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Man leads authorities on 20-mile chase
BY BEN TINSLEY
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CHAMBERS COUNTY A
man carrying 35 pounds ot'man-
juana in his car Tuesday afternoon
led authorities on a high-speed
chase' through rural Chambers
County and beyond.
The 20-mile pursuit some-
times at speeds of 120 mph - con-
tinued into Jefferson County,
where authorities "managed to
spike the suspect’s right.front tire.
This prompted him to abandon his
1994 Toyota;in a front yard and
flee on foot until he was captured,
said Chambers County Sheriff Joe
l.aRive.
It was fortunate a chase of this
speed took place mainly in lower
populated rural areas, LaRive said.
"All pursuits can be dangerous
but especially when they happen in
a city. LaRive said'.
The suspect, tentatively identi-
fied as Samuel Lamar Peterson.
27, of Pensacola. Fla/, retrained in
custody in Chambers County
Tuesday evening, as authorities
assessed the charges against him.
Texas Department of Public
Safety trooper Richard Slandifcr
said the suspect is not being forth-
coming.
“He has a Florida license'and an
Alabama license and we don’t
know which one is accurate,’
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‘Don't give up'
Baytown Sun photo/Nicki Evans
Rosemary Coffman, associate dean of student affairs at Lee College, is pictured with Leslie Jenkins, who is holding
up a copy of his grades from classes at Lee. After suffering a stroke, doctors told Jenkins' wife he would-no longer
walk, talk or have normal brain functions. But Jenkins is now a successful student at Lee College studying computer
maintenance.
Student, 59, beats odds after stroke
BY JANE HOWARD LEE
jane.lee@baytownsun.com
L.esiie Jenkins clutched a piece of
paper as if it were a treasured object
as he made his way across the
newspaper office last week.
It definitely was that.
The piece of paper was a grade
report from Lee College, citing
grades of an “A and a “B’ in two
classes that he took during the fall
semester and Jenkins was there to
explain just what it means to him.
While it might not sound like a
big deal, it is a tremendous accom-
plishment for the 59-year-old. It is
proof that he has proven several
doctors Wrong, evidence that hard
work and determination can pay off
and, to Jenkins and Sharon, his wife
of almost 40 years, it is verification
that, with God. all things are possi-
ble.
Why do those two grades signify
all of that?
It is simple.
Approximately five years ago
Jenkins suffered a massive and dev-
astating stroke. It wasn’t long after
that his doctors told his wife that he
was "essentially a vegetable” and
would probably stay that way.
“They said he would never walk
and never talk and that his brain
functions weren’t normal,” his wife
said. “They didn’t give us any hope
at all of improvement.”
Those doctors didn’jt reckon with
the strength and faith of Leslie and
Sharon Jenkins, who just flat-out
refused to accep’t the prognosis.
.... After just under four months in
the hospital and then a rehabilita-
tion facility. Leslie came home. He
had to have help with everything.
By then, he and his wife knew
that the doctors were wrong about
his brain but. completely paralyzed
on one side, he couldn’t walk, his
speech was very difficult to under-
stand and he needed help with
everything that most people take for
granted.
“He’s always been a very inde-
pendent man and most men don’t
like to ask for help anyway.” said
Mrs. Jenkins.
Help was there:
Not only did Jenkins get help
from his wife and their two chil-
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Mean Gene: Alcohol not factor in death
BY BEN TINSLEY
tmtmstey@bavtownsun.conn
The Harris County
Institute of Forensic
Sciences confirmed this
week that alcohol played no
part in the demise of music
legend Mean Gene Kelton,
who suffered fatal multiple
blunt force trauma during
the Dec. 28 accident in the
19100 block of FM 2100
traffic accident just south of
Crosby,
“If alcohol contributed to
the death, then it would have
been mentioned,” empha-
sized Roxanne Mena, 1FS
public information officer.
Last week, the Harris
County Sheriffs
Department took a blood
sample from Kelton for
analysis after the accident.
Kelton’s funeral service
takes place at 6 p.m. today at
Houston Raceway Park.
2525 FM 565 in Baytown
— one of the few local ven-
ues believed to be large
enough for the number of
people expected to attend.
The 57-year-old Baytown
resident was killed the
evening of Dec. 28 when his
Ford Explorer ran head on
into a Crosby ISD school
bus on FM 2100,
Kelton was traveling
north on FM 2 KM) when a
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AnaHuac looks
into city hall
information theft
BY BEN TINSLEY
bea.Wey@baytownsun.com
ANAHUAC
Authorities are on the trail
of a suspected information
' thief who recently accessed
the city’s computer system
and may have stolen per-
sonal and credit card infor-
mation:
The full impact of this
theft on the city’s customers
and vendors has yet to be
determined and remained
under investigation
Tuesday, according to
Anahuae Mayor Sue
I lawthorne and the
Chambers' County Sheriff’s
Office.
“We’re looking into it
from our end and asking
questions." the mayor said.
“We’re hoping no one’s
payment information was
compromised.
This unknown person or
persons entered the city
municipal building at 501
Miller and accessed the
computer on Dec. 14.
A letter about the incident
was sent to the city’s cus-
tomers and vendors late last
month. It urges customers
and vendors to access the
Federal Trade
Commission’s website and
place an immediate fraud
alert on their credit file.
This alert would be active
for 90 days. It would require
creditors to make contact
with the person to whom the
card is issued before chang-
ing any existing cards or
issuing new ones.
While the Chambers
County Sheriff’s Office is
keeping ;m eye on the situa-
tion. the investigation is
actually being conducted by
the city. Hawthorne said.
The city issued its "infor-
mation only report to the
sheriff’s department on
Dec 16. According to the
report, there was no forced
entry and nothing was
found missing afterward.
There is no suspect infor-
mation and no witnesses,
reports show
The locks in the munici-
pal building arc being
changed, officials said. >
The note to customers
emphasizes that city offi-
cials arc reviewing policies
and practices to prevent this
type of crime from happen-
ing in the future.
The mayor said it is not a
certainty that whoever
entered city hall and
accessed the computer actu-
ally took any information.
However, the mayor said,
if the information was
stolen, this is the first time
she knows of that such a
crime has been committed.
"It’s very insecure
world out there’ with credit
cards and online transac-
tions,” Hawthorne said.
Anyone with any ques-
tions about this incident is
urged to contact the city at
409-267-6681.
To place fraud alert:
http:www.ftc.govbepe
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sumers dcfend.html
Haze a result of
prescribed burn
BY BEN TINSLEY
ben.tinsley@baytownsun.com
vehicle "ahead of him
stopped to yield to south-
bound traffic on FM 2100
and to eventually turn left
onto Tall Cedars Street,
according to. the sheriffs
report.
Kelton entered the south-
bound lanes to avoid hitting
the stopped vehicle and in
the process struck the school
bus traveling southbound.
He died at the scene.
CHAMBERS COUNTY
A Monday morning marsh
fire with heavy, hazy smoke
that spread so far it reached
Galveston County was the
result of a prescribed bum
on the Moody National
Wildlife Refuge that grew
larger than expected*.
Chambers County authori-
ties confirmed Tuesday.
Bulldozers and equip-
ment worked diligently
Monday to knock the fire
down, and the Texas
Commission on
Environmental Quafity was
notified of the situation,
said Ryan Holzaepfel,
Chambers County emer-
gency management coordi-
nator.
The smoke spread along
Interstate 45 Monday as far
away as Dickinson and
League City, according to
reports. The haze was said
to have covered a majority
of Galveston County.
Several Galveston
County residents reported
the smoke made it hard to
breathe. Others said the
smoke reached their area as
early as 2 a.m, Monday.
Galveston County author-
ities reportedly pinpointed
the origin of the smoke with
the assistance, of the
National Weather Service’s
satellite imagery.
SPORTS 5
WEATHER 2
WEATHER
Morning fog, rain
High 66; Low 46
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