The Law Offices of Thompson and de Leef Criminal Law Blog

Text messaging can kill.  We often hear about DWI and driving under the influence and the problems and fatalaties that are often associated with DWI and DUI but what about texting?  I was thinking about the same issue while driving inbetween Galveston and Houston, Tx. the other day.  Well read the article below.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090404_jj_texting-crash-prison.a17413be.html

Text messaging can kill.  We often hear about DWI and driving under the influence and the problems and fatalaties that are often associated with DWI and DUI but what about texting?  I was thinking about the same issue while driving inbetween Galveston and Houston, Tx. the other day.  Well read the article below.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090404_jj_texting-crash-prison.a17413be.html

When you wonder how many people are driving around Houston, Harris County, Texas randomly shooting at people on the freeway.  Makes you wonder about this city sometimes.  The shooter was randomly firing a gun at people driving on the freeway.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090313_tnt_gulf-freeway-shooter.31e6cad7.html

Finally the police have found one of the two suspects from a kidnapping and murder that occured over a month ago in Harris County, Texas.  It seems that the victim was picked at random for her vehicle.  Here is a link to part of the story below.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090312_tnt_de-jesus-latest.2be46f92.html

Bellaire, Texas is a small town within Harris County, Texas.  It is actually within the limites of Houston, Texas.  Late last year the Bellaire Police shot an unarmed young black male in his yard when they believed him to be in a stolen vehicle.  It has raised a lot of issues about racial profiling.  A study was recently done.  Local news did a story on it.  See link below.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090303_mp_bellarie-profiling-reaction.22932c3c.html

A federal judge in Galveston, which is 50 miles from Houston, Texas, has pled quilty to the offense of obstruction of justice.  He had other counts pending of sexual conduct and sexual assault.  He was pending trial to start today when he took the plea.  below is a link to the article from one of our local Harris County news stations.

 http://www.click2houston.com/news/18773716/detail.html

Below is a link to DPS (The Texas Deparatment of Public Safety) website giving very useful Texas drivers license information.  Deals with all kinds of suspensions and other issues. 

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/administration/driver_licensing_control/dic.htm

The information below is from the above referenced article.

• A suspension period is generally a set suspension time with a beginning date and an ending date.
• A revocation or cancellation is an indefinite suspension period that requires the subject to comply/submit items to lift the revocation or cancellation of the license.
• A Disqualification disqualifies a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle, or applying for a commercial driver license. A person may still operate a non-commercial motor vehicle while under a disqualification. There is a beginning date and an ending date to the disqualification period and does not require reinstatement items to be submitted to the Department.
• A Deny Renewal means a person has been denied the renewal of their driver license or the issuance of a driver license if the person is not currently licensed, until the person submits or complies with a requirement.
• A Probation for an Administrative Suspension (i.e., Habitual Traffic Violations, Violate License Restriction) means a person's driver license suspension was probated. A probation period has a beginning date and an ending date and does not require reinstatement items to be submitted to the Department. The person is legally entitled to drive during this probationary period provided no other suspensions are in effect and the license is not expired.

Another Texas Teacher (Harris County, Houston) was charged with drug possession.  It seems that she had some Xanax (also known as bars) in the trunk of her car.  Her students believe her and are showing their support.  It seems that drug possession is on the rise in our schools and not with the students alone.

 Below is a link to the story.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090220_tnt_herrick-rally.368eaccf.html

A young child is taken in Houston, Harris County, Texas and it seems sexually assaulted.  We live in a large city with many different police forces but this type of thing (assault, sexual assault of a child) seems to be happening more and more frequently.  The child that was allegedly assaulted was about four years old. 

Below is a link to the story.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090220_tnt_sex-assault-abduction.370bed80.html

It seems like Houston, Baytown, and the rest of Harris County is getting more dangerous by the day.  Crime seems to be on the upswing in Harris County even though the numbers often show a different picture.  The vaule of human life seems to be decreasing as well.  These guys are charged with beating another student to death.  Feed below to the story.

http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090219_jj_baytown-teens-deadly-beating-court.2f3efaf5.html