tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253076068488767482012-01-27T08:04:31.604-06:00Man o' LawPosting the sane and insane news about the law and what otherwise strikes my fancy.
The opinions and commentary made by this author is solely his own. It does not reflect the opinion of any other individual or organization including the Comal County Criminal District Attorney's Office or Comal County.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comBlogger56181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-85687982941385529392012-01-27T08:03:00.002-06:002012-01-27T08:04:31.615-06:00Camel dips cameltoe into Super Bowl betting pool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5HQ7e9W284/TyKukLS6HBI/AAAAAAAAMAw/3TLyKA6Z4Gc/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5HQ7e9W284/TyKukLS6HBI/AAAAAAAAMAw/3TLyKA6Z4Gc/s320/628x471.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Well, there you have it.<br /><br />Apparently, New England Patriots, you will have a long climb to get over the hump to win.<br /><br />Of course it is a New Jersey camel, and the Giants play in New Jersey, so perhaps the fix is in!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">NJ camel predicts Giants will win the Super Bowl</b></span><br />Associated Press - <br /><br />LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — People use all sorts of ways to try to predict the winner of the Super Bowl: comparing regular season records, judging who looked stronger in the post-season run-up to the big game, or watching the betting lines from Las Vegas oddsmakers.<br /><br />But the closest thing to a sure thing may come from a camel in New Jersey.<br /><br />Princess, the star of New Jersey's <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Popcorn+Park+Zoo%22">Popcorn Park Zoo</a>, has correctly picked the winner of five of the last six Super Bowls. She went 14 and 6 predicting regular season and playoff games this year, and has a lifetime record of 88-51.<br /><br />Her pick this year: The <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22New+York+Giants%22">New York Giants</a>.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/NJ-camel-predicts-Giants-will-win-the-Super-Bowl-2719462.php#ixzz1kfPrwVnd"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8568798294138552939?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-4529314536811272012-01-27T07:57:00.002-06:002012-01-27T07:57:40.597-06:00POS at large<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DifWEnqgYP0/TyKtRcoCvLI/AAAAAAAAMAo/Bkremqwv0pk/s1600/85-Year-Old-Lady-vs-Robs-Attacks-By-Mugger-RAW-VIDEO-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DifWEnqgYP0/TyKtRcoCvLI/AAAAAAAAMAo/Bkremqwv0pk/s1600/85-Year-Old-Lady-vs-Robs-Attacks-By-Mugger-RAW-VIDEO-1.jpg" /></a></div>Find him and lock him away, then throw the key away.<br /><br />Cowardly POS.<br /><br />If you have any information on the suspect please call <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Crime+Stoppers%22">Crime Stoppers</a> at 210-224-STOP.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Suspect sought in aggravated robbery of elderly woman</b></span></div>By Jessica Kwong - Express-News<br /><br />Police are seeking the public's help finding a suspect involved in the aggravated robbery of an elderly woman on the Northeast Side.<br /><br />When <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Marolyn+Charles%22">Marolyn Charles</a>, 80, parked her vehicle in a lot in the 3600 block of Hidden Drive around 5:15 p.m. on New Year's Day, she didn't see anyone around her. Then as she was walking up steps, a man in his early to mid-20s approached and tried to grab her handbag off her shoulder, police said.<br /><br />The handbag did not come loose, so the suspect “intentionally pulled down ... making (Charles) fall forward to the ground,” a police report states. He fled on foot, and a short time later, her credit card was charged at a local store. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Suspect-sought-in-aggravated-robbery-of-elderly-2747592.php#ixzz1kfOKRzzF"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-452931453681127?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-49264712229897665592012-01-27T07:50:00.002-06:002012-01-27T07:50:36.340-06:00Bye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TelkLnr3TIg/TyKroc7E9vI/AAAAAAAAMAg/zE3UkZ2cfIU/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TelkLnr3TIg/TyKroc7E9vI/AAAAAAAAMAg/zE3UkZ2cfIU/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well we are no longer having to share the air we breathe with him.<br /><br />I think we, as a society, are a little better off because of it. <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rapist executed for 1994 S.A. murder</span></b></div>By Eva Ruth Moravec<br /><br /><br />Rodrigo Hernandez, 38, was executed Thursday evening for raping and strangling single mother <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Susan+Verstegen%22">Susan Verstegen</a> behind a grocery store in San Antonio in 1994 before dumping her body in a 55-gallon barrel at a nearby church.<br /><br />Hernandez said little in the moments before he died.<br /><br />“I want to tell everybody that I love everybody,” he said. “We are all family, people of God almighty. We're all good. I'm ready.”<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-is-executed-for-S-A-murder-2737817.php#ixzz1kfMonzl9"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-4926471222989766559?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-82425806402490291762012-01-27T07:44:00.001-06:002012-01-27T07:46:19.725-06:006 years for intoxication manslaughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juUklUWke8o/TyKqH-G9OnI/AAAAAAAAMAY/37htVI9gz6U/s1600/19823165_300X225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-juUklUWke8o/TyKqH-G9OnI/AAAAAAAAMAY/37htVI9gz6U/s1600/19823165_300X225.jpg" /></a></div>While 6 years may not seem like much I am gratified to see that the jury didn't buy into his "I did missionary work so don't punish me" meme.<br /><br />He was at a strip club and had 8 to 9 beers got into his car and killed someone.<br /><br />I think that Bexar County juries are waking up and smelling the coffee regarding DWI's and the dangers out there because of it.<br /><br />Also I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the hard work of Bexar County DA Susan Reed and her staff in vigorously prosecuting DWI offenders. <br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_805737218"><b><br /></b></a></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>After tears, apologies, driver gets 6 years for DWI death</b></span></div>By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />Intoxication manslaughter defendant <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Robert+Gabriel+Maycott%22">Robert Gabriel Maycott</a> and his family offered tears, apologies and photographs from past missionary trips to Mexico before asking jurors Thursday to consider probation for causing the death of a fellow motorist four years ago. <br /><br />Jurors instead ordered a six-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine.<br /><br />Maycott, 25, had a blood alcohol level of at least .15 — nearly twice the legal limit — when he swerved his pickup into oncoming traffic along Loop 1604 in South Bexar County in December 2007. The truck hit another vehicle head-on, killing motorist <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Manuel+Trujillo%22">Manuel Trujillo</a>, 66.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/After-tears-apologies-driver-gets-6-years-for-2738188.php#ixzz1kfIewy2w"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8242580640249029176?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-2013865496170863852012-01-26T19:59:00.001-06:002012-01-26T19:59:50.079-06:00She is a fighter all right<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_MRoGvPA7hI/TyIE5od5vQI/AAAAAAAAMAQ/HSF2ET5_CIM/s1600/Cindy+Hudson.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_MRoGvPA7hI/TyIE5od5vQI/AAAAAAAAMAQ/HSF2ET5_CIM/s1600/Cindy+Hudson.jpg" /></a></div>God Bless you Cindy Hudson.<br /><br />You are in our prayers.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Attorney fights for clients as she battles cancer</b></span></div>By Darlene Dosey - WOAI<br /><br />SAN ANTONIO - A local attorney known for fighting for the rights of her clients now fights a battle of her own. Cindy Hudson has a rare form of cancer called adenocarcinoma.<br /><br />Even with the cancer diagnosis Hudson continues defending her clients, many with no money to pay her. She lost her office because she couldn't afford the rent with her mounting medical bills <br /><br />Amazed by her friend's ability to fight the odds, Jeanie Cupit lets Hudson use her office to complete calls and paperwork. <br /><br />“Through all of this, I have never heard her complain one time," Cupit told News 4 WOAI.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Attorney-fights-for-clients-as-she-battles-cancer/wARw_fORv0eqwtNWwhLbig.cspx#.TyH-gUNThuM.facebook"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-201386549617086385?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-69278880751982924032012-01-26T10:13:00.002-06:002012-01-26T10:13:47.790-06:00She's grounded for the rest of eternity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IwjuFViIZiM/TyF7rL_qfLI/AAAAAAAAMAI/7_bfeEXX9yA/s1600/momboyfriend.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IwjuFViIZiM/TyF7rL_qfLI/AAAAAAAAMAI/7_bfeEXX9yA/s320/momboyfriend.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And that's a long time!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Teen girls calls cops on mom for having sex</b></span></div>NBCMiami -<br /><br /><div id="paragraph1">A North Florida teen who "felt disrespected" by her mother after she heard her having sex in an adjoining bedroom called 911 to report the lovemaking, according to a police report. </div><div id="paragraph1"><br /></div><div id="paragraph2">The 15-year-old called 911 last Thursday around 4 a.m. after she heard her mother and her boyfriend in the act and got upset, according to the Panama City Police report <a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/girl-calls-cops-over-mom-having-sex-768493">obtained by theSmokingGun.com</a>. </div><div id="paragraph3"><br /></div><div id="paragraph3">An officer who responded reported that the mother and daughter had "been involved in a verbal altercation" when he arrived. </div><div id="paragraph3"><br /></div><div id="paragraph3"><a href="http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Teen-Girl-Calls-Cops-on-Mom-For-Having-Sex-138043423.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a></div><div id="paragraph3"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6927888075198292403?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-58896044415170247372012-01-26T08:24:00.003-06:002012-01-26T08:24:57.717-06:00Standing by their policy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFjshS9h5M8/TyFiLEs9O5I/AAAAAAAAMAA/69rJNzds65U/s1600/policy.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hFjshS9h5M8/TyFiLEs9O5I/AAAAAAAAMAA/69rJNzds65U/s320/policy.gif" width="320" /></a></div>I have to commend the Express-News for standing by their policy that they will report on any of their employees who commit a crime.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Express-News reporter charged with DWI</b></span></div>By Ana Ley - Express-News<br /><br />An editorial assistant and reporter with San Antonio Express-News was arrested early Sunday and charged with driving while intoxicated with an open alcohol container.<br /><br />Desiree Canela, 26, was arrested at the intersection of McCullough Avenue and Basse Road about 1:30 a.m. According to a police report, Canela had been driving 48 mph in a 35 mph zone and was swerving before an officer pulled her vehicle over.<br /><br />Canela was released from Bexar County jail that morning after posting $1,000 bail.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Reporter-charged-with-DWI-2693707.php#ixzz1kZeiRZ00"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5889604441517024737?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-44142526117183988412012-01-26T08:19:00.002-06:002012-01-26T08:19:28.343-06:00Preying on the elderly<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PxyZ65e57oY/TyFg4658NbI/AAAAAAAAL_4/wfYgb-XLuL4/s1600/elder_abuse+%25284+hands%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PxyZ65e57oY/TyFg4658NbI/AAAAAAAAL_4/wfYgb-XLuL4/s320/elder_abuse+%25284+hands%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As well it should.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Theft from 94-year-old nets prison term</b></span></div>By Jessica Kwong - Express-News<br /><br /><br />A business owner hired to clean the house of a 94-year-old widower was sentenced to four years in prison Wednesday for theft from the elderly for pilfering his bank account of $11,000 in forged checks.<br /><br />Absolute Cleaning owner <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Enedrina+Gomez%22">Enedrina Gomez</a> was hired by the 94-year-old man's son, who came to San Antonio to take him to live with him in Houston after his wife died.<br /><br />Her defense attorney, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jocelyn+Andrews%22">Jocelyn Andrews</a>, added that others were involved in the August and September 2011 thefts and asked that Gomez be given a chance at probation.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Theft-from-94-year-old-nets-prison-term-2701911.php#ixzz1kZdJmJjh"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-4414252611718398841?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-14444153230297939642012-01-25T07:58:00.004-06:002012-01-25T07:59:56.915-06:00Someone get the bug spray San Antonio needs fumigating<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IkjONKZOZRI/TyAKy4-Kz8I/AAAAAAAAL_w/Rr3x6O3WMSg/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IkjONKZOZRI/TyAKy4-Kz8I/AAAAAAAAL_w/Rr3x6O3WMSg/s320/628x471.jpg" width="255" /></a></div>Another sick freak with a camera and an alleged acted upon depraved act. <br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man accuses of sexually assaulting 5-year-old </b></span></div>By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News<br /><br />San Antonio police on Monday rearrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl and taking inappropriate pictures of her, according to arrest warrant affidavits.<br /><br />David Wayne Loven, 58, was held in Bexar County Jail on one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. A judge set bail at $1 million.<br /><br />Police had arrested Loven on Saturday and charged him with sexual performance by a child and evading arrest. He was released the same day after posting $102,500 bail, according to county records.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-5-year-old-2682514.php#ixzz1kThwGl6r"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1444415323029793964?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-14483283804771766962012-01-25T07:50:00.001-06:002012-01-25T07:50:24.320-06:00Candid camera pervert gets 9<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDccLaT5Ffo/TyAIiDrH30I/AAAAAAAAL_o/BkSPf88OPmQ/s1600/candid-camera-350x446.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDccLaT5Ffo/TyAIiDrH30I/AAAAAAAAL_o/BkSPf88OPmQ/s320/candid-camera-350x446.jpg" width="251" /></a></div>One sick freak and I don't mean Alan Funt!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Illicit photos land 'compulsive predator' in prison</b></span><br />By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />A Converse man accused of secretly photographing women and young girls for sexual gratification at <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Splashtown%22">Splashtown</a>, bus stops, Market Square and other San Antonio-area locations was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison.<br /><br />Joseph Arnold Cadena, 43, was arrested at the water park in June 2010 after a patron reported that he appeared to be taking pictures of children.<br /><br />A sheriff's deputy working security there found a camera in Cadena's truck and a memory card in his pocket that contained hundreds of photos focused on female crotches, chests or buttocks.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Illicit-photos-land-compulsive-predator-in-2683952.php#ixzz1kTfY6bB3"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1448328380477176696?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-74832627401970714932012-01-25T07:44:00.002-06:002012-01-25T07:44:57.459-06:00A moment's stupidy kills 4 and ruins peoples lives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cGWY5vEfPpc/TyAHObyjlpI/AAAAAAAAL_g/5BdeygL4q_c/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cGWY5vEfPpc/TyAHObyjlpI/AAAAAAAAL_g/5BdeygL4q_c/s320/628x471.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Four 55 year sentences for each count of murder under the "felony murder rule".<br /><br />Sentenced to run concurrently. I am sorry for the family as well as for the defendant who chose, unwisely, to flee from the police while intoxicated.<br /><br />However if this story serves as an object lesson and prevents some other drunk person from getting into their car and driving our highways it will not all be in vain. <br /><br />Selfish, selfish drunk drivers are the bane of San Antonio and Texas in general.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Drunken driver gets 55 years for quadruple murder</b></span></div>By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />A judge handed four concurrent 55-year murder sentences Tuesday to a drunken driver who killed four members of one family — including a 4-month-old boy — in a wreck that occurred as she was fleeing from police.<br /><br />Valeri Andrews' shackled hands shook as she struggled through sobs to read aloud an apology letter to Jose Perez, who lost his wife, two daughters and a grandson during the August 2010 collision.<br /><br />“Sorry just isn't good enough,” Andrews, 40, acknowledged. “I am sorry, though ... (that) I took your family away from you. If I could absorb your pain and hurt, I would.”<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Drunken-driver-gets-55-years-for-quadruple-murder-2684081.php#ixzz1kTdG2F6K"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7483262740197071493?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-26122679456972136852012-01-25T07:34:00.002-06:002012-01-25T07:35:14.988-06:00Call for Phillip Morris<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-apyRy7OecGU/TyAFCHVHBPI/AAAAAAAAL_Y/Qj68a5lp02Q/s1600/AVIATION+GRAHAME+WHITE+333+JPEG+A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-apyRy7OecGU/TyAFCHVHBPI/AAAAAAAAL_Y/Qj68a5lp02Q/s320/AVIATION+GRAHAME+WHITE+333+JPEG+A.JPG" width="217" /></a></div>Really?<br /><br />How long has it been since you could smoke on a plane?<br /><br />20 years? 25 years?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Plane diverted after passenger lights cigarette in cabin</b></span></div>By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br /><br />A Continental Airlines flight traveling from Houston to California had to be diverted here Tuesday evening because of an “unruly passenger” who reportedly lit a cigarette in the cabin and refused to put it out then fought with a flight attendant, officials said.<br /><br />The man, whose name and age were not available, was taken into custody by the San Antonio police and the FBI and could face federal charges, officials said. <br /><br />San Antonio police Capt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Cris+Andersen%22">Cris Andersen</a> said the man allegedly lit the cigarette while in the cabin. He reportedly refused to put out the cigarette and when a flight attendant tried to take it from him there was a struggle, Andersen said. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Plane-diverted-after-passenger-lights-cigarette-2684564.php#ixzz1kTZLcuFB"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2612267945697213685?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-53904717228363749602012-01-24T07:47:00.002-06:002012-01-24T07:48:48.183-06:00OMG!! Look out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rAHmdZCMDug/Tx62drG5tOI/AAAAAAAAL_I/s4oYtkR5nPo/s1600/track-coffee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rAHmdZCMDug/Tx62drG5tOI/AAAAAAAAL_I/s4oYtkR5nPo/s320/track-coffee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Just what this town needs.<br /><br />Bicyclists all hopped up on caffeine and reading the newspaper!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Bike, coffee shops partner up</b></span></div>By Jordan Gass - Poore contributing writer<br /><br /><br />Local Coffee owner Robby Grubbs’ fondest memories are hanging out and studying with friends at coffee shops on snowy days as an undergraduate in Colorado.<br /><br />Grubbs hopes to keep the buzz alive with the tentative March grand opening of Local Coffee’s second location next door to Bike World Alamo Heights, 5911 Broadway.<br /><br />Independently owned and operated local companies Local Coffee and Bike World Alamo Heights began their collaboration eight months ago. The original Local Coffee is in Stone Oak.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/north_central/news/article/Bike-coffee-shops-partner-up-2633232.php#ixzz1kNo8dBqX"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5390471722836374960?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-81955919122724218522012-01-24T07:40:00.000-06:002012-01-24T07:40:25.866-06:00Three hots and a cot for the next 20 years or so<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHimw8xl1Rw/Tx60okmZTTI/AAAAAAAAL_A/6KKnfBPzbVg/s1600/4763452754_985faccf10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GHimw8xl1Rw/Tx60okmZTTI/AAAAAAAAL_A/6KKnfBPzbVg/s320/4763452754_985faccf10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well looking on the bright side, she gets to reside in the US for the next 19 years and 7 months.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mexican woman, 60, gets nearly 20 years for meth smuggling</b></span></div>By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News<br /><br />BROWNSVILLE — A 60-year-old Mexican woman was sentenced Monday to nearly 20 years in federal prison for smuggling an estimated $1 million of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico.<br /><br />Reyna Osorio Martinez, of Morelia, was convicted of drug-trafficking charges by a federal jury in September.<br />Jurors heard that Osorio was the passenger in a 2002 Camry that crossed the Brownsville & Matamoros<br /><br />International Bridge on April 16 with seven bundles of methamphetamine. While she told U.S. Customs officers her son-in-law bought the vehicle in Mexico the previous day, records showed she had crossed in the same vehicle three times in a period of months.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Mexican-woman-60-gets-nearly-20-years-for-meth-2681288.php#ixzz1kNmWQv4Q"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8195591912272421852?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-64220785158189129712012-01-24T07:35:00.001-06:002012-01-24T07:35:26.067-06:00Abuse of trust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jkIp5SciKIY/Tx6zlmL5iiI/AAAAAAAAL-4/4DqB4u3ySv4/s1600/concrete_jungle_poster_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jkIp5SciKIY/Tx6zlmL5iiI/AAAAAAAAL-4/4DqB4u3ySv4/s320/concrete_jungle_poster_01.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>I predict this is not going to go well for him.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ex-Jailer convicted in sex case</b></span></div>By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News <br /><br />A former jailer at the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fstate&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Crystal+City+Corrections+Center%22">Crystal City Corrections Center</a> has been convicted of charges that he had sex with two female inmates and illegally gave Vicodin to three prisoners, U.S. Attorney <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fstate&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Robert+Pitman%22">Robert Pitman</a> announced Monday.<br /><br />In a news release, Pitman said jurors in Del Rio found <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fstate&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Ramon+Garza%22">Ramon Garza</a>, 30, guilty late last week of two counts of sexual abuse of an inmate and one count of providing contraband to an inmate, which stemmed from incidents in spring 2010.<br /><br />Garza, who remains in federal custody, faces up to 15 years in federal prison for each sexual abuse charge and up to five years in federal prison for the drug charge. He is scheduled to be sentenced on June 4 by U.S. District Judge <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fstate&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Alia+Moses%22">Alia Moses</a>.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6422078515818912971?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-17816531924906016122012-01-24T07:26:00.001-06:002012-01-24T07:26:15.326-06:00Making the Big Leagues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gtfSJwBnYLg/Tx6xZ_AsXRI/AAAAAAAAL-w/Dvv67i1CFIk/s1600/004-0227215551-_41041270_fire_ap203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gtfSJwBnYLg/Tx6xZ_AsXRI/AAAAAAAAL-w/Dvv67i1CFIk/s320/004-0227215551-_41041270_fire_ap203.jpg" width="259" /></a></div>Congratulations on getting charged now with Attempted Capital Murder. <br /><br />I'm sure your family is proud of your achievements.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man charged with setting another on fire</b></span></div>By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br /><br />San Antonio police charged a man Monday with attempted capital murder after witnesses said they saw him pour gasoline on <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Richard+Rodriguez%22">Richard Rodriguez</a> Jr. then set him on fire.<br /><br />Juan Jesus Robles, 37, was already in Bexar County jail on a different charge, officials said. Rodriguez, who turned 23 in the hospital, was burned over more than 85 percent of his body, and remains in critical condition, the arrest warrant affidavit said.<br /><br />Rodriguez was carrying a gas can when he began fighting with three men he encountered at Guadalupe and South San Marcos streets the night of Jan. 7, an arrest warrant affidavit said. Those men told police they beat him up and left him on the ground, but then tried to stop Robles, who they saw rob Rodriguez, pour gas on him and set him on fire, the affidavit said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-charged-with-setting-another-on-fire-2681527.php#ixzz1kNijLDE2"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1781653192490601612?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-91523535883925307132012-01-23T08:01:00.001-06:002012-01-23T08:01:18.859-06:00And it restores your appetite too!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CHoCrrrhdIk/Tx1n9IA7VgI/AAAAAAAAL-o/XSp9yPRqcfU/s1600/fbeead39-dfc6-4abb-9867-aafa5ddf2912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CHoCrrrhdIk/Tx1n9IA7VgI/AAAAAAAAL-o/XSp9yPRqcfU/s320/fbeead39-dfc6-4abb-9867-aafa5ddf2912.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well?<br /><br />I guess why not.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA ok</b></span></div>By Lisa Leff - Associated Press -<br /><br /><span class="lingo_region"><a class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/SAN+FRANCISCO/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">SAN FRANCISCO</a> (AP) - A quarter-century after the <a class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/U.S.+Food+and+Drug+Administration/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</a> approved the first <a class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/prescription+drugs/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">prescription drugs</a> based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by the cannabis plant itself could soon be making their way to pharmacy shelves, according to drug companies, small biotech firms and university scientists. </span><br /><span class="lingo_region"></span><br /><br /> A British company, GW Pharma, is in advanced clinical trials for the world's first pharmaceutical developed from raw marijuana instead of synthetic equivalents_ a mouth spray it hopes to market in the U.S. as a treatment for cancer pain. And it hopes to see <a class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/FDA+approval/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">FDA approval</a> by the end of 2013. <br /><br />Sativex contains marijuana's two best known components—delta 9-THC and cannabidiol—and already has been approved in Canada, <a class=" lingo_link" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/New+Zealand/" rel="nofollow" style="color: black; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline;">New Zealand</a> and eight European countries for a different usage, relieving <a class=" lingo_link lingo_link_hidden" href="http://topics.breitbart.com/muscle+spasms/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;">muscle spasms</a> associated with multiple sclerosis.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9SE82EO0&show_article=1"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-9152353588392530713?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-80681161633280288132012-01-23T07:54:00.001-06:002012-01-23T07:54:57.648-06:00The Detroitization of China<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VbExuLXfB-k/Tx1mp7n1mYI/AAAAAAAAL-g/frwAs9Likb4/s1600/588XFL100520DT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VbExuLXfB-k/Tx1mp7n1mYI/AAAAAAAAL-g/frwAs9Likb4/s320/588XFL100520DT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A Bank robbery in China?<br /><br />With guns?<br /><br />China is really trying to become America.<br /> <br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Customer shot in head during bank robbery</b></span></div>China Daily -<br /><br /><br />A customer has been shot in the head and robbed of 300,000 yuan ($47,569) during a daylight village bank heist, Xinhua news agency reports.<br /><br />The 30-year-old man was shot at the Bank of Agriculture in Anhuai village, Nanjing as he withdrew the large amount of money at around 10 am on Friday morning. The money was to pay migrant worker employees ahead of the Spring Festival.<br /><br />Police are hunting for two males who fled the scene in the direction of the second Nanjing Yangtze Bridge.<br />The victim, who was accompanied by his boss and a colleague, was rushed to hospital, but his condition is not known.<br /><br />His boss has been taken away for questioning by police who are also collecting evidence from the scene, Southern Metropolitan Daily reports.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8068116163328028813?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-62638716285110749612012-01-23T07:49:00.001-06:002012-01-23T07:49:32.808-06:00Excessive use of force<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uBYop3DhPZk/Tx1lZFoCpZI/AAAAAAAAL-Y/cKcB-9LzJrM/s1600/3379923995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uBYop3DhPZk/Tx1lZFoCpZI/AAAAAAAAL-Y/cKcB-9LzJrM/s320/3379923995.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There's no excuse for this, whatsoever.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cop captured on camera beating up woman</b></span></div>Neel Kamal - The Times of India <br /><br /><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">MANSA: In an outrageous and <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Shameless">shameless</a> incident, a cop in uniform brutally beaten up a young woman at the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bareta-police">Bareta police</a> station in Mansa. The woman was taken to the police station on accusations of snatching, theft and selling illicit liquor but instead of giving custody of the young woman to a lady contable, the head constable brutally beat her up,<br /> <br /> The cop has been captured on camera. He has been placed under suspension and departmental action has been initiated against the SHO.<br /> <br /> The woman Raj Kaur(23) of village Bhundar along with another woman Paramjit Kaur was taken to Bareta police station on complaints of some liquor contractors, said sources. Both <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Women">women</a> were already facing other cases of snatching and theft.</span><br /><br /><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Cop-captured-on-camera-beating-up-woman-in-Punjab/articleshow/11601736.cms"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6263871628511074961?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-62207966752697856152012-01-23T07:32:00.001-06:002012-01-23T07:32:10.240-06:00Freed to kill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtYz2TNAU3E/Tx1hT_KJGJI/AAAAAAAAL-Q/55uUC6WlzHY/s1600/1iIYjh.St.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xtYz2TNAU3E/Tx1hT_KJGJI/AAAAAAAAL-Q/55uUC6WlzHY/s320/1iIYjh.St.56.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Hey, here's an immigration policy that worked wonders!<br /><br />Just ask the three folks he murdered.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Immigration authorities released man who went on to kill 3 in North Miami</b></span></div><b><i>In a year-old mystery, a felon freed after he could not be returned to Haiti killed three people. Was it random, or was he working with someone? </i></b><br />By DAVID OVALLE - MiamiHerald<br /><br />When burglar Kesler Dufrene became a twice-convicted felon in 2006, a Bradenton judge shipped him to prison for five years. And because of his convictions, an immigration judge ordered Dufrene deported to his native Haiti.<br /><br />That never happened.<br /><br />Instead, when Dufrene’s state prison term was up, Miami immigration authorities in October 2010 released him from custody. Two months later, North Miami police say, he slaughtered three people, including a 15-year-old girl in a murder case that remains as baffling today as it did the afternoon the bodies were discovered. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/22/2602909/immigration-authorities-released.html#storylink=cpy"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6220796675269785615?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-44291321421355709612012-01-22T07:52:00.002-06:002012-01-22T07:52:27.441-06:00Busting kitty porners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TeoYEpjIp7Y/TxwUhj14UjI/AAAAAAAAL-I/fc3O0pCRBec/s1600/busted122208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TeoYEpjIp7Y/TxwUhj14UjI/AAAAAAAAL-I/fc3O0pCRBec/s320/busted122208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>And the hits just keep on coming.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>4 accused of child porn</b></span></div>By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News<br /><br /><br />The FBI has arrested four people in the San Antonio area on child pornography charges after separate investigations.<br /><br />“These cases initiated approximately two years ago by undercover agents in different U.S. cities,” said <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Erik+Vasys%22">Erik Vasys</a>, spokesman for the FBI in San Antonio.<br /><br />Jason Scott Randolph, 24; <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Joey+Dean+Leroy%22">Joey Dean Leroy</a>, 46; <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Robert+Joseph+Parisi%22">Robert Joseph Parisi</a> Sr., 59; and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Adrian+Mar%22">Adrian Mar</a>, 69, were arrested Friday after being indicted Wednesday on charges including distributing, receiving and/or possessing child porn.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/4-accused-of-child-porn-2673219.php#ixzz1kC7o60ny"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-4429132142135570961?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-51530539275879073162012-01-22T07:43:00.003-06:002012-01-22T07:43:47.352-06:00Looking for another fourth down miracle?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QloQpsaHMH4/TxwShge4RWI/AAAAAAAAL-A/FLEHRF7FfeU/s1600/Dallas%252BCowboys%252Bv%252BDenver%252BBroncos%252BTjqferbkltLl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QloQpsaHMH4/TxwShge4RWI/AAAAAAAAL-A/FLEHRF7FfeU/s320/Dallas%252BCowboys%252Bv%252BDenver%252BBroncos%252BTjqferbkltLl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A desperate move or strategic reset? <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hurd changes lawyers, will plead not guilty</b></span></div>By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News<br /><br />San Antonio's <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Sam+Hurd%22">Sam Hurd</a>, who played for the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Dallas+Cowboys%22">Dallas Cowboys</a> and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Chicago+Bears%22">Chicago Bears</a>, has changed lawyers and plans to plead not guilty in his federal drug-trafficking case this week, his new lead attorney said.<br /><br />On Friday, Hurd, 26, replaced <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22David+Elliott+Kenner%22">David Elliott Kenner</a> and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Brett+Allen+Greenfield%22">Brett Allen Greenfield</a> of California with <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Michael+McCrum%22">Michael McCrum</a> of San Antonio and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jay+Ethington%22">Jay Ethington</a> of Dallas.<br /><br />Both are former assistant U.S. attorneys — McCrum in the San Antonio-based Western District of Texas and Ethington in the Dallas-headquartered Northern District of Texas.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Hurd-changes-lawyers-will-plead-not-guilty-2672157.php#ixzz1kC5kYQOH"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5153053927587907316?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-58870222600974507732012-01-22T07:32:00.001-06:002012-01-22T07:35:55.324-06:00Alleged Breach of Trust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c5RNKzNp8_4/TxwQrn5f-eI/AAAAAAAAL94/kVSnNhqmeGs/s1600/allegedly-5115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c5RNKzNp8_4/TxwQrn5f-eI/AAAAAAAAL94/kVSnNhqmeGs/s320/allegedly-5115.jpg" width="293" /></a></div>Tragic.<br /><br />You place a child with someone to care for and they do this?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Child care worker accused of raping boy</b></span></div>By Ana Ley - Express-News<br /><br /><br />Police arrested a child-care worker accused of repeatedly raping and threatening an 11-year-old boy.<br /><br />Bradley Bendele, 32, was arrested Friday night and charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first-degree felony.<br /><br />According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Bendele raped the boy while he cared for him.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Child-care-worker-accused-of-raping-boy-2671456.php#ixzz1kC3xxhcr"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5887022260097450773?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-10544472901401458342012-01-22T07:28:00.001-06:002012-01-22T07:28:31.528-06:00Tell it to God<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ekgLbfjCjWw/TxwO979IySI/AAAAAAAAL9w/fU_HZZKeszU/s1600/judgment-day-man-before-throne-with-jesus-medium.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ekgLbfjCjWw/TxwO979IySI/AAAAAAAAL9w/fU_HZZKeszU/s320/judgment-day-man-before-throne-with-jesus-medium.png" width="269" /></a></div>Let's see shall we?<br /><br />DNA? Check.<br /><br />Confession in which he admits to having raped and murdered his latest victim? Check.<br /><br />Trying to convince folks now he didn't do it? Check.<br /><br />Tell it to God when you're standing in front of Him for judgment. <br /> <br /><div style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Killer sticks to story as execution looms</b></span></div>By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News<br /><br /><br />In <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Rodrigo+Hernandez%22">Rodrigo Hernandez</a>'s mind, he's a family man who respects women, has never been in trouble, and believes strongly in Christianity.<br /><br />But a lengthy criminal record and two capital murder cases — he was convicted in the 1994 rape and murder of a San Antonio woman and charged in the 1991 rape and murder of a homeless woman in Grand Rapids, Mich. — paint another picture.<br /><br />Hernandez is set to be executed Thursday for the 1994 capital murder of <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Susan+Verstegen%22">Susan Verstegen</a>, 38, pending the outcome of a clemency petition before the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Board+of+Pardons+and+Paroles%22">Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles</a> and a writ before the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Court%22">Texas Court</a> of Criminal Appeals.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Killer-sticks-to-story-as-execution-looms-2673486.php#ixzz1kBzqJnwI"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1054447290140145834?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-14715107030487534442012-01-21T08:09:00.002-06:002012-01-21T08:09:42.970-06:00Burka Barbies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TIbbGpXmdjE/TxrGp793MaI/AAAAAAAAL9o/cLlPHnhngYM/s1600/article-1229760-074B1535000005DC-764_468x286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TIbbGpXmdjE/TxrGp793MaI/AAAAAAAAL9o/cLlPHnhngYM/s320/article-1229760-074B1535000005DC-764_468x286.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What?<br /><br />They don't have Burka Barbies?<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="body" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="headline entry-title">Agency: Iran shuts down shops selling Barbie dolls </span></b></span></div><div class="ap-story-p"><span class="byline">By <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">NASSER KARIMI </span></span></span>- <span class="bylinetitle">Associated Press</span></div><br /><span class="entry-content"></span><br /><div class="ap-story-p"> TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against "manifestations of Western culture," the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Friday.</div><div class="ap-story-p"><br /></div><div class="ap-story-p">Barbie dolls are sold wearing swimsuits and miniskirts in a society where women must wear headscarves in public, and men and women are not allowed to swim together.</div><div class="ap-story-p"><br /></div><div class="ap-story-p">A ban on the sale of the Barbies, designed to look like young Western women, was imposed in the mid-1990s. In its latest report, Mehr quoted an unidentified police official as saying authorities confiscated the dolls from Tehran stores in a "new phase" of the campaign.</div><div class="ap-story-p"><br /></div><div class="ap-story-p"><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAN_BARBIE_DOLLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-20-06-17-56"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1471510703048753444?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-85075440255517481462012-01-21T08:00:00.001-06:002012-01-21T08:00:33.685-06:00Charged with Murder in Canyon Lake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONMkL0TQbsY/TxrE35dtP7I/AAAAAAAAL9g/HGHzdM-ztQM/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ONMkL0TQbsY/TxrE35dtP7I/AAAAAAAAL9g/HGHzdM-ztQM/s320/628x471.jpg" width="288" /></a></div>No comment as it will be prosecuted in Comal County naturally after its inevstigated and then if indicted.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man charged in Canyon Lake stabbing</b></span></div>By Jessica Kwong - Express-News<br /><br />A man was charged Friday in the stabbing death of a New Braunfels resident near Canyon Lake on Thursday evening.<br /><br />Comal County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a 911 call found <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Thomas+Lee+Kitto%22">Thomas Lee Kitto</a>, 41, with multiple stab wounds at the Canyon Falls RV Park on FM 306. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<br /><br />A deputy spotted a vehicle leaving an address linked to a suspect, whose driver “committed several traffic violations and was driving suspiciously in circles around the subdivision,” a sheriff's office press release stated.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-charged-in-Canyon-Lake-stabbing-death-2654651.php#ixzz1k6IHCPHM"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8507544025551748146?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-77511577536623463462012-01-21T07:46:00.002-06:002012-01-21T07:46:19.483-06:00Nailing the diagnosis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYi8bg_2bc8/TxrBnYz5EsI/AAAAAAAAL9Y/ed8i3AIQwkU/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IYi8bg_2bc8/TxrBnYz5EsI/AAAAAAAAL9Y/ed8i3AIQwkU/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The doctors nailed it!<br /><br />Owwww!<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ill. man jokes after nail removed from his brain</b></span></div>By Don Babwin - Associated Press<br /><br />OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Dante+Autullo%22">Dante Autullo</a> thought his doctors were joking. The suburban Chicago man was sure he'd merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed. But they assured him the X-ray was real: A nail was lodged in the middle of his brain.<br /><br />Autullo was recovering Friday after undergoing surgery at <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Advocate+Christ+Medical+Center%22">Advocate Christ Medical Center</a> in Oak Lawn, where doctors removed the 3 1/4-inch nail. It had come within millimeters of the part of the brain that controls motor function.<br /><br />"When they brought in the picture, I said to the doctor 'Is this a joke? Did you get that out of the doctors joke file?'" the 32-year-old recalled. "The doctor said 'No man, that's in your head.'"<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Ill-man-jokes-after-nail-removed-from-his-brain-2651753.php#ixzz1k6G0YQu7"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7751157753662346346?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-83443813382103074052012-01-21T07:34:00.002-06:002012-01-21T07:34:35.008-06:00Not every killer looks like one<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6qNF2H98MLE/Txq-4DzxmCI/AAAAAAAAL9Q/OpWXSQYJNxo/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6qNF2H98MLE/Txq-4DzxmCI/AAAAAAAAL9Q/OpWXSQYJNxo/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Congratulations Madam DA Susan Reed on the guilty verdict and 45 year prison sentence.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fatal DWI leads to 45-year term</b></span></div>By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br /><br />With Police Chief <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22William+McManus%22">William McManus</a> in the front row of the courtroom, District Attorney <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Susan+Reed%22">Susan Reed</a> appealed to jurors Friday to demonstrate the community's disgust with drunken driving by sentencing <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Sandra+Briggs%22">Sandra Briggs</a> to life in prison for causing the death of an officer.<br /><br />The jurors didn't. But they came pretty close. They ordered Briggs, 59, to serve 45 years, and determined the Mazda Protégé she had attempted to drive home from the Bunratty Pub was used as a deadly weapon, meaning she will have to serve at least half of the sentence — and wait past her 81st birthday — before she can apply for parole.<br /><br />The group deliberated about 41/2 hours.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Fatal-DWI-leads-to-45-year-term-2658404.php#ixzz1k6C4oFlY"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8344381338210307405?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-46437176798330293772012-01-20T08:02:00.001-06:002012-01-20T08:02:56.391-06:00Jeeze Louise!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zghG47yi9fQ/Txlz_m2yAlI/AAAAAAAAL9I/6aNiRMJpTvY/s1600/frowning-cougar.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zghG47yi9fQ/Txlz_m2yAlI/AAAAAAAAL9I/6aNiRMJpTvY/s1600/frowning-cougar.gif" /></a></div>Gee, I went to law school at the University of Houston.<br /><br />Their mascot is a cougar.<br /><br />Should that be changed too? Why did they have cougar on the list for the students to choose if this was so offensive to them? This really teaches the students to have faith in a system where they are told they can vote and choose the new mascot, they do that and then get told their votes don't count.<br /><br />This is just ridiculous it seems to me.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Utah school board says cougar mascot too offensive to women</b></span></div>CBSLas Vegas -<br /><br /><strong>DRAPER, Utah (CBS Las Vegas) – </strong>One Utah school district believes a cougar mascot would be insensitive to women.<br /><br />The Canyons School District overrode the students top choice of a cougar mascot for their high school that is to be completed in 2013.<br /><br />Would-be Corner Canyon High School students chose the Cougars as their mascot — a name principal Mary Bailey said carries an ugly connotation that is disrespectful to women.<br /><br /><a href="http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/utah-school-board-says-cougar-mascot-too-offensive-to-women/"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-4643717679833029377?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-5134794243752837022012-01-20T07:51:00.001-06:002012-01-22T07:04:57.463-06:00Scum along the bottom of the gene pool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbSaAZAmb14/TxlxOwK_IbI/AAAAAAAAL9A/-zUT7nrXJ8w/s1600/Lubicz-Poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FbSaAZAmb14/TxlxOwK_IbI/AAAAAAAAL9A/-zUT7nrXJ8w/s320/Lubicz-Poster.jpg" width="289" /></a></div>He asked fior the Judge to give him the death penalty??<br /><br />Probably because he knew what the rest of his life in prison held in store for him.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>8 life sentences for repeat child predator</b></span></div>By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br /><br />A registered sex offender who has already served a seven-year sentence for molesting a young girl from his church congregation was sentenced again Thursday — this time for targeting a new victim.<br /><br />David Fino, 57, asked the judge for the death penalty. He got eight life sentences, two of them stacked and without the possibility of parole.<br /><br />A jury found him guilty Friday of super aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 6, continuous sexual abuse of a child and six other first-degree felony molestation charges involving the same girl.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/8-life-sentences-for-repeat-child-predator-2636159.php#ixzz1k0QfVDXX"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-513479424375283702?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-90366030304323259132012-01-20T07:43:00.002-06:002012-01-20T07:43:16.010-06:00Mucho gusto cojones!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74VM7AvGB08/TxlvZxxS2sI/AAAAAAAAL84/eENq_q0vhYg/s1600/Confidential+Informant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-74VM7AvGB08/TxlvZxxS2sI/AAAAAAAAL84/eENq_q0vhYg/s320/Confidential+Informant.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This takes some cojones to do.<br /><br />Very large cojones. <br /><br />Thank you. <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Snitch tells of spying on Zetas</b></span></div>By Jason Buch - Express-News<br /><br /><br />LAREDO — A Zetas gang member who became an informant for the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Drug+Enforcement+Administration%22">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> testified Thursday how he helped authorities thwart attempted killings by the cartel, including a plan to use grenades to fight off police in Laredo, all the while keeping his snitching secret.<br /><br />Testifying under the false name of <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Rocky+Juarez%22">Rocky Juarez</a>, the informant told how he provided his DEA handlers with real-time updates on the Zetas and the gang's operations.<br /><br />Later, when he was ordered to rent a safe house in Laredo for a Zetas sicario crew, the DEA was able to install cameras and microphones in the house to monitor their movements.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Snitch-tells-of-spying-on-Zetas-2643152.php#ixzz1k0Ob1z3X"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-9036603030432325913?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-35794792398831925712012-01-19T08:27:00.005-06:002012-01-19T08:27:51.031-06:00Flaming losers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DghGnC8AH3c/TxgoVBSBqUI/AAAAAAAAL8w/2yx4o5VGEmE/s1600/deshongmugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DghGnC8AH3c/TxgoVBSBqUI/AAAAAAAAL8w/2yx4o5VGEmE/s320/deshongmugs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I don't want to mix metaphors but these two look like real douchebags.<br /><br />Right?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pair busted for flaming tampon attack on car</b></span></div>The Smoking Gun -<br /><br />JANUARY 18--Armed with flaming tampons--yes, flaming tampons--two young Pennsylvanians attempted to blow up a vehicle after severely vandalizing it, according to police.<br /><br />The bizarre January 7 incident outside a bar in Metal Township resulted in the arrest of Patricia Deshong, 25, and Quentin Deshong, 22, on a variety of charges, including attempted arson, public drunkenness, and criminal mischief.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/tampon-arson?page=0">According to State Police troopers</a>, the Deshongs seriously damaged a 2006 Ford Fusion, which had its windshield and windows either cracked or broken, was covered with dents, and had blood on the front passenger seat. The car’s hood was also open and various hoses had been disconnected.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/tampon-used-for-arson-985412"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3579479239883192571?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-80792985155067389322012-01-19T08:22:00.001-06:002012-01-19T08:22:57.029-06:00The end of the trail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-msdZL6AE2LM/TxgnM1dwv9I/AAAAAAAAL8o/_zA6okRhUto/s1600/End+of+the+Trail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-msdZL6AE2LM/TxgnM1dwv9I/AAAAAAAAL8o/_zA6okRhUto/s320/End+of+the+Trail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The first smart thing he's done in a while.<br /><br />You gave it a good shot, Governor, now its time to unsaddle the horses and put them up and get back to Texas.<br /><br />Come by and see me in New Braunfels and let's get some BBQ for lunch. <br /><br />My treat. <br /> <br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Perry to drop out Thursday</b></span></div>CNN News -<br /><br /><strong>Charleston, South Carolina (CNN) - </strong>Rick Perry is telling supporters that he will drop his bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8079298515506738932?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-54926222835932911022012-01-19T08:16:00.002-06:002012-01-19T08:16:33.222-06:00A cautionary tale<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4eM8VNtWb8/TxgloPCt0EI/AAAAAAAAL8g/CRsw58DlQKc/s1600/A-Cautionary-Tale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-O4eM8VNtWb8/TxgloPCt0EI/AAAAAAAAL8g/CRsw58DlQKc/s1600/A-Cautionary-Tale.jpg" /></a></div>Here is a cautionary tale.<br /><br />Love can really make someone do stupid things.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ex-bank employee guilty of fraud</b></span></div>By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News<br /><br /><br />Love hurts.<br /><br />That's what a former <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Compass+Bank%22">Compass Bank</a> employee might be telling herself after pleading guilty on Wednesday to bank fraud for embezzling $97,000 for a San Antonio man she describes as her “first real boyfriend.”<br /><br />Angela Salinas, 20, now faces up to 30 years in prison when Chief U.S. District Judge <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Fred+Biery%22">Fred Biery</a> sentences her later this year.<br /><br />Salinas' plea deal said she worked as a teller for BBVA Compass Bank in Alamo, in the Rio Grande Valley, from July 2009 through August 2010. Salinas then went to work for Atento, which provided contract employees for Compass Bank. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ex-bank-employee-guilty-of-fraud-2613233.php#ixzz1jugfBL00"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5492622283593291102?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-33103089558562540562012-01-19T08:08:00.002-06:002012-01-19T08:08:30.254-06:00Poison?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oH0BGusyWeg/TxgjxDi2LbI/AAAAAAAAL8Y/KEbYv41LFYU/s1600/poison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oH0BGusyWeg/TxgjxDi2LbI/AAAAAAAAL8Y/KEbYv41LFYU/s320/poison.jpg" width="228" /></a></div>Stay away from the poison Roland.<br /><br />You're a good guy.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>State Rep's ties to indicted lawyer damaging.</b></span></div>By Bryan Chasnoff - Express-News<br /><br />At the moment, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fnews_columnists%2Fbrian_chasnoff&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Marc+Rosenthal%22">Marc Rosenthal</a>'s legal career is like a dose of hemlock: It's giving an odor of untimely demise.<br /><br />The Austin-based personal injury attorney, who has an office here, is facing two trials, the first triggered by a federal indictment in which a grand jury has placed the bodybuilder and former Mr. Texas at the center of a criminal enterprise.<br /><br />Broad in scope, it accuses the muscled Rosenthal of racketeering: bribing a judge to give favorable orders and rulings; bribing witnesses to provide false testimony; and bribing funeral directors and public employees to refer cases to his firm, Rosenthal & Watson.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/news_columnists/brian_chasnoff/article/State-rep-s-ties-to-indicted-lawyer-damaging-2619302.php"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3310308955856254056?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-85058411689821566832012-01-18T08:12:00.003-06:002012-01-18T08:16:21.778-06:00As if the rubber-chicken lunches aren't bad enough<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmGxqXVl-QQ/TxbUK6-JrbI/AAAAAAAAL8Q/PiL6ZScAmPw/s1600/deluxe-rubber-chicken.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CmGxqXVl-QQ/TxbUK6-JrbI/AAAAAAAAL8Q/PiL6ZScAmPw/s320/deluxe-rubber-chicken.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Here's one more reason not to go on the campaign trail.<br /><br />And I don't think they make bomb-proof garments yet.<br /><br />BTW I don't think they make an UZI .22 caliber sub-machine gun, do they? <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mexican politicians turn to bulletproof garments</b></span></div>By Adam Thompson - FT.com<br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div>When it comes to bulletproof clothing, Miguel Caballero has thought of pretty much everything. For years, the Colombian entrepreneur has been producing haute couture Italian leather jackets capable of stopping every bullet from a .22 ripping out of an Uzi submachine gun to a Dirty Harry-style .44 magnum.<br /><br />He has also designed bulletproof sports jackets, polo shirts, T-shirts. President Hugo Chávez of <a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/category/latam/venezuela/" title="FT beyondbrics: Venezuela">Venezuela</a> and former president Álvaro Uribe of <a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/category/latam/colombia/" title="beyondbrics: Colombia">Colombia</a> modelled a life-saving guayabera, the loosely fitting Caribbean dress shirt with two pockets at the waist.<br /><br />But even the self-styled Armani of armour felt that he had to come up with something special when he began to think about the security challenges of this year’s elections in <a href="http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/category/latam/mexico/#axzz1jizuaesz" title="FT beyondbrics: Mexico">Mexico</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b7103c16-3dd4-11e1-91ba-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1jooXc1Cl"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8505841168982156683?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-81083402797047516972012-01-18T08:02:00.000-06:002012-01-18T08:02:54.322-06:00Biggest F@#king Asshole of the Year award goes to ...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWzEZg6K82I/TxbQzaexSdI/AAAAAAAAL8I/2YDn9JLvcII/s1600/mug_Belniak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZWzEZg6K82I/TxbQzaexSdI/AAAAAAAAL8I/2YDn9JLvcII/s320/mug_Belniak.jpg" width="258" /></a>This assclown.<br /><br />While we're at it take his assclown sister's law license away for even filing this bullshit lawsuit.<br /><br />He rear-ended his victims, according to the radio news report this morning and this article, while they were stopped for a red light. His speed? Only between 75-85 mph when he hit them.<br /><br />What fucking assholes he and his sister are. <br /><br />Now see they have me cussing because I am so pissed off.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Why a convicted drunk driver is suing his victims</b></span></div>Incredible chutzpah follows Christmas Day tragedy<br />AOL Autos -<br /><br /><br />In what many would call the biggest act of chutzpah of the last decade, a Florida man who pleaded guilty to committing DUI manslaughter in 2007 after police found drugs in his system is now filing a lawsuit against his dead victims for being the real cause of the accident.<br /><br />David Belniak is apparently having second thoughts about his plea after spending a few years of a 12 year sentence behind bars. Belniak, who never spoke in his own defense during his trial, is being represented by his sister, an attorney, so legal fees are apparently not an issue.<br /><br />Attorney Debra A. Tuomey, in making her brother's filing, said the Florida Highway Patrol's investigation of the case was a "government sanctioned assassination against one individual." Her suit suggests that the police and prosecutor's office were driven by Belniak's history as a DUI driver and convicted drug dealer rather than the facts of the accident .<br /><br /><br />Attorney Debra A. Tuomey, in making her brother's filing, said the Florida Highway Patrol's investigation of the case was a "government sanctioned assassination against one individual." Her suit suggests that the police and prosecutor's office were driven by Belniak's history as a DUI driver and convicted drug dealer rather than the facts of the accident .<br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/christmas-day-killer-of-three-files-lawsuit-blaming-the-victims/1210532"><i>Tampa Bay Times</i></a>, the lawsuit seeks to get the victims' relatives to pay Belniak, now 38, for his "pain and suffering ... mental anguish ... loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life" and the medical bills he got as a result of a crash he pleaded guilty to causing.<br /><br />"This is ridiculous," Georgette DeFranco, 48, a relative of the victims, told the <i>Times</i>. "You caused it. You accepted guilt. How can I or anybody in this family be responsible for your injuries?"<br /><br />DeFranco, the <i>Times</i> reported, lost her mother, Linda McWilliams, 66; her sister, Denise Bassi, 50; and her brother-in-law, Gerard Bassi, 51, in the crash. DeFranco's stepfather, Ray McWilliams, was injured but survived, but died last March at age 68 allegedly, in part, due to the after effects of the accident. The Bassi couple lived in Connecticut and were visiting Florida for the holidays.<br /><br />Authorities said Belniak, at the time of the accident on Christmas day 2007, was driving between 75 and 85 mph when his <a class="injectedLinkmain" href="http://autos.aol.com/trucks/">pickup</a> smashed into the back of McWilliams' <a class="injectedLinkmain" href="http://autos.aol.com/cars-Chevrolet-Tahoe-2012/overview/">Chevrolet Tahoe</a>. The <a class="injectedLinkmain" href="http://autos.aol.com/car-finder/style-suv/">SUV</a> crumpled. Gerard Bassi died at the scene. Denise Bassi died in surgery that day. Linda McWilliams was taken off life support a week later. Authorities said Belniak had alcohol, Xanax and evidence of cocaine in his system.<br /><br /><a href="http://autos.aol.com/article/why-a-convicted-drunk-driver-is-suing-his-victims/"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8108340279704751697?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-56452051331847573112012-01-17T19:31:00.002-06:002012-01-17T19:31:35.857-06:00A purely prophylactic measure?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jg2WRjHO1cE/TxYg7j6SONI/AAAAAAAAL74/Z9rVRiNljek/s1600/Trojan-Condoms.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jg2WRjHO1cE/TxYg7j6SONI/AAAAAAAAL74/Z9rVRiNljek/s1600/Trojan-Condoms.gif" /></a></div>Since when is the use or non-use of condoms free-speech?<br /><br />I must've missed that day's discussion in Constitutional Law.<br /><br />Wait!! Maybe they fear its a Trojan horse ploy, designed to get the government's hands on the industry?<br /><br />Get it? Bahahaha!! A <i><b>Trojan</b></i> horse. *snort* I slay myself some times.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>City Counsel approves mandatory condom law for adult film stars</b></span></div>CBSLos Angeles -<br /><br /><strong>LOS ANGELES (CBS) —</strong> The Los Angeles City Council approved a new law Tuesday that will require adult film stars to use condoms.<br /><br /><div class="entry-injected-ad narrow"> </div>The council tentatively approved the ordinance, which will require all performers in adult videos to use condoms, last week.<br /><br />Ordinance supporters say the measure is needed to prevent the spread of HIV, but the adult video industry’s trade association, the Free Speech Coalition, says condoms are not necessary.<br /><br />Los Angeles is the first city in the nation to approve a law requiring actors to use protection during sexual intercourse.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5645205133184757311?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-35805954625269429432012-01-17T19:21:00.002-06:002012-01-17T19:21:29.683-06:00Off with their 'eads!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCcEO5y03sM/TxYejiZ7p2I/AAAAAAAAL7w/s9nvd7BC3I8/s1600/alice_in_wonderland_tim_burton_new_picture_poster_helena_bonham_carter_as_the_red_queen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCcEO5y03sM/TxYejiZ7p2I/AAAAAAAAL7w/s9nvd7BC3I8/s320/alice_in_wonderland_tim_burton_new_picture_poster_helena_bonham_carter_as_the_red_queen.jpg" width="200" /></a>Yikes!<br /><br />They're here?<br /><br />Gulp!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Expert says beheadings in U.S. look like work of cartels</b></span></div>KRGV.com -<br /><br /><br />Three beheadings in two different states and they happened here in the United States, not Mexico.<br /><br />Former DEA supervisor Phil Jordan says all three beheadings have cartel written all over them. They happened in Arizona and Oklahoma in the past year.<br /><br />A murder mystery is now unraveling on a stretch of North Reservation Road in Tucson, Ariz. County workers found a headless man lying on the side of the road Jan. 6. The man's hands and feet were reportedly missing, too. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.krgv.com/news/expert-says-beheadings-in-u-s-look-like-work-of-cartels/"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3580595462526942943?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-65937033874140587672012-01-17T09:40:00.001-06:002012-01-17T09:40:19.197-06:00Hold that tiger ... up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iv-xP1VLe1U/TxWWBXHWtcI/AAAAAAAAL7o/iJRcjY0Cl8E/s1600/6503820.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Iv-xP1VLe1U/TxWWBXHWtcI/AAAAAAAAL7o/iJRcjY0Cl8E/s320/6503820.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>If you have any information please contact the New Braunfels PD at 830-221-4100<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Police look for suspect in Tiger Tote robbery</b></span><br /><span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Dalondo MoultrieNew Braunfels Herald-Zeitung</span></span><br /><br /> <br />NEW BRAUNFELS — About 5 a.m. Sunday, a lone robber held up alocal convenience store without showing a weapon, New BraunfelsPolice Department officials said in a written statement releasedlater the same day.<br /> <br />The robber remains at large.<br /><br /><a href="http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_8706271c-40b1-11e1-875d-001871e3ce6c.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6593703387414058767?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-6723332056838956512012-01-17T08:51:00.001-06:002012-01-17T08:51:46.135-06:00Hmmmm?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Urizio2ZLII/TxWK-Z0kNtI/AAAAAAAAL7g/aaGmFKkjPwo/s1600/200px-GalleriaOne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Urizio2ZLII/TxWK-Z0kNtI/AAAAAAAAL7g/aaGmFKkjPwo/s320/200px-GalleriaOne.jpg" width="288" /></a></div>Sounds like maybe Iranian agents?<br /><br />Operating on American soil? Hmmm?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Med student shot to death near Galleria</b></span></div><span class="name">By Dale Lezon, Zain Shauk and Mike Glenn, HOUSTON CHRONICLE</span><br /><br />A 30-year-old student in the Texas Medical Center was shot to death driving in her car Monday, yards away from her family's townhome near the Galleria area.<br /><br />Gelareh Bagherzadeh was studying molecular genetic technology at <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22M.D.+Anderson+Cancer+Center%22">M.D. Anderson Cancer Center</a>.<br /><br />She was of Iranian descent and was active in promoting Iranian women's rights, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Houston+Police+Department%22">Houston Police Department</a> spokesman <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fhouston-texas&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Victor+Senties%22">Victor Senties</a> said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Med-student-shot-to-death-near-Galleria-2563916.php#ixzz1jj8vDzAq"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-672333205683895651?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-59132038682436903032012-01-17T08:46:00.003-06:002012-01-17T08:46:47.907-06:00She's baaaack!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vDRHHxleuI4/TxWJzKfkckI/AAAAAAAAL7Y/7dbjyzUviDQ/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vDRHHxleuI4/TxWJzKfkckI/AAAAAAAAL7Y/7dbjyzUviDQ/s320/628x471.jpg" width="252" /></a></div>Will there be more needless drama?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lohan returns to court for latest probation update</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan is returning to court to give a judge her second update on how she's faring under strict new probation requirements.<br /><br />The hearing on Tuesday is expected to be much like Lohan's last progress update: short and without surprises.<br /><br />The starlet has been doing cleanup work at the county morgue and attending psychotherapy sessions in an effort to avoid problems with her probation for separate drunken driving and theft cases.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Lohan-returns-to-court-for-latest-probation-update-2578594.php#ixzz1jj7tT3NS"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5913203868243690303?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-12181919027140360592012-01-16T08:40:00.002-06:002012-01-16T08:40:51.639-06:00Why Detroit is emptying out fast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw8g619i9Qg/TxQ26jfF0CI/AAAAAAAAL7Q/6_XwFrmaQT0/s1600/chuck_5f00_e_5f00_cheese4.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dw8g619i9Qg/TxQ26jfF0CI/AAAAAAAAL7Q/6_XwFrmaQT0/s1600/chuck_5f00_e_5f00_cheese4.gif" /></a></div>Is it partly because Grandmothers get attacked at Chuck E. Cheese restaurants?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Mich. Family: Grandmother Assaulted at Chuck E. Cheese's </b></span></div><b><i>Woman asked nearby table to clean up language </i></b><br />By Ronnie Dahl - WJBK <br /> <br />DEARBORN, Mich. (WJBK) - A woman is in the hospital after witnesses say she was assaulted at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Dearborn over the weekend.<br /><br />Family members tell FOX 2 the woman was celebrating her grandson's seventh birthday Sunday afternoon when she asked patrons at a nearby table to clean up their language. "She said, 'please don't use that language with children,'" siad the victim's daughter told. "They told her to 'shut the f--- up and turn around.'"<br /><br />That's when the daughter says a man jumped over tables and started swinging at people. "He punched her in the face and dragged her by her hair," she added.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/mich.-family%3A-grandmother-assaulted-at-chuck-e.-cheese%27s-20120116"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1218191902714036059?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-31524733467712582292012-01-16T08:22:00.000-06:002012-01-16T08:23:14.729-06:00I'll fly away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1gGdb43g-k/TxQyZdISVII/AAAAAAAAL7I/SMKfZcg7y7c/s1600/beyonce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1gGdb43g-k/TxQyZdISVII/AAAAAAAAL7I/SMKfZcg7y7c/s320/beyonce.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What an *ahem* honor!<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Beyonce gets fly with golden booty named after her</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br /><br />CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A newly discovered horse fly in Australia was so "bootylicious" with its golden-haired bum, there was only one name worthy of its beauty: Beyonce.<br /><br />Previously published results from <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Bryan+Lessard%22">Bryan Lessard</a>, a 24-year-old researcher at Australia's <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Commonwealth+Scientific+and+Industrial+Research+Organization%22">Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization</a>, were recently announced on the species that had been sitting in a fly collection since it was captured in 1981 — the same year pop diva Beyonce was born.<br /><br />He says he wanted to pay respect to the insect's beauty by naming it Scaptia (Plinthina) beyonceae.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Beyonce-gets-fly-with-golden-booty-named-after-her-2562832.php#ixzz1jdAUt57I"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3152473346771258229?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-4073869668380308972012-01-16T08:11:00.001-06:002012-01-16T08:11:59.323-06:00Misleading headline<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E-kmUyvZmDs/TxQwKG0smfI/AAAAAAAAL7A/fcfJlvrAXvU/s1600/DSC2545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-E-kmUyvZmDs/TxQwKG0smfI/AAAAAAAAL7A/fcfJlvrAXvU/s320/DSC2545.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It neglects to say she was struck and run-down by their vehicle. <br /><br />I hope she'll be alright, medically and with the investigation.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Officer investigated after after firing rounds at suspects</b></span></div>By Hollie L. O'Connor - Express-News<br /><br /><div id="text-pages"><div class="page" style="display: block;"> A shooting involving an off-duty Park Police officer is being investigated after she fired two rounds at suspects who injured her with their car.<br /><br />According to a press release, the officer approached the vehicle in the 3100 block of Roselawn at Kennedy Park because she saw two occupants using drugs, with a handgun on the dashboard. The suspects fled in the vehicle, described as an older-model green Cadillac, knocking the officer down and partially running over her leg. The officer fired at the suspects, but does not know if either was hit.<br /><br />The officer will be placed on administrative duty while SAPD's officer-involved-shooting team investigates the incident, according to the press release. She is a three-year veteran of the force.<br /> </div></div><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-407386966838030897?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-17438534470599411132012-01-15T09:10:00.002-06:002012-01-15T09:11:13.527-06:00A Public Service Announcement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiV11agjHi4/TxLsVAQ8f4I/AAAAAAAAL60/8Qs4PQhbGQY/s1600/istock_000005114116_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XiV11agjHi4/TxLsVAQ8f4I/AAAAAAAAL60/8Qs4PQhbGQY/s320/istock_000005114116_l.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>FYI from Man o' Law.<br /><br />You're welcome. <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Costs of removing faulty breast implants to be covered in Brazil</b></span></div>Xinhua -<br /><br /><span id="Zoom"></span><br /><span id="Zoom">RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian government said Friday that public and private healthcare systems will cover the costs of removal or replacement of faulty PIP and Rofil breast implants.</span><br /><br /><span id="Zoom">Health Minister Alexandre Padilha told reporters that there is no need for all patients who received PIP and Rofil breast implants to undergo the replacement surgery. Only those with ruptured implants will need to have them replaced.<br /><br />"Women should head to the healthcare services to make an evaluation and find out if they need to undergo surgery," he said.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/health/2012-01/14/c_131360000.htm"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1743853447059941113?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-25191110663681723362012-01-15T09:00:00.002-06:002012-01-15T09:00:27.329-06:00Stacked up like cord-wood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G4YozaGYtm4/TxLp-W1baFI/AAAAAAAAL6s/M1W9zlZ-1Is/s1600/morgue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G4YozaGYtm4/TxLp-W1baFI/AAAAAAAAL6s/M1W9zlZ-1Is/s320/morgue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Jesus! You'd think Chicago was in a 3rd World country or something.<br /><br />Pretty pathetic.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>'Sacrilegious' - Bodies piling up at Cook County morgue</b></span></div>CBSChicago -<br /><br /><br /><strong>CHICAGO (STMW)</strong> – To the disgust of some staff, bodies are piling up at the office of the Cook County Medical Examiner, stacked atop each other in blue plastic tarps against a wall of the storage cooler because of ongoing financial woes, the Sun-Times has learned.<br /><br />All the storage trays are full, and many have a second body on them, according to sources in the office. Some 400 adults and about 100 babies are currently being kept in the cooler designed for under 300, one source said.<br /><br />“There are so many bodies in there now, they can’t keep it cool enough. The stench is like nothing I’ve ever seen,” another source in the office said. “I think it’s sacrilegious.”<br /><br /><a href="http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/14/sacrilegious-bodies-piling-up-at-cook-county-morgue/"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2519111066368172336?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-20832463086510008252012-01-15T08:48:00.002-06:002012-01-15T08:48:27.399-06:00Shining the light into the dark corners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DHVceZ6X_9E/TxLm6zcOudI/AAAAAAAAL6k/-6oKwTZIXHQ/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DHVceZ6X_9E/TxLm6zcOudI/AAAAAAAAL6k/-6oKwTZIXHQ/s320/628x471.jpg" width="235" /></a></div>Turn on the lights and you never know what may be scurrying about and what you may catch.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Laredo trial offers window into Zetas</span></b><br />Laredo court to hear evidence concerning 2006 double homicide<br />By Jason Buch - Express-News<br /><br />Federal prosecutors are expected to lay bare the inner workings of the Zetas drug-trafficking organization as they try to secure a conviction against an accused cartel hit man during a trial this week in Laredo.<br /><br />Gerardo Castillo Chavez, 25, is charged in the 2006 double homicide of Jesus Maria “Chuy” Resendez, 36, and his 15-year-old nephew <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Mariano+Resendez%22">Mariano Resendez</a>, who were gunned down while stopped at a traffic light on a Laredo highway. He was also accused of taking part in attempted hits on family members of Resendez, who was a powerful trafficker in the area. His attorneys say the feds have the wrong guy.<br /><br />But the case Castillo Chavez is charged in goes far beyond a well-publicized spate of homicides, including the Resendez hit, committed by the Zetas in 2005 and 2006.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />The rest of the story:<br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2083246308651000825?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-62360612261859908082012-01-15T08:33:00.001-06:002012-01-15T08:33:24.948-06:00In honor of Dr. King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q_SLdQzMhuo/TxLjgxx0HwI/AAAAAAAAL6c/Z0brGminiRI/s1600/mlk-memorial-closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q_SLdQzMhuo/TxLjgxx0HwI/AAAAAAAAL6c/Z0brGminiRI/s320/mlk-memorial-closeup.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>We honor Martin Luther King by celebrating his birthday tomorrow. <br /><br />Many folks don't get it. Many resent it. <br /><br />But say what you will; he made this country a much better place and made it truer to the ideals promulgated by the Constitution.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Schools, banks to close Monday for MLK Day</b></span></div>The Herald Zeitung -<br /><br /><br />A list of closures in observance of Monday’s Martin Luther KingJr. holiday:<br /> • City, state and federal offices will be closed.<br /> <div id="in-story"> <div class="tncms-region-ads blox-filled" id="tncms-region-ads-in-story"></div></div><div class="encrypted-content"> • New Braunfels Public Library will be closed.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • Public parks are open, but the paid attractions (such asmini-golf) are closed for the season.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • All solid waste and recycle services will be running on a normalschedule.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • The recycle center is not open on Mondays.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • Federal post offices will be closed.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • Banks will be closed.<br /> </div><div class="encrypted-content"> • Comal ISD and New Braunfels ISD schools will be closed.<br /> </div><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6236061226185990808?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-32284036883639600022012-01-15T08:23:00.002-06:002012-01-15T08:23:22.801-06:00The long arm of the law<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tCMN6uvN68M/TxLhTL_kaZI/AAAAAAAAL6U/Z29r_ubn5GE/s1600/4f0c6d3a34a73.image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tCMN6uvN68M/TxLhTL_kaZI/AAAAAAAAL6U/Z29r_ubn5GE/s320/4f0c6d3a34a73.image.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pay up peeps or else.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Municipal Court scofflaws urged to pay or face arrest</b></span><br /><span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Dalondo MoultrieNew Braunfels Herald-Zeitung</span></span><br /><br /> <br />NEW BRAUNFELS — Late-payers, absconders and the absent mindedare being put on notice.<br /> <br />The Community Response Unit of the New Braunfels Police Departmentis in the process of conducting a warrant roundup. They are tryingto serve and/or clear 1,178 New Braunfels Municipal Court warrantsamassed by the end of last year.<br /><br />“We’re trying to make people aware,” Cpl. Mark Christian said.“Life happens. We understand life happens.<br /><br /><a href="http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_9f106ff8-3f1b-11e1-ba66-001871e3ce6c.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3228403688363960002?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-50797534785233752032012-01-14T07:17:00.001-06:002012-01-14T07:17:12.398-06:00More Cowbell !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p0BakCQdHX8/TxGAQ46WNtI/AAAAAAAAL6M/KktviX_zJMw/s1600/cowbell.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p0BakCQdHX8/TxGAQ46WNtI/AAAAAAAAL6M/KktviX_zJMw/s320/cowbell.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I thought everything needed more cowbell?<br /><br />Apparently so did the fellow now called the defendant.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Wis. man arrested for playing too much cowbell</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Demonstrators calling for the recall of Wisconsin Gov. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Scott+Walker%22">Scott Walker</a> learned there really is such a thing as too much cowbell.<br /><br />Oshkosh police arrested a 26-year-old Appleton man on Thursday after he kept playing a cowbell and shaking it in an officer's face when he and other protesters were told to be quiet.<br /><br />The Oshkosh Northwestern reports (<a href="http://oshko.sh/zKwPVV">http://oshko.sh/zKwPVV</a> ) that when the officer tried to take the cowbell, the man pushed the officer. A 25-year-old Appleton woman then hit the officer in the back with her picket sign while the man was being handcuffed.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><b><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Wis-man-arrested-for-playing-too-much-cowbell-2517608.php#ixzz1jRCODBks">The rest of the story:</a></b><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5079753478523375203?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-35545451121064132082012-01-14T07:04:00.002-06:002012-01-14T07:04:48.413-06:00Necessary and proper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPsCY4bovU8/TxF9I-RWZMI/AAAAAAAAL6E/Uh2sCTBJdcs/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RPsCY4bovU8/TxF9I-RWZMI/AAAAAAAAL6E/Uh2sCTBJdcs/s320/628x471.jpg" width="259" /></a></div>Saw this coming.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Family sues over hotel worker's fatal elevator accident</b></span></div><i><b>Housekeeper falls 6 floors down elevator shaft.</b></i><br />By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br /><br />The family of a <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Crockett+Hotel%22">Crockett Hotel</a> housekeeper who plunged to her death down an open elevator shaft last month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.<br /><br />Named in the suit are New Jersey-based <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Otis+Elevator+Company%22">Otis Elevator Company</a> and 1859-<a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Historic+Hotels%22">Historic Hotels</a> Ltd., a Galveston-based company that owns the Crockett Hotel and the nearby Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio.<br /><br />Gloria Rodriguez, 65, had been an employee at the Crockett Hotel for 12 years when she fell six stories down the service elevator shaft Dec. 28. The elevator's state-required annual inspection was more than two weeks overdue at the time, the Express-News has reported.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Wrongful-death-suit-filed-for-fatal-elevator-2519149.php#ixzz1jR9QaIru"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3554545112106413208?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-18269549599569424732012-01-14T06:24:00.002-06:002012-01-14T06:24:20.986-06:00Newly Indicted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GsIKpkifhLg/TxFz54Gnu7I/AAAAAAAAL58/gq7ZBn2pe2Q/s1600/4f10efc411c63.preview-300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GsIKpkifhLg/TxFz54Gnu7I/AAAAAAAAL58/gq7ZBn2pe2Q/s320/4f10efc411c63.preview-300.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>I will not make any comments as this case is currently pending and she is being being prosecuted by my office.<br /><br />I am posting this lest you think nothing goes on in scenic and bucolic Comal County.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>NB woman indicted on theft charge</b></span></div>By Dalondo Moultrie - The Herald-Zeitung<br /><br /><br />NEW BRAUNFELS — According to an indictment handed up last weekby a Comal County grand jury, a 46-year-old New Braunfels womanstole tens of thousands of dollars from a local fence company overthe course of about a year and a half.<br /><br /> A grand jury indictment dated Jan. 4 accuses Mary Cook ofthird-degree felony theft of property with an aggregate valuebetween $20,000 and $100,000.<br /> <div class="encrypted-content"> <br />The charging document says Cook committed the crime “pursuant toone scheme and continuing course of conduct” from on or about Jan.1, 2010 through on or about July 31, 2011.<br /><br /><a href="http://herald-zeitung.com/news/local_news/article_ecd0d3c4-3e5b-11e1-8d4a-001871e3ce6c.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1826954959956942473?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-31230448424619608762012-01-13T07:52:00.004-06:002012-01-13T07:53:37.909-06:00Busy Morning and Day ahead!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OI852BGMLX4/TxA3I8Al0SI/AAAAAAAAL50/gOYjghNgS4w/s1600/Death+vs+Dredd+New.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OI852BGMLX4/TxA3I8Al0SI/AAAAAAAAL50/gOYjghNgS4w/s320/Death+vs+Dredd+New.jpg" width="236" /></a>Dear Readers;<br /><br />I have a lengthy hearing this morning and taking daughter to get ride back to college.<br /><br />I will try to catch up and post later this evening.<br /><br />Sorry about any inconvenience.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Man o' Law<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3123044842461960876?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-36335929614769159452012-01-12T07:50:00.000-06:002012-01-14T21:01:43.674-06:00Preserving our freedoms by whittling away at them a little bit at a time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFtdTyJb10M/Tw7k6m0-VLI/AAAAAAAAL5s/uTlzuX-yLDU/s1600/obama_napolitano_see_something_say_something.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YFtdTyJb10M/Tw7k6m0-VLI/AAAAAAAAL5s/uTlzuX-yLDU/s320/obama_napolitano_see_something_say_something.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Why are they doing this?<br /><br />Wait! If I'm being monitored I don't want to seem rude.<br /><br />Why are YOU doing this?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Homeland Security Is Monitoring The Drudge Report, The New York Times </b></span></div>By Adam Clark Estes - The Atlantic Wire<br /><br />It's unclear exactly why, but the Department of Homeland has been operating a "Social Networking/Media Capability" program to monitor the top blogs, forums and social networks online for at least the past 18 months. Based on a privacy compliance review from last November recently obtained by Reuters, the purpose of the project is to "collect information used in providing situational awareness and establishing a common operating picture." Whatever that means. Either way, the list of sites reported by Reuters reveals <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/11/us-usa-homelandsecurity-websites-idUSTRE80A1RC20120111">in a Wednesday afternoon exclusive</a> is pretty intriguing:<br /><h3 style="color: red;"> Social Networks</h3><ul><li> Facebook</li><li> Twitter</li><li> Myspace</li></ul><h3 style="color: red;"> <b>Blogs</b></h3><ul><li> The Drudge Report</li><li> The Huffington Post</li><li> <i>The New York Times</i>'s Lede blog</li><li> Wired's Threat Level</li><li> Wired's Danger Room</li><li> ABC News' investigative blog The Blotter</li><li> "blogs that cover bird flu … news and activity along U.S. borders … drug trafficking and cybercrime"</li></ul><h3 style="color: red;"> Multimedia</h3><ul><li> Hulu</li><li> YouTube</li><li> Flickr</li></ul>In conclusion, the Department of Homeland Security is just like you. We've seen no reports of The Atlantic Wire being on the list. But if we are, hello Department of Homeland Security employees -- thanks for reading!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3633592961476915945?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-23355716704620292952012-01-12T07:42:00.002-06:002012-01-12T07:42:45.623-06:00Boy is he in trouble when they find him<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-og8u-Mx0YKY/Tw7jS8Cre4I/AAAAAAAAL5k/ltgjJnrnveg/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-og8u-Mx0YKY/Tw7jS8Cre4I/AAAAAAAAL5k/ltgjJnrnveg/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ummm, needless to say the Chief does not look very happy.<br /><br />You wouldn't look happy either after they found your patrol car submerged in a retaining pond and pulled it out.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Police: Handcuffed man who took cruiser still gone</span></b></div>By Charles Wilson - Associated Press<br /><br /><br />INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A handcuffed drug suspect who stole and wrecked a police cruiser in northwest Indiana is still on the loose, but he did not take any loaded weapons from the car, authorities said Wednesday.<br /><br />William Francis Blankenship stole the car Tuesday from a local officer in the Porter County town of Kouts and then used the police radio to ask where to find the car's cigarette lighter — and a key to unlock himself, police said.<br /><br />"There was a conversation between him and one of our officers," Porter County Sheriff's Sgt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Larry+LaFlower%22">Larry LaFlower</a> said. The sheriff's deputy did not tell Blankenship how to remove the handcuffs or use the cigarette lighter, and instead tried to talk Blankenship into pulling over and giving himself up, LaFlower said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Police-Handcuffed-man-who-took-cruiser-still-gone-2470495.php#ixzz1jFcRaK8y"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2335571670462029295?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-76660992685669565992012-01-12T07:34:00.001-06:002012-01-12T07:34:25.478-06:00Welcome back welcome signs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dZfrXUcoT-M/Tw7hWjrDxRI/AAAAAAAAL5c/1RCnBgLsmSU/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dZfrXUcoT-M/Tw7hWjrDxRI/AAAAAAAAL5c/1RCnBgLsmSU/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I wondered what happened to the signs a few years back.<br /><br />I'm glad they're back.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Iconic welcome signs return to Hondo</b></span></div>By Zeke MacCormack - Express-News<br /><br />HONDO — City leaders and residents on Wednesday cheered the return of old friends, the welcome signs beside U.S. 90 that say, “This Is God's Country — Please Don't Drive Through It Like Hell.”<br /><br />“This represents Hondo, Texas,” said <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Lee+Taylor%22">Lee Taylor</a> of the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Hondo+Garden+Club%22">Hondo Garden Club</a>, which helped fund stone pads at each end of town on which the refurbished signs rest and which also include seating.<br /><br />The iconic signs, favorite photo props among locals and visitors alike since their installation about 80 years ago, were removed around 2009 so U.S. 90 could be widened.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><b><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Iconic-welcome-signs-return-to-Hondo-2474765.php#ixzz1jFatZ3BL">The rest of the story:</a></b><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7666099268566956599?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-92044043600591311682012-01-12T07:28:00.003-06:002012-01-12T07:28:53.092-06:00I'm driving a skool bus and txtg!! LOL ... Oh SH @4^^%#(&( !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fUYGWR_9csk/Tw7gD0NLb7I/AAAAAAAAL5U/gHL1pqrGelc/s1600/20111214_080918_Drivers+Texting_Burd+%25281%2529_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fUYGWR_9csk/Tw7gD0NLb7I/AAAAAAAAL5U/gHL1pqrGelc/s320/20111214_080918_Drivers+Texting_Burd+%25281%2529_500.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>How stupid is this?<br /><br />Fortunately this photo is not from this incident.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Northside ISD bus driver caught texting</b></span></div>By Jennifer R. Lloyd - Express-News<br /><br />Northside Independent School District placed a district bus driver on administrative leave Tuesday after a citizen reportedly saw him texting and driving a bus with children on board.<br /><br />On Friday, the tipster called the district's transportation department after the person allegedly saw the man driving erratically down the road and then observed him texting behind the wheel at the intersection of Wurzbach and Fredericksburg roads, said district spokesman <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Feducation&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Pascual+Gonzalez%22">Pascual Gonzalez</a>. San Antonio has passed a law banning texting while driving.<br /><br />The transportation department then retrieved the video from the bus and called the driver in.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Northside-bus-driver-investigated-for-texting-2471117.php#ixzz1jFYM2XJ5"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-9204404360059131168?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-20867917164907662112012-01-11T07:48:00.000-06:002012-01-11T07:48:08.949-06:00That takes a whole lot of kibble!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPDyeddsZTI/Tw2Sy-rZgUI/AAAAAAAAL5E/uQJM-wLzRUU/s1600/Tiny-1-300x225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BPDyeddsZTI/Tw2Sy-rZgUI/AAAAAAAAL5E/uQJM-wLzRUU/s320/Tiny-1-300x225.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>He must be a Republican, right?<br /><br />He is a fat cat after all.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Are you missing a 35-pound cat?</b></span></div>By Carol Christian - Houston Chronicle<br /><br />HOUSTON — Friends of BARC volunteers are looking for the owners of a lost 35-pound cat, <a href="http://www.khou.com/news/local/Tiny-Tim-137041713.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">KHOU-TV</a> reported.<br /><br />Dubbed “Tiny Tim” by volunteer Tim Hebert of southwest Houston, the cat was picked up by animal control officers late last month in the 10400 block of Kirkwood.<br /><br />Rather than leave the obviously pampered, but dangerously obese, kitty in the city animal shelter, Friends of BARC intervened, the station reported.<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.mysanantonio.com/newswatch/2012/01/are-you-missing-a-35-pound-cat/"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2086791716490766211?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-41186357963788342062012-01-11T07:40:00.001-06:002012-01-11T07:40:38.665-06:00Puro san Antonio .... Hic!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f4DEprKSoy4/Tw2RS-2bp1I/AAAAAAAAL48/lmIghFonKGI/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f4DEprKSoy4/Tw2RS-2bp1I/AAAAAAAAL48/lmIghFonKGI/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Really? No shit Sherlock?<br /><br />Just look at our DWI numbers, that's a clue too.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Americans belly up to the bar for binge drinking</b></span></div><i><b>San Antonio among the top 20 cities where too much alcohol is consumed too frequently.</b></i><br />By Don Finley - Express-News <br /><br /><br />A lot of Americans are knocking back way too many brews in one sitting, and they're doing it surprisingly often, federal health officials said Tuesday.<br /><br />In a new report, the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention%22">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> said more than 38 million adults, or 17.1 percent, told government survey takers they engage in binge drinking — on average once a week, and eight drinks at a time.<br /><br />The numbers — and bar tabs — are higher among young adults. More than one in four of those age 18 to 24 admit to binging on alcohol, consuming on average nine drinks at a single sitting.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Americans-belly-up-to-the-bar-for-binge-drinking-2457521.php#ixzz1j9lYQgDf"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-4118635796378834206?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-55561129324897583472012-01-11T07:33:00.003-06:002012-01-11T07:33:59.457-06:00The big triangle of love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aN2__vodBeQ/Tw2PuY_pvdI/AAAAAAAAL40/2RvX2SRGKk8/s1600/love_triangle_by_iann7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aN2__vodBeQ/Tw2PuY_pvdI/AAAAAAAAL40/2RvX2SRGKk8/s320/love_triangle_by_iann7.jpg" width="243" /></a></div>This is a story as old as mankind itself, isn't it?<br /><br />A woman playing off men and then lying to cover herself?<br /><br />Pshht! She got with murder I think.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Woman accused of instigating murder gets 8 years in robbery </b></span></div><b><i>Her false rape accusation led to Nathan Ramirez's death. </i></b><br />By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />A judge ordered an eight-year prison sentence Tuesday for a San Antonio woman who authorities said instigated the murder of a boyfriend by lying to another boyfriend about a rape that never occurred.<br /><br />Melissa Ann Ramos, 23, was originally charged with manslaughter in the death of <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Nathan+Ramirez%22">Nathan Ramirez</a>, who was 20 when he was gunned down in June 2007 behind the North Side sandwich shop where he worked.<br /><br />But as part of a plea agreement reached in November, she pleaded no contest to robbery.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Prison-for-woman-whose-false-rape-accusation-led-2456835.php#ixzz1j9kAze2C"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5556112932489758347?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-69557665231787792902012-01-11T07:28:00.000-06:002012-01-11T07:28:03.624-06:00No means no<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kQlGDLcqTpo/Tw2OTRfQB8I/AAAAAAAAL4s/hrfGeG3tonI/s1600/corporate-sponsored-pimping-plays-role-in-us-human-trafficking-thumb-400xauto-5768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kQlGDLcqTpo/Tw2OTRfQB8I/AAAAAAAAL4s/hrfGeG3tonI/s320/corporate-sponsored-pimping-plays-role-in-us-human-trafficking-thumb-400xauto-5768.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>No comprende? Nicht verstehen?<br /><br />No means no and now, to boot, you're facing aggravated kidnapping charges which will net you 5 to 99 years or life.<br /><br />Verstehen sie that?<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man accused of threatening woman for refusing to be prostitute </b></span></div>By Jessica Kwong - Express-News<br /><br />A man was arrested Monday night after being accused of driving a woman and her friends to his house and holding her at gunpoint for refusing to be his prostitute.<br /><br />Christopher Perez, 28, was charged with one count of aggravated kidnapping. A judge set bail at $75,000.<br /><br />The woman told police that after a female friend had Perez pick them up, he became abusive toward them, locking the woman in his bedroom and telling the other girls to leave. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-accused-of-threatening-woman-for-refusing-to-2462182.php#ixzz1j9gKSGRC"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6955766523178779290?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-55921186946864602312012-01-10T08:02:00.002-06:002012-01-10T08:02:26.656-06:00No honor among thieves?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9eRPVQS2Dk/TwxE4VwqKKI/AAAAAAAAL4k/TJcTNINn1sA/s1600/13508__x400_dont_turn_other_cheek_poster_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D9eRPVQS2Dk/TwxE4VwqKKI/AAAAAAAAL4k/TJcTNINn1sA/s320/13508__x400_dont_turn_other_cheek_poster_01.jpg" width="226" /></a></div>Defendant cops deal to plead against other defendant?<br /><br />He may just have one very smart defense lawyer.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man pleads to murder, agrees to turn on co-defendant</b></span></div>By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />A San Antonio man whose capital murder trial was set to begin this week has instead reached a plea deal. <br /><br />Edgar Velasquez, 20, would have been the second of three co-defendants to face trial for the October 2008 slaying of <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Manuel+Barrera%22">Manuel Barrera</a>, 33, who was fatally shot as he walked his mother-in-law to her car outside a Southwest Side VFW hall. <br /><br />Prosecutors agreed on Friday to reduce Velasquez's charge to non-capital murder in exchange for a guilty plea and a promise to testify against co-defendant Brijido “Andy” Munoz if needed. If he successfully cooperates, Velasquez will eventually be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-pleads-to-murder-agrees-to-turn-on-2451613.php#ixzz1j40UUMzc"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5592118694686460231?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-71186721263225729822012-01-10T07:52:00.003-06:002012-01-10T07:52:49.667-06:00Out of Bounds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-toWNfB5Fx0I/TwxCi2HIxXI/AAAAAAAAL4c/sFxG0hG5nT0/s1600/102910_126A_HHS-Jeff_City_Jays_Football_ds_tx400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-toWNfB5Fx0I/TwxCi2HIxXI/AAAAAAAAL4c/sFxG0hG5nT0/s320/102910_126A_HHS-Jeff_City_Jays_Football_ds_tx400.jpg" width="304" /></a></div>Penalty flag thrown for being out of bounds. <br /><br />That's a lot of money they scammed.<br /><br />How will restitution be payed to those scammed? <br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Couple admit to scamming football pro, others</b></span></div>S.A. couple pleads no contest to swindling ex-NFL player, others<br />By Craig Kapitan - Express-News<br /><br />A San Antonio couple pleaded no contest Monday to setting up a fake international investing firm that scammed a former professional football player and others out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.<br /><br />Alan Keith Nelsen, 63, and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Mary+Alice+Monteza%22">Mary Alice Monteza</a>, 68, were initially charged with securities fraud and three counts of theft. <br /><br />As a result of identical plea agreements, prosecutors agreed to seek a sentence of no more than 18 years in prison for each defendant for one count of theft of more than $200,000. The first-degree felony is usually punishable by up to life in prison. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Couple-admit-to-scamming-football-pro-others-2451519.php#ixzz1j3xGLQ2d"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7118672126322572982?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-79386453772871054242012-01-10T07:39:00.003-06:002012-01-10T07:39:43.737-06:00Fo' Shizzel!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jbl7nRuZE9E/Tww_f4FgFCI/AAAAAAAAL4U/QNYJSbfkyaE/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jbl7nRuZE9E/Tww_f4FgFCI/AAAAAAAAL4U/QNYJSbfkyaE/s320/628x471.jpg" width="203" /></a></div>Why it seems just like yesterday we posted an article about Snoop Dogg saying that President Obama should legalize pot.<br /><br />Wait!! It was just yesterday!!<br /><br />Is this an example of karma in action?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Snoop Dogg hit with minor drug charge in Texas</b></span></div><br />Associated Press -<br /><br />EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Rapper <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Snoop+Dogg%22">Snoop Dogg</a> is facing a minor drug charge in Texas after border agents say they found several joints on his tour bus.<br /><br />Hudspeth County sheriff's office said in a statement that Snoop Dogg, whose name is <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=entertainment&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Calvin+Broadus%22">Calvin Broadus</a>, was arrested Saturday at the Sierra Blanca highway checkpoint and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor typical in cases involving small amounts of marijuana.<br /><br />According to the sheriff's office, a border agent smelled marijuana smoke coming from the bus and ordered everyone off so that a dog could inspect the vehicle. A prescription bottle with several marijuana cigarettes was found in a trashcan, and more marijuana was found in two other containers. In all, 0.13 pounds of the drug were found.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Snoop-Dog-hit-with-minor-drug-charge-in-Texas-2451539.php#ixzz1j3uqovd8"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7938645377287105424?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-26493389504852684112012-01-09T08:02:00.000-06:002012-01-09T08:02:06.023-06:00Smoke 'em if you got 'em<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LTVDXFVrwLQ/TwrzVia726I/AAAAAAAAL4M/39A5n5kMgwk/s1600/120109_snoop_obama_605_ap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LTVDXFVrwLQ/TwrzVia726I/AAAAAAAAL4M/39A5n5kMgwk/s320/120109_snoop_obama_605_ap.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Okay then.<br /><br />There you go, Snoop Dogg says it should be.<br /><br />Willie probably agrees too. <br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Snoop Dogg to W.H. Legalize pot</b></span><br /><div class="byline"> By PATRICK GAVIN - Politico </div><div class="story-wrapper"> <div class="story-text p-content resize"> <br />Lots of celebrities want to meet the president and they often come with their own pet requests: Sign this or that, take a picture with my kid, how can I steal a hand towel from a White House bathroom?<br /><br />But Snoop Dogg wants something different. The rapper (real name: Calvin Broadus) has been a <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/1211/Snoop_Wiz_urge_Obama_to_legalize_pot.html" target="_blank">longtime advocate for the legalization of marijuana</a> (and a frequent user of it) and spoke to Hot 99.5’s Toby Knapp about the subject and how he might convince President Barack Obama to support a change in the country’s drug laws.<br /><br />“Before I even said ‘Hi’ to President Obama, I would change the aroma of the room.…And then we could start conversing after we had that aroma change. You know what I’m talking about?” (transcript via <a href="http://jezebel.com/5874080/snoop-dogg-wants-to-get-high-with-president-obama-and-convince-him-to-legalize-weed" target="_blank">Jezebel</a>).<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71224.html#ixzz1iyASDoVz"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2649338950485268411?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-81359834002924402612012-01-09T07:52:00.001-06:002012-01-09T07:55:08.004-06:00The gay dance club housed in a former synagogue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wDVG1xoLqzM/TwrwmIzFt1I/AAAAAAAAL4E/deuOoBc7cqU/s1600/4.1227392340.next-doorx-club-bonham-exchange.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wDVG1xoLqzM/TwrwmIzFt1I/AAAAAAAAL4E/deuOoBc7cqU/s320/4.1227392340.next-doorx-club-bonham-exchange.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Well I guess he won't be causing anymore disturbances at that club.<br /><br />Or any other club for that matter. Ever.<br /><br />Nice going, security .... not. You've probably just bought yourselves and the club one heck of a wrongful death lawsuit.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man detained by security dies outside club</b></span></div>By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br />A man reportedly involved in a disturbance at a popular downtown nightclub died early Sunday after being escorted out of the establishment then handcuffed by security.<br /><br />Lt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Matthew+Podwika%22">Matthew Podwika</a> said San Antonio police officers were called for a disturbance around 2:15 a.m. at the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Bonham+Exchange%22">Bonham Exchange</a>, at Houston and Bonham streets. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Gilbert+Garza%22">Gilbert Garza</a>, 46, was handcuffed and on the ground when the officer got there, Podwika said.<br /><br />Thinking Garza looked ill, the officer requested EMS; paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Podwika said Garza wasn't under arrest or being detained by SAPD when he died. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-detained-by-security-dies-outside-club-2448897.php#ixzz1iy6XIz3D"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8135983400292440261?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-18584772557292859902012-01-09T07:41:00.001-06:002012-01-09T07:41:30.251-06:00Douche bag apparently caught<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hg81oGksNRk/Twruf8QHJcI/AAAAAAAAL38/S6IovO8JXj8/s1600/douche-bag-douche-bag-demotivational-poster-1226608768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hg81oGksNRk/Twruf8QHJcI/AAAAAAAAL38/S6IovO8JXj8/s320/douche-bag-douche-bag-demotivational-poster-1226608768.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The news this morning says the suspect has been caught.<br /><br />Allegedly, they went on to say, the motive may have been she had spurned his advances.<br /><br />This behavior verifies she was smart to do so, no?<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man slain, woman wounded at fitness center</b></span></div>By Jessica Kwong - Express-News<br /><br />A fitness club worker was fatally shot and a coworker was seriously wounded Sunday night after they were confronted by a gunman — apparently a club member — on the city's North Side.<br /><br />The victims — boyfriend and girlfriend — and two other employees had walked out of Planet Fitness on N.E. Loop 410 near McCullough Avenue to their vehicles in the parking lot when a male club member approached the couple that was shot, San Antonio police Chief <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22William+McManus%22">William McManus</a> said.<br /><br />As the member, a man in his late 20s, fatally shot the boyfriend in the upper torso multiple times, the girlfriend ran to the other end of the parking lot, police said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-slain-woman-wounded-at-fitness-center-2449643.php#ixzz1iy4RCS7i"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-1858477255729285990?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-22319740046835065622012-01-08T08:41:00.002-06:002012-01-08T08:41:16.414-06:00WWJD to him?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8bUfZBjniIE/Twmq5HYaJdI/AAAAAAAAL30/dZADFtwS50s/s1600/13UTed.Em.78.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8bUfZBjniIE/Twmq5HYaJdI/AAAAAAAAL30/dZADFtwS50s/s320/13UTed.Em.78.jpg" width="256" /></a></div>Say it ain't so.<br /><br />A pastor committing robberies??<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">New York pastor arrested in connection withMyrtle beach area robbery</span></b></div>By Brad Dickerson - The Sun News<br /><br /><br /><div class="entry-content" id="story_text_top"> A Rochester, N.Y., pastor who was arrested Friday at his church will also face charges in Horry County stemming from a November robbery at the Carolina Forest Buffalo Wild Wings, police said<br /><br />Upon his return to Horry County, Anthony Lee Drumgoole, 23, will be charged with kidnapping and robbery and four counts of financial transaction card fraud, according to Sgt. Robert Kegler of Horry County police. He has family ties in the city of Conway.<br /><br />On Nov. 27, Drumgoole allegedly robbed a patron at knifepoint in the restaurant’s bathroom and forced the victim to strip in order to keep him from giving chase.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/01/07/2587408/new-york-pastor-arrested-in-connection.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /> </div><div style="height: 1px; overflow: hidden; width: 1px;"><br />Read more here: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/01/07/2587408/new-york-pastor-arrested-in-connection.html#storylink=cpy</div><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2231974004683506562?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-33574057735459305042012-01-08T08:26:00.001-06:002012-01-08T08:26:52.922-06:00One ring to rule them all<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wE0ufT0vdXY/Twmnn2BXHAI/AAAAAAAAL3s/7gvyM9XUniU/s1600/Gollum-smeagol-gollum-5977047-1280-1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wE0ufT0vdXY/Twmnn2BXHAI/AAAAAAAAL3s/7gvyM9XUniU/s320/Gollum-smeagol-gollum-5977047-1280-1024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Diogenes has nothing on this fellow.<br /><br />How nice was he in looking up and finding the family of the ring's owner?<br /><br />I'd say pretty nice.<br /><br />The ring has been returned! My preciousssss. <br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Diver finds class ring tracks down owner's family</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br /><br />LONGWOOD, Fla. (AP) — <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Louise+Hearst+Entzminger%22">Louise Hearst Entzminger</a> lost her class ring in a central Florida swimming hole in the 1930s.<br /><br />Scuba diver <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Reed+Banjanin%22">Reed Banjanin</a> found the Mississippi Women's College ring last summer and was determined to find its owner.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Orlando+Sentinel%22">Orlando Sentinel</a> (<a href="http://thesent.nl/y8t8Rn">http://thesent.nl/y8t8Rn</a> ) reports 38-year-old Banjanin used the Internet to track information about Entzminger. He learned she died in 1975, but was able to find her grandson <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22John+Entzminger%22">John Entzminger</a> in Oakton, Va.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Diver-finds-class-ring-tracks-down-owner-s-family-2445428.php#ixzz1isPXJfN8"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3357405773545930504?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-32079208614391263532012-01-08T08:17:00.001-06:002012-01-08T20:14:55.545-06:00Pennies from Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yk6vsN2Cwzg/TwmleA4Xy8I/AAAAAAAAL3k/_-NYBsxzQko/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yk6vsN2Cwzg/TwmleA4Xy8I/AAAAAAAAL3k/_-NYBsxzQko/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>So who says a penny saved isn't a penny earned?<br /><br />This proves that point. Doesn't it?<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>1793 penny fetches $1.38M at Fla. auction</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A once-cent copper coin from the earliest days of the U.S. Mint in 1793 has sold for a record $1.38 million at a Florida auction.<br /><br />James Halperin of Texas-based Heritage Auctions told <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22The+Associated+Press%22">The Associated Press</a> on Saturday that the sale was "the most a United States copper coin has ever sold for at auction." The coin was made at the Mint in<br />Philadelphia in 1793, the first year that the U.S. made its own coins.<br /><br />Heritage officials said in a news release that the name of the buyer was not revealed but that he was "a major collector." One of the coin's earliest owners was a well-known Baltimore banker, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Louis+E.+Eliasberg%22">Louis E. Eliasberg</a>, Sr.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/1793-penny-fetches-1-38M-at-Fla-auction-2448303.php#ixzz1isNddSGE"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3207920861439126353?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-37026051001814457232012-01-08T08:09:00.002-06:002012-01-08T08:09:16.758-06:00C'mon baby light my fire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZ4EnUXnV-4/TwmjgWE_IrI/AAAAAAAAL3c/tzbkYLIhD1M/s1600/doorslightmyfire.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZ4EnUXnV-4/TwmjgWE_IrI/AAAAAAAAL3c/tzbkYLIhD1M/s320/doorslightmyfire.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>His life was saved by the quick-thinking actions taken by the officer.<br /><br />What kind of folks would douse someone in gasoline and then set them on fire? <br /><br />I hope they get caught and that its sooner rather than later.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man doused with gasoline, set on fire</b></span></div>By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br /><br />A man doused with gasoline and set on fire was in poor but stable condition late Saturday his life possibly saved by a San Antonio police officer who used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames minutes after the attack.<br /><br />The man’s burned pants and the fire extinguisher used by the officer remained at the west end of the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Guadalupe+Street+Bridge%22">Guadalupe Street Bridge</a> at the South San Marcos intersection on the outskirts of Downtown where the attack occurred around 11:20 p.m.<br /><br />Lt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Matthew+Podwika%22">Matthew Podwika</a> said the victim, 22, appeared to have suffered the worst burns on the lower half of his body but it wouldn’t be until doctors at <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22San+Antonio+Military+Medical+Center%22">San Antonio Military Medical Center</a> examined him that officials could know the extent of his injuries.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-doused-with-gasoline-set-on-fire-2448812.php#ixzz1isIQzmGj"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3702605100181445723?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-76965555205040552262012-01-07T09:46:00.000-06:002012-01-07T09:46:00.277-06:00Church of the Holy Ink<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9dMbrhsf8Jw/Twhom-zYadI/AAAAAAAAL3U/L2OfLNSRvcA/s1600/Religious+Tattoos+Designs+Pictures-religious-tattoo.blogspot.com-Religious-tattoos-designs-for-men-picture-46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9dMbrhsf8Jw/Twhom-zYadI/AAAAAAAAL3U/L2OfLNSRvcA/s1600/Religious+Tattoos+Designs+Pictures-religious-tattoo.blogspot.com-Religious-tattoos-designs-for-men-picture-46.jpg" /></a></div>Are they religious tattoos?<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Pastor opens tattoo parlor inside Michigan church</span></b></div>Associated Press - <br /><br /> FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan pastor has opened a tattoo parlor inside his church.<br />Rev. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Steve+Bentley%22">Steve Bentley</a> says he's doing everything he can to reach out to people who have never felt comfortable at a traditional house of worship.<br /><br />Bentley's church, The Bridge, occupies 3,000 square feet inside a <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Flint+Township+shopping+center%22">Flint Township shopping center</a>. Serenity Tattoo is located not far from his office — as well as a galvanized watering trough that he uses for baptisms.<br />Two tattoo artists work at the county-licensed shop that is open every day except Sunday.<br /><br />Bentley rejects criticism that a church is the wrong place for a tattoo parlor, calling it a "morally neutral" practice akin to having your ears pierced.<br /><br />He has two tattoos.<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7696555520504055226?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-76576375777105691042012-01-07T09:32:00.002-06:002012-01-07T09:32:37.994-06:00Look! Here comes Johnny Potheadseed!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17eadBRXE8s/TwhlihbAY0I/AAAAAAAAL3M/BvUrtfg9_o4/s1600/Johnny_Appleseed_1972_post_card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-17eadBRXE8s/TwhlihbAY0I/AAAAAAAAL3M/BvUrtfg9_o4/s320/Johnny_Appleseed_1972_post_card.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>He must've been Johnny Potheadseed.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pa. grandma says she was duped by stranger</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A southwestern Pennsylvania grandmother says she's no marijuana grower, just a woman who wanted something that would look pretty next to her tomatoes.<br /><br />A Fayette County jury cleared 67-year-old <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Alberta+Kelley%22">Alberta Kelley</a> of drug possession and manufacture charges on Wednesday after she told them she simply tossed a handful of seeds into her garden after a bearded stranger gave them to her.<br /><br />Connellsville police charged Kelley a year ago after receiving a tip about Kelley's garden. Investigators say they found seven well-cultivated, four-foot marijuana plants behind her home.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Pa-grandma-says-she-was-duped-by-stranger-s-seeds-2445213.php#ixzz1impA829M"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7657637577710569104?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-22714713798292235712012-01-07T09:22:00.001-06:002012-01-07T09:22:52.346-06:00Irony thy name is Stash<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoJ6epk7y9M/Twhipc3CU4I/AAAAAAAAL3E/tycQgxq9mNg/s1600/the-stash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FoJ6epk7y9M/Twhipc3CU4I/AAAAAAAAL3E/tycQgxq9mNg/s320/the-stash.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>There's something you don't see everyday, a misprision of a felony.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Magazine founder gets five years for drugs</b></span></div>By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News<br /><br /><br />The owner of a now-defunct social-life magazine called Stash was sentenced with his wife Friday for their roles in a federal drug investigation.<br /><br />Robin D. Cruz, 40, pleaded guilty last year to possession of cocaine and possessing firearms during a drug crime. He admitted that he had quite a stash of his own at his far North Side home — including 119 pounds of hydroponically grown marijuana, nearly 10 ounces of cocaine, 2,069 pharmaceutical pills, hashish, hallucinogenic mushrooms, codeine, three assault rifles, a shotgun, two hunting rifles, five pistols and $10,063 in cash.<br /><br />His wife, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Venecia+Cohen%22">Venecia Cohen</a>, 39, pleaded guilty to misprision of a felony, admitting she knew about the illegal stuff but said nothing to the law.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Magazine-founder-gets-five-years-for-drugs-2445945.php#ixzz1imksokUB"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2271471379829223571?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-27487395416967733872012-01-07T09:06:00.000-06:002012-01-07T09:06:04.589-06:00Hit man pleads Guilty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eq_8VhDtLVY/TwhfVFLRaPI/AAAAAAAAL28/L8owIzJ18Tk/s1600/wenceslao+tovar+jr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eq_8VhDtLVY/TwhfVFLRaPI/AAAAAAAAL28/L8owIzJ18Tk/s320/wenceslao+tovar+jr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>It doesn't sound like this fellow will be getting out anytime soon.<br /><br />Good job Folks!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hit man for Zetas pleads guilty in Laredo</b></span></div><br /><br /><i><b>He could serve life in Federal prison.</b></i><br />By Jason Buch - Express-News<br /><br /><br /><br />A Zeta hit man pleaded guilty to firearm charges Friday in a Laredo federal court, admitting taking part in a 2005 killing during which members of the cartel posed as police officers.<br /><br />Wenceslao Tovar, 26, admitted being the triggerman when Zeta sicarios, or hit men, tried to kidnap Nuevo Laredo native <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Bruno+Alberto+Juarez+Orozco%22">Bruno Alberto Juarez Orozco</a> on June 6, 2005, in front of a Laredo industrial park.<br /><br />According to a transcript of another Zeta hit man's interview with police, the brazen midday hit was ordered by Miguel “El 40” <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Trevi%C3%B1o+Morales%22">Treviño Morales</a>, now believed to be the organization's second-in-command.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Zeta-sicario-pleads-guilty-in-Laredo-2446054.php#ixzz1imiTuHoW"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2748739541696773387?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-92028317782127165092012-01-06T08:07:00.003-06:002012-01-06T08:07:54.141-06:00Move along nothing to see here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dneeFJlByis/TwcANWd3soI/AAAAAAAAL20/yn8nEHho-24/s1600/628x471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dneeFJlByis/TwcANWd3soI/AAAAAAAAL20/yn8nEHho-24/s320/628x471.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Just a little parking garage mishap and mayhem.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Car ends up on top of another in Mass. parking garage</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br /><br />WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — Police say a driver coming to a stop at a Massachusetts office parking lot stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to jump over a curb and land inside a nearby parking garage on top of a luxury sedan.<br /><br />Lt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Marie+Cleary%22">Marie Cleary</a> says no one was injured in the Thursday morning crash in Wellesley, just west of Boston. The sedan in the parking garage was empty.<br /><br />Police have cited the driver for failure to use care when stopping. Officers can't explain how he got out of his car while it was perched on top of the other vehicle.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-9202831778212716509?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-25448800221926369772012-01-06T08:05:00.001-06:002012-01-06T08:05:20.983-06:00Looking at a long stint?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7GvWQGAod4/Twb_mupjcnI/AAAAAAAAL2s/8EZV18l6Btk/s1600/fight_child_porn_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7GvWQGAod4/Twb_mupjcnI/AAAAAAAAL2s/8EZV18l6Btk/s1600/fight_child_porn_2.jpg" /></a></div>You'd think being a computer science teacher he'd know better.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ex-Texas computer teacher guilty of child porn</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A former computer science teacher in West Texas caught with hundreds of child pornography images faces up to 20 years in prison.<br /><br />Prosecutors in El Paso say 46-year-old <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Joachim+Rudolf+Hees%22">Joachim Rudolf Hees</a> (HAYS) remains in custody after pleading guilty Thursday to receipt of child porn.<br /><br />Sentencing has been set for March 5 for Hees, who formerly taught in the Canutillo Independent School District.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Ex-Texas-computer-teacher-guilty-of-child-porn-2445311.php#ixzz1igdWW8uJ"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2544880022192636977?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-2804316621493705182012-01-06T07:57:00.004-06:002012-01-06T08:00:39.171-06:00Judge behaving poorly?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FIUf9DvF8QU/Twb93e6nymI/AAAAAAAAL2k/qdbNRwJ4f8w/s1600/Judge+Mary+Roman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FIUf9DvF8QU/Twb93e6nymI/AAAAAAAAL2k/qdbNRwJ4f8w/s1600/Judge+Mary+Roman.jpg" /></a></div>Well, if true, this is problematic for Judge Roman.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Local Judge accused of seeking special treatment for her own daughter</span></b></div>By Brian Collister - WOAI-TV<br /><br />SAN ANTONIO - District Judge Mary Roman is the target of an ethics complaint that alleges she used her office to seek special treatment for her daughter, who is on probation.<br /><br />I've learned the complaint was sparked by a meeting Roman called with probation officials in her chambers on April 26 to discuss her daughter’s case.<br /><br />“We feel that's abuse of her position and against her code of ethics, and frankly we feel that it’s illegal,” said Roy Robinson, who's with the union representing probation officers employed by the Bexar County Community Supervision & Corrections Department.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.woai.com/content/blogs/briancollister/story/Local-judge-accused-of-seeking-special-treatment/34b88PpDIEadFLNwXalmcw.cspx"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-280431662149370518?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-59798051846347043822012-01-05T07:56:00.001-06:002012-01-05T07:56:39.968-06:00Why did the officers shoot him?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m8giyEAQHtE/TwWrwkADuYI/AAAAAAAAL2c/GTw49-matlI/s1600/fd5f36a16c105f00030f6a706700681e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m8giyEAQHtE/TwWrwkADuYI/AAAAAAAAL2c/GTw49-matlI/s400/fd5f36a16c105f00030f6a706700681e.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Why?<br /><br />Apparently because your son's air-soft gun looked like the real thing to the officers. It looks pretty damn real to me.<br /><br />They however did not know it was a pellet gun.<br /><br />Or at least that is what is known at this time. Apparently the Texas Rangers will be investigating this matter.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Texas police kill 8th-grader carrying pellet gun</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br /><div id="yui_3_3_0_20_1325771565529232"><span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1325768191_5">BROWNSVILLE, Texas</span> (AP) — The parents of an eighth grader who was fatally shot by police inside his <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1325768191_3">South Texas school</span> are demanding to know why officers took lethal action, but police said the boy was brandishing — and refused to drop — what appeared to be a handgun and that the officers acted correctly.</div><div id="yui_3_3_0_20_1325771565529232"><br /></div><div id="yui_3_3_0_20_1325771565529219">The weapon turned out to be a pellet gun that closely resembled the real thing, police said late Wednesday, several hours after 15-year-old <span class="yshortcuts cs4-visible" id="lw_1325768191_0">Jaime Gonzalez</span> was repeatedly shot in a hallway at <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1325768191_6">Cummings Middle School</span> in <span class="yshortcuts cs4-ndcor" id="lw_1325768191_4">Brownsville</span>. No one else was injured.</div><br />"Why was so much excess force used on a minor?" the boy's father, Jaime Gonzalez Sr., asked The Associated Press outside the family's home Wednesday night. "Three shots. Why not one that would bring him down?"<br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/texas-police-kill-8th-grader-carrying-pellet-gun-003818851.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5979805184634704382?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-55410971019341752782012-01-05T07:48:00.001-06:002012-01-05T07:48:22.880-06:00The Thin Blue Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eeci6lPU7ko/TwWqCzjvbYI/AAAAAAAAL2Q/OD5IyiFC7zo/s1600/Story.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eeci6lPU7ko/TwWqCzjvbYI/AAAAAAAAL2Q/OD5IyiFC7zo/s1600/Story.jpg" /></a></div>May Agent Jared Francom Rest if Peace.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Police: Utah officer dies following shootout</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Gunfire erupted as anti-drug police served a search warrant in an Ogden neighborhood, fatally wounding one officer and injuring five other police and a suspect, authorities said.<br /><br />The shots rang out before 9 p.m. Wednesday as police converged at a residence on Jackson Avenue, police spokesman Lt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Tony+Fox%22">Tony Fox</a> said.<br /><br />The six officers were hospitalized along with a suspect, Fox told <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22The+Associated+Press%22">The Associated Press</a>.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><b><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Police-Utah-officer-dies-following-shootout-2442632.php#ixzz1iaieA9Xi">The rest of the story:</a></b><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5541097101934175278?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-9835306629352392452012-01-05T07:42:00.001-06:002012-01-05T07:42:13.276-06:00Not Superman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WzMNGJpoU-A/TwWoU9us-NI/AAAAAAAAL2E/zHSAoyvGJCY/s1600/13-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WzMNGJpoU-A/TwWoU9us-NI/AAAAAAAAL2E/zHSAoyvGJCY/s320/13-1.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>An obviously troubled man meets his maker.<br /><br />Did this have to go down this way?<br /><br />Were there no longer any resources to help him? Of course there may have been other places but they wouldn't take him because of his prior record of violent offenses.<br /><br />All sort of a Catch 22 right? He's too hard to control or to take care off because he's mentally ill and has violent tendencies, but he can't be on his own because he's mentally ill and has violent tendencies.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Ex-Haven resident's suicide seen on video</b></span></div><i><b>Man who'd had been ousted from shelter's outdoor area in wake of altercations stepped in front of train.</b></i><br />By Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje - Express-News<br /><br />A former Haven for Hope resident who had been banned from the center's outdoor sleeping area committed suicide on Christmas, stepping in front of an oncoming train across from the courtyard's entrance.<br /><br />A surveillance camera tape showed <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jos%C3%A9+Perez%22">José Perez</a>, 35, pulling up his sweatshirt hood then standing with his head lowered as the train crashed into him, Haven CEO <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22George+Block%22">George Block</a> said.<br /><br />A San Antonio native, Perez had been in and out of jail and the state hospital for the past 15 years, said Block, mostly for violent offenses and treatment of mental illness.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Homeless-man-committed-suicide-2441694.php#ixzz1iaffq1Ob"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-983530662935239245?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-79303131100676103682012-01-05T07:31:00.001-06:002012-01-05T07:31:27.793-06:00A mysterious murder to start off the New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oko09x9tZF0/TwWmKaRRosI/AAAAAAAAL14/DAzN3WFYnPQ/s1600/murder_mysteries_193502.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oko09x9tZF0/TwWmKaRRosI/AAAAAAAAL14/DAzN3WFYnPQ/s320/murder_mysteries_193502.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>An ignominious start to the New Year.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man found shot to death behind wheel of SUV</b></span></div>By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br />San Antonio police are investigating the shooting death of a man found behind the steering wheel of an SUV at a Northwest Side apartment complex.<br /><br />Lt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jerry+Villarreal%22">Jerry Villarreal</a> said the man appeared to be in his mid-30s, but officers hadn't confirmed his identity. <br /><br />Police first received calls for an injured or sick person around 8:18 p.m. from the Springwood Villa Apartments in the 1400 block of Gardina Street. Other calls came in for a possible shooting or suicide.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-found-shot-to-death-behind-wheel-of-SUV-2442449.php#ixzz1iaeDN03q"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7930313110067610368?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-29525267537539866992012-01-04T08:46:00.002-06:002012-01-04T08:46:43.946-06:00Two suicides, one murder, one night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Av-a6y9a65g/TwRmRLPK4AI/AAAAAAAAL1s/LFAQO8oodIg/s1600/cm2524.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Av-a6y9a65g/TwRmRLPK4AI/AAAAAAAAL1s/LFAQO8oodIg/s320/cm2524.png" width="320" /></a></div>I guess one is never too old to have moments of poor judgment.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Suicide follows Uvalde slaying</span></b></div><i><b>In separate case there, man kills self as officers arrive.</b></i><br />By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News<br /><br />An elderly man shot and killed his girlfriend, called 911 and then committed suicide when officers arrived at his Uvalde home Monday night, police there said Tuesday.<br /><br />Hours later, another man shot himself in a <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Uvalde+hotel%22">Uvalde hotel</a> room as officers investigated reports of a separate planned murder-suicide.<br /><br />“It's kind of strange, but during the holidays, we tend to see suicides increase,” Uvalde Police Chief <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Robert+MacDonald%22">Robert MacDonald</a> said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Suicide-follows-Uvalde-slaying-2438275.php#ixzz1iUzHhIe7"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2952526753753986699?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-88622403011263500352012-01-04T08:12:00.001-06:002012-01-04T08:12:12.080-06:00Fleeing the scene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCgXxbJqPZQ/TwReKjUqvpI/AAAAAAAAL1g/0X2cGV80IAk/s1600/Angels%252BCostumiers%252BPrepare%252BTheir%252BUniform%252BMilitary%252Bc_-edESzM6Pl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TCgXxbJqPZQ/TwReKjUqvpI/AAAAAAAAL1g/0X2cGV80IAk/s320/Angels%252BCostumiers%252BPrepare%252BTheir%252BUniform%252BMilitary%252Bc_-edESzM6Pl.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Fleeing is generally considered to be a fairly reliable indication of guilt.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Woman denied bail in uniform thefts from Fort Sam</b></span></div><i><b>Prosecutors claim Fort Sam items illegally re-sold.</b></i><br />By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News<br /><br />A federal judge denied bail Tuesday to a San Antonio woman charged with helping her ex-husband sell $918,000 worth of uniforms and computers stolen from a <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Defense+Department%22">Defense Department</a> unit at Fort Sam Houston.<br /><br />An indictment alleges Gabriela de la Maza and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Francisco+de+la+Maza%22">Francisco de la Maza</a>, whom she divorced in 2010 amid the investigation, spent the money on five homes, credit card bills and other items.<br /><br />Special agent <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Carlos+Markham%22">Carlos Markham</a> of the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Defense+Criminal+Investigative+Service%22">Defense Criminal Investigative Service</a> testified that Francisco de la Maza, a U.S. citizen who spent more than 20 years in the Army before retiring in late 2009, is believed to have fled to Mexico.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />The rest of the story:<br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8862240301126350035?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-39126008309150049552012-01-04T08:07:00.001-06:002012-01-04T08:07:10.484-06:00Pigs at the trough<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZL9ilokZGU/TwRdBBb2XxI/AAAAAAAAL1U/xBH4gMwJGnQ/s1600/10751726-623x362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZL9ilokZGU/TwRdBBb2XxI/AAAAAAAAL1U/xBH4gMwJGnQ/s320/10751726-623x362.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I guess they decided to get greedy.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Used car dealer set to plead guilty in fraud</b></span></div><i><b>He's accused of plotting $1.3 million fraud against San Antonio bank. </b></i><br />By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><br /><br />An operator of used car lots plans to plead guilty to trying to defraud $1.3 million from <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Sterling+Bank%22">Sterling Bank</a> in San Antonio.<br /><br />Ahmad Hussein Khalil, 42, was indicted last May with one of his then-employees, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Jessica+Devina+Saenz%22">Jessica Devina Saenz</a>, 31, on a charge of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.<br /><br />FBI agents allege the pair took advantage of a “floor plan” line of credit that Sterling had given Khalil so he could purchase vehicles for his businesses, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Prestige+Imports%22">Prestige Imports</a> Inc. in San Antonio and Lotus of Austin, both of which have since closed.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Used-car-lot-owner-to-plead-guilty-in-fraud-on-2439079.php#ixzz1iUwnKDBF"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3912600830915004955?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-73761887341278179392012-01-03T08:06:00.004-06:002012-01-03T08:06:34.391-06:00RICO? He's a friend of mine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hdBcIM06OsU/TwMLVBe5RRI/AAAAAAAAL1I/9e032oNw898/s1600/rico1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hdBcIM06OsU/TwMLVBe5RRI/AAAAAAAAL1I/9e032oNw898/s320/rico1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Yup, we do.<br /><br />Its a pretty area too!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Prosecutors like RICO</b></span></div><i><b>Series of crimes can be tied under Federal Law.</b></i><br />By Guillermo Contreras - Express-News <br /><br /><br />One Texas group reportedly fatally shot a <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22U.S.+Consulate%22">U.S. Consulate</a> employee in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso. Another killed 24 people in San Antonio. A third allegedly was on the take from a contractor for years.<br /><br />La Cosa Nostra? Not quite.<br /><br />But prosecutors went after these groups, the Barrio Azteca gang, the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Texas+Mexican+Mafia%22">Texas Mexican Mafia</a> and elected officials in El Paso in a crackdown on corruption, respectively, with a tool that was custom-made for the mob: the <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Racketeer+Influenced+Corrupt+Organizations%22">Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations</a> (RICO) Act.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/A-law-named-RICO-2437578.php#ixzz1iP5q4Jii"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7376188734127817939?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-70110489129612674012012-01-03T08:00:00.000-06:002012-01-03T08:00:02.581-06:00The end of Rambo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xKCEQatSHHk/TwMJMQ-jJlI/AAAAAAAAL08/GQc8HR1Deh0/s1600/benjamin+colton+barnes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xKCEQatSHHk/TwMJMQ-jJlI/AAAAAAAAL08/GQc8HR1Deh0/s320/benjamin+colton+barnes.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>Apparently done in by the elements.<br /><br />It is too bad it all ended this way for a man who served our country.<br /><br />Could more have been done to help him? Thereby all of this tragedy including the loss of life of the Park Ranger, mother of two, Margaret Anderson could have been possibly avoided?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Police: Body found at Wash. park is that of gunman</b></span></div>By Mike Baker - Associated Press<br /><br />MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — An armed Iraq War veteran suspected of killing a Mount Rainier National Park ranger managed to evade snowshoe-wearing SWAT teams and dogs on his trail for nearly a day. He couldn't, however, escape the cold.<br /><br />A plane searching the remote wilderness for <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Benjamin+Colton+Barnes%22">Benjamin Colton Barnes</a>, 24, on Monday discovered his body lying partially submerged in an icy, snowy mountain creek with snow banks standing several feet high on each side.<br /><br />"He was wearing T-shirt, a pair of jeans and one tennis shoe. That was it," Pierce County Sheriff's spokesman <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Ed+Troyer%22">Ed Troyer</a> said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Police-Body-found-at-Wash-park-is-that-of-gunman-2436607.php#ixzz1iP4CTKJw"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7011048912961267401?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-31553254040286011952012-01-03T07:52:00.002-06:002012-01-03T07:52:40.482-06:00Improper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yVOWQI15FBc/TwMIG4Nu4TI/AAAAAAAAL0w/xBN0phShIAc/s1600/danny+v+hernandez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yVOWQI15FBc/TwMIG4Nu4TI/AAAAAAAAL0w/xBN0phShIAc/s320/danny+v+hernandez.jpg" width="311" /></a></div>What would make a 37 year old think its okay to have a sexual relationship with a 13 year old?<br /><br />Particularly one who is a relative?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man allegedly had a months-long relationship with teen</b></span></div>By Eva Ruth Moravec - Express-News<br /><br />San Antonio police on Sunday afternoon arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a young girl who sought comfort from him after being teased by boys at school.<br /><br />Danny V. Hernandez, 37, is being held in Bexar County Jail without bail on charges of contempt of court and aggravated sexual assault of a child.<br /><br />According to an arrest warrant affidavit, police began to investigate Hernandez on Wednesday, when a woman noticed red marks on her 13-year-old daughter's neck and took her to Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-allegedly-had-months-long-sexual-relationship-2437123.php#ixzz1iP2kOdjB"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3155325404028601195?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-84081907057733069622012-01-02T08:17:00.002-06:002012-01-02T08:17:35.246-06:00Oh those zany French<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JLiPz5KU_DA/TwG8b6GbPTI/AAAAAAAAL0k/kf3mCyRlFrQ/s1600/photo_1325505453009-1-0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JLiPz5KU_DA/TwG8b6GbPTI/AAAAAAAAL0k/kf3mCyRlFrQ/s1600/photo_1325505453009-1-0.jpg" /></a></div>A fuel additive ??!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>'Fuel Additive' used in French breast implants</b></span></div>France24.com -<br /><br /><b>AFP - </b>French breast implant manufacturer PIP used an untested fuel additive in its now-banned implants that have triggered a worldwide scare, French radio station RTL reported Monday.<br /><br />RTL said it obtained an exact breakdown of the materials used in the faulty implants, including Baysilone, Silopren and Rhodorsil, all of which are industrial products never tested or approved for clinical use.<br /><br />The products, used in the oil or rubber industries, allegedly caused the silicone gel implants to have a high rupture rate.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20120102-fuel-additive-used-french-breast-implants"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-8408190705773306962?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-61165812478973373322012-01-02T08:11:00.001-06:002012-01-02T08:11:34.571-06:00Ringing in the New Year with a bang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BYsSgFzafjE/TwG68-c207I/AAAAAAAAL0Y/wUvx78Wuc6g/s1600/476-d3z9J.St.55.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BYsSgFzafjE/TwG68-c207I/AAAAAAAAL0Y/wUvx78Wuc6g/s320/476-d3z9J.St.55.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>WTH?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Military man charged in explosives case</span></b></div><i><b>Suspect charged in Texas airport explosives case</b></i><br />NBCDFW.com -<br /><br /><div id="paragraph1">Authorities have charged a member of the U.S. military arrested after trying to go through a security checkpoint at a Texas airport with explosives in military-grade wrapping.</div><div id="paragraph1"><br /></div><div id="paragraph2">The FBI says the suspect is 30-year-old Trey Scott Atwater. He was stopped at Midland International Airport about 9 a.m. Saturday.</div><br />FBI spokesman Mike Martinez said Sunday that Atwater is at the Midland County jail and charged with trying to bring explosives onto an airplane. He will remain in custody at least until his arraignment Tuesday.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/US-Military-Member-Charged-in-Explosives-Case-136504823.html"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6116581247897337332?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-51449681482248370082012-01-02T08:00:00.002-06:002012-01-02T08:00:19.845-06:00Killed in the line of duty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p8fZSMt7WpU/TwG4aHyRepI/AAAAAAAAL0M/6Qvb_WTqEhU/s1600/67103432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p8fZSMt7WpU/TwG4aHyRepI/AAAAAAAAL0M/6Qvb_WTqEhU/s320/67103432.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>Rest in Peace Ranger Anderson.<br /><br />May God bring solace to your family and to your two children.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="block"><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Massive manhunt after ranger slain at Rainier Park Ranger </b></span></div><i><b>Margaret Anderson, a mother of two who was married to another ranger at the park, was shot about 10:30 a.m. Sunday after setting up a roadblock to stop a car that was fleeing another officer.</b></i><br /><div class="byline">By <a href="http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Mike%20Carter">Mike Carter</a>, <a href="http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Craig%20Welch">Craig Welch</a>, <a href="http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Steve%20Miletich">Steve Miletich</a> and <a href="http://search.nwsource.com/search?searchtype=cq&sort=date&from=ST&byline=Jack%20Broom">Jack Broom -</a>Seattle Times staff reporters</div></div><br />A man who was being sought in the shooting of four people at a New Year's party in South King County early Sunday is suspected in the fatal shooting of a park ranger in Mount Rainier National Park later in the morning.<br /><br />Park Ranger Margaret Anderson, a mother of two who was married to another ranger at the park, was shot about 10:30 a.m. after setting up a roadblock to stop a car that was fleeing another officer.<br /><br />She was shot when the driver apparently stepped out of the vehicle with a shotgun and opened fire. It took authorities nearly 90 minutes to get to her because the assailant continued to fire an assault rifle at Pierce County SWAT team officers as they tried to assist the injured ranger, officials said.<br /><br /><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017143010_ranger02m.html?syndication=rss"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5144968148224837008?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-23673902510556897272012-01-01T10:13:00.001-06:002012-01-01T10:13:51.137-06:00No buns with your order?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DRdlNQyys4/TwCGN0Y1R-I/AAAAAAAAL0A/LiNuTtqJYRQ/s1600/16417742_BG1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8DRdlNQyys4/TwCGN0Y1R-I/AAAAAAAAL0A/LiNuTtqJYRQ/s320/16417742_BG1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I guess they got hungry?<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>2 face charges after nude McDonald's run</b></span></div>CBS St. Louis -<br /><br /><strong>GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) – </strong>Two people in western Illinois are facing charges after pulling up to a McDonald’s drive-thru completely nude.<br /><br />Police in Galesburg say a 19-year-old El Paso man and a 21-year-old Galesburg woman were released from Knox County Jail after being ordered to appear in court to face public indecency charges. <br /><br />WGIL Radio reports that the duo was still in the McDonald’s parking lot when officers arrived just before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the man was crouched over in the driver’s seat trying to put on a pair of pants, while his passenger was covering up in a blanket.<br /><br /><a href="http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/12/30/2-face-charges-after-nude-mcdonalds-run/"><b>The rest of the story: </b></a><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2367390251055689727?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-79463519996746470342012-01-01T09:54:00.002-06:002012-01-01T09:54:48.777-06:00Revenge of the Deer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dsoPGBZ8chk/TwCBuEkUwvI/AAAAAAAALz0/AxqrUT-tUe8/s1600/Deer+revenge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dsoPGBZ8chk/TwCBuEkUwvI/AAAAAAAALz0/AxqrUT-tUe8/s320/Deer+revenge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Apparently a Karma mishap.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Elderly driver, 70, killed in car crash after severed deer head flies through her windshield</b></span></div>Daily Mail -<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">An elderly motorist was killed in a freak road accident after she was hit by the severed head of a deer that was hit by another car.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Rosemary Bower, 70, died after a deer's head plunged through her windshield, causing her car to careen off the road in rural Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Police said the deer had become airborne after being hit by another car traveling in front of her.</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2079939/Elderly-driver-70-killed-car-crash-severed-deer-head-flies-windscreen.html#ixzz1iDqBeqNg"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-7946351999674647034?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-56403924796284600402012-01-01T09:47:00.002-06:002012-01-01T09:47:36.341-06:00Bad New Year's resolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jhAaASlr0rQ/TwCAEcNNWyI/AAAAAAAALzo/vdq-Tf8GQ0k/s1600/the-idiots-guide-simple-guide-new-year-resolutions-bad-good-demotivational-poster-1262251972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jhAaASlr0rQ/TwCAEcNNWyI/AAAAAAAALzo/vdq-Tf8GQ0k/s320/the-idiots-guide-simple-guide-new-year-resolutions-bad-good-demotivational-poster-1262251972.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>A bad way to start the New Year.<br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Man kills brother, then later himself</b></span></div><b><i>In between shootings, he takes own wife hostage and flees. </i></b><br />By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br />An argument between two brothers led one of the men to shoot and kill the other, then hold his own wife hostage and shoot her in the foot before turning the gun on himself, officials said.<br /><br />The Saturday morning shooting capped a violent week in Bexar County in which five people were killed or found dead, not including two killers who committed suicide. The toll included another domestic violence slaying Wednesday in which a man shot and killed his ex-wife and her older brother before killing himself.<br /><br />Bexar County sheriff's Sgt. <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Raymond+Pollard%22">Raymond Pollard</a> said the argument Saturday between brothers Enrique and <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Flocal_news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Emilio+Garcia%22">Emilio Garcia</a> might have been over a woman. <br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Man-kills-brother-then-later-himself-2434878.php#ixzz1iDoG5IHB"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5640392479628460040?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-39338649571993402412012-01-01T09:30:00.001-06:002012-01-01T09:32:00.415-06:00Sorry Chik Fil A - Eat more beef!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b3CJGT0qfsA/TwB8BuyHWII/AAAAAAAALzc/j8wP4c01IG0/s1600/contagion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b3CJGT0qfsA/TwB8BuyHWII/AAAAAAAALzc/j8wP4c01IG0/s320/contagion.jpg" width="232" /></a></div>Great News for the New Year? Not.<br /><br />A nearly 60% mortality rate!<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Chinese bus driver infected with bird flu dies</b></span></div>Associated Press -<br /><br />BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese bus driver who tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus died Saturday in a city bordering Hong Kong, health officials said, in the country's first reported case of the disease in humans in 18 months.<br /><br />The man surnamed Chen died in the wealthy southern city of Shenzhen, provincial health officials said. Shenzhen is separated by a small river from Hong Kong, where thousands of birds have been slaughtered after two were confirmed to have the virus last week.<br /><br />During the month prior to his fever, Chen, 39, apparently had no direct contact with poultry and did not travel out of Shenzhen, a metropolis of 10 million people.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Chinese-bus-driver-infected-with-bird-flu-dies-2433889.php#ixzz1iDjMYbbc"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4sYSyuuLk5g" width="405"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-3933864957199340241?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-63428700304161792302011-12-30T04:22:00.001-06:002011-12-30T04:23:05.026-06:00Have a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sED80acxoxQ/Tv2Q1-wECQI/AAAAAAAALzQ/JP-89_LsRqQ/s1600/Happy+new+year+manolaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sED80acxoxQ/Tv2Q1-wECQI/AAAAAAAALzQ/JP-89_LsRqQ/s320/Happy+new+year+manolaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Dear Readers;<br /><br />I am leaving town this morning to travel to lovely Tyler Texas to take the Girls of Law to see their grandparents. We will be back tomorrow evening.<br /><br />I will try to post later but if I do not here's wishing you and yours a very happy and healthy New Year!<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Man o' Law<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-6342870030416179230?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-59635046959547484032011-12-29T07:59:00.002-06:002011-12-29T07:59:53.486-06:00Reefer truck busted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-XzSxOj8Yg/TvxySAjqcnI/AAAAAAAALzE/7a813joFOLg/s1600/Assassin+of+Youth+Truck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L-XzSxOj8Yg/TvxySAjqcnI/AAAAAAAALzE/7a813joFOLg/s320/Assassin+of+Youth+Truck.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Something else getting "extradited" here from Mexico.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>CBP finds 'reefer truck' full of marijuana</b></span></div>By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News<br /><br />BROWNSVILLE — Customs officers in Pharr seized more than a ton of marijuana from a “utility reefer trailer” in the cargo lot of an international bridge, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fstate&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Customs+and+Border+Protection%22">Customs and Border Protection</a> said Wednesday.<br /><br />The seizure occurred Friday, after officers at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge referred a refrigerated (“reefer” in CBP parlance) tractor-trailer for further inspection.<br /><br />Officers found 423 packages of alleged marijuana with a total weight of 2,465 pounds.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/CBP-finds-reefer-truck-full-of-marijuana-2429186.php#ixzz1hvpax0gA"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-5963504695954748403?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-25902678379308334752011-12-29T07:53:00.000-06:002011-12-29T07:53:21.655-06:00Welcome back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFTln2lAmEw/TvxwxjOrPgI/AAAAAAAALy4/GkLBabyhei0/s1600/080819-extradition-hmed-245a.rp350x350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AFTln2lAmEw/TvxwxjOrPgI/AAAAAAAALy4/GkLBabyhei0/s320/080819-extradition-hmed-245a.rp350x350.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Great news!<br /><br />Now here in Comal County we're waiting to hear about an extradition on Lee Roy Suarez who murdered someone, stabbed the deceased's brother, here in New Braunfels and then fled to Mexico back in 2004.<br /><br />This gives me hope we will get his extradition granted.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Suspect in Juarez consulate killings extradited</b></span></div>Express-News<br /><br />An alleged prison gang member wanted in connection with the killing of a U.S. consulate employee, her husband and another employee's spouse has been extradited to the United States, Mexican authorities have announced.<br /><br />Joel Abraham Caudillo was handed over to FBI agents Dec. 20 in Veracruz at the same time that Julian “El Piolin” <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news%2Fmexico&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Zapata+Espinoza%22">Zapata Espinoza</a>, wanted in the February killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Jaime Zapata, was extradited. Mexican authorities announced Caudillo's extradition this week.<br /><br />He's one of 35 people charged in a drug conspiracy case that alleges that the Barrio Azteca prison gang, working with the Juárez Cartel, engaged in drug trafficking and murder on both sides of the Rio Grande.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Suspect-in-Ju-rez-consulate-killings-extradited-2429543.php#ixzz1hvmjPHkJ"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2590267837930833475?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125307606848876748.post-21919861412709038932011-12-29T07:40:00.002-06:002011-12-29T07:40:58.380-06:00Capital murder charge coming<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F9P4fydhxdY/Tvxt3mqrYZI/AAAAAAAALys/NNZbYthII7s/s1600/death-penalty-reuters-body.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F9P4fydhxdY/Tvxt3mqrYZI/AAAAAAAALys/NNZbYthII7s/s320/death-penalty-reuters-body.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>More senseless death.<br /><br />This one will net the guy a capital murder charge.<br /><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Two dead in South Bexar County shooting</b></span></div><b><i>Woman, brother gunned sown,; ex-husband suspected. </i></b><br />By Michelle Mondo - Express-News<br /><br />Authorities say a man shot and killed his ex-wife and her older brother Wednesday night after the two argued when he came to pick up their 7-year-old son at her relative’s house in far Southwest Bexar County.<br /><br />Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Raymond Pollard said the man, whose name was not released, arrived at the home in the 1400 block of Wisdom Road at about 8 p.m. to take his son for a visit.<br /><br />The boy’s 48-year-old mother and her ex-husband argued outside, witnesses told investigators. Then she then ran into the house, yelling, “He’s got a gun, he’s got a gun!” witnesses said.<br /><div style="background-color: white; border: medium none; color: black; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br /><a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Shooting-reported-in-South-Bexar-County-2429704.php#ixzz1hvkTJ1Oq"><b>The rest of the story:</b></a><br /> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/125307606848876748-2191986141270903893?l=manolaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08076420833939935389noreply@blogger.com