Results tagged “classc”

Remember Pedro Espinoza-Escama, the man who police charged with helping his girlfriend sell her two teenage daughters into prostitution? Well, if you happen to run into him on the street, you really should call HPD: It seems someone accidentally released Espinoza-Escama from a city jail early Friday morning. Oops!

Something we missed last week that should be of interest to those of us who don't really care for getting traffic tickets: Legislation on its way through the state Legislature would relax a state law that makes it illegal to cover any part of a license plate. The law, which the Legislature passed in 2003, outlawed covering any part of a license plate. It was a response to the problem of people breezing through automated...

The Chronicle is reporting that ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling was arrested and accused of public intoxication in Dallas earlier this month — but he won't go to jail for violating the terms of his bond. Skilling was arrested in the early morning of Sept. 9 in the 3600 block of McKinney Avenue; he wasn't drinking at the time and didn't resist arrest. Public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor, carries a fine of up to $500; Skilling got a $385 ticket and was briefly held in a city jail.

Seems we're never in the right place at the right time — yesterday, for example, we weren't downtown when the egg-hurling City Council groupie Robert Horton let another egg fly, missing Mayor Bill White while the mayor was talking about ways to ease city traffic.

Details are starting to come out about HPD's new chase policy, which bars officers from chasing minor traffic offenders who refuse to stop and gives them the option of chasing major offenders, according to the Chronicle. If you didn't know there was a new policy, well, you're not alone: KHOU reports that it learned about the policy change when frustrated police officers began calling the station last night — there was apparently no official word...

So you've probably heard about the recent spate of alligator attacks in Florida, right? Yeah, nasty stuff. Fortunately, if you should find yourself be-bopping through some wetlands in the near future, KHOU has some tips on how to keep yourself from becoming gator food. After what we're sure was hours of research, Channel 11 offers the following advice based on a visit to Brazos Bend State Park, which has some gators of its own:...

More than two dozen local middle and high school students were arrested today while protesting changes in U.S. immigration law. It happened on South Post Oak near Gasmer when police tried to round up about 80 students from Madison High School and Dowling Middle School. Some of the students ran into traffic, through construction sites and into an apartment complex, KPRC reported, and police ended up arresting 26 of them for breaking truancy laws. "We...

The city has finally chosen a company to run its red-light camera system: American Traffic Solutions, which runs similar systems in cities including New York, Seattle and Philadelphia. HPD recommended American Traffic Solutions to City Council yesterday, and the police department will draft a contract with the company during the next month for Council approval.