One of two teens accused of graffiti threats at Kingwood High School appears in court

KINGWOOD, TX (KTRK) -- One of two Kingwood High School students faced a judge today on graffiti charges. The 18-year-olds were arrested after racist messages and threatening graffiti were found at the high school.

These are two separate cases of graffiti in the bathrooms at the high school, each disturbing in their own way and both ending in felony charges against students.

School officials say one student drew a picture of a gun and wrote threats on bathroom walls at Kingwood High School. That student was in court to hear the charge against him -- a 3rd degree felony of exhibition of a firearm -- for the threatening graffiti police believe he drew on the walls of a Kingwood High School bathroom.

Derick Richard Montelongo, a senior at Kingwood High, is behind bars on a $250,000 bond. If he is released, he will have to wear a GPS monitor and have no contact with the officer that prosecutors say he threatened at the high school.

Last Wednesday, prosecutors say Montelongo drew a picture of a gun pointing to a stick figure with the name Officer West, saying kill Officer West and "shoot everyone at 3:07."

Assistant District Attorney Mary McFaden said, "Any type of threat in this day and age, whether or not officer or civilian, we take any complainant as serious as another."

In a separate incident just two days later on December 14, student Trent McKay Skinner was arrested for a similar offense. Police believe he scrawled neo-Nazi symbols on bathroom walls and referred to the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas. Skinner is charged with graffiti on school property.

Kingwood High School put a note out to parents saying the Montelongo situation was taken care of immediately and involved no real weapons.

"Last week, two boys' restrooms were defaced with graffiti that was offensive and threatening. The graffiti in one of the restrooms included a drawing of a gun and a message against police and the school. Acting immediately, we were able to quickly identify the student involved and conduct a search to determine that this was a case of vandalism with no actual weapons involved. We then worked with Humble ISD Police and the Harris County District Attorney's Office to ensure that the incident was appropriately addressed. That investigation resulted today in the arrest of two students, who each face a charge related to defacing school property with graffiti. Our school will not tolerate vandalism, graffiti, threatening or offensive messages. Thank you for your support of a safe and positive school environment."

In both cases, surveillance video showed the suspects going into the restrooms, and police discovered drawings of the graffiti on the students.

(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

local, elissa rivas

View the original article here

Kingwood woman charged with third DWI

Shauna Michelle Richardson, 35, is charged with driving while intoxicated.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A Kingwood woman has been charged with her third DWI.

Shauna Michelle Richardson is charged with driving while intoxicated. Police arrested Richardson Wednesday after a 911 caller witnessed her hit a curb and attempt to drive on a flat tire. Two kids, ages 2 and 4, were with her.

Just last month, she was arrested and charged with DWI after police say she nodded off in the drive-thru at McDonalds with a 4-year old in the back seat.

Richardson, 35, has two prior convictions of DWI, both in 2006.

You can read more in The Kingwood Observer, one of our Houston Community Newspaper partners.

(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

kingwood, local

View the original article here

Police searching for Kingwood home intruder

  Pooja LodhiaHOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police are on the hunt for an intruder in Kingwood after a man broke into a woman's home in the early morning hours while she was inside asleep.

It happened in a subdivision off of Kingwood Drive near the Eastex Freeway.

That woman says she hasn't slept since this happened. We promised not to identify her or her home because she is scared this intruder will come back.

According to police, somebody entered her home around 5:40am Thursday. The mother told me she was just waking up when she heard somebody in the bathroom. She thought it was one of her kids getting ready for school but it turns out, somebody had come in through her bathroom window.

"I just said, Who is in the bathroom?' thinking it was going to be one of my kids. Then a male voice answered and said, 'Shut up. I have a gun and I'll use it,' and then I didn't say anything else," the victim said. "My kids were in the house. I went to see if they were OK. It was just terrifying."

She called 911, but by the time police got there, he was gone, and the screen window was propped against the side of the house. She never even saw the man. She says he got away with a box of jewelry that was in the bathroom.

Police are now looking for him. If you have any information, call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477.

(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.) Get more Local »

local

View the original article here

Child nearly drowns in backyard pool in Kingwood

A child nearly drowned in a backyard pool in Kingwood

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A local couple is relieved to have their child safe at home tonight after a close call in a backyard pool.

Houston police say they were called the 5400 of Hickory Village in Kingwood on Friday morning after the parents of a little boy woke up and saw him missing. They frantically searched for the child and discovered him in their backyard pool.

They called for help. The child was taken out of the water and transported to a hospital.

Police say he appears to be OK.

(Copyright ©2011 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
Get more Local »

local
// perform JavaScript after the document is scriptable.OTV.common.modules.promoCarousel.promoCarouselInit("/ktrk/xml?id=5758258&ptnr=promoCarousel");

View the original article here