Baytown Judge Denise Pratt resigns amid re election bid collapse
Denise Pratt a Baytown resident has resigned from the 311th Family District Court where she served since 2010 and ended her campaign for re election amid controversy and an ongoing investigation into final day 2013 case dismissals. Her lead clerk also resigned after being accused of back dating filings. Dozens of attorneys Republican and Democrat urged her resignation citing turmoil in family court and costs for families. Pratt blamed the clerk while a visiting judge criticized a recent child custody ruling made without hearing testimony.
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Denise Pratt
Baytown
311Th Family District Court
Pratt
Associated Press
311Th State District Court
Republican Party
Harris County
Retaliation murder trial underway in Baytown
Cameron LaQuincy Gold, 38, faces murder charges in the 2012 Fox Apartments shooting that killed 25 year old Robert Arce naeaux. Testimony linked the death to a retaliation for a baseball bat assault the night before. The trial opened in the 262nd District Court as Baytown detectives described escalating violence at the North Main Street complex.
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Cameron LaQuincy Gold
Gold
Robert Arceneaux
Baytown
Fox Apartments
North Main Street
262Nd
Imi
Spec’s data breach hits Spec’s liquor stores in Texas
Baytown resident Don Looney learned of a data breach at Spec’s liquor stores including the Garth Road location. The intrusion affected 34 smaller stores between Oct 31, 2012 and Mar 20, 2014, mainly in the Houston area with some in Bryan College Station Corpus Christi and El Paso. Fewer than 5 percent of transactions were affected and a hotline plus one year of fraud resolution services via All Clear ID are offered.
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Baytown
Don Looney
Spec’s
Garth Road
Target
Looney
Canada
Jenifer Sarver
Houston
Bryan
College Station
Corpus Christi
el Paso
Sarver
Vessels Carrying PDH Plant Equipment Move by Barge to Mont Belvieu
Industrial vessels for the Enter prise Products complex in Mont Belvieu are moved by barge to Cedar Bayou and will travel by highway over six weekends from April 11-12 to May 16-17. Texas DOT warns of Friday 9 p.m. to Saturday 10 p.m. closures with diversions on Highway 565 FM 3180 I-10 feeder roads and Highway 146 as the convoy proceeds slowly to the site.
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Cedar Bayou
Highway 146
Enterprise Products Complex
Mont Belvieu
Rick Rainey
PDH
Texas Department of Transportation
Beaumont
Sarah Dupre
Highway 565
Interstate 10
Interstate
Enterprise Products
Mont Belvieu-area
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