when they get up in arms, tend to get results. HISD superintendent Abe Saavedra told KHOU -- and spokesman Norm Uhl confirms to Hair Balls -- that the searches are ending.Not, though, because of any uproar from well-connected parents pissed off over a very weak case. D

  February 20, 2009

• (Not) of Counsel

  December 11, 1997

• The Hotel Six Joker Turns Wild

  April 9, 1998

• Numbers Man

  May 14, 1998

• Letters

  October 29, 1998

• That Roberts Elementary Teacher Is Reinstated; Kids Learn Lesson About Protesting

  As promised last week, the Houston school district is trying to fast-track reinstatement for some teachers caught up in the drug-dog sweeps that caused such a kerfluffle.The district announced today that Mindy Herrick, the Roberts Elementary teacher whose arrest sparked protests from parents and students, is getting her job back, as is a Yates teacher.Says the district's statement: "The district is working to resolve all cases related to the recent district-wide drug searches as soon as possible

  March 9, 2009

• Blessed and Bewildered

  Recent debacles demonstrate why District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal needs more than a moustache to match the legacy of Johnny Holmes

  July 31, 2003

• Porn actress uses former schoolmate's name

  What's in a name?

  July 19, 2007

• News to Use

  A Pearland guy causes a Beltway firestorm

  February 17, 2005

• Prison Break?

  Critics wonder if massive TDCJ cuts will be a prelude to privatization

  July 17, 2003

• An Open Mike

  He wants to castrate pedophiles and purge the courts of politics. He has assailed fellow jurists, lawyers and lawmakers. He's maverick Mike McSpadden, a tennis ace with a tomahawk tongue.

  April 19, 2001

• Here's Johnny

  May 25, 2000

• Carlos Chaves, Mall Surgeon

  Sure, an unlicensed doctor was performing liposuction at a hair salon. Stranger still: Clients kept showing up.

  November 11, 1999

• Going Through These Things Twice

  tuck inside of Hotel Six with the Houston blues again

  June 4, 1998

• That Roberts Elementary Teacher Is Cleared, No Matter What HISD's Drug-Sniffing Dog Says

  The District Attorney's office has announced they're formally dropping the charges against Mindy Herrick, the art teacher whose arrest after a drug-sniffing-dog search sparked protests.The dog found a Xanax in her car; the pill wasn't hers. HISD reinstated her almost two months ago, so the question is What the hell took so long?"It took a lot longer than I thought it would," Herrick's attorney, Kent Schaffer, told Hair Balls. "I believed the DA would dismiss the charges, but instead they decided

  April 29, 2009

• Girl In A Coma, No-Billed By A Grand Jury

  ​The San Antonio punk band Girl in a Coma, whose members were arrested after an altercation at Chances in Montrose this spring, have been no-billed by a grand jury and will face no charges from the incident, their lawyer tells Hair Balls.Kent Schaffer says two of the members appeared before a grand jury Friday, told their side of the story -- which involves some in-fighting between group members and participation by off-duty HPD cops working security -- and the case was dismissed."There were s

  August 31, 2009

• Grand Jury No-Bills San Antonio Trio Girl In A Coma In Spring Chances Brawl

  [Update: See the statement Girl In a Coma posted on its MySpace page Monday morning after the jump.] ​The San Antonio punk band Girl in a Coma, whose members were arrested after an altercation at Chances in Montrose this spring, have been no-billed by a grand jury and will face no charges from the incident, their lawyer tells Hair Balls.Kent Schaffer says two of the members appeared before a grand jury Friday, told their side of the story - which involves some in-fighting between group members

  August 31, 2009