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Liberty County

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Your Stay in the Liberty County Jail Includes Nightly Porn Movies

    Inmates at the Liberty County Jail finagled with the cable system and treated themselves to nightly viewings of a porn channel, KPRC reports. Some jailers noticed and didn't care, other jailers noticed and reported it to supervisors who didn't care, the station said. Another recent inmate, who als ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    East Texas Army Couple Victimized By Brazen Meth Freaks

    Just before 10 a.m. yesterday, Army wife Holly Burbank got a shocking phone call. No, thankfully, it had nothing to do with her husband Sam -- he is now safely back in Texas after a tour of duty in Iraq. According to the Montgomery County Police Reporter, this call came from one of her relatives i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2011

    UT Sports, George Greanias: The Turkeys of the Year Runners-Up

    Almost, but not quite​Not everyone can be a winner. Not everyone can be such a loser that they become a Houston Press Turkey of the Year. But while we don't give out participation ribbons, we do think there were some candidates who only barely eked out our 2011 winners. So we salute these in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Every Weed Farm Needs A Good Rocket Launcher

    Peace out​Here's a tip if you're planning on running a Liberty County weed farm: Get a rocket launcher. Apparently you're going to need one, if the operation busted by cops yesterday is any indication. Acting on a Crime Stoppers tip, law enforcement authorities raided a property near Clevel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Veteran Cop Harry Leroy Kelley Sentenced For Selling Hollow-Point Bullets and Other Police Gun Gear

    Cop Harry Kelley was the man to see for illegal arms and ammunition, feds say.​A Kingwood man who was a veteran Liberty County police officer was sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally buying and selling police guns and ammunition, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Beaumont announced. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Liberty County Prosecutor Joe Warren Charged With Threatening Family Over Pit Bull

    Joe Warren reportedly got in altercation over pit bull​A veteran Liberty County prosecutor has been charged with deadly conduct and making a terroristic threat for reportedly pulling a gun on a family whose pit bull had killed his dog. Joe Warren, who had been one of the attorneys handling th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Mass Children's Grave In Liberty County (Update: Add Question Mark)

    Google mapsApproximate map of the location​Update: The status as of 6:30 p.m. seems to be that authorities got a tip and "found some circumstances that have raised some questions," as the official local spokesman put it, so they are seeking a search warrant. Once they get it they will begin di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Hey Oak Forest: Get Ready To Share Your U.S. Rep With The Piney Woods

    ​Oak Forest is a neat urban neighborhood just north of the Loop west of T.C. Jester. Sure, it's got the word "Forest" in its name, but other than that it would seem to have very little in common with isolated backwood burgs like Rye, in the upper reaches of Liberty County. But now, the two c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Christopher Coker: Made Fake Walmart Receipts to Fool Friendly Greeters

    Liberty County SOChristopher Coker: Fooling the old guys.​The life of the semi-retired Walmart greeter: If you're not getting choked because you asked to see a receipt, the receipt you get handed is a forgery allegedly and diabolically produced by a criminal-genius (alleged) meth head. But yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Cleveland Gang Rape Story: District Attorney Mike Little, Only One Authorized to Talk, Takes Week's Vacation from the Office

    Or something.​When Liberty County's District Attorney Mike Little gagged anyone involved in the Cleveland gang rape case -- in which an 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped brutally by multiple men and boys -- from talking, you'd think he'd hang around as the singular voice for his muted count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Cleveland Gang-Rape Coverage: Chron, New York Times "Pathetic"

    The popular women's Web site Jezebel, which isn't just for women, of course, has come out blasting today against the coverage of the gang rape in Cleveland, as practiced by both The New York Times and the Houston Chronicle. Eighteen men and juveniles have been arrested in the gang rape of an 11-yea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Liberty County FEMA Scam: As Classy as Expected

    Phil Fitzgerald: Former county judge indicted​A county judge and a county commissioner used Hurricane Ike as a personal moneymaking scheme, according to federal indictments announced today. Best part: Liberty County Judge Phil Fitzgerald had FEMA buy the county a large generator which he then ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Animal Abuse: The Five Worst Houston Examples In 2010

    Humans: Will you ever learn?​We like to think that animal abusers will not only get a lump of coal from Santa this time of year, but a pitchfork-in-the-ass from the Other Guy in Red as well. For those of you who like to keep tabs on just how low the human race can sink, here's a roundup of some of ... More >>

  • News

    September 30, 2010

    Twilight, Cleavage & Drugs

    Banned books across Texas

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Cops Cockblock Area Man

    ​In the wee hours of a Saturday morning late last month, police in the Liberty County town of Dayton were patrolling State Highway 146 when they encountered what must have looked like a a streak of metallic gray lightning. They claim to have clocked a silver, late-model, Mercedes coupe at spe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Houston 101: "Amarillo By Morning," One More Goddamn Time

    ​Houston 101 is taking a bit of a road trip today in honor of George Strait. Our sister blog Rocks Off is counting down the days until Strait returns here for a non-rodeo appearance, and it put us in mind of the first time we'd heard a Strait song -- at the trial over one of the Texas political wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Houstoned Video: Texas Sinkhole

    ​Houston 101 is taking a bit of a road trip today in honor of George Strait. Our sister blog Rocks Off is counting down the days until Strait returns here for a non-rodeo appearance, and it put us in mind of the first time we'd heard a Strait song -- at the trial over one of the Texas political wo ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2008

    Back from Iraq with Plenty of Problems

    Paul Miles returned from Iraq needing help with the death in his head. He got prison.

  • News

    August 24, 2006

    Hog Wild

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2006

    Re: Breaking News: Death to the Dogs

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Breaking News: Death to the Dogs

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2006

    Re: A Buncha Bull

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2006

    A Buncha Bull

    Feral pigs are ugly, destructive and mean. Some people in Texas just love to trap, stab or shoot them. Or put them in rodeos. With dogs.

  • News

    July 6, 2006

    Bad Checks

    Sure you can ferret out the slimeballs in our midst? Guess again if you're relying on standard background searches in Texas

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys

    Time and venue to be determined. For more information, call 337-779-2102 or 704-399-2210

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Gator Aid

    Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, alligators are everywhere in southeast Texas. So now the state is going to make it easier for you to shoot you one.

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Total Contempt

    He cheated a family out of $120,000. It took four years in jail to make him the victim.

  • News

    March 9, 2000

    Justice on the Block

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • News

    January 1, 1998

    Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

    Is the D.A.'s office for sale to the highest bidder?

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    Bad Deal

    John Ballis was a crook. But he expected the federal government to keep its end of a bargain.

  • News

    July 24, 1997

    Death of an Informant

    Donald Chaline died as he had lived: in a tangle of crime, alcohol and mystery.

  • News

    December 26, 1996

    Alison Cook looks back at 1996: Year of the Rat

    Donald Chaline died as he had lived: in a tangle of crime, alcohol and mystery.

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