Bathroom graffiti threat lands teen in felony trouble

  KINGWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- An 18-year-old high school student is facing a felony charge over a threat involving guns, in the form of bathroom graffiti.

Last Wednesday, the principal of Kingwood High School, following up on a tip, discovered threatening graffiti on a bathroom wall. Court documents state that the drawing was of a gun pointing to a stick figure, with the name of an Humble ISD police officer, and stated "Kill Officer West." Other drawings also showed violence against officers, and one writing referred to shooting everyone at KHS.

Officials reviewed surveillance video from the hallway outside the restroom and interviewed witnesses to narrow down a time frame in which the graffiti appeared. They pulled Derick Richard Montelongo out of class and reportedly discovered in his possession several drawings that matched the ones in the restroom, as well as a marker matching the graffiti.

Montelongo, 18, is charged with exhibition of firearms, a felony charge. Bail has been set at $10,000 for the case.

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Hidden camera discovered in Hobby Airport bathroom

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Violated -- that's how dozens of women feel after a hidden camera was discovered in one of the restrooms at Hobby Airport. The camera was discovered in a secure area used by employees, so travelers never came across it.

Houston police are investigating the discovery. It's made many female employees at Hobby Airport very uncomfortable and as we told travelers what happened, it was alarming to them, too.

For one Houston Hobby Airport employee, going to work hasn't been the same the past few days.

"It was in a secure area. How can that happen to us?" said the employee, who did not want to be identified.

It's a discovery that left female employees speechless.

"I didn't know what to say. I was like, 'Oh my God, a camera,'" she said.

This employee says she saw a wire coming out of what appeared to be an old thermostat but didn't think much about it until another employee took a closer look and could even see the lens of the hidden camera.

"That's your most private moment in the whole wide world is in the bathroom. You don't even share that with your husband, and all of us ladies are completely devastated over that," the employee told us.

Houston police say the camera has been removed and the vice division is now investigating how it got there.

"I feel like a victim. I've been totally violated," the employee said.

Investigators say the camera in the bathroom is a criminal violation, and while this one was discovered in an employee restroom, female travelers throughout the entire airport were disturbed when we told them about the discovery.

"That's absolutely scary. I'm from Atlanta and that's been in the news there as well, so I hope this isn't a disturbing trend about Peeping Toms," traveler Janet Hill said.

"I think it's awful. I think they probably need to make sure that all of the restrooms are cleared out," traveler Pamela Barrett said.

"If it's that easy for them to get into the employee restroom, how easy would it be to get into any restroom or any place that it's supposed to be private, a fitting room?" traveler Charla St. Amant said.

This employee says she is speaking on behalf of the many women with whom she works.

"I want him to go to jail. I want him to go to jail for what he has done to us," the employee said.

The Houston Airport System is referring all comments to investigators.

If you have any information, you are asked to call Houston police.

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Newborn found dead in motel bathroom

Police say the newborn was found in a toilet at a motel and the mother is being questioned.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are investigating the death of a newborn baby who was found in a motel bathroom last night.

It happened around 8pm at the West Airport Inn Suites on West Airport in Fort Bend County. Investigators say police were called about a woman who delivered the baby in the bathroom. The mother was taken to the hospital.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused the baby's death.

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High school student accused of recording video of classmate in school bathroom

  PASADENA, TX (KTRK) -- A local high school student is accused of recording video of a classmate in their school bathroom without his consent.

Jimmy Hernandez is charged with improper photography/visual recording. According to court documents, on April 23 Pasadena police responded to a report of someone recording students in a bathroom at South Houston High School. A 16-year-old student told police he was in the boys bathroom when he saw Hernandez, who is one of his classmates, taking video of him with his phone.

Police say a witness also saw Hernandez recording the victim and told police that he heard Hernandez say he was going to put the video on Facebook.

Court documents state another witness told police that Hernandez shot video of the victim above the bathroom stall and that Hernandez showed him part of the video.

Police say Hernandez, 17, admitted to recording video of the victim in the bathroom and they say they located said video on Hernandez's cell phone.

Bond has been set at $2,000.

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Pearland school lockdown lifted after stranger seen in bathroom

Carleston Elementary School was on lockdown Wednesday morning after a student saw a strange man near a school bathroom

  PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- A lockdown has been lifted at a Pearland elementary school after a student saw a strange man inside a school bathroom.

The lockdown lasted for nearly an hour and a half at Carleston Elementary School on Harkey. Pearland police say a fourth grader said they saw an unknown man inside a school bathroom at around 10:40am and immediately reported the incident to school officials.

Police arrived on the scene, a perimeter was set up and a room by room search was begun to account for everyone in the building.

Pearland ISD said the lockdown was precautionary. It was lifted at around noon.

No stranger was ever located and the scene is now cleared.

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