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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2019
Page
7
Officers towed a home on Ontario Avenue at about 11 p.m. to arrest 17 year old Hunter Hammons on a felony warrant for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Hammons tried back door escape, was blocked at the front, fled again, and was quickly caught. A new evading on foot charge was added to the original count.
A 58 year old man Mar vis Barnett was charged with aggravated assault of a family member after stabbing a woman during an argument at an apartment on East James Street. The woman’s 19 year old son intervened, was cut, and Barnett later returned and admitted the stabbing before arrest. The woman was hospitalized in stable condition.
A gray Dodge Magnum halted on Fisher Hill Road around 2 40 p m Wednesday as a tall black man fired at a residence, though no injuries occurred and a driveway vehicle was hit. Shortly after, a dark truck with a car dolly parked near Hunters Creek at about 3 a m Thursday, with occupants firing toward a home and hitting two parked vehicles.
The 3000 block of Decker Drive reported theft of property valued over 100 dollars. A vehicle on the 500 block of Red Bud Lane was entered and items stolen Wednesday afternoon.
The Brunson Theater celebrated 70 years since its first film with a Town Square premiere of a documentary. Kenneth Benitez and Rick King attended along with Brunson family descendants and figures tied to the theater. King noted Texas Avenue’s decline after San Jacinto Mall’s opening as the building’s era closes and a new one begins.
The Municipal Development District budget allocates 1.2 million dollars to repair and renovate the old Citizens Bank building on Texas Avenue. City officials plan to preserve the front and vault while removing rear sections and rebuilding the side extension for possible event or office use. The MDD also funds design work to extend the Goose Creek Trail from its Emmett Hutto north to San Jacinto Boulevard, with construction planned for the following year, linking Bayland Island to I-10.
Lee College is among seven institutions receiving a total of $300,000 in Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo two year scholarships for the 2019 2020 year. Lee College will obtain $46 000 to aid students in process technology instrumentation technology and electrical technology.
The city weighs a 2019 20 budget with 71 IDA agreements providing 55.8 percent of General Fund revenue and ad valorem taxes at 16.1 percent. Sales tax, 13.2 percent, funds city services as state and local shares split 2 percent of Baytown’s total 8.25 percent rate. Councilmember Presley flags firefighter overtime costs while City Manager Davis pledges policy reviews to curb draw on funds. Mayor Capetillo backs fully staffing Ladder Truck at Station No. 1 and moving quickly to that goal.
Baytown hosts a free community training Thursday Aug 29 from 10 am to noon at the CAN facility 401 West Texas Avenue. Attendees receive an opioid overdose kit with 2 Narcan nasal sprays gloves and a CPR shield. Expert voices urge preparedness amid the opioid epidemic and promote standing orders increasing naloxone access.
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