Police Beat: Baytown Fatal Crash and Local Incidents
Harris County Sheriff’s deputies identify Scott Caudle of Baytown as the fatal driver in a Wednesday crash on FM 1942. He crossed the centerline into a cement truck driven by Luis Ramirez of Houston, with Caudle found at fault. Ramirez uninjured. A separate report notes a 21-year-old son unauthorized vehicle seizure incident and a domestic assault case leaving a pregnant woman with minor injuries. Baytown police logged 185 calls from Thursday to Friday including auto thefts, burglaries, disturbances, and a major accident. Crime Stoppers offers cash tips and anonymity at 281-427-TIPS.
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Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Scott Kirk Caudle
Baytown
Caudle
Luis Fernando Ramirez
Houston
Ramirez
East Foyle Avenue
Harris County
Garth Road
Class Ring Reunion Bridges Arkansas and Texas Friends
A Baytown family finds a missing Drew Central High School class ring, lost years earlier in Pine Bluff, and reunites health physicist Cathey Bradley with the keepsake. Bradley, who designed the ring to honor her late sister Linda Berry, reconnects with the Hicks in Arkansas and treasures the historic return.
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Ting
Jack
Jimmy
Ollie
Baytown
Nacogdoches
Drew Central High School
Monticello
Ark
Hicks
Jack Knight
Knight
Cathey Bradley
Bradley
Little Rock
Drew Central
Minnesota
Pine
Linda Diane Berry
Berry
Arkansas
Stewart to Spend Five Months in Jail Over ImClone Case
Timeline shows Stewart sentenced to five months in jail after selling 3,928 ImClone shares on December 26 2001 following FDA decision public on December 26 2001. ImClone tumbled 18 percent on December 31 2001 as markets reacted. On February 4 2002 Stewart testified to SEC and FBI about an alleged stock sale agreement with Bacanovic if ImClone fell to 60 a share, with June 1 term tied to Waksal insider activity.
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imClone
Stewart
SEC
FBI
Bacanovic
Stewart sentenced to five months in prison and home confinement
Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison for lying about a stock sale and five months home confinement, with a $30,000 fine. She vowed to return, apologized for hurt caused, and was allowed to delay punishment pending appeal. Peter Bacanovic received the same sentence and home confinement.
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New York
Martha Stewart
Stewart
Peter Bacanovic
Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
Cedarbaum
Supreme Court
Wal-Mart deal eyed for larger Texas distribution center
The Wal-Mart investment, backed by the Texas Permanent School Fund, could expand from 2 million to 4 million square feet, raising the stake to about 100 million dollars. Patterson defended the arrangement amid criticism while trustees debated risks and returns for education funding.
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Cedar Crossing
Wal-Mart
Patterson
Fimd
Bradley
Texas
Land Office
the Sun
School Land Board
Suoh
Cynthia Thornton
R-Round Top
Thornton
Council deadlock prompts vacancy debate in District 3
The council debates filling District 3 seat amid ties and a push to avoid votes by call volume. Mundinger cites past races. Charter changes may require an election. Nominations proceed in rounds with Capetillo and Barnett withdrawing. Urban and Shaffer tied to campaigns. Public address opportunity scheduled for Thursday.
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Urban
Anderson
District 3
Renteria
Mahan
Shaffer
Mundinger
Ignacio Ramirez
Gary Smith
Brandon Capetillo
Baytown Motors
Martha Barnett
Capetillo
Renteria’s
Sheley
Barnett
Rentetta
Tim Quinton
Council
Jury verdict finds Brininger not liable in legal malpractice suit
The trial concluded 11-1 against Markham after deliberations over a case involving reloading prohibited games on a work computer. Settlement terms from 1999 and 2003 influenced the dispute, with Brininger’s attorney expressing satisfaction at the jury’s decision. Markham, now in Dallas, weighs an appeal.
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Markham
Brininger
Bijan Siahatgar
Dallas
Costen
Siahatgar
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Waksal
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Menill Lynch
ImGlons Systems
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Macha Stevings
Stewarts
Arry F. Stewart
Erin Niclam
Danbury
Conn
Westport
Fort Worth
PSE
Associated Press
Natalie Gott
Chambers County
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