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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Pilot from The Woodlands arrested on child porn charge

  THE WOODLANDS, TX (KTRK) -- A man stepped off a plane Saturday and into handcuffs for charges of possessing child pornography.

The Montgomery County Precinct 3 constable's office says it found the videos at the home of Andrew Robinson of The Woodlands. Robinson is a pilot for Saudi Aramco and was out of the country.

He returned Saturday and authorities were waiting for him at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

"He was somewhat surprised," said "We believe that he had information that we were going to be waiting for him."

Robinson is in the Montgomery County Jail on three counts of possession of child pornography. The constable's office says the arrest is part of a new program targeting child predators.

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Saturday, September 8, 2012

MMA fighter arrested in Galveston on murder charge

  GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) -- An MMA fighter has been arrested and charged with murder following an 11-month investigation, say police.

Ralph "Plexin Texan" Garcia, Jr., was arrested without incident on a murder charge Wednesday. He was taken into custody while training at the Combat Sports Institute in Galveston.

The charges stem from an incident last October 13. The victim, 28-year-old Maxie Flowers, was fatally shot while riding his bicycle early in the morning in the 5400 block of Avenue L. Police believe he had some type of verbal altercation wtih Garcia, Jr., before the shooting.

The investigation is ongoing and police say there could be more charges. Garcia, Jr. is being held in the Galveston County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

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Friday, June 1, 2012

Church meeting leads to felony charge

See it on TV? Check here.   HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A 15-year-old girl told authorities that she had sex with a man she met at church last year. Now that man is facing a felony charge.

According to court documents, the girl told a deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office that she met Juan Carlos Sixtos, 25, at church last year in about March, and they had communicated on Facebook. She says the pair talked on the phone and texted daily.

In July 2011, the teen says she snuck out of her house at about 2am to meet Sixtos and had sex with him in his car. The sexual relationship reportedly continued until November.

Sixtos reportedly confessed to having sex with the teen. He is charged with sexual assault of a child under 17 years of age. Bail has been set at $30,000.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Man thrice convicted of DWI facing murder charge

Casmiro Campos, 64 Investigators believe Casmiro Campos, 64, was drunk when he crashed into the wall of a convenience store.

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man convicted of three DWIs in the last three decades now faces felony murder charges in a crash that killed his passenger.

Investigators believe 64-year-old Casmiro Campos was drunk when he crashed into the wall of a convenience store. It all happened Wednesday afternoon at South Post Oak and Anderson. Amelia Perez, 46, was ejected from his SUV and died later at the hospital.

Campos has been convicted of previous DWIs in 1985, 1987 and 1993.

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Capital murder charge filed in deadly 2008 robbery

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Detectives have filed a capital murder charge against a man accused in the fatal shooting a tow truck driver during a 2008 robbery in southwest Houston.

Police say Cesar Velasquez-Jaime acted as the getaway driver during a September 28, 2008 robbery that ended with the death of Mario Jove, a tow truck driver.

Detectives believe Velasquez-Jaime and Edgar Padron followed Jove from a tow yard to a an apartment complex in the 7000 block of Hillcroft with the intention of robbing him. The duo confronted Jove in the parking lot and started fighting over his digital camera and wallet.

According to court documents, Padron shot Jove four times and then hopped into a Ford Mustang driven by Cesar Velasquez-Jaime.

Witnesses later identified Velasquez-Jaime and Padron as the suspects.

Padron was charged with capital murder in June 2011. He is also awaiting trial on a separate capital murder charge for the fatal shooting of Saturnino Argueta during an attempted robbery on New Year's Eve in 2010. He was indicted in that case in April 2011.

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Friday, May 18, 2012

Stripper 'Pocahontas' arrested on capital murder charge in man's shooting death

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Police have arrested a stripper named "Pocahontas" in a capital murder investigation.

Luerissie Ross was arrested Tuesday morning in Katy. Police say Ross confessed to helping arrange the robbery and fatal shooting of a man in February. Officers say two friends of Ross fatally wounded Budrohoe Briscoe during the robbery. He died about two weeks later.

"We know there is another case. In that case, the victim has not chosen to cooperate with us, so we believe that others exist; others may feel uncomfortable or embarrassed about coming forward," said C.P. Abbey with HPD Homicide Division.

Besides Ross, officers have arrested another person in this case and have a third person of interest.

Ross, 20, is charged with capital murder.

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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Notorious attacker faces charge of failing to register as sex offender

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Twenty-two years ago, Pam Lychner became a crime victim, but she refused to be just a victim. She started on a mission that changed Houston and even federal laws. Well now, her attacker has been arrested again and it has to do with that crime from 1990.

William David Kelley, you could say, inspired the creation of a crime victim's group by committing crimes.

He was arrested this week and is now back behind bars. He was nabbed by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force and the sheriff's sex offender tracking squad for failure to update his address in the sex offender registry. He may never be off law enforcement's radar, and one of his victims is the reason why.

Kelley was a twice convicted sex offender when he targeted victim No. 3, a young wife and mother named Pam Lychner. She was a Realtor showing a Houston home when Kelley showed up. He choked her and tried to kidnap her, but he never counted on her husband being upstairs. We spoke to Joe Lychner by phone Friday night.

"When he was released after serving his time, I thought, well it won't be very long before he's back inside again," Joe Lychner said.

Andy Kahan was in his first few months as a victim's advocate when he met the Lychners. Kelley had been sentenced to 20 years for attempted kidnapping. He was up for parole within two years.

"And as Pam put it best, that is enough, I'm no longer cowering to this guy and I'm going to come out blazing and the rest was history," Kahan said.

From that, the Justice for All movement was born. It was founded by Pam Lychner. Her work ended the state's mandatory prison release policy and elevated the cause of crime victims' rights. The Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act of 1996, which established the National Sex Offender Registry that the FBI uses to track certain sex offenders, also is named in her honor.

Sixteen years ago, she and her two young daughters were killed in a TWA flight explosion near New York. But her work lives on, and certainly less than two years after his release from prison, Kelley is still feeling the impact of that. He's back in jail.

"What do you think Pam would be saying?" we asked Joe Lychner.

"I think she would be saying, 'I told you so,'" he said.

And in her honor....

"And we'll be done there keeping an eye on him again, and once again the eyes of Harris County, the eyes of Houston and the eyes of Texas will be on William David Kelley," Kahan said.

Kelley was required to register as a sex offender with the sheriff's office every 90 days, but hadn't done so since May 2011. Failure to do so is considered a felony crime. Kelley is being held in the county jail without bond.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Man awaiting trial faces new charge of endangering child

See it on TV? Check here.  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man already awaiting trial on a charge of aggravated assault of a public servant is facing a new charge of endangering a child.

According to court documents, on January 16 Matthew James Wolski tried to walk out of a Walmart on Fry in west Houston with a shopping cart full of items and made no attempt to pay for them. His 3-year-old child was sitting in the cart as well. Three loss prevention officers confronted Wolski when he then allegedly pushed away the officers, grabbed his child and ran.

Wolski, 22, threw his child into the backseat of his vehicle without properly restraining the child and sped away at a high rate of speed, court documents state.

The case Wolski is awaiting trial for happened in July 2011 when police responded to a report of a man, later identified as Wolski, stalking a woman in her car in the parking lot of a Walmart on Kuykendahl. When deputies arrived and approached Wolski, they say he tried to run over one of them with his car. Deputies fired shots at his car, but he got away.

He eventually crashed into some construction barrels, then ran into the woods and led deputies on a chase. Deputies later found him wounded and dehydrated in the bed of a dump truck.

Since that incident, court records show Wolski was charged with credit card abuse in August 2011. He also was charged with theft for allegedly stealing a cell phone from a person on January 8, 2012. His criminal record goes back further including convictions for indecent exposure, receiving stolen property and drug possession.

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Burglary suspect could face murder charge

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A burglary suspect is facing felony murder charges over the shooting death of his alleged accomplice in a home invasion that took place last week. But it wasn't the suspect who pulled the trigger.

The accomplice was shot and killed by a deputy who responded to the burglary. The teenage murder suspect's attorney claims the charge is heavy-handed and unfair. He says all his client did was burglarize a house -- nothing more.

Ashton Lee Smading, 18, is accused of breaking into a Katy area home with two friends last week. According to court documents, a responding deputy shot and killed one of the other suspects while they struggled over the deputy's gun. Smading fled.

Even though investigators admit he'd already run when his friend was killed by the deputy, Smading is now charged with murder.

"It was a surprise. I thought it was unnecessary," said Ed Chernoff, Smading's attorney.

He calls the charge over-reaching.

"Just because the law allows for the charge doesn't mean it's a necessary or proper charge," Chernoff said.

The Harris County District Attorney's Office says it filed the case, in part, under the "felony murder" statute.

KTRK legal analyst Joel Androphy explained, "The law says when you break in to a home, you are responsible for all the consequences, whether or not you knew exactly what was going to happen."

According to Donna Hawkins with the Harris County District Attorney's Office, "At the time the charge was filed, there was probable cause to believe that the defendant engaged in an act that was clearly dangerous to human life in the course of committing a felony. And that a man was killed during the commission of that offense."

Neighbors of the burglary victim say they're pleased to see the murder charge, hoping it might act as a deterrent.

"If that's the way the laws read, that's excellent," said neighbor Russell McCoy. "Something has to stop all this."

Smading could be sent to prison for life if convicted. The DA's Office says ultimately a grand jury will determine whether to indict Smading on this murder charge or any other charge.

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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Houston woman leads charge to help tornado victims

  HOUSTON (KTRK) -- One Houston woman has a connection to the tragedy in Joplin, and is rallying to get donations to the devastated city.

Lori Freese is the publisher of the online magazine Dish Houston. She was in the town a few weeks ago at a vigil for her grandmother. Her grandmother was in the hospital at the time of the tornado, but was luckily spared from any injuries or damage. It took Freese more than four hours to know her grandmother was safe. "You don't know if her building is OK," said Freese. "You don't know if she's OK. You don't know if she's scared, because she had been having heart episodes because she had been having heart episodes every time she got scared."

Freese is hoping to gather donations of clothing, diapers, and other necessary materials. You can drop off those locations at both Katz's Deli locations on Westheimer and in The Woodlands.

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