COLDSPRING 12/9/2024

SJC DA DOES NOT BLOCK RECORDS

Two local citizens zealous of accountability and transparency in our local government did have opportunity to visit with SJC DA, Todd Dillon yesterday.  One of the citizens had requested open records from both the SJC  Treasurer and Auditor egarding the financial records proving Sam Houston's "Waggin Tails" dawg non profit is submitting the fees and monies due to the county from the county's animal control program to the county as required by law.  Both women deferred to DA Todd Dillon as the one who would allow the records to be provided but neither woman has made any records available.

    DA Dillion did assure the two citizens that he was not going to block them and even stated, "You will get the records", according to the men.  "They are just having trouble finding them." Dillon added to explain the past legal limit delay in providing the requested records.

12/10/2024 COLDSPRING 

SJC CHIEF DEPUTY JOLLY IN THE WINGS?

Consistant but unofficial sources state that a significant number of the deputies and jailers that work for SJC Sheriff, Greg Capers are not going to stay on with Sam Houston at the helm. 

It has been circulated that Sam Houston is going to hire aman named, Jolly to be his chief deputy.  If he is the Jolly that worked in Humble for years, that Officer Jolly has a good reputation as an able and fair man.  

Sources close to the 

COLDSPRING 

LANGUAGE OF DISMISSAL

Below is a snip out of the motion to dismiss that was granted throwing out the contested sheriff race lawsuit.

12/7/2024 HARRIS COUNTY

 ARREST MADE IN MURDER CASE

According to official sources in the Houston Police Dept, Alex Calderon was arrested and charged in the murder of the burned body left in Pct 3 of SJC just under a month ago.  He was arrested and charged in the 262nd District Court of Harris County, Cause Number 1894138.  

11/2/2024 UPDATE

MURDER VICTIM IDENTIFIED

The burned remains of the body discovered in Pct 3 are those of an hispanic subject out of Houtson, Texas.  The name is being with held pending notification of next of kin but the body has been positively identified based on medical records obtained by the investigating agency.  "It was probably a Houston murder  and the body was brought to Pct 3 to be disposed of." observed one investigator.   The gender of the victim remains a bit murky but should be released after the family is notified.

BURNED OUT TRUCK MURDER STORY

UPDATE 11/22/2024

Photographic evidence obtained by The Sentinel from a long time source seems to show a woman's purse partially burned in the back floorboard of the burned out truck discovered in Pct 3 almost two weeks ago.  No return on the autopsy yet and no confirmation of identity or gender but the skeletal remains are obviously of a smaller person.   The burned purse lends to the suspicion that the victim is a female.  The position of the bones does fit with someone having been tied up.

   Our comment about no other stories about the incident were indicative of a very close to the vest investigation as opposed to it being on a back burner.  The string of text messages and photos taken before law enforcement was notified have been made available to investigators.  We are hopeful for a quick resolution to this mystery. 

UPDATE 11/13/2024

After the vehicle cooled enough to get some identifiers off of it, the ownership led back to a possible connection to a missing persons case in Houston.  HPD is one of the agencies involved in the investigation.  We are expecting to see a press release soon with what little information is available for release.  

11/10/2024PCT 3 SJC  MURDER VICTIM IN BURNED VEHICLE

A hunter in a rural part of SJC discovered the burned out remains of a pick up truck with a body burned beyond recognition in the back seat.  "It appeared that the victim was tied up in the back seat." one investigator shared with The Sentinel.

   An autopsy was ordered.  It was not immediatly apparent if the victim was a male or female according to sources.  As of this writing, no matching missing person report has been made known.  There was a Toyota emblem at the scene but no confirmation that is the make of vehicle yet.   The vehicle was discovered in the area of Shell Oilfield Road near FM 945.

REAL ENEMY OUTLINED

AFTER SEEKING COUNSEL, The Sentinel will provide the original Power Point file to any who arrange  to obtain it from us but will not publish the video until more redaction takes place to avoid a "DOXing" law suit.  

    The file 0proves that hundreds of people were allowed and even encouraged to vote illegally.  The most agregious were the ones allowed to register AND VOTE the day of the election.  

Sam Houston's election is the biggest scam imposed on the People of East Texas in years.  The fix was in from the get go on the lawsuit from the judge that was appointed to the special prosecutor who wasn't.    they know but NO ONE from FBI on down seems to give piece of pig poop about it.  

    Oh Well.  it is what it is.  The Sentinel hereby issues the 1st Annual, "MAKIN BACON' Award to this whole election mess.  What an indictment of the criminal so called "justice" system.  ,   More like "Just Us" as one ardent advocate often stated. 

The Sentinel, yours truely takes full credit for the concept of the Makin Bacon Award photo but several contributed to the overall product.  First I found the pig picture on a hag farmer website.  Then  another found the cowboy hatand human ears on a Woody Wallace ad or FB publication that fit the hawg perfetly.  After sharing that photo with another photography expert, he found and imported the mirror shades to complete the conceptional idea.  We haven't confirmed but suspect the mirror shades were snipped right out of the, "Cool Hand Luke" movie.  

UPDATED 12/2/2024

SAN JACINTO COUNTY  11/22/2024

TEXAS RANGERS INVESTIGATE 'WAGGIN TAILS'

The DAWG Money' non profit established under the name of Sam Houston's wife is being investigated for financial misconduct per documents obtained from the Texas Attorney General.  A concerned citizen recently requested of SJC Auditor, Margie Ainsworth and Treasurer, Dee Dee Baily for an accounting of all of the contributions to SJC that the dawg money operation has made in the form of adoption fees, etc.  Auditor Ainsworth, who was fired from Polk County for illegal and unethical auditing practices there, nor SJC Treasurer Dee Dee Baily agreed to answer the request stating that they would have to run it by the DA.  

   Normally, only the local DA's in Texas counties assign a Texas Ranger to a case but this assignment comes from the DPS Asst Director according to a string of emailsbetwen investigators and the Texas Attorney General's office.

   In an interview with the lead C.I.D. investigator into the Dawg non profit, Agent DelGado was asked if his ongoing investigation was called off when the election contest case was thrown out.  He stated, "I heard there was a trial of some sort but I did not keep up with it because it had no bearing on my investigation.".        

When I asked him if there was a Texas Ranger on the case as indicated in the emails from him that I had obtained, Delgado stated that he would confirm that there was an investigation but would not give specifics about the investigation but did state again that, "Nothing changed" when the lawsuit was thrown out.

    On another note, Steve 'no draw' McGraw is out and one of his deputy directors, Freeman Martin has been SWORN IN as Texas Dept of Public Safety Director.

12/3/2024

T.C.O.L.E. SPOKESMAN CLARIFIES

Questions posed by several journalists and investigators concerning the exact status of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (T.C.O.L.E.) license held by former Pct 3 Constable, Sam Houston were addressed by T,C.O.L.E. officials today.  

COLDSPRING11/24/2024 

FBC CHURCH PASTOR RESIGNS

Effective immediatly, Phil Herrington has resigned as senior pastor of the Coldspring First Baptist Church.    A fellowhip dinner and business meeting will be held Sunday evening, Dec 1st to make decisions on the path forward.    

KEN PAXTON KICKS MOHAMAD'S BUTT FOR 160 MILLION

ERIC ZELAYA is the name of the murder victim found in Sam Houston's Pct.  The autopsy report states 'male' according to our source.    We were able to confirm gender and exact name.  According to an official source in the SJC Sheriff Dept, the Houston Police Homocide division has taken full control of the investigation and evidence.  HPD is keeping details close to the vest.   There are leads being followed up on and they hope for a break in the case soon.  The Sentinel did provide the little bit of evidence that had been submitted to us.  We hope to be notified when an arrest is made.  

SJC Harrell Rd 11/21/2024

METH DEALERS BUSTED

A "Swoop in" style drug raid was carried out on Harrell Rd in SJC yesterday just before noon with nearly a dozen law enforcment units decending on the location at once.  A reliable LEO source in SJC confirmed toThe Sentinel that several ounces of meth were seized.  The operation was based on information and a search warrant out of Walker County and according to Walker County booking reports, several were arrested and charged with posession of controlled substance yesterday after noon.  

    The raid took place at 1101 Harrell Rd on a property that belongs to Lawana Brown according to CAD files.   There was no listing of a Lawana Brown in the booking report.

  arrested were:

70 year old William Johnson, 38 year old Tyler Beaver, 41 year old Tiffany Martinez, and 34 Year old Tamara Cox for various charges ranging from evading arrest to manufacture  and distribution of a controlled substance.  There were arrests for felon in posession of a firearm and several outstanding warrants from Trinity Co and SJC. 

    Walker County Sheriff Clint McRae thanked all who participated in the investigation and operation.  They were, Montgomery County Narcotic Enforcement Team, Huntsville P.D., SWAT and the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Dept.  Well done all around.   One neighbor had observed activity lately comparable to a, "Sonic drive in".  

11/19/2024 POLK CO

ARRENDONDO FAMILY HARASSES MARINE

Several complaints of intentional confrontation and harassment by members of the John Arrendondo family against Phillip McCulloch Jr have been made to the Polk Co S.O. with not much response according to sources close to the event.  Trespassing up to and including allegations of killing livestock on the McCulloch property along with intentional efforts to run McCulloch off the road have been reported to the S.O. and relayed to The Sentinel.  Stalking of McCulloch by the Arrendondo family is being reported. The back story in on the POLK COUNTY page.  

   The Silver Star Marine has hired a local attorney, William Lee Hon  to defend him on the Agg Assault charges.  

11/21/2024

PUBLIC RECORDS PROVE CRIMES

Once the Election Contest suit was  dismissed by Judge McCaig, the evidence collected in the investigation was obtained via open records request.  The evidence proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that several hundreds of  illegal voters were registered and illegal votes cast in the primary race for SJC Sheriff.  Illegal votes that far exceed the 107 vote margin of difference between the two candidates.

   It has become clear why the Election Administrator and her staff resigned suddenly and retained a criminal defense attorney immediatly.  

  A recent NEWS STORY  many have seen of the election judge in Minnosota or some yankee state being arrested and charged with felony crimes for allowing unregistered voters to cast their ballots bring the local issue to the forefront.  

SJC  ELECTION  INVESTIGATION WIDENS AND NARROWS

    A fairly broad spectrum of evidence is leading to a narrow conclusion or two.

   Just like a prism divides white light into separate colors, scrutiny has spread the evidence into distinct categories.

   One of the categories appears to be the, "right under your nose" category.  

Judge McCaig said in his opening remarks at the initial hearing, "I have read the origitnal petitions.  I've read the answers.  I've read the motion for summary judgement and I've read the response to it.  so whnever you begin your arguement, use that as kind of a basis. I know you are going to want to lay some foundation which is fine, I'll give you every opportunity that you need to do that with that said, let's get on with it."

The EXACT language of paragraph III of the original petition covered venue and JURISDICTION and said this:

Now when it is embarassing what happened and no one in power seems to want to let the evidence get to court.  Now he lacks jurisdiction?

PCT 3  TRAILS END 10/25/2024

MAJOR DRUG BUST FROM TRAFFIC STOP

3 sharp eyed intuitive lawmen from SJC Sheriff Dept initiated a traffic stop in Pct 3 on a big rig coming out of the Trails End subd section of Sam Houston's  constable jurisdiction.  The lawman, once again was NOT Sam.  It was three of Sheriff Capers hires.  Over 200 lbs of weed were disguised and hidden in a load but to no avail.  It was detected.  John Rodriguez was arrested and booked in SJC for posession of greater than 50 lbs and less than 2000 lbs.  He was transported to the Polk Co jail where he is awaiting arraignment.  

    Polk Co Sheriff, Byron Lyons' staff REFUSED TO release the public information of name and charge of someone in his jail.  They required me to submit an open records request and wait ten days.  Why am I not surprised?   The best I could get was a dead end call to a voice mailbox for Sherry Sprayberry.  Byron hasn't gotten the memo that who you have locked up, their name and the nature of the charges against them is always public record.  The day the criminal justice system does not have to give that information on demand has NOT gotten here yet.  

    Using a technique my dad taught me, I knew the answer before I asked the question.  The absolute apaque nature of the Polk Co Sheriff's office is dispicable and does nothing but widen the gap of distrust.  

    The fact that he was coming out of Sam Houston's jurisdiction proves once again that  is a distribution point for the drugs.  Sentinel readers will remember when Sheriff Capers and his dept busted a grow house that had been operating right under Sam Houston and Sparta's nose for quite a while.  Now that we know Sparta was dating and then assaulting a known heavy drug trafficker, maybe other people are starting to see what I have known for years.  SAM HOUSTON is CORRUPT.  The repeated allegations are that Sammy boy is on the take from the Mexican CArtels and the total lack of arrests by him that would negate those allegations speaks volumes.  

   CORRECTION TO MY original story.  It was three SJC deputies that spotted the load, not just one.

To: Press Release

Date: 10/25/2025

Subject: Drug Seizure/Arrest

On 10/25/2024 just after midnight San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputies conducted a traffic stop of a commercial vehicle near Lee Turner and Trails End Roads. 

 An investigation resulted in the seizure of exactly 283.8lbs of packaged marijuana. According to a bill of lading found in the impounded vehicle, a commercial load was being delivered to a location in the Northeastern U.S. The cash street value of this drug shipment is $2.2 million in that area according to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) drug task force. The 2003 Peterbilt truck and trailer were impounded for further investigation. John Rodriquez, a 54yoa male, was taken into custody for Felony Possession of Marijuana. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Randy Ellisor has set bond for Mr. Rodriquez at $600,000 with the following conditions:              

1. He is not allowed to leave Texas or the United States. 2. He must surrender his passport. 3. Report in once a month until trial.

  Due to the alert actions of Patrol Lieutenant R. Nash, Deputy Hughes and Sergeant Saintes yet another load of dangerous drugs was intercepted. This incident is another example of the large quantity of illegal drugs which flow through San Jacinto County.

I encourage anyone who has information concerning illegal drugs, human trafficking or criminal offenses to please contact the San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office (936)653-4367 or call Multi-County Crime Stoppers at (800)392-7867.

Greg Capers

Sheriff

San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office

As Sheriff of San Jacinto County, I, Greg Capers, am very pleased to issue the following two very important announcements concerning Law Enforcement Operations and equipment acquisition.

On the 14^th of June 2023 the San Jacinto County Commissioner’s Court met in session with myself and other Texas Sheriffs from across Texas.  With overwhelming support from the public, the Court approved a Local Disaster Declaration. This Declaration acknowledged, over 3.4 million illegal aliens had unlawfully entered the United States. Customs and Border Protection had discovered 108 known terrorists and 107,622 American citizens killed by opioids and fentanyl which has been smuggled into the USA along with human trafficking organizations.

This Disaster Declaration requested the aid of the Texas Governor for assistance to stop this declared “invasion” and to use all lawful available resources granted under the Texas and United States Constitutions.

A major response to this request for aid came in the form of a special Task Force grant referred to as “Operation Lone Star”. This state grant is provided at STATE EXPENSE to enable County Sheriff’s to hire officers, purchase equipment and organize multi-agency task forces to combat this “invasion” of drugs and human trafficking. This grant will enable law enforcement to create a team of personnel from San Jacinto County and adjoining counties in which multiple agencies work together in a coordinated effort to combat this activity.

At my direction the Sheriff’s Office staff undertook the massive challenge to apply for the grant, make tentative operational planning, and complete the many bureaucratic requirements necessary for the award of the grant. I personally coordinated with County, State and Federal officials in this huge undertaking.

It is my honor, as your Sheriff to announce the Operation Lone Star (OLS) grant for $1,260,589.26 HAS BEEN  AWARDED to San Jacinto County and the Sheriff’s Office as requested. This is GREAT news for the people of San Jacinto County and our surrounding communities. I look forward to implementing this task force as soon as possible and am extremely proud of the support from County Judge Fritz Faulkner and County Commissioners who approved this measure. I also offer my heartfelt gratitude to the several hundred citizens of San Jacinto County who urged and supported the passage of this measure.

In addition to that outstanding news, I have one other announcement of great importance concerning the recent approval by Commissioners Court to purchase new patrol units for deputies. The funding will tentatively cover the cost of five new Chevrolet Tahoe Police pursuit vehicles. These are vehicles specially designed for the grueling conditions faced by law enforcement vehicles. Myself and my staff worked diligently for several years to see this request to fruition. After careful deliberation and research, San Jacinto County Commissioners have approved the purchase in a show of support for the Sheriff’s Office and law enforcement efforts in our county. I am happy to once again give my appreciation to the public and County Commissioners for helping the Sheriff’s Office and the citizens of San Jacinto County achieve our common goals of improving law enforcement service in San Jacinto County. 

Respectfully,

Greg Capers, Sheriff

San Jacinto County Sheriff’s Office

AUSTIN 10/24/2024

GOV ABBOT AWARDS LONE STAR GRANT

SAN JACINTO COUNTY SHERIFF, GREG CAPERS has been successful in his leadership and efforts toward winning the LONE STAR Grant for SJC Sheriff's Dept  and an opportunity to crank up The Lone Star Task force for this part of Texas.  The breaking news is welcomed by Sheriff Capers and many who helped and encouraged him to press  forward in the 3 year process.

" the Operation Lone Star grant comes directly from the Governor’s Office and is for use by Sheriffs to help fund pro-active law enforcement task force operations targeting border related crimes (e.g. cartel linked crimes such as humans smuggling, narcotics trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and other complex crimes with a nexus to the border).  This grant will help start a task force that will begin operations in a four (4) county area North of Houston (San Jacinto, Polk, Liberty, and Montgomery Counties) with growth into additional counties expected once the task force is formalized.  There are already OLS Sheriff’s task force operations ongoing in South Texas and West Texas.  This new task force is one of two newly funded Sheriff’s task forces with the other spinning up in Central Texas based in the Waco area."

UPDATE 10/16/2024

RANGERS INVESTIGATE

Calls placed to Onalaska PD Chief, Byron Dunaway  have gone unanswered or returned.  Other sources indicate that the SRO has been placed on Administrative Leave as is normal under these type circumstances.  We have been able to confirm that the Texas Rangers are conducting an investigation and that the area in which the weapon was discharged is normally under video and audio recording.  We know already that the DA's office will be reluctant to discuss the case but we made a call to them anyway.  

    One LEO source indicates the case will be referred to the Grand Jury under Penal Code 22.041 (b) A person commits an offense if the person, having custody, care, or control of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, intentionally abandons the child or individual in any place under circumstances that expose the child or individual to an unreasonable risk of harm.

    According to records, The City of Onalaska issued a Glock 40 to the SRO, a gun with NO positive lock SAFETY mechinism.  

 No one has even mentioned charging the student, Ms. (Olgletree) Tompkins under the Penal Code 38.14 Sec. 38.14. TAKING OR ATTEMPTING TO TAKE WEAPON FROM PEACE OFFICER

That crime is a 3rd degree felony.

We did reach out to the Onalaka school Supt and found out the area is under audio and video cameras.  We have not been able to confirm if the Rangers obtained that evidence yet but presume they did.  

ONALASKA

STUDENT GRABS SCHOOL COP'S GUN

An Onalaska school student grabbed at a School Resource Officer's (SRO) gun causing a 'negligent discharge' of his weapon during an after hours school function on school grounds.  The narrative on facebook and other sources indicates she had challenged the officer about grabbing his gun to which he replied, "you can't, it is locked into the holster" referencing the, 'snap in' function of the hard plastic style holster.  According to sources, she grabbed at the weapon and it was his struggle to prevent it that caused the discharge.

    Critics claim he should not have been talking to the student at all.  The student is from an influential family so lets see where this goes.  The officer has never had a complaint made against him to The Sentinel.  

IONOS COMES THROUGH WITH IP INFO

A comprehensive list of the IP addresses of the devices that have tried to log into this wesite control panel that includes the date range of the 11 hack attacks was received at the sThe sentinel offices this morning,.  Thankyou IONOS Legal Team.

UPDATE

IONOS Legal team has agreed to a records search for the information we are requesting regarding the Internet Protocol address of the device used to attack this website.  They have already confirmed that the information we already have showing Onalaska as the geo location is accurate.  The actual IP address of the particular device will take a deeper dive into archive records  that the legal team has agreed to undertake.  

7/30/2024  ONALASKA/POINTBLANK

SOMEBODY DONE IT

After receiving the notice of attacks on my website, www.sentinelalert.com, a cyber sleuth volunteer extrapolated the below data off of my web site analytics page as the last ten log ins.  Accordingly, he adentified, 'Windows NT as a version employed by many municipalities that have multiple devices networked together.  Further research show Edge 126 and 127 are also written for networking systems.  That indicates that at least two computers on the, "Onalaska" geolocated server attempted to hack into our website.

    Following  good advice, we are seeking IP addresses for the router(s) these attacks generated from.  If they are indeed, City of Onalaska, we will open records request the data from their files to determine the likely perpetrator.  "All it tells me is they have something to hide and are scared" was the both of our observations on the matter.  Stay tuned for more on this story.

7/19/2024 ONALASKA

NEW POLICE CHIEF NAMED

Byron Dunaway, a former PCSO deputy has been hired as the police chief for the City of Onalaska and has now been on the job for two days.  Former Chief, Jessica Stanton has taken a job with the Polk County Sheriff's Office.  In an interview, she touted, "Politics" as the reason for her departure when asked by an investigative journalist but friends claim on FB that it was just for, "a better opportunity".  

    Our last investigation by open records request into Byron Dunaway showed no complaints or reprimands in his file before the one The Sentinel submitted in writing to sheriff Ken Hammack.  I just have to wonder if that one  made it into his file.  Dunaway and I had a run in over here in SJC while he was in uniform and a marked patrol vehicle for Polk Co. S.O. when he tried to be a bully me and push his weight around in my county.  Dunaway found out quick that The Sentinel pushes back.  We have not had anymore complaints since then.  

7/18/2024 ANGELINA COUNTY

STUA TAKES OUT DA, AIMS FOR JUDGES

Greetings to the Judges of Angelina County,

On October 19, 2018, I sent an email to multiple Judges of Angelina County notifying them I was going to sue them.  A copy of that email is contained in the attachments.  The name of the file is “2019-10-28 Filed No. 2019-0291 Defendant's Amended Motion for Recusal of Trial Judges .pdf.”  See pages 4-5.  I was arrested for false charges for a Facebook live video that I produced and broadcasted on December 6, 2018.  I believe the arrest was the corroborative effort and conspiracy involving Doug Conn, Judge Ball, Judge Inselmann, Joe Martin, and Judge White.  While I don’t directly accuse Judge Cassels or Janet Cassels in the conspiracy, their actions over the years contributed to the arrest.  Both of them sought to demonize me for requesting public information.   They couldn’t go within 1000 feet of the aforementioned Judges without telling them how bad I was and that I would harm them as well.  They set the stage for the events that happen regarding the false arrest at a minimum. 

In today’s previous email, I sent a notice of intent to sue. I am anticipating false charges as before.  Be well advised anyone that involves themselves in a conspiracy to falsely arrest me will see a different result than the last time.   I am well prepared and will make sure the property authorities are notified or others will on my behalf. 

7/17/2024 COLDSPRING

Commissioners Court did NOT act on the resignation letter of Vicki Shelly today and will consider the issue at the next meeting instead.  

    The integrity of our Election Administrator is top notch. No one, including SheriffCapers has questioned her integrity as she has earned and retains the trust and respect of every elected official I know.  Something is out of whack because no candidate has come from behind in early voting to win on election day in the last 40 years that I know of.  The massive influx of new voter registrations is also an oddity.  Ms Shelly is in the same position as the county clerk.  If someone brings in a deed that is signed and notarized, by law, she has to file it.  Same with voters registrations.  If they "moved" to SJC, they have a right to register.  It is the ones that didn't move but just said they did that interferred with our election.  People like Peter Sparta who lied on his voter registration and his application to be on the ballot in the constable race.  

     To give you an inkling of the stickler for election laws that Ms. Shelly is, during the first election Donald Trump was in, one of her long time trusted election workers named Ed Trump was not allowed to wear his name tag with Trump on it in the polling place.  He was just 'Ed' that day.  This last election, Sam Houston Electric workers were not allowed to wear company shirts into the polls because they had the same name as a candidate printed on their work shirts.    I know Ms. Shelly is frustrated and tired of the constant barrage of questions and accusations from those who want to place blame but it is my hope that the commissioners will not accept her resignation too quickly.  If Ms. Shelly can just hold on until after the hearing in August and if the judge lets the evidence speak,  the truth will come out.  There is no doubt that the influx of "new voters" that registered here and voted and then moved their registration back to their home county speaks volumes about the cheating going on.  No one I know wants to just re run the election.  They all want to know what actually happened to make this race so beyond the normal SJC election.

    Please Ms. Shelly, temper your frustration with some more patience.  We don't want to lose a great Election Administrator.  

7/15/2024 COLDSPRING

ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR SUBMITS RESIGNATION

Long time SJC Election Administrator, Vicki Shelly submitted her letter of resignation this afternoon just weeks before the hearing scheduled for Aug 5th, to determine if the sheriff's race will be overturned.   Commissioners Court is having an emergency meeting this Wednesday.    The conditions at the jail are, I am sure, the main agenda item.  Sentinel readers and long time residents will remember that SJC Sheriff, Greg Capers has been warning the commissioners of the need for a new jail for years.  Under Capers leadership, the jail has produced income for several years.  That will cease  and be replaced by added expenditures to Polk and Walker County for housing our inmates now.  The projected time fame is three to six months tentatively.  

EMS RADIO TRAFFIC FROM BUTLER CO WHEN DJ TRUMP SHOT

7/15/2024 COLDSPRING

SJC JAIL SUFFERS FROM ROOF LEAKS

A problem that has plagued the SJC Jail since it was constructed has reared it's costly ugly head  forcing commissioners court to seek repair bids again.  

    High winds from the recent storm lifted the roof up causing major damage and the building has been condemned for human habitation by the jail commission according to county sources, forcing the movement of all inmates to other jails.  According to one source, it was, "raining inside" the building.  

    In order to keep the inmates safe, the moves were necessary.  We did interview two commissioners that did not know the extent of damages 

   Inmates have been moved to Polk County and Walker County.  Our jailers are working the Polk County facility because Polk Co did not have enough jailers to meet the jail standards with the sudden influx of SJC inmates.

A  Bad Conduct Discharge (BCD) often makes it difficult to find employment unless the supervisor decides to overlook the BCD.

Also, there is a complete loss of military benefit because congress does not recognize those with a BCD as veterans.

THE BIG CHICKEN DINNER

as the less than honorable discharge is referred to by the real marines.  

FINAL ANSWER ON BODY CAM

Another responsive and informative call from Matt Parish, LPD Chief of Police in Livingston got to the crux of the matter.  "She (defendant) has the right to revoke consent for you to see the video anytime just like she has the right to revoke consent to search her vehicle anytime."  Chief clarified that the LPD consent to view  form's language not only documented her consent to let us view the body cam footage, it also informs her of her right to withdraw or revoke consent in the midst of the viewing.  "She might remember there is something she doesn't really want you to see and stop it" Parish added, "and she has that right"

    Our discussion continued a little more when Chief Parish offered to play the  portion of the audio of her and Officer Stuart's initial interaction.   Not only was Officer Stuart professional, courteous and accomodating just as chief stated I would see, the driver plainly gives consent to search the bag.  Not just once but twice.  Just as predicted in the first story written about this incident, a conclusive finding that LPD Officer Stuart did conduct himself within dept policy has to reaffirm the public trust and confidence that the P.D. holds.   

UPDATE 6/14/2024

SENTINEL TO VIEW BODY CAM

A written statement by the driver involved in the traffic stop over 'defective' license plate lights has signed a written statement authorizing us to view the body cam footage of the stop and arrest.  The only remaining contention is whether the officer obtained consent from the driver to search her purse.  She says he didn't.  Lt. Parish says he did and the BWC footage will prove it.  We are seeking opportunity to take advantage of Chief Parish's offer to let us view that BWC with written permission.  Stay tuned for the results of this effort at determining the Truth.

UPDATE 6/16/2024

LPD MODIFIES  REQUIREMENT

A previous offer to allow Sentinel to review the body cam of an arrest with a written release from the defendant  was "modified" to the requirement that the defendant come into the station in person amd sign a form they prescribe.  What started as a simple, "written permission" has evolved into an intimidating hoop jumping opportunity for the PD to present the fine print.  The Lt.'s  Contention that it is a reqirement is not expressed in the code pertaining to open records.  It is the individual agencies right to release what they decide to release barring personal identifiers.  Just calling me and playing the section of audio Lt Parish claims exonerates his officer would suffice.  Instead, one more hurdle is put in placebetween us and getting to the truth with proof . . . . our favorite kind.

6/13/2024 LIVINGSTON

PD OFFERS COMPROMISE ON RECORDS

After aknowledging that although the license plate lights were lit up the night of the stop, Lt. Matt Parish of the LPD noted that they were, "grungy".  He correctly stated that the law requires the plate to be able to be read from 50 feet away.  (Transportation code 547.322)Parish contends that the lights were not illuminating the plate sufficiently to meet the legal requirements.  As for the search of the driver's purse, Lt. Parish did offer to let The Sentinel review the BWC footage as long as the driver would consent to it in writing.  Parish contends that his officer did plainly ask for and was granted permission to search the purse on video before he found the little bags of white powder.  Parish shared that if we took opportunity to review the tape, we would not only hear the request to search and consent given but would also see a very professional and courteous officer that conducted  a good stop on the vehicle.  

    "I am all for transparency" Parish said, "but I do have an obligation to preserve the evidence in the case as well."

     Lt. Parish and I have had other interactions over the years and my experience is that he is a man of his word and that he will back his officers all the way when they are right.  

    We will advise the defendant of the fair offer that LPD has made and see where that leads. My money would be on the tape saying exactly what Lt. Parish says it says but our obligation at The Sentinel is to seek the truth.  We did contact the LPD prior to the story being written and were met with the OAG opinion.  We had evidence the lights were working and went with the proof we had.  As publisher of The Sentinel, I do appreciate anytime someone will make contact so we might both be fully informed.  My prayer has been that if this young mother is on drugs that she would get help.  My constant prayer is that Truth and Justice prevail.  

MADE IN CHINA

VOTER FRAUD IS REAL   Gov Abbott

POLLS CLOSE AS MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD SURFACES

The total number of proveable fraudulent votes cast in SJC has increased to a number north of 400 votes.  Sam Houston has failed to answer the petition for a contested election by the time prescribed by law.  Reliable sources state the more than one state agency is investigating.   Manifold voters voted in two counties.  At a minimum, the fraud effects Liberty and Montgomery County also.  The legal action is technically not against Sam Houston but rather the administration of the election.  

   It is unlikely the entire SJC election would be overturned if no other candidates join the suit. It would only be the sheriff race.   All indicators are that the process is on the fast track to get the initial ruling so the matter can move forward.  We will keep an eye on the 411th docket for a posting.   

SAN JACINTO CO 6/5/2024

APPOINTED JUDGE HEREDITARY SERVICE 

The Honorable 506th District Judge, Albert McCaig Jr. who has been appointed to preside over the contested sheriff race case in San Jacinto county has a lifelong history of service.  His dad served as county judge in Waller County before him.  Judge Albert McCaig Jr was appointed to the District bench by Governor Rick Perry in 2007  and has run mostly  unopposed since then.  As an attorney, he served as the Waller County District Attorney and has served as special prosecutor. His private practice ran the gambit from Intellectual property rights to personel injury.  

    Judge McCaig was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and got his under grad from S.H.S.U.  and his J.D from South Texas College of Law.  

Sentinel contributor notes that a good portion of the 'undecided' under vote may be folks only  interested in voting in the national election.  

SAN JACINTO COUNTY 5/8/2024

DID YOUR INDECISION MAKE THE DECISION? 

   With the republican primary run off elections bearing down on us in a couple of weeks, the question has been asked, "Was it your indecision that made the decision?"  

   In reflecting on the voting nubers in our recent sheriff's race , it was decided by less than 110 votes.  the undervote was 189 votes.  When you tally the total votes of each candidate and subtract that from the total number of voters who voted, 189 registered voters  stood at the computer and could not make a decision between the two men.  

   Are the undeciders going to decide the run off's too?  Every vote counts.  Devote to vote

SAN JAC CO 

EARLY VOTING INFO AVAILABLE

4/9/2024 Livingston

DISMISSED

Interference with public duty charges were dismissed against Brandon White, "In the interest of Justice" according to documents filed in Polk County.  ADA Pierce made the motion and the court granted it helping rid the halls of justice of one more 'stinker' that Lee Hon 'let' on his way out the door.  

    Lee treated Polk Co Kind of like a soccer mom that has all the door and window locks at her mini van finger tips and some  bad gas.  Kids don't mind. . the process (ride) is the punishment.

ABBOTT AND HOLT'S TIK TOK MONEY SOURCE

3/8/2024WORLD WIDE WEB

TIK TOK TAKES AUDITOR'S  TAK TIK

In a focused effort, Tik Tok told it's subscriber audience to bombard the U.S. legislators with phone calls opposing pending legislation requiring tik tok to divest connections with the Chinese Communist Government.  

    What a sad day for East Texas that now has a state rep elect Holt that is ALREADY ON THE TIK TOK PAYROLL. Not only is she on the payroll, her and the KOCH Bros backing demonstrated plainly how the Goebels teaching on communist propaganda tak tiks work this election.  Goebels said, " If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. 

too bad she drug a good governor and county chairman down with her.  

   Fortunately we have Dan Patrick in the wings because if Abbott doesn't pull out of his blind blunderingendorsements, we will need to elect a new one.  That means a new Lt. Gov too.  Hmmmmm.   

KEN PAXTON SCORED VICTORY PROTECTING MINORS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2024 www.texasattorneygeneral.gov PRESS OFFICE: (512) 463-2050 Communications@oag.texas.gov

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Five Businesses for Refusing to Allow Law Enforcement Officers to Carry Firearms   AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed five lawsuits to enforce state law against establishments that refused to allow police officers to enter the premises with their firearms, thereby jeopardizing public safety.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY S.O. TAKES 'BOOTLICKER' BRIBES

Apparently channel 13's boot licking style is all the Montgomery County S.O. needed to prove their bias for that particular media outlet.  The Sentinel was the first to break the story below and the first to seek more information.  None was forthcoming and the Montgomery Co S.O. is still witholding info from The Sentinel but Channel 13 had all the info immediatly after reading my story and requesting it.  They were able to run the story the next morning, opening with, "Only on 13" because Montomery County S.O. open records division is CORRUPT and violates the law.  When I called simply asking for the deceased deputy name, I was met with, "Why do you want that information?"  That is a violation of law.  Then the unequal treatment between The Sentinel and channel 13 is another violation of law.  Ligon operates his county with the knowledge that there are NO TEETH in the open records laws and he can violate them with impunity.

MONTGOMERY CO 2/25/2024

DEPUTY KILLED IN ON DUTY CAR WRECK

    We were able to confirm the accuracy of our source in that the accident did occur but MCSO would not release the deceased deputy's name over the phone.  This lack of transparency is frustrating especially with them quoting the open records "Ten Day" rule.  That rule is for figuring a bill if it is a lot of records or redactions.  The spirit of the law is give us the info.  No reason not to.  Next of Kin has been notified.

AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory in defense of the United States Constitution, with a court ruling that the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package was unlawfully passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 without a quorum physically present as constitutionally required. The Court enjoined the defendants—the United States Attorney General, the United States Department of Justice, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and their officials—from enforcing a provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 against the State of Texas that was proved to impose unjust cost burdens on the State.

POLK CO 2/16/2024 

ALL HAT NO CATTLE HON/COLEMAN LOSES

TEXAS SUPREME COURT SMACKS DOWN

Tommy Coleman lost his bid to punish the Polk Co Enterprise for a story they published after The Sentinel had published the information.  The suit was filed to silence the Polk County Enterprise.  That effort was effective on them to the point they even cut the reporter loose for her accurate, honest and true reporting.  Publisher Bowed down to pressure.  

A win for journalism no doubt.  Winner journalists don't bow.

2/6/2024  COLDSPRING PCT 3

"MINI TRIAL", BIG RESULTS

An 'Administrative Hearing' held in the SJC County Courtroom was referred to as a, "mini trial" by the Channel 13 reporter, "Mica" on yesterday's news cycle.  Her and her camera man were busy interviewing several of the key players in the case brought by Robert Finley over seized property.  

   What stood out to me were several characteristics of the hearing.

    Civil in nature, the hearing was well conducted by the Honorable JP 3, Randy Ellisor.   Having been the judge that signed the original search warrant, Judge Ellisor kept the focus on the facts pertaining to the property seized.  Understanding a citizen's desire to right every  'wrong', Judge Ellisor also stayed constant on the objective of the hearing.  He stopped Finley in his tracks on several rabbit trails, though true, not germain to the purpose of the hearing.  SJC District Attorney, Honorable Todd Dillon gave Finley some leeway in his pro se efforts but never the less, made several objections,all of which were sustained by Judge Ellisor.  Ellisor was not playing favorites but sustained them because DA Dillon was exactly right on his objections.  Dillon would almost apologetically but patiently and fully explain his objection to Mr. Finley.  In his duty to protect SJC, he had to stand on the principle that you cannot just enter statements into the record without providing evidence.  Either in testimony or exhibits.   

    Finley was fairly cool under pressure taking the objections in stride and respecting the input of DA Dillon on his efforts.   Finley was able to get Sparta and Sam Houston on the stand and ask some pointed questions.    Sam offered a lot of, "I don't recall" answers to Finleys query.  Houston tried to pass off the black powder rifle as one of the guns with no serial number on the list.  Finley asserted that the gifted gun has a serial number.  Sam did confirm he had seen the gun and had it in his lock up.

   When Sparta was put on the stand, Finley got right to what was on his mind.  "Do you always pull and AR-15 and point it at a pregnant woman when you conduct a search warrant on such a minor offense?  

   Sparta aknowleged that he pointed the gun athis son's wife with, "It is normal proceedure when . . ."  Finley probed deeper with, "You considered her that much of a threat?"

  Having interviewed Finley to some tlength and followed this case as it developed, it is my impression that THIS incident was the root cause of Finley's drive to seek justice.  The anger wasn't obvious but resided in the underlying circumstances.  

 Judge Ellisor made sure every single person had opportunity to speak their mind.  He even followed up with the two S.O. deputies that secured the perimeter of the operation and testifed they saw the guns but that none of the evidnce or property was ever in thier posession.  After all was done, Judge Ellisor said, "I have twenty four hours to render my decision on a case like this but I will do that in two minutes."  Judge ruled that the property was to be returned to Finley within 7 days.

Long time child advocate, Rosemary Covalt who did for H.I.S.D. what the legendary, Marvin Zindler did for TDC many years ago was so disappointed that Gov Abbot endorsed the Dark Money candidate, Holt over the staunch defender of our public schools system, Ernest Bailes.  "Why would you (/gov Abbott) want to tear down something we have all worked so hard to build?"   Covalt asked.  

    Abbotts T.E.A. seems determined to wrest the local control of public schools away from local voters one way or another.  Either decimate the funding source with vouchers or just flat change the values of X and Y in their arbitrary grading formulas till they "fail" and  take it over.  Then they can appoint their own board like they did in Houston and Shepherd.  Bring in their own 'boss'.

1/30/2024 

COLDSPRING 1//26/2024

JP HEARING AT COURTHOUSE

A Grassroots level hearing has, "gotten some traction" according to one criminal justice worker in San Jacinto County.  A hearing to resolve the dispute over personal property seized by the corrupt pct 3 constable has been moved from the JP office to the San Jacinto County courthouse dockett for February 6th.  The Honorable JP RandyEllisor wil conduct the hearing.  In an interview in one of three conversations with Peter Sparta yesterday, he shared that Sam Houston had called and told him he (Sparta) was the arresting officer and would have to testify.  

  Other documents received at the Sentinel Offices shows a request for subpoena for the SJC deputies who were at the scene.   The complainant was able to produce photographic evidence of a beautiful hand crafted muzzle loading black powder flint lock rifle that any prudent owner would keep in a safe.  

Below are  the top ten cities  in the USA that viewed The Sentinel yesterday.  

1/28/2024 SAN JACINTO COUNTY

TWO STAR GENERAL CALLS SJC 'HOME'

Reports of a life long military man who traversed the globe in our nations defense settling in lil ole SJC have made their way to The Sentinel.  General Gerald Schutte chose to reveal his honorable service to friends he has made at the local senior citizens events  One pretty senior citizen 'filly' even commented what a commanding figure he is in his dress uniform adding, "and it still fits"

   We hope to have opportunity to interview General Schuette in the near future and see if we can coax a few 'war stories' out of him to share with The Sentinel readers.  What an honor to have him settle into our simple rural community.  

 1/24/2024 POLK CO 

BYRON'S BUSTED BUDGET BALANCES

Allegations that current Polk Co Sheriff, Byron Lyons is, "unable" to  operate within his budget were sustained by open records documents received at The Sentinel offices this morning.   The Polk County documents not only confirmed the problem of Lyons exceeding his budget causing Polk County to dip into the General Fund to cover his overages, the report notes it to be a chronic problem.  So chronic that at least one vendor threatened to stop doing business with Polk Co. S.O. unless they paid their bills on time from that point forward.  

1/22/2024 SAN JACINTO COUNTY

CORRUPT CONSTABLE COVERS CORRUPT COP

    Records recently received at The Sentinel offices  may be 25 years old but still reflect the character of the person they pertain to and the constable who keeps on covering for him.  Granted a deferred adjudication is not a conviction and thus the arrest could not prevent Sparta from obtaining his TCOLE but they do serve as proof he was arrested and charged.  Felony Robbery and Misdomeaner Theft are the two crimes recorded in the public record.  In case Sparta starts claiming 'Photoshop' again, we included the case numbers and other pertinenent info.   Not only does this document lend more credibility to the property owners claim that several guns seized by the Corrupt constable and his sidekick were not listed,  It also makes me wonder if allegations by a woman some years ago that Sparta took 800 dollars out of her purse during a stop may be true.  No proof was found and no charges were filed but the allegations were made in writing to the S.O.   "Yeah they tried to pin that on me but never did", Sparta explained when we discussed those allegations.

    This article is not really about Sparta.  It is about Sam Houston's hiring practices.  All of the info below was available to him as constable.  How does the ole saying go?  "Birds of a Feather"  

1/19/2024 CORRUPT CONSTABLE COVETS COLLECTIBLES

In a major breaking story out of Pct 3 of San Jacinto County, proof documents show a property seizure following a minor arrest have all the earmarks of out right theft.  Constable Sam Houston and his Captain Sparta served a search warrant on one of his constituents in Pct 3.  During that search, it is alleged that Houston found four empty CBD cartridges for a vape pen in a garbage can and a few marijuana plants in an outbuilding.  "I was growing them for my personal use" the property owner stated.  

    According to seizure documents obtained by The Sentinel, Houston seized a Jeep, several pieces of equipment, over a dozen rifles/shotguns and a quantity of ammo.  

   All of the charges were dismissed and the owner made several attempts to regain his property.   According to the owner, even our district attorney sent out written instructions to Houston to return the seized property to the rightful owners. 

    As I was interviewing Sparta about his recent arrest in Montgomery County, I broached the topic of this seizure and the property in question.  It is a case that The Sentinel has been investigating for over a year now.  When I asked Sparta how come the DPS lab results on the marijuana came back inconclusive for THC leading to the dismissal of all charges, Sparta's reply was, "There was not enough weight there for them to get an accurate test".  As far as all the guns and and ammo, Sparta stated, "They are locked in a room in Sam Houston's office."  

   The property owner had reached out to The Sentinel with a sense of frustration over a year ago so when I relayed Sparta's claims to him, he stated, "That is odd because just what was in a jar on my coffee table was enough to test."

    When you consider that the seizure of plants was in late May, the owners description of the age and maturity level of the plants proves there is a quantity of 'evidence' missing that was never turned in.   What became of it?  was the natural question.

    After The Sentinel obtained the seizure inventory list and spent time going over the documents with the property owner and his wife, they both agreed and claimed that there were at least 4 rifles that were not on the inventory list. Two SKS rifles belonging to the owner and his grown son, an AR 15 his wife purchased and owned and the most valuable being a hand made octagon barreled black powder rifle  in .50 calibre that was gifted to him.    They both expressed great concern that the ambigious numbers associated with seized ammo do not describe any where near what Houston and Sparta took.

   After reflecting on the situation and evidence questions, the owner shared, "I wondered why Sam never splashed my arrest and pictures of the guns and plants on his FB page like he usually does."  "Now I am convinced he just did not want any proof out there of what he took from me".

1/24/2024  FELONY ARREST CONFIRMED

Open records receieved today from the DA in Waller Co confirm that Sparta was arrested on a felony warrant for "Impersonating a Public Servant".  True to his word, Sparta did forward me a copy of the warrant when he got it but my copy arrived at the same time.  

1/19/2024 SPARTA DENIES FELONY CHARGE

In a lengthy interview with The Sentinel, Sparta claims he has only been charged with a misdomeaner charge out of Waller County.  Sparta claims that the 'Montgomery County Police Reporter' article is not only false but that the entire incident has been contrived.  

   On a FB comment, Sparta goes so far as to claim that he has not even been in Waller County.  

    The Sentinel did reach out to the Waller County DA and confirmed that as of yesterday, there is no indictment against Sparta in Waller County.  When questioning those findings to a seasoned criminal justice person, They stated, "As recent of an incident as this is, it would be highly unlikely for an indictment to come down this soon."   Sparta does admit the arrest did happen in Montgomery County at his ex wife's house.  Sparta was booked in at Montgomery County and made bail but was never transferred to Waller County.

   In reviewing the article, it does not state that Sparta was in Waller county but that the charges are out of Waller county.  During the interview with Sparta, he revealed that he has been on other I.S.D. Property attending U.I.L. Competitions recently that a Waller I.S.D. bus may well have been at.  

   The Sentinel did determine that the Waller County Judge, The Honorable Judge Duhon signed the warrant for Sparta's arrest.  His secretary, per the judge's instructions,  would not confirm or deny the Felony vs Misdomeaner question but required an open records request in writing.  Those have been submitted.

MONTGOMERY CO

SPARTA ARRESTED AGAIN F3 CHARGE

The beleagured constable candidate has been arrested yet again in Montgomery County.  The Montgomery Co S.O. arrested and charged and booked Sparta on a felony charge of impersonating a public servant in Waller County.  He missed the candidate 'meet and greet' held tonight in Coldspring.  Not to fear, the void on Houston's coat tails was quickly filled when Michael Flynt showed  up.  Stands to reason that he was not there to meet candidates since he has either run 'with them' or against them all.  Was Flynt in'candidate mode'?

POLK CO 1/11/2024

OLD SCHOOL DIES HARD

Mitchell Newman, Pct  1 Deputy Constable has decided to run for commissioner.  Nothing wrong with that.  When Newman has to  devolve back to the Lee Hon tactic of using a lawsuit filing against someone and pass that out but fail to include the final disposition paperwork, that stinks.  Even though those documents that prove their intended victim won and was exonerated are there too, you are stirring stink that smears on your self instead of your target by witholding that info from the voters.  

    Sentinel sources have pictures and even video of Newman passing out page one but shuffling the final dispostion documents to the back.  All that tells me Mr. Newman is that you KNOW you can't beat Commissioner Guylene  Robertson fair and square so you want to cheat.  Not happening.  Here is your come uppins.  Two things tell me all I need to know.  Using a Lee Hon tactic and you and Byron Lyons signs butting up together on the same T posts around Pct 1.  You know well that the attorney apologized for MISTAKENLY filing that lawsuit when the record proves all was paid in full long ago.  You ruined your credibility Newman and did it on video.  Not smart.  Earth to Newman, Those days are OVER.

1/8/2024 PCT 3 SJC 

SJC SIGNGATE

Multiple reports of campaign signs disappearing right after The Triplets signs show up have made it to The Sentinel office.  Political observers in the PCT have seen Sheriff Greg Capers signs go missing.   Then there are Mrs Dominy's 'for commissioner' signs too.  Dale Lowery makes the same complaint.   Might be interesting to have a female perspective oncommissionerscourt for a change.  Signs or no signs, folks know Ms. Dominy is running and her competition needs to be worried.  That pesky, 'word of mouth' far outpaces advertising.

1/9/2024TYLER UTMB Spokesperson confirmed Gibson is alert and conscious and is, "Doing fine."  He could not take the call because he is in custody and the Sheriff's policy did not allow it.

1/8/2024NACOGDOCHES  SJC INMATE INJURED AGAIN

The San Jacinto County inmate who brought the prosecutorial misconduct case against ADA Freyer  has been injured again.  Lana Shadwick's client,Kenneth Gibson was moved to Polk Co Jail 'for protection' and Lyons brought in a TDCJ inmate, failed to find a weapon on him and exposed Gibson to him.  Gibson was stabbed and cut ending up in the hospital.  Byron Lyons failed to notify SJC Jail their inmate was injured until after The Sentinel ran the story.  

    Subsequently, Gibson's attny Shadwick  proved ADA Freyer had illegally searched his cell and taken lawyer client papers in Polk Coright under Byron Lyon's nose. Gibson was then moved to Nacogdoches County Jail for 'protection'.  

   Now Sentinel sources proved Gibson was in the hospital with spinal injuries and a brain bleed.  The Major at the Nacogdoches jail claims there was no assault and that Gibson, "took a fall".  

    We are seeking more information.

1/11/2024 SAN JACINTO CO

EMERGENCY ORDER SOUGHT

A motion to go ahead amd release Kenneth Gibson on a plea deal reached with the new prosecutor, Pro Tem  BEFORE the  life threatening incident occurred has been submitted by Gibson's attorney, Lana Shadwick.   To a court observer, like The Sentinel, it appears that intentional stalls in executing a 'time served' plus plea deal has allowed two seperate distant jails to  exppse an Arian 'tatted' prisoner to a known environment dangerous to him.  

    When questioned as to why he craw fished on the plea deal he already offered, the prosecutor Pro Tem admitted he had been pressured to do so by his phone, "blowing up".  Now we have three seperate counties involved with Liability for Gibson's safety.  

    Granted, ADA Rob Freyer took a butt chewing from The Honorable 12th District Judge, David Mooreman who stood up for the inmates, "lawyer/client privilege rights.  Still  this whole stalled out mess REEKS of retaliation.   Stabbed and sliced with razor wire in Polk Co.  No one reports it to SJC until I run the story.  Now a spinal injury and a brain bleed that was not reported to SJC until The Sentinel called Gibson's attorney asking why he was moved from Nacogdoches jail.   We were expecting to hear that the offered plea deal had been completed but, upon inquiry, we were notified that Gibson was in the Tyler UTMB hospital with a spinal injury and brain bleed.   

BODY FOUND, MURDER CHARGES FILED

The suspect cornered and arrested by SJC Sheriff Dept with help from Mont Co and Polk County has been charged.   The body was recovered out of The Trinity River.  

SAN JACINTO COUNTY 12/31/23

DOG CATCHER RUNNING TRAFFIC COUNTY WIDE

The recently hired dog catcher for SJC under the leadership of sam houston is doing traffic stops in his dog catcher truck for speeding.  The truck is not equipped with any radar and doubltful the speedometer is accurate with new tires installed so how?   

LIMA WALKS 

According to the last attorney appointed to Chris Lima, all Walker Co matters are 'disposed' of.  All of the restraining order violations and the drug dealing charges in Walker Co. are gone.    Lima still cannot pick up his TCOLE commission but that will be the only punishment apparently for dealing drugs in Woody's uniform and marked patrol vehicle.  .

   The Polk Co charges are still pending.  

WALKER CO 11/2/2023

LIMA CASE SLOW ROLL TO COURT

Lima's case will be in court for sentencing soon.  More details as they unfold.

SAN JACINTO CO PCT 3    12/21/2023

SNACK TIME FOR SAM HOUSTON  AND HIS BUDDY

or, "A LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND"

Some folks oughta just stay off of FB.  Peter Sparta is one of those.  There are a series of screen shots below off of Peter Sparta and Sam Houston's FB pages that have been submitted to The Sentinel by women in the community.  They speak for themselves.

    From sam Houston  threatening an attractive young female with jail and losing her kids if she did not meet up with him one on one  to later claiming he was "having Peter for Dinner", not the brightest bulbs in the box.  Sparta goes on to splain it in pictures. These two are over compensating for something.  Just how close are you two?  Sam has defended and endorsed Sparta for years and never did pull his support.  Even after Sparta had several arrests for domestic violence,Houston was batting for him.  Just ask yourself, is sam i am who you want hiring deputies in the county?

FOUND HARD COPY OF AUTOPSY.  Will distrubute to those who requested in the next couple of days.  

DENNIS RAY HOLLIS AUTOPSY  or  LOU ROGERS LEGACY

Any readers who would like a copy of the autopsy report for the young man Lou Rogers killed at The Sundance, just email me for it.  The autopsy report proves several things.  Number one, DESPITE Lou's years of lies, the killing WAS NOT ruled a suicide.  The autopsy report proves that DRay was not drunk or stoned and it proved DRay did NOT have any gun powder residue on his hands.    Lou Rogers is a damned liar.  The autopsy report proves that Lou held the gun so hard against DRAY's temple that it left a 'gun site' bruise 'at ten o'clock'  by his ear.  The autopsy report proves the trajectory of the bullet would have been nearly impossible to self inflict but matches perfectly the eyewitness accounts that Lou had DRay by the hair of his head from behind and his gun to DRay's temple.

    Constable Ken Hammond took the gun out of Lou's hands seconds after the shots were fired.  

   In the report, the medical examinaer pleads for more investigation and information.  Cause of death was a bullet to the brain.  Manner of death was 'undetermined'.  

     The most frustrating part is that despite the fact that I have an eye witness that saw Lou Rogers pick up Carter White the evening he was murdered and the bullet dug out of his brain and his body discarded on Harrell Road, the Texas Rangers will NOT investigate it.   

TEXAS12/13/2023

DARK MONEY RIDES AGAIN

Those Koch brothers are trying to buy up Texas legislative seats again but don't want you to know.  Hiding in the guise of, "Americans For Properity", a  Dark Money front, those boys want to effect education in our neck of the woods.   

     There have been several candidates out of that neck of the woods that have accepted the Dark Money support and tried to 'urbanize' our children's education by unseating Bailes.  

    Keith Strahan, Emily Cook and Janis Holt all took money from the "Texas Right To Life" Dark Money front.   How embarassing for Ms. Holt and the Dark Money Cartel when their political director, Luke Bowen, was arrested and prosecuted for soliciting a minor online in Conroe.  

  STORY HERE.    

 Since Bowen ruined any image of  caring for kids, it seems Dark Money took a cue from the prosperity preachers.  

   I am no school finance expert but it seems to me, diverting money away from our public schools in SJC would have a negative impact.   What is the alternative here?   A mismanaged "Christian" school that had hired a thief and liar to run the show before?  Or the doublewide she took the records and ran to?  

    Nah.  You dark money candidates can can try it, "One more time Cincinnati" if you want but some day you will figure out that our home grown native son is our grass roots answer to your Koch Bros 'Rich man north of Richmond" efforts.    

AUSTIN 11/30/2023

LAWSUIT AT SUPREME COURT

The lawsuit Hon's  FORMER ADA Tommy Coleman filed in retaliation against Polk County Publishing's "Enterprise" news paper and Valerie Reddel over an expose' article she wrote has been argued before the Supreme Court of Appeals in Austin.  :It has been about a month and we could hear any day but they have till June 4th to render a decision" a spokesperson shared with The Sentinel.

   The big questions seems to be if Tommy Coleman working for the prosecutor 15 years into Morton's prison term and working diligently to keep him in prison by intentionally withholding exculpatory evidence qualifies as, "prosecution".

    Hon argued in his rebuttal letter to the article that Coleman did not even work in the Williamson County DA's office when Morton went to prison.   What  has been documented is that Coleman did work for the DA and was 2nd chair at Morton's later hearings.   When he was quoted by a journalist being a smart a$$ in court saying, "Ewwww, bloody bandana, bloody bandana" in the hearing Morton's attorneys were trying to get that exculpatory evidence to clear Morton's name, Coleman was prosecuting Morton.   The bloody bandanna Coleman fought to withold did end up clearing Morton and leading to the murderer.  To me, that would count as "prosecuting".  

Here is Webster's for 'PROSECUTE'

to follow to the end : pursue until finished

The lawsuit has definately had a chilling effect on Polk Co Publishing and they and the journalist who wrote the Expose' article have parted ways.  

   Why didn't Coleman sue The Sentinel?  I wrote the story first and rebutted Hon's letter with the same arguement back then.  If Coleman wins this case, the Supreme Court will be rewarding Coleman for being a lying, sniveling little punk.  But then he learned from the best.  

POLK CO 11/21/2023

"TOOTHLESS" VICTORY FOR FATHER'S RIGHTS

"THIS Doesn't involve you!" Polk Co Court at Law Judge, Honorable Tom Brown told a step father who has blatantly interferred with court ordered child custody for years now.  "It is between him and her", Judge Brown made plain from his bench pointing first at the natural father and then the mother of the minor child with eyes fixed on the step father.

        With years of history of denying the father access to his son in blatant violation of the court orders and Hon's ABSOLUTE FAILURE as FORMER da to enforce the law against his buddy, the interfering step father.  Judge Brown told the tale of devastation with one comment.  After counseling with the sons and ordering the weekly visitation with the natural father and his family, a, "Let's see if we can repair this"   emanated from The Court.   We could all see  that the potential for parental alienation was afoot.  A crime in the State of Texas.  Fortunately for non custodial parents in Polk county, the Top law enforcement officer in the county, DA, Honorable Shelly Sitton was in the courtroom to hear the judge's order.  A child and parental rights advocate who put light on the injustice weeks ago calling for a Sheriff's dept investigation did question Ms. Sitton about that.  "Their report has been given to my office."  Ms. Sitton allowed.  

So much for hope springing eternal.  Two more weeks have passed and none of the enforcement aparatus in POLK county has been willing to go against former corrrupt DA Lee Hon on this father's rights case.  Apparetly if you are Hon's buddy, you can violate court orders with impunity.  

AP IMBEDS WITH HAMAS OCT 7th RAID

Associated Press SELF DESIGNATES AS HAMAS OUTLET

When hamas propaganda is released, you hear it first on AP 

COLDSPRING 11/4/2023

AP FAKE NEWS PROVOKES LOCAL IRE

Yet another round of fake news quoting bogus sources from the AP reporter, Jake Blieberg about our SJC Sheriff evoked this complaint to the AP organization from a long time resident and supporter of truth and Justice in San Jacinto Co.

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His name is spelled bleiberg but we think bLIEberg is way more fitting.  When Jake the snake wrote his last paid for hit piece against Sheriff Capers, The Sentinel forwarded him the complete personnel file of the pervert and failed sheriff candidate, Michael Flynt so he might be fully informed as to who he was relying on.  

    This time Jake the snake Blieberg added Jennifer Jones to his stable of disgruntled axe grinding 'sources' to get his scandal fix with.  

    Jennifer is the sister of the man killed that went on another man's property threatening him.  The  death of John Wayne Dodge was tragic but justified.  Dodge and another man, a grown relative went on to the property of a young man named Hopkins threatening him with an aggravated assault.  Hopkins stated  The disagreement stemmed from some wreckless driving and escalated.  Dodge and his relative entered Hopkins' property and threatened him.  Hopkins had a young wife and baby in the house to protect and was assaulted by the two men.  According to sources, the trajectory of the bullet Hopkins fired matched his account of having been knocked to the ground because the bullet entered Dodge's body in his stomach and took and upward trajectory.  The detectives on the scene did not arrest Hopkins and the DA did not prosecute Hopkins but considered the killing justified.  Jennifer Jones has made her 'murder' claims but no investigative agency has ever found them to be credible.  For Jones to be willing to play politics with the tragic death of her brother is dispicable.  For Flynt and his money man, Laddie McAnally to still be trying to get milage out of Flynt's failure and firing from the sheriff's dept is desperate and cheap to say the least.  We do have the Flynt personnel file available to any who want to be fully informed this election season.  Just email me and request a copy. Although Flynt was able to force all of the public agencies to delete their copies after the law suit settled, he can't touch my copy by open records before the judges order.  I share it to make sure it is backed up somewhere.  

The irate citizen quoted above vowed to do what it took to  find the source of funding the AP propaganda pieces but I say, "Nay Ma'am, just see who signs up to run against Sheriff Capers and who his biggest donor is.  

   Why do I say, "Paid for hit piece"?  Because when Flynt went to run against Sheriff Capers the first time, his money man, backer and some say 'buttie' brought me money wanting me to write the bogus story.  I took the money then twisted Flynt up with his personnel file.  He was SOUNDLY defeated.  

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POLK CO 11/2/2O23

Constitutional activist Brandon White, known for his high-profile arrest amidst a transition of power in the District Attorney's office, is set to appear in the 258th District Court on November 28th for a pivotal hearing on Motions to Quash and a Motion to Inspect Evidence. The latter motion seeks access to a confiscated cell phone, which is rumored to contain evidence challenging a key element of the State's case, and a sworn statement by a Livingston PD officer. This development is yet another twist in a growing controversy surrounding law enforcement in the area as the current top headline on our Polk Co page highlights.

Brandon White's legal battle has attracted significant attention, with many viewing his arrest as a desperate effort by the outgoing District Attorney. The Motions to Quash and the Motion to Inspect Evidence could potentially reveal vital information that could sway the course of his case.

The contentious cell phone, warrantlessly seized by the State at the time of his arrest, has been a subject of speculation, as it is believed to contain evidence challenging a critical aspect of the State's case. If proven true, this revelation could have far-reaching implications for the ongoing legal proceedings. Furthermore, the sworn statement by a Livingston PD officer would be proven lies. It raises questions about the credibility and integrity of the law enforcement involved.

The situation is compounded by the recent lawsuit filed by Michael Hodge against another officer in the department. This legal action points to a broader pattern of allegations against members of the Livingston Police Department. With seven officers now accused of misconduct, this represents more than a quarter of the department, raising concerns about the overall state of law enforcement in the area.

As Brandon White's court hearing approaches, the community and legal observers await the proceedings with keen interest, hoping for a transparent and just resolution in a case that has garnered significant public scrutiny.

EAST TEXAS 10/20/2023

CHILD ADVOCATE MAKES FULL CIRCLE

A longstanding track record of advocacy for children, women, minorities and any  oppressed, Rosemary Covalt has now taken on the man (father) eating monster known as unenforced  family court  'orders'.  Long a domain many women used to deny father's visitation rights.  When fathers rights are ignored and unenforced, he has no rights.  

    In Texas, the laws are fairly written on child support and visitation but the inequality is all in the non enforcement.  

    As Ms. Covalt is fond of saying, "Their power is in ignoring us".  Her interest in a case in East Texas has already proven hard for them to ignore. A case where It is  (sadly common) in which  a step father is interfering in child visitation and engaging in intentional parental alienation efforts.  Those proveable crimes coupled with serious allegations of physical abuse of the child were delivered with a bow on it to investigators who did take notice.  

    Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for father's rights in East Texas?  

"It is public information and public knowledge", Ms. Covalt is also fond of saying  Armed withphotos of at least a half a dozen sritten reports of child interference to the S.O by the father, when the secretary checked their 'official' files, she reported not a single call slip in their file.  "Isn't that interesting" one member in the conference was heard commenting as Ms. Covalt hammered her with the copies.  "Let me look again" the secretary said exiting then returned saying, "I found three of them".  Another, "isn't that interesting" rose from the meeting as the investigators began looking over all of the evidence.

 Can a mother steal her children from their father right under his nose?  Only with the full cooperation of corrupt law enforcement or should I say, corrupt non enforcement?

"That is a civil matter" is the pat response of the non interested party.  

NEWS FLASH  Interference with child custody is a State Jail Felony.  

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NOT GUILTY was the verdict handed to The Honorable Tom Brown, Polk County Court At Law Judge by the jury  in the case of State Vs Amberly Lambert.   The first day saw the completion of the voir dire process and a few of the witnesses testifying.    The second day saw completion of the trial, jury charged and sent out to deliberate.  That process took about 4 hours before the jury returned the 'Not Guilty' verdict based on the evidence presented.  

    The State did use the junior ADA, Jim Spencer on these misdemeanor charges but the most experienced ADA Ferguson was there giving advice and counsel to ADA Spencer as the trial progressed.  Both of the prosecutors demonstrated a good knowledge of the law and Ferguson was seen to prompt the younger ADA to "object"  a few times and lean over and give him counsel.  Still, ADA Spencer handled the trial from beginning to end including his closing statement.  ADA Spencer's experience has been mostly as a defense attorney but you could see he had worked on the case and was well prepared for the most part. What he wasn't prepared for was the lack of integrity of his star witness, OPD officer, Tammy Heeth.  

    Defense Attorney, Seth Evans of the father / son 'Evans Law Firm' was not only prepared for Tammy Heeth, his line of questioning forced her to expose that lack of integrity right in front of the Jury.  

    When The Sentinel was first made aware of this case, we wondered how a mother sitting in the car rider line at an elementary school to drop off her kids could end up facing first degree felony charges and twenty plus years in prison.

   Tammy Heeth answered that question under oath when asked why she went for such an extreme charge when so many lesser ticketable offenses might have been persued instead.  

    "It was the policy of the former DA (ie: Lee Hon) that we pass on the lower charges and only go for the most serious charges we possibly can." Heeth testified throwing Hon under the bus.  What The Sentinel investigation revealed but was not allowed to be fully disclosed in court was that Tammy Heeth had it in for Ms. Lambert.  Her verbal complaint against Heeth was testified to by the Assistant Principal, Larissa Grubbs but the confrontation in Brookshire Bros was off limits per Judge Brown's instructions.  The Jury did not hear the story of how Heeth had run her buggy into Ms. Lambert's buggy in the store days after Ms. Lambert made her complaint to the school administrator.  

   The day Heeth chose to escalate the situation was April Fools day.  According to Lambert, days prior, Heeth, as traffic control let the car infront of Lambert take the short route, forced Lambert to turn and take the long route that caused her kids to be tardy, then let the car behind Lambert take the short route also.  

   On April 1st, Lambert came in on 356 and Heeth got in the middle of her lane and stopped her with palm raised but then made a circling motion intended to convey, "turn around" but Lambert took as come on through.  There is no statute, ordinance or even an official ruling about coming in on 356 but only a school preference.  

   Both Heeth and Lambert testified that she was only moving 3 mph having taken her foot off the brake but not accelerated or swerved at all.  Both testified that Heeth got infront of her car and struck the front quarter panel.  Lambert saw it as an expression of anger and Heeth testified she struck the fender to "get leverage" enabling her to "roll step".  Both testified that Heeth jumped up on the running board and was reaching into the vehicle ordering and then trying to force Lambert out of the truck.  Heeth denies pulling Lambert's hair.  Lambert was adamant that Heeth did pull her hair.  Lambert was belted in according to both of the women.  

   It was at about this time that Onalaska JP, Honorable Sarah Rasberry arrived on the scene dropping off a friend's child.    She called 911 but it was testified to that Ms. Lambert had also just called 911 requesting another officer on the scene.  

     Judge Rasberry testified that she did see Heeth on the running board but did not see Lambert's vehicle strike Heeth.  

   One thing that had to have influenced the jury's decision was that despite several officers on the scene, no exculpatory video evidence was available despite Lambert demanding all of the video on the scene, later and then through her attorney.  The only video that made it into state's evidence was video showing Heeth wearing a high visibility vest with 'police' written on it, Lambert walking to the transport cruiser in cuffs and video in the police station of Lambert being processed.  Ms. Lambert's 911 call made it to states evidence but despite the fact the two calls were within a minute of  each other, Judge Rasberry's 911 call recording failed  to be available.   

    The most damning evidence presented was when Seth Evans elicited testimony from Heeth that she had no serious bodily injury resulting from the incident.  Her only concern was to make sure that her breast implant, "wasn't leaking".  Then Attorney Evans submitted Heeth's sworn statement from nearly a month after the incident charging Lambert with the felony and swearing that she suffered, "serious bodily injury" in order to justify the Hon preferred felony charges.  Not only did that prove Heeth willing to lie on a sworn statement, it has the effect of clouding any sworn statement or even arrest report Heeth has ever made or ever will make.  She has lost all credibility as a proven liar.

    The great thing for the community of Onalaska is that their elected JP Rasberry, despite being raised with Heeth's children and knowing Heeth most of her life, JP Rasberry did not falsify her testimony to benefit Heeth.  She was matter of fact with no hesitation in her answers.  JP Rasberry openly stated that she had used some 'colorful' language toward Ms. Lambert when she intially arrived on the scene but all that did was bolster her credibility.   By aknowledging and admitting that her language was an error in judgement along with the transparency her office has always demonstrated goes a long way with this reporter.  

    I can't say enough about the quality of representation Seth Evans gave his client even as a court appointed attorney.  He was very well prepared and had evidence he didn't even use.  What I appreciate about Mr. Evans effort was that he used what he needed to destroy Heeth's credibility in this matter but did not over do it to the point that her stink would have smeared onto the rest of our law enforcement in Polk County.  

    This trial was my first opportunity to watch The Honorable Judge Tom Brown in action.  I understand now why people speak so highly of him and his ability and why The Sentinel has never gotten the first complaint on him.  His clerk has always been transparent and helpful when we had a question.

   Judge Brown proved to be quite appreciative of and protective over the jury panel.  They were shown every respect and courtesy and every effort made to not waste their time.   Judge Brown would not allow any nefariousness of either counsel negate their time with errors that would trip up this trial.  

   Judge Brown was fair and even handed to both sides in his rulings and held both attorneys to the highest standard.  Some of the most interesting parts were when Judge Brown would remove the jury from the courtroom and let the two attorneys hash out their differences of opinion.  Both attorneys were knowledgeable, respectful to each other and did make their best arguments.  

    ADA Spencer made a good closing arguement because The jury asked for all the evidence shortly after entering deliberations.  Some comments waiting in the break room  were, "I know she is innocent but Polk County does back their law enforcement"   Even with Tammy Heeth being dismantled on the stand, the jury still took 4 hours to reach a verdict.  Usually a relatively quick decision does not go in favor of the accused but this one did.  Seth Evans did one thing that defense attorneys are often reluctant to do and that is he put his client on the stand.   That leaves her subject to an often brutal cross examination by the prosecutor.  Spencer was aggressive in his questioning and garnered several objections by Evans.  Ms. Lambert came across as what she is.  A responsible parent, business owner and honest.  She was offered several plea deals all the way down to a ticket for disorderly conduct but stedfastly refused, determined to prove her innocence.   Her and her attorney did just that.  With all that 'burden of proof thingy on the State, Poor ADA had to show up with a big bunch of nothing.  

Justice was served all the way around in Polk County today.

LIVINGSTON 8/21/2023

'RESISTING ARREST' CHARGES MOVE FORWARD

What started as a mother filing a verbal complaint with the school against the Onalaska ISD resource officer for her conduct in the car rider line was greatly escalated by OPD officer, Tammy Heeth.  She got the corrupt Hon to file, "Assault with a Deadly Weapon" charges on Heeth's claim the mother used her car as a deadly weapon.  All of that felony BS was dropped when Hon was ousted and offers to drop it all for a guilty plea to disorderly conduct were made.  The mother stedfastly refused the offer and has a jury of her peers today.  

   It is the defendants position that she was strapped in by seatbelt, and had steel plates andbolts in her ankle and leg from a recent surgery.   She testified her two elementary age children were in the back seat and Heeth tried to drag her though her car window by the hair of the head.

 Heeth has a list of complaints and even one written warning from the child advocate, rosemary Covalt that Heeth, "is a liability because of her anger issues" based on prior incidents Ms. Covalt witnessed.  Funny how none of those complaints were in Heeth's file when we requested it even though we have copies of the originals from Ms. Covalt.

    We will follow up on this story when the trial is over.

FORMER COMMISSIONER/DEPUTY EXPOSES FRAUD IN LION REPORT

Ray McCoppin did  a deep dive into the lyin report and exposes the fraud.  Follow link in headline for video.

COLDSPRING 7/20/2023

LION REPORT CALLED "GOBBLEDOGOOP".  VIDEO HERE

Former SJC Commissioner and a former Orange County Deputy Sheriff has studied the so called, "Lion Report" and offers his analysis.  Mr McCoppin's uniqe persepctive seems to be right in line with most who have read the report.  

    The Sentinel did share the Flynt File with Mr. McCoppin and quite a few others since Flynt was quoted so heavily in the report.  Any 'reporter', no matter how far removed from East Texas, who took it on theirself to write a BS hit piece on SJC based on quotes from a dirty cop that has proven himself to be a predator, was contacted and given the Flynt File.  

COLDSPRING  5/23/2023

Allegations of illegal search and seizure of legal mail and attorney/client privilege information have been leveled  against ADA Rob Freyer.  Where could he, in all his training, have learned it was ok to violate civil rights for a victory in court?