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Vol. 112, No. 206 / 28 pages, 3 sections
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Family attorney says
McMillan case will
go to grand jury soon
Stephen Bean about 12:30 a.m. Dec. 13
after officers were dispatched in re-
sponse to criminal mischief reports. A
brief segment of dashboard-camera
video released by the Texas Rangers
shows McMillan holding a tomahawk
and walking in front of the police car
toward Bean seconds before the shoot-
Renee Higginbotham-Brooks said she
has found four witnesses to the shoot-
ing. She obtained sworn statements
from them.
None of the four believed McMillan
threatened Bean in the brief confronta-
tion between the two men near the cor-
ner of Oak and Fry streets.
A Ranger spoke with two of the wit-
nesses, she said. Two other witnesses
had never been interviewed by police.
The matter could go before the
grand jury as soon as Thursday. Higgin-
botham-Brooks made four calls to the
Denton County District Attorney’s
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By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc. com
An attorney representing the family
of 21-year-old college student shot and
killed by a University of North Texas po-
lice officer expects the investigation of
the shooting will go to a grand jury soon
— and apparently without testimony
from four eyewitnesses.
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Bean can be heard telling McMillan
several times to step back as McMillan
continues to walk toward him, repeat-
ing “shoot me, just shoot me.”
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Criminologist Dexter Simpson, left, speaks Tuesday at a press conference
after Ryan McMillan’s family attorney claimed the family has received lit-
tle information about the night McMillan was shot and killed by a UNT
police officer.
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During a news conference at a Den-
ton hotel Tuesday morning, attorney
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Veterinarian was placed
on probation, paid fine
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By Jenna Duncan
Staff Writer
jduncan@dentonrc.com
Lynn Stucky one of three Republican
candidates for state House District 64, has
never had his veterinary license suspend-
ed in his 32 years of practice, according to
records from the Texas Board of Veteri-
nary Medical Examiners.
On Page 1A Tuesday, the Denton Re-
cord-Chronicle incorrectly reported Stuck-
y’s license was suspended for most of 2011
and said he was unable to practice on ani-
mals during that time.
In fact, the state med-
ical board technically sus-
pended Stucky, stayed the
suspension, placed him
on probation and ordered
him to pay a fine, accord-
ing to Stucky and Loris
Jones, public information
officer for the board.
“I was not sanctioned, I did not lose my
license, it was a reprimand — only a repri-
mand — and a fine,” Stucky said Tuesday.
‘And again, it started because of a client and
groomer decided to dispense a prescription
product to a nonclient, even though she was
told she could not do that and it’s illegal.”
The problem began in 2010 when an-
other veterinarian, an ex-employee of
Stucky, alerted the state board that a third
party administered flea and tick medica-
tion on Stucky’s behalf, Stucky said.
From 2008 to 2010, he gave flea medi-
cation to a groomer to administer to his
clients who were mutual clients, he said,
but the groomer administered it to dogs
who weren’t Stucky’s patients.
When authorities from the state board
investigated the claim, they also found an-
other problem — that his practice, Animal
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found out their fates in
Nevada’s caucus on
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production cuts to boost
oil prices won’t work,
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A woman wraps her broken umbrella around her head to hide from the rain while walking up East Hickory
Street on Tuesday. Skies are expected to clear today, but windy conditions will remain with a high tempera-
ture of 56, according to the National Weather Service. The rest of the week will be sunny with highs reaching
the 70s for the weekend.
Ramon Castro, brother
of Fidel Castro, has died,
Cuban state media an-
nounced Tuesday.
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Council to revisit distracted driving rules
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public involvement before bringing back
any new ordinances.
When city leaders first considered new
rules in 2014, the Traffic Safety Commis-
sion recommended a full ban. But Denton
residents told the City Council they still
wanted to be able to talk on the phone
while driving. The council decided to ban
only texting.
Police Chief Lee Howell briefed the
council on the department’s challenges
enforcing the current ban. It can be diffi-
cult for officers to prove they witnessed a
driver texting and not simply dialing a
number, he said.
Still, Denton police officers have writ-
ten more than 300 tickets to distracted
drivers since 2014. Most of those have
been written in school zones, Howell said.
The council said it is willing to consider
tougher rules to help save lives.
Council member Kathleen Wazny
pointed to seat-belt and air-bag require-
ments as earlier examples of such laws.
“It’s important to have both eyes on the
road and both hands on the wheel,” Wazny
said. “If you have to slam on the brakes,
you’re going to need both hands on the
wheel.”
2015 in Denton, 14 car crashes were
caused by texting while driving, Howell
said.
By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
Staff Writer
pheinkel-wolfe @ dentonrc.com
The Denton City Council has opened
the door to tougher rules to prevent dis-
tracted driving in the city.
During a work session Tuesday after-
noon, council members agreed to ask the
city’s Traffic Safety Commission to revisit
Denton’s ban on texting while driving. In
recent months, Argyle and Little Elm have
banned the use of any handheld device
while driving — tougher rules that are get-
ting increasing traction in Texas and
around the country.
Council members asked for plenty of
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It’s hard to know whether laws target-
ing cellphones can help end the problem
with distracted driving. Studies by the In-
surance Institute for Highway Safety have
found mixed results. Bans on handheld
devices seem to cut down people’s use of
phones in their cars but not the number of
crashes.
In 2013, 3,154 people in the U.S. were
killed in crashes involving distracted driv-
ers, a 6.7 percent decrease from 2012,
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Since the ordinance was passed, the
Denton Police Department has been gath-
ering more local data on the problem. In
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