Criminal Law Blog
Cop Watch: Tenaha Police Highway Robbery Scheme Subject of Fed Class Action Suit
Tenaha is a small Texas town, but it’s on a big traffic route. It sits smack dab in the pathway between Houston and Louisiana’s gambling spots, on US 59 – a highway that’s also known to be a major route for drugs being transported up from Mexico to the South and Midwest. Lotsa cash in…
JUDGE WATCH: Montgomery County Judge Sadler Slips Past DWI (For Now)
Judge Alan “Barb” Sadler over in Conroe must have slept well last night, because he’s not been charged with driving drunk. Yet. He did get himself arrested last week, though. Seems Judge Sadler was driving his 2008 Chevy Avalache on North Loop 336 over there in Conroe about 8:30 on a Wednesday evening, when he…
Jail Watch: The Other Shoe Drops for Sheriff Bill Keating of Montague County
Drive north of Dallas/Fort Worth to Denton, and keep straight as the crow flies on a northwest path and very soon, you end up in Montague County, Texas. That’s where Sheriff Bill Keating reigned as the top dog of county law enforcement until a federal investigation toppled him from power. Last Friday, the State of…
Cop Watch: Feds Say 6 Dallas Cops Lied To Put Innocent Man Behind Bars for 10 Months
First, here are the names: Lawrence Coddington Jerry Dodd David Durica David Nevitt Frank Poblenz Randy Sundquist. These six men led relatively quiet lives, until now. They were cops. They led cop lives, wore the uniform, drove the car, raised the families. They got the respect that police get these days — kids waving at…
JUDGE WATCH: Pa Juvie Judges Get $$$ Rich Off Throwing Kids In Private Jails
Well, maybe the only good thing about this story – aside from the fact that they got caught – is that these judges aren’t from Texas. Up in Pennsylvania, they’ve got private companies that run the kid jails — you know, like the ones here in Texas that we call “juvenile detention centers.” And, the…
DA Watch: Brazoria County DA Holds Back Release of Hot XXX Stuff Found On Judge's PC
There’s always a story when a judge quits his job, and this time was no different. Back on August 29th, Brazoria County Court at Law Place 3 Judge James Blackstock resigned his bench and pled “no contest” to charges of official oppression and assault of five different women. Allegations Involved Touching, Kissing, and Lewd Computer…
Cop Watch: Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez Has Been Sued
There’s a new Sheriff in town, but does she hold a grudge? Mebbe. Four Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies have sued their boss, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, along with the Executive Chief Deputy Jesse Flores, alleging that the Sheriff transferred them to yucky jobs after she got elected because they had supported her opponent in…
Crime News: Judge Charlie Baird May Exonerate a Dead Man and Give Justice to Tim Cole
Tim Cole is dead. And you should know that Tim Cole died with integrity, consistently maintaining he was innocent of the crime for which he was accused. Now, it may be time that he finally receives justice. Tim Cole Took the Hard Road – He Went to Jail Rather Than Deny His Innocence Before we…
Aggravated Assault with a Handgun Reduced to Class
2nd Degree Felony Aggravated Assault with a Handgun Case in Dallas County reduced
JUDGE WATCH: 10th Circuit Chief Justice Tom Gray of Waco Publicly Admonished by State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Judge Who Judges Judges Gets Judged. Say that three times fast. First things first, for those of you who don’t know, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals here in Texas is based in Waco and serves the surrounding Central Texas area (to be specific, 18 Texas counties are under its perview). It is a court…
