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Late-night shooting still under investigation
By Jeff Morris
Texas City Sun
Published August 18, 2002
Childish pranks turned into a potentially deadly situation early Saturday morning when a local home owner took matters into his own hands.
According to police reports, some Texas City high school students were not getting their beauty sleep. Instead, they were roaming the streets, pulling pranks like "rolling" or "wrapping" yards with toilet paper, apparently as part of a hazing ritual associated with the high school band.
They may have chosen the wrong neighborhood.
When an off-duty Galveston police officer heard a commotion outside his Texas City home, he investigated, finding bathroom supplies in his trees and one his autos.
When the teens returned to the scene of the crime, he was ready. The officer, who was not arrested, reached for his shotgun before he chased the suspects away, firing at the pickup truck twice as it sped away from the 2500 block of Eighth Avenue North.
Texas City Police responded to the scene, but no charges have been field as of Saturday night.
TCPD officers Corp. Steve Byrd, Corp. Brett Cyr and officer Billy Goodwin are investigating the incident that was described as a case of hazing by a group of students.
"They call themselves the Platinums," a TCPD officer said late Saturday night. "They apparently have been doing this for some time, pulling stunts earlier in the week."
The source also indicated that TCPD officers took the shotgun into custody and that the off-duty officer cooperated with the late-night investigation, turning over the firearm.
Texas City police investigator Brian Goetschius said police are evaluating the situation and discussing the facts with the district attorney's office.
"The case is under investigation," Goetschius said late Saturday night. "We're taking statements and gathering information to present to the DA who will determine if any charges will be filed."
In other police news, TCPD officers reported an otherwise slow weekend, saying that only one arrest had been made for driving under the influence. No serious auto accidents or other fatalities were reported.
http://www.texascitysun.com/report.lasso?WCD=451
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Jeff Morris
Texas City Sun
Published August 18, 2002
Childish pranks turned into a potentially deadly situation early Saturday morning when a local home owner took matters into his own hands.
According to police reports, some Texas City high school students were not getting their beauty sleep. Instead, they were roaming the streets, pulling pranks like "rolling" or "wrapping" yards with toilet paper, apparently as part of a hazing ritual associated with the high school band.
They may have chosen the wrong neighborhood.
When an off-duty Galveston police officer heard a commotion outside his Texas City home, he investigated, finding bathroom supplies in his trees and one his autos.
When the teens returned to the scene of the crime, he was ready. The officer, who was not arrested, reached for his shotgun before he chased the suspects away, firing at the pickup truck twice as it sped away from the 2500 block of Eighth Avenue North.
Texas City Police responded to the scene, but no charges have been field as of Saturday night.
TCPD officers Corp. Steve Byrd, Corp. Brett Cyr and officer Billy Goodwin are investigating the incident that was described as a case of hazing by a group of students.
"They call themselves the Platinums," a TCPD officer said late Saturday night. "They apparently have been doing this for some time, pulling stunts earlier in the week."
The source also indicated that TCPD officers took the shotgun into custody and that the off-duty officer cooperated with the late-night investigation, turning over the firearm.
Texas City police investigator Brian Goetschius said police are evaluating the situation and discussing the facts with the district attorney's office.
"The case is under investigation," Goetschius said late Saturday night. "We're taking statements and gathering information to present to the DA who will determine if any charges will be filed."
In other police news, TCPD officers reported an otherwise slow weekend, saying that only one arrest had been made for driving under the influence. No serious auto accidents or other fatalities were reported.
http://www.texascitysun.com/report.lasso?WCD=451
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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2002-08-19
By Michelle Sutherlin
The Oklahoman
NORMAN -- Five Norman police officers gave it their best shot -- and won.
Harold Nicholson, Kent Ritchie, Jamie Shattuck, Eric Lehenbauer and Blake Green were recently named to the Governor's Twenty, which are the top 20 Oklahoma Law Enforcement Shooters that compete at the Dale DeBerry Memorial Regional and Oklahoma State Pistol Matches.
Nicholson also won the Oklahoma State Pistol Championship, taking the top seat that had been held by Trooper Mike Sexton for the last eight years.
Nicholson shot a 1485 95X (out of a possible 1500) to win the championship. He was also the overall winner of the Distinguished Revolver match.
The matches were held at the Norman Police Department Training Center.
Norman Chief Phil Cotten said this is the most officers that Norman has ever had in the top 20.
"The credit really is to these guys," Cotten said. "They spend their off-duty time and a lot of their own money to participate in these matches."
Cotten said the officers represent the department and the state well when they travel to competitions throughout the state and across the country.
Each of the officers are also trainers, so the skills and techniques they learn at the events are brought back to the department.
The group was honored by City Manager Andy Anderson and Mayor Ron Henderson at Tuesday's city council meeting.
Several other awards were give to Norman officers at the competition.
Master Police Officer Shattuck took first place in the Master Class Division firing a 1475 81X out of a possible 1500 points.
Sgt. Green took top honors in the Sharpshooter Division for the Distinguished Semi-Auto match.
The Norman Police department Four-Man Semi-Auto Team took second place in Division B. Ritchie, Mark Braley, Lehenbauer and Green were on the team.
Nicholson and Shattuck participated in the Two-Man Semi- Auto Team, which placed second in Division A.
Ritchie took first place in the Expert Division. Shattuck took second place and Lehenbauer came in third place in the Expert Division.
Detective Casey Caudle came in third place in the Sharpshooter Division.
Officer Jeff Robertson came in first place in the Classified Division in his first ever state match.
Braley came in first place in the Sharpshooter Class for the Distinguished Revolver.
The Norman Police Department had two four-man teams and one two-man team competing in the championships.
Nicholson, Shattuck, Lehenbauer and Ritchie competed in Division A. They took second place.
Jim Henry, Robertson, Braley and David King competed in Division B. They took third place.
Green and Caudle were the overall winners of two-man teams in Division B at the Oklahoma State Championships.
The next match will be the National Police Shooting Championships, which will be held in September in Jackson, Miss.
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=904125&pic=none&TP=getnorman
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Sekhar Padmanabhan -- Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Sunday, August 18, 2002
The California Attorney General's Office has decided not to file charges against El Dorado County Sheriff Hal Barker over his receipt of two firearms in 1999.
Hallye Jordan, spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Lockyer, could not confirm the date of the decision -- or provide other details -- but said Thursday that "there was no evidence that criminal charges were warranted."
Gary Lacy, El Dorado County district attorney, said he forwarded the case to the state last month primarily to avoid a perceived conflict of interest.
"Hal is supporting and endorsing me in my re-election campaign," said Lacy, who is in a November runoff with veteran prosecutor Erik Schlueter. Lacy trailed Schlueter by less than 1 percentage point, and neither won a majority of the vote.
The case came to light this summer in the El Dorado County grand jury's final report. Jurors recommended that Lacy's office investigate Barker's receipt of a Weatherby rifle and a shotgun. The complainant, whose name was not revealed, said at the time he considered the firearms a gift to the Sheriff's Department, intending that staff members hold a drawing for the guns to buy bulletproof vests for police dogs.
In an interview Wednesday, Barker said that three or four weeks ago, he returned the shotgun to the complainant -- along with a $450 check from the sale of the rifle.
"As far as I am concerned, this should be a moot point now," Barker said. "The jury made (its allegations), and I responded to them."
Barker said the complainant stops by the department office to chat. "I am saying that we're friends now. He's not saying that, but I will," Barker added.
Questions were raised about the way Barker reported the gift on county election forms and centered on discrepancies in the stated value of the firearms.
Barker said he thought the guns were a personal gift and that if the canine vests were needed, the department would find the money. He insisted the discrepancies resulted because he was more precise on one form than on those he filled out before.
The guns were not logged in the department's property records, as they should have been if they were given to the department, according to the grand jury report.
The report further said that Barker sold the rifle for $500 through a consignment shop and had the remaining amount credited to his personal account there. At the time, Barker still had the shotgun in his possession.
Grand jury foreman Michael Day was out of town and unavailable for comment.
Jurors said they became concerned when Barker, in an amended statement to the elections department, valued the shotgun at $25 and the rifle at $275 to $375 -- much less than the $500 he mentioned in an interview with jurors.
Day said in June that Lacy's office was asked to investigate because of the discrepancies, regardless of whether they were made "absent-mindedly or by design."
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/neighbors/story/4031995p-5057367c.html
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"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878