My apologies

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome sucks!

Dear Readers;

Between as the young kids say, a wicked bad case of carpal tunnel syndrome, a two day drug court retreat and a whole bunch of work to try to catch up on it has been a little rough on the Man o' Law blog.

I apologize for that Dear Readers and as long as my hand can take it I will keep on keeping on.

I do have a nerve test next week to see what is going on.

Hopefully no surgery will be necessary.

Regards,

Man o' Law

I hate when this happens!

Dude!

You were supposed to use it to go out and get a TV!

Just kidding!

DC man orders TV, gets assault rifle instead
Associated Press -

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington musician who ordered a flat-screen TV from Amazon.com was shocked to receive a semiautomatic assault rifle instead.

Thirty-eight-year-old Seth Horvitz says he purchased the 39-inch television from a third-party seller. A box arrived from UPS on Tuesday evening, and it seemed too small to contain the TV. He says he initially thought it contained accessories.

But when he opened it, he found a Sig Sauer military-style rifle. He says he had never held a gun before he felt the trigger of the rifle.

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A set-up?

My supposition?

An inside job by someone who knew he was coming to town and then he was  followed to the restaurant.

Just saying.


Jewelry salesman ambushed, stabbed
By Ana Ley - Express-news

A jewelry salesman visiting San Antonio from out of state is in critical condition after two men stabbed him Wednesday afternoon in the Lincoln Heights shopping center.

Police Sgt. Daniel Alonzo said the victim was a jewelry wholesaler, possibly from New York.

He said the man had visited C. Aaron Penaloza Jewelers in the shopping center, then had lunch at La Posada del Rey about 1 p.m.

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Trial set for Guadalupe County case

Bring your popcorn it promises to be a doozy of a trial.

BTW the Defendant is the fellow on the right.



McGonigal trial set for December
By Dalondo Moultrie New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

SEGUIN — The perjury trial for a New Braunfels businessman was pushed back Wednesday morning when he appeared before a Guadalupe County judge in Seguin.

Leonidas Patrick (Mark) McGonigal’s aggravated perjury trial will happen, though, his attorney, Robert J. Barrera of San Antonio, said Wednesday.

“There will be a trial if the DA says so,” Barrera said as he and his client descended the third-floor stairs outside of 25th District Judge Dwight Peschel’s court.

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Busy Day

Dear Readers

I am attending a drug court seminar today and tomorrow as well.  I will try to keep up with you all but I just wanted to let you know.

Thanks!

Man o' Law

The Eagle has landed

Back where it is supposed to be.

Kendall deputies recover stolen eagle statue

By Zeke MacCormack - Express-News

BOERNE — Kendall County deputies have recovered an antique cast iron eagle statue that was stolen in May from outside the Waring Volunteer Fire Department, which adopted the Case farm equipment figure as its mascot in 1978.

A tip led authorities Saturday to the 250-pound eagle that had been disassembled and hidden beneath brush in a field in a nearby county, Kendall County Sheriff's Lt. Shad Prichard said Tuesday.

He said no arrests have been made, but a suspect has been identified in the May 26 theft of one of the two such birds that stood on rock pedestals outside the fire department, which owned them.

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21st Century Peeping Tom

He was using the Peeping Tom  iPhone app.

Man arrested after police said he filmed women changing clothes

By Michelle Casady - Express-News

A 17-year-old working as a janitor at Kohl's was arrested this week on three charges of improper photography after police said he used his iPhone to record women changing in the dressing room.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a woman who was in the changing room noticed someone was holding an iPhone underneath the privacy wall and recording her. She immediately told store management and they called police.

Police questioned Jose Ignacio Montiel and found an iPhone “hidden in the crotch area of his pants.” He declined to let them search the phone, so a warrant was obtained and police discovered several videos of women changing. He then admitted to taking photos of women in the dressing room, according to the affidavit

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Git 'er done

The killing happened 20 years ago.

Is he mentally impaired or not?

Justice will be served tonight unless stayed.

Actually it will be served either way.  If he is truly mentally impaired we can't execute him; if he isn't we can.

Killer of Texas police snitch set to die Tuesday 

By Michael Graczyk - Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Convicted killer Marvin Wilson is looking to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep him from the Texas death chamber.

Attorneys for the 54-year-old Wilson say he's mentally impaired and should be spared from lethal injection in Huntsville Tuesday evening. The high court has barred execution of mentally impaired people.

State lawyers contend the single test that indicated mental impairment was faulty and the results are different in all other psychological testing of the Jefferson County man.

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Intoxication manslaughter nets 12 years

Another Bexar County intoxication manslaughter case down hundreds more to go, I'm sure.

They never seem to end and people never seem to learn.

Woman gets 12-year prison sentence for intoxication manslaughter

By Craig Kapitan - Express-News

A San Antonio woman who rolled her SUV two years ago — causing the ejection of two adults and at least one of the six unsecured young children inside — has agreed to serve a 12-year prison sentence for intoxication manslaughter.

Eloiza Marie Galindo, 27, had spent the day at Salas Lake with friends, family and an 18-pack of Bud Light when she decided to shuttle home her sister, her nieces and nephews, and Marco “Marcus” Miranda Jr., 23, whom the sisters had met at a nightclub a day earlier, witnesses told police in August 2010.

She pleaded guilty Friday to intoxication manslaughter in exchange for the 12-year term for Miranda's death and a concurrent 10-year term for the intoxication assault of younger sister Crystal Galindo, who reportedly underwent extensive reconstructive surgery to her face and arms.

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Fiddling on the roof

How in the heck did he manage to get up there?

Perhaps he was doing the can-ban dance?

Lucky for him he didn't fall.


Police: Drunken man ends up on rooftop

By Dalondo Moultrie New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

\NEW BRAUNFELS — Drinking too much led a Corpus Christi man to become literally high as a kite early Sunday and also to his being arrested for public intoxication, a New Braunfels police spokesman said.

Firefighters brought a ladder truck to help Brian Doyle Brown, 30, down from the rooftop of a building at T Bar M resort, said Capt. John McDonald of New Braunfels Police Department.

“They put the ladder up there and he climbed down on his own,” McDonald said.

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Doing the can can ban

The lawsuit may go on however, no injunction granted and the City of New Braunfels is appealing the trial court's ruling.

Therefore the city seeks to ban the courts ruling on the ban the can issue.

Judge: Outfitters, beer distributors, others can sue the city
By Greg Bowen New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung

NEW BRAUNFELS — Round 1 of the “can ban” suit has gone to the tourism firms, as Judge Charles Ramsay has ruled that the outfitters, beer distributors and others tourism businesses have legal standing to sue the City of New Braunfels.

The city has appealed the judge’s ruling to Austin’s Third Court of Appeals.

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Cool Apps

Way cool.

Smartphone apps now playing doctor

By Laura Ruane - USA Today

We don't use our smartphones for talking as much as we once did, but we are and will increasingly use them to detect and monitor health risks, from ear infections to E. coli bacteria in drinking water, industry experts say.

Health app developers initially focused on consumer diet and exercise, said Brian Dolan, editor of Boston-based MobiHealthNews.com, which tracks advances in mobile health and medical technology. "Now we're seeing them look into more serious health conditions where there's a real need for innovation."

Glen Stream, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, sees an "explosion" of mobile medical apps, and gives the trend a qualified endorsement. He's an "iPhone guy" who uses about 20 medical or health-oriented apps.

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Jerk

Just another British Yob.

From the Urban Dictionary:

The antithesis of what a good boy should be - rude, obnoxious, violent and stupid. Formed by spelling 'boy' backwards, it was coined in England in the 18th century as it was very popular amongst upper-classes to speak backwards at the time.

Olympic officials condemn bottle throwing incident

By Gregory Katz - Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Olympic officials on Monday sharply criticized a man arrested for throwing a plastic bottle on the Olympic track before Sunday's men's 100-meter final, but competitors said the unpleasant incident did not affect the showcase event.

Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London organizing committee, said there would be "zero tolerance" for anti-social behavior.

"Throwing a bottle on to the field of play is unacceptable, it's not just unacceptable at an Olympics Games but at any sporting event and anybody who does that will be removed," he said.

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Slow Justice?

What is taking so long?

Stalled sex assault case galls accuser

By John MacCormack - Express-News


In the almost four months since she filed a sexual assault complaint against her landlord, Rhonda Gonzales has painfully learned that in Guadalupe County, the wheels of justice can move slowly.

“I gave them the evidence. It's not like there was any doubt. And they've arrested people on sexual assault for a lot less than that,” she said Friday.

“I went through the crying, screaming and not understanding. Now I feel numb, and they've made me feel it's all my fault,” she said.

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Battle to the death

Are there any races anymore that end peacefully?

I mean other than gigantic wins?

Of course she might have a point.

Loser alleges vote theft in Cameron JP race

By Lynn Brezosky - Express-News

BROWNSVILLE — A defeated Cameron County justice of the peace candidate has filed a lawsuit alleging her opponent's power-broker family used its network of politiqueras, or political workers, to steal votes from the feeble.

Yolanda Teran Begum lost Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff to Erin Hernandez Garcia by 152 votes.

The complaint, filed Thursday in state district court blames the loss on illegal mail-in votes, manipulation of the elderly and infirm and the offering of meals and gift cards for votes.

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