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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 2008
Page
2
Today is October twelfth two thousand eight a Sunday marking historic events and notable birthdays. It recalls Columbus reaching the Bahamas in fourteen ninety two and other moments such as Lee's death in sixteen seventy and Cavell's execution in nineteen fifteen.
Dallas Morning News review finds faulty eyewitness testimony led to 19 wrongful convictions in Dallas County. Investigators ignored safeguards, used suggestive lineups, and hid exculpatory evidence, yielding innocent men jailed while taxpayers paid over 3 million in compensation and incarceration. Kevin Brooks describes eyewitness testimony as “gold.”
In Houston a 7 month old girl died after five hours in a back seat while her grandfather, a social worker at Rucker Elementary School, was at work. Police say no foul play is suspected and the case will go to a Harris County grand jury without charges. The man forgot the infant in the vehicle as he headed to the day care. Highs were in the 80s.
The Justice Department says it has entered a consent decree with Waller County to resolve a suit alleging illegal voter registration practices. The agreement targets invalid registration actions that mainly affected students at Prairie View A&M University and awaits federal court approval in Houston.
Kazuyoshi Miura, a 61 year old Japanese businessman accused of conspiring to murder his wife, was found dead in what authorities call an apparent suicide less than a day after arriving in the United States. Attorney Mark Geragos confirmed Miura hanged himself.
Qwest Communications International Inc. says it has reached a tentative four-year contract with a union representing about 20,000 employees. The company announced the agreement early Saturday.
Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula near Puerto Charley, packing 105 mph winds and torrential rain. The storm forced mass evacuations as floodwaters rose and palm trees bent, with a second landfall expected in northwestern Mexico after crossing the Gulf of California.
A Ross S. Sterling student was arrested on Goose Creek Memorial High campus Friday evening after trespass and assaulting a security officer. He was transported to Baytown Jail. Earlier, a Highlands woman cut herself at Foodtown on North Main, around 7 30 p.m., and was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
A Toys R Us store in the 4000 block of I-10 filed charges against an internal thief who struck the location multiple times over the past week, totaling over 700 dollars. Separately, a vehicle on San Jacinto Mall premises had its windows shot out Friday, suspected air gun activity, with no theft. Idlewood Drive residents reported two burglaries on Saturday around 5 am in the 700 block, with a JVC DVD receiver stolen worth about 500 dollars.
Between 6 a.m. Friday and 6 a.m. Saturday Baytown police logged 28 offences and reports including three assaults two burglaries of motor vehicles one criminal mischief two disorderly conducts one forgery two thefts eight other arrests and nine miscellaneous offenses. Three major and two minor vehicle crashes noted. Crime Stoppers pays cash for tips. full report via City of Baytown site.
A compact roundup lists fall turkey shoot hours at VEW Post 912 and bingo at WEFW Post 912 with door times, Baytown Little Theater auditions for Mame at Trinity Episcopal, plus GED classes at Chambers County Library. Also noted are line dancing, oil painting, watercolor classes, senior bowling, genealogy talk by Jim Winston, baby time for infants, Spanish computer classes, Chik fil A family night, senior softball, bridge club, internet searching class, Optimist Club speech, Overeaters Anonymous meetings, and dance lessons at the Community Center with a per couple monthly fee.
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