Acuna trial turns on image of brutal loner and quiet teen
Prosecutors in Harris County presented Robert Aaron Acuna as a violent loner who preyed on the elderly while friends described him as quiet and well mannered during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial. A jury convicted the 18 year old in the deaths of James Carroll and Joyce Carroll and will decide on lethal punishment or life with possible parole after 40 years. Evidence included mall security surveillance and a detective’s use of a license plate image to identify Acuna as the suspect in an aggravated assault from August 2003.
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Robert Aaron Acuna
Harris County
Acuna
James Carroll
Joyce
Country Club Estates
San Jacinto Mall
Mont Belvieu
Said
Baytown
Bryan Thompson
Thompson
Sidney
Lampson to Speak at Hispanic Chamber Luncheon
U S Congressman Nick Lampson will address the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the August luncheon at Especial Events, 2232 N Alexander Drive Bay Plaza. He seeks the new District 2 seat against Ted Poe. current District 9 representative Lampson no longer resides there after redistricting. Lunch costs 15 dollars per person or 25 with a guest. gathering opens to the public at 11 30 am.
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U.S
Nick Lampson
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
N. Alexander Drive
Beaumont
Lampson
Bay Plaza
Goose Creek reading scores praised by trustees
BAYTOWN Almost 99 percent of Goose Creek third-graders passed the Texas reading test and will advance to fourth grade next week. Beverly Walker told the board that after three exam rounds in March April and June only 18 of 1400 third-graders failed. Rosa Rodriguez called the scores impressive and Barbara Sultis called the results a compliment to staff.
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Baytown
Goose Creek
Beverly Walker
Board of Trustees
Walker
Rosa Rodriguez
Barbara Sultis
Sultis
Convention Center Cut Under Proposed Budget in Baytown
Baytown council peers cut plans for a convention center in the 15 million bond project replacing the 4 million center funds with sewer rehabilitation. The bond package approved in May 1998 also funded water and sewer repairs, city jail, and a communications system while funds have remained idle amid economic shifts.
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Baytown
Public hearing on city Charter changes tonight
Baytown residents may speak on possible City Charter changes at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's United Methodist Church. The Charter defines city government powers and administration, with a Charter Review Committee identifying potential changes for Council action and voter ballot.
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Baytown
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Former mayor named to council in Anahuac
Anahuac City Council chose former mayor Ottmar Schimek as the new alderman during a Monday night executive session. Schimek, a self employed general contractor, previously served two mayoral terms and one alderman term, filling the seat left vacant after Guy Robert Jackson became mayor in May. He will serve until the next election in May, with other applicants including Phyllis Hopkins, an Anahuac Elementary School physical education teacher.
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Ottmar Schimek
Schimek
Bruce Comer
Guy
Robert Jackson
Jackson
Phyllis A. Hopkins
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