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Newspaper
Texas City Sun
Location
Texas City, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 2003
Page
4
State Digest reports Detective William James Carollo, an 18-year Dallas Police Department veteran, died in a head-on crash on State Highway 183 in Irving. The other driver also died at the scene. no passengers were present. Carollo leaves a 17-year-old daughter. funeral arrangements are pending.
An 18 year old Erick Carl Monroy of Laredo died by hanging with a belt in a police department booking room while being booked on cocaine possession charges at a local high school. Police and state investigators review surveillance video and have ordered an autopsy. The body was found in a blind spot behind a wall in the room.
A federal judge dismissed 67 conspiracy and fraud counts against San Antonio businessman Terry Samuel who had been convicted of bribery involving a Beaumont mayor and city councilman. Samuel cooperated with prosecutors by testifying against former mayor David Moore and councilman John K. Davis, who were found guilty of conspiracy, mail fraud, bribery and money laundering. None have been sentenced yet. Samuel was previously convicted on 24 counts and faces up to 160 years in prison and $6 million in fines.
A Texas political action committee reportedly funneled 190000 dollars to the Republican National Committee last September, which then distributed the same amount to seven Texas legislative candidates. Experts say the arrangement used a federal style tactic to avoid state ban on corporate donations. Texas party officials say all money to candidates complied with state law.
Former first lady Barbara Bush praised George Bush as the official she admires most at Ashland University's John M Ashbrook Memorial Dinner. She joked about her son while thanking supporters, noted pride in her grandkids, and prayed for troops and the president amid Iraq war discussions. Security delays and small protests marked the event.
In Austin hundreds of UT students and supporters marched from the Lyndon B. Johnson School to a federal building to condemn the Iraq war as part of a campus organized protest coinciding with the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Police estimated about 400 to 1,000 participants with no incidents reported.
Three men were arrested Friday in connection with the shooting deaths of Houston police officer Charles R. Clark and store employee Alfreda Jones during a Thursday Ace America's Cash Express robbery. Police recovered a gun as investigations continued, with details on the second arrest scarce and the case moving to page 7A.
A security breach led to the evacuation of three connected terminals at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport after a man passed through a revolving door the wrong way. A TSA spokesman said terminals A B and C were cleared and passengers rescreened, with operations resuming shortly before 5 p.m.
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