Montgomery County

MONTGOMERY COUNTY 5/22/2021

ATF ON COLLISION COURSE W CONSTITUTION

In retrospect of the beginnings of the so called 'pandemic', you would think that people would have learned a lesson from the barber that refused to close right up front.  He won.  He caught last year’s bioweapon flu and survived.

    It seems that lesson was lost on the ATF when they confronted the owner of 'Bokeeters' in Montgomery County trying to force her to close.   Their illegal and unconstitutional efforts continue.   A well written and detailed story that covers much about her own local 'insurrection' is linked to the headline.  

     Ms. Young, it seems, has more Moxie than most.  I use the word 'insurrection' just to jab at the idiots who call the January 6 patriotic protest at the horse's mouth an 'insurrection'.  Video of the capitol event exists that prove the numbers were present to have taken the entire city if that had been the intent.  Video also proves the capitol police fired the first volley onto unarmed peaceful protestors who were at the required place to make their grievances known to our government.  THAT is the right that is protected and cherished and EXERCISED by the patriots of this nation.

   The true insurrection is in the streets looting and burning tennis shoe stores, electronics shops and clothing outlets with hair care products that don't have squat to do with government.  That anarchist right is protected and legitimate peaceful protest is prosecuted.    A black man murders an unarmed white woman and he is protected from any scrutiny.   

NEW CANEY 2/26/2020

ROWDY IS THE LIAR

411 pages of an official TCOLE investigation into the fraudulent practices of MC Pct 4 Constable Kenneth "Rowdy" Hayden permanetly answers the question posted on The Sentinel a couple months ago about who was the liar in the whole mess.  It is Rowdy Hayden, Barry Welch, Warwick et al within the ranks of Hayden's office.  This is just one snip out of the lengthly file that we obtained recently but have not had a chance to read completely.   Not the brightest bulbs in the box, three were filmed on scene in the tragic killing of Joshua Johnson by Trevor Potter yet forged training documents saying they were in a TCOLE required course in Fort Bend County.  Montgomery County DA Ligon recused himself early on in the case but still took time to fight me on open records I requested during that time period.  Records that prove criminal acts on the part of Hayden's office for falsifying employment records.  Ligon fought me to keep me from getting records that proved criminal acts yet requried me to file a formal notorized complaint before his office would take action. 

EAST MONTGOMERY CO 3/28/2019

CORRUPT CASE CRUMBLES

    Noting, "Lack of Evidence", the Montgomery County DA's office, in order to seek truth and justice, was forced to move for a dismissal of charges on a case that Pct 4 Constable Hayden started with a lie and built on more lies.  The irony is that the case ended up exposing the Truth about "Rowdy's Rules" of conduct within his department.

    Unlike most cases The Sentinel looks into where there are mutiple complaints about one person that is compromising the integrity of the department or agency with their illegal antics, we have yet to have the same officer named.  Each and every complaint is about a different officer within the Pct 4 Constable's office including rank. 

    Sentinel readers will remember last year when we exposed the falsifying of employment records that led to the TCOLE audit, we never named the young deputy.  The reason is, the records were falsified by the department, not the applicant who became a deputy. 

     There have been multiple complaints about no probable cause stops, profiling and even targeting individuals for traffic stops with false allegations as this case was.    

    When you consider that citizen complaints are often met with being ignored or if you press, attempts to intimidate, where is the public service in that?  "You will have to come down in person and ID yourself  and sign it and then we will investigate you before we ever investigate him." would be pretty standard fare according to trustworthy Sentinel sources.  Or the perpetual stall tactic of, "Officer so and so is the only one allowed to do that and he's not here". 

     When every single open records request, even the most basic with long settled opinions published, is met with Constable Hayden wasting the county attorney and OAG's time just to stall, something is being hidden.  By extracting those documents anyway, The Sentinel has PROVEN beyond any reasonable doubt that Montgomery County Pct 4 Constable Kenneth "Rowdy" Hayden is perpetrating, overlooking and then defending criminal acts within his department.    The evidence proves Hayden is either highly incompetent and unaware of his surroundings or the source of the corruption.  Neither answer is good for the citizens of East Texas and especially East Montgomery County.

PORTER 1/1/2020

TCOLE DIRECTOR IGNORES EVIDENCE

According to  a press release issued by Mont Co. Pct 4 Constable, Kenneth 'Rowdy' Hayden, he has been exonerated by TCOLE Director, Kim Vickers of falsifying employment records despite rock solid proof in TCOLE's hands.   The TCOLE Audit may not have produced proof of any wrong doing on Hayden's part pertaining to falsifying education hours but documents obtained by The Sentinel before the audit prove that the hiring process in the Pct 4 constable's office is corrupt.  It is either corrupt or whoever was tasked with contacting this applicant's former employer is an idiot.  Hayden's statement claims the audit was a 'political vendetta' when there was no election afoot, just citizen complaints.  Hayden and Vickers and the Montgomery County so called "public integrity unit" would like to forget that The Sentinel uncovered records that PROVE his dept falsified employment records so we are duty bound to publish them again.   This time with no names redacted.

CONROE 6/1/2019

HOOPS AND HURDLES THEN JUSTICE

The Montgomery County DA's Public Integrity unit has responded to the email at left with the one above.  Included with the email is an 18 point list of must do's and time limits before they will look at the evidence they already have most of and blame me for not investigating the crimes committed by Kenneth Hayden and his deputies if I don't meet their requirements.  The absolute irony is that most of the evidence are documents they already have because they fought (and lost) my open records request seeking them in the first place.  We are working on compiling the evidence and will meet the deadline but just call out the absolute absurdity of them pretending they don't have much of it already.

EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY 5/22/2019

MCPR CHALLENGES SENTINEL CREDIBILITY

In a snappy ALL CAPS reply submitted by a man we don't know, Montgomery County Police Reporter repeats information already published in The Sentinel story then attacks our credibility with a veiled accusation.  He insinuates that The Sentinel is hiding something.  If MCPR wants a wider shot of the scene, we deliver.  All that wide view does is to raise a few more questions that maybe MCPR can get answers to.  1.Who is the guy in all black that is beside the deputy within 7 seconds of him discharging his service weapon?  My sources indicate he is drug task force so that raises my next question.  2.  Is he telling the deputy to reposition the body?  If we look back at the previous photo included with the original story below, there is a shadow of a man creeping into the lower right corner of the screen snip.  That brings up question 3.  Is it the same guy?  The deputy looks toward the shadow and nods just before he circles around and kicks the gun closer to the body and spins the handle toward the dead man.  It is immediatly AFTER this brief conversation depicted in this 'WIDE ANGLE' shot that the deputy moves the body stretching the arms out toward the weapons as the man in black exits stage right.  Any more questions or accusations MCPR?  I have plenty of answers and questions.    Steve Watson - publisher

PS MCPR dude.  Remember, the focus of my story is the Tampering with evidence, NOT the shooting.   Thanks for verifying my suspicion that there were other policemen there that DID witness/solicit? the tampering with evidence.   The only possible conclusions there are that MC Constable withheld evidence from the grand jury or the grand jury is in cahoots with the criminal act.  NEITHER action is acceptable. 

KINGWOOD 5/21/2019

MONT CO. PCT 4 DEPUTY TAMPERS WITH EVIDENCE

In the immediate aftermath of a tragic shooting that occurred in Kingwood in Oct of 2017 and claimed the life of a father, husband and convicted felon, an East Montgomery County Pct 4 Constable deputy Tampered with evidence to 'reset' the scene.  Out of his jurisdiction and in HPD's, it ended up being a Harris County Grand Jury that aquitted Rowdy Hayden's deputy of this ME ruled 'homocide'.  Hayden's own 'internal affairs' investigation cleared him almost instantly according to their propaganda machine MCPR. 

     The Sentinel is not going to comment on the shooting at this point but evidence has surfaced that PROVES without doubt that Rowdy Hayden's deputy and his department tampered with evidence to make the scene match their narratives.  (note the plural, narratives)  That is the reason we are not using the deputy's name.

       In the above screen snip of a video, the deputy is seen kicking the suspects gun closer to the body and turning the handle to be closer to the dead man.  In the second photo BELOW, the deputy is pulling the victim's arms out from under his body and stretching it toward the gun. 

AUSTIN 5/25/2019

ATTORNEY GENERAL FULLY AWARE

The screen shot of The Sentinel Alert analytics page for the last seven days proves that the most powerful law enforcement agent in the State of Texas is FULLY AWARE of the goings on in Rowdy Hayden's office.  These 300 plus page views from Austin IMMEDIATLY after a reader did send word that they personally forwarded a link to the Tampering with evidence story to the Attorney General show a ten fold increase over the normal readership from there.  Our target audience is East Texas.  We garner a lot of views from Ashburn Va, Chicago Il and Los Angeles on a regular basis. France is our highest European audience but this snip of the Austin views since the story broke makes the ensuing silence from any investigative or journalism outlet DEAFENING.  They know and are not willing to acknowledge it.   How long will the lawlessness of Rowdy Hayden be tolerated?  The Sentinel has proven with hard documented evidence that Hayden's crew has violated the law blatantly, Over and Over again the last two years.   Apparently that doesn't fit the narrative of the main stream media outlets or the priorities of the OAG.  But by all means mr attorney general, don't let those tow truck drivers gouge us during a storm.

EAST MONT CO 6/9/2019

CRITICS SILENCED BY FACTS

   From the Montgomery County Police Reporter publisher, Scott Engle who questioned the integrity of The Sentinel on through fb buddy Jeff Buchannan's unfouded claims and fellow officer's wife's fake friend rant, the recent, "Tampering With Evidence" story published on The Sentinel has caused a stir in East Montgomery County.  

   Engle has remained silent on the story or any story The Sentinel publishes for that matter.  Jeff Buchannan tried twice and was returned to them sliced and diced with facts and now a wife is silenced by her own husband's suspension.  A suspension that is the state's Highest Law Enforcement Agency POLICING THEIR OWN and saying her husband (and his bosses) is/are a liar and a fraud and the state intends to prove it if you challenge them. 

    I have had about a belly full of people calling me a liar but never producing any proof.  When I make a claim, I produce proof.  Every cloud has a silver lining though and the lining here is that just when the attacks get to be the most intense, our criminal justice system steps in and takes care of business.  Hmmph, there it is.  This text message exchange proves the people arent stupid and can see through false fronts and propaganda efforts.  The provable facts of the matter do that to an informed public.  Much like the Linda Vincent case last year.  The intensity and regularity of attacks by her friends and family got the most intense just before the golden hammer came down.

    But alas I have to leave EMC for a bit and focus on the Polk County Parade again for a bit since, after all, that is the county trying to put me in prison over my expose' articles.

EAST MONT CO  8/27/2019

MCPR ENGLE PROVES OWN CRIMINAL ACT

Scott Engle, the Montgomery County Police Reporter committed a couple of crimes, videod those crimes and then published the proof.  The photo at left is a screen snip of a video published yesterday on his police propaganda site.  In that dash cam video, Engle is sitting in the left turn lane when a Mont Co Sheriff car races through the intersection to join a pursuit in progress.  Engle leaves the left turn lane and runs the red light and follows the emergency vehicle. 

UPDATE 6/17/2019

CLENDENON RIGHTS ROWDY'S WRONG

Constable Deputy Clendenon, who is the only person who has attempted to do the right thing for this woman attempting to recover her property has come through with the DA's blessing and authorization to return the property to this lady that Hayden was attempting to steal.  We hope to see more effort made to be responsive to the people of EMC in the future and a complete stop to the bully tactics that have been employed by the leadership in Hayden's office.  The people want law and order, they just want it honest and fair.  To many in his office seem to think their badge grants them power but it doesnt.  It only grants you the public trust to wield OUR power as the people.  When You violate that trust, we take your badge.  It is that simple. 

EAST MONTGOMERY COUNTY 5/23/2019

CONSTABLE HAYDEN AND CO HARTS STEAL PRIVATE PROP

In an unfettered attempt to thwart every effort of a citizen to retrieve personal property seized in a botched and no probable cause arrest that was subsequently charges dismissed, Lt Warwick (property custodian), Chief Deputy Barry Welch and Constable Rowdy Hayden have conspired togethger to ignore the law, The Montgomery County DA, JP Metz and the THE TRUTH in their collusion plan to retain posession of a beautiful AR -15 rifle.  It is a rifle that was legally purchased that has been checked and cleared against the stolen weapons list and never classified as evidence in any legal proceeding.  The owner has NEVER been arrested and has absolutely NO CRIMINAL RECORD.  Hayden has returned all of the other personal property including the illegally seized truck but stedfastly refuses to return the rifle.  His method in this crime is to IGNORE the repeated efforts of the lady to retrieve her property by giving false information out, playing the old wild goose chase circle jerk game and ultimately IGNORING and failing to return her phone calls.   Now Hayden is claiming that the time limit to claim the rifle is expired despite the fact that it has been requested SINCE DAY ONE.   Our sources close to his office indicate that the only officer in his dept that was attempting to move the process forward has been suspended.  We will seek more info on that.  As it stands, the rifle has been STOLEN.  Ignore is the root of ignorance. 

UPDATE 1/13/2018

MONTGOMERY COUNTY ATTORNEY THROWS KITCHEN SINK AT OR REQUEST

In a typical reaction by someone in the past that has had something to hide, the Montgomery County Attorney did send The Sentinel a priority mail letter that arrived at The Sentinel Offices today which throws every single objection to disclosure of public records allowed by law regardless of how rediculous of an argument it is.  The letter, a copy of what was sent to the OAG by the Montgomery County attorney, cites every exception from 552.101 through 552.154 of the Government Code.   It is the same tired tactic that TCEQ used when they tried to withold records regarding the abuse of official capacity John Lovet committed in a conspiracy with two TCEQ employees.  It is the same tired tactic TCOLE used when I asked for records on a corrupt police officer several years ago.  Both agencies were thwarted in their efforts to deny The Sentinel records as will be Constable Hayden.  We asked for any complaints filed against the deputy.  We asked for his application to see if he lied about the "ever been arrested or convicted" question.  We asked for background check documents including any related to the deputy's prior arrest and conviction to see if Hayden even vetted the young man before he was hired.  The lawyer knows every document that was requested are normally subject to the open records laws.  To keep from looking ignorant in the sight of her peers, she worded the OAG letter to say, "The constable believes portions of the documents are exempt . . . ."  Some of the more absurd claims of exemption are:

552.103. EXCEPTION: LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS INVOLVING THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.

552.104. EXCEPTION: INFORMATION RELATED TO COMPETITION OR BIDDING.

552.106. EXCEPTION: CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS.

552.1081. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT

552.1085. CONFIDENTIALITY OF SENSITIVE CRIME SCENE IMAGE.

552.113. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF GEOLOGICAL OR GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION.

552.116. EXCEPTION: AUDIT WORKING PAPERS.

552.124. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS OF LIBRARY OR LIBRARY SYSTEM.

Yada yada ya so forth and so on, there are 30 more listed in The Government Code that have absolutely no bearing on my request but this lady lawyer is willing to compromise her integrity and credibility to help Hayden stall the inevitable.  I don't want his social security number, DL etc but I do want to know if I am the only one that has a complaint about this deputy and his illegal acts.  More as this story develops. 

NEW CANEY 1/12/2018

PCT 4 CONSTABLE STALLS OR REQUEST

Montgomery County Pct 4 Constable, Kenneth 'Rowdy' Hayden is stalling in an effort to shield one of his deputies from scrutiny for his illegal acts.  A valid and properly formatted OR request was submitted in late December along with the 2009 criminal record of a theft conviction against one of his deputies.  That request also includes a formal complaint of recent illegal activity by that same deputy.  Hayden's chief deputy, Barry Welch did contact The Sentinel acknowledging Hayden did receive the OR request.  A request which asked for any complaints that had been filed on the deputy and any records that Hayden had obtained during a background check before the recent hiring.  Welch told The Sentinel that he could not process the complaint unless I came in, wrote out a complaint and signed it there and provided a copy of my driver's license so he could verify who I was.  "You could be from Minnosota for all I know" was Welch's accusatory reasoning, "I have to investigate who you are".  Assuring him I would mail in a written and signed complaint, I let Welch know that all my information was on this website and if he needed to investigate who I was, have at it.  At this point Welch told me that there would be considerable costs associated with the request.  "Oh so there are complaints filed against the deputy and I can expect quite a few documents?" was my inquisitive reply.  At this point, Welch let his irritation show, raised his voice and told me in no uncertain terms that I could go to jail for filing a false report on a police officer.  Hayden's entire office does not have a clue of The Sentinel's track record or that threat would have never escaped Cheif Deputy Barry Welch's mouth.  If they did have a clue, Hayden would have returned my original phone call himself.  In the few days that I have been vetting Constable Hayden and his troops, multiple allegations of wrong doing ranging from "pocket warrants" to retalitory stops with no probable cause have poured in.  More than one former elected official that came under Sentinel scrutiny has opened the can of worms of threatening The Sentinel.  We all know how those have turned out and that I have one Pct 4 constable (SJC) notch in my belt already.