The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 117, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1992 Page: 2 of 14
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
2-A
Monday, March 16, 1992
Police beat
CRIMESTOPPERS
Driver robbed at gunpoint
The Baytown Police Department and Crimestoppens hopes infor-
mation from citizens can help them solve a series of burglaries in
Graywood subdivision.
All of those burglaries occurred under similar circumstances dur- A 39-year-old Georgia truck later, officers arrested the men which lists a six-year-old boy
ing the first week of March. driver told Baytown police he and recovered the stolen prop- and six- and seven-year-old
Someone entered four homes, taking various items and in three was r°bbed at gunpoint at a erty. girls as the victims,
cases also stealing the homeowners’ cars to cany off the loot highway rest stop. BURGLARIES/THEFTS According to police, the sus-
All three of those vehicles were reqavered in the same general The victim said he was in the —Someone burglarized the pect is a 16-year-old boy who
area of Edson Street in Lee Heights and Oak Audition. restroom facilities of the road- McDonalds at 3914 Decker was left alone with the children.
In a case that occurred at 5 a.m. March 8, a home in the 800 block side park at 1501 .Interstate 10 sometime Saturday night, but LOST BOYS
of Maplewood was entered by prying open a rear door. While inside, about 7:30 p.m. Sunday when failed in an attempt to break into Baytown ^police found out
the suspect or suspects took a half-karat diamond fan ring, a Mitsu- another man walked in. a safe. Police said a locked Sunday that five runaway juve-
bishi videocassette recorder, a $100 Foley’s gift certificate and a The suspect pulled a gun and freezer, cooler, closet and office niles were reputed to be living
number of smaller items, along with the homeowner’s car keys demanded the victim’s money, had all been pried open but in a tent near Barkaloo Park
which were used to take a 1988 Chevrolet Beretta. ’ The victim told police he hand- apparently nothing was taken, behind the Ponderosa subdivi-
Patrol officers found that vehicle about 8:45 a.m. on the same day ed the suspect $100 from his Damage is estimated at $1,650. sion. Officers went to the loca-
Police have obtained information that a 1986-88 gray Oldsmobile wallet> then was told t0 stay in —A sleeping bag was stolen tion and took three of the youths
may be involved in the case. the bathroom for at least five from a vehicle parked in the into custody, releasing them
•Through March 22, Baytown Crimestoppers will pay up to $1,000 minutes. The victim did as he 4300 block of Crosby Cedar later to their parents. Four of the
for information leading to the arrest and indictment of anyone re- was t0,d- 11160 called police. Bayou Sunday. Loss is esti- 15-year-olds were listed as
sponsible for these crimes. Officers describe the suspect mated at $220. runaways from Liberty County;
Anyone with information on these or any other felony crimes as a white man in his 30s or 40s, —Someone stole a purse a fifth was a Baytown resident,
should call Crimestoppers at 427-TIPS. Callers do not have to iden- about 6 feet tall and skinny, from a vehicle that was burglar- BICYCLIST INJURED
with long blond hair. ized while parked at the Wayne An 11-year-old Baytown boy
BURGLARS CAPTURED Gray Sports Complex at 5200 suffered a broken leg when he
A resident in the 2000 block East Road Saturday. Items rode his bicycle into a car’s path
of Decker awoke early Sunday missing, along with the purse, Sunday. Police said the accident
to see two men running out of included cash, a gold ring and occurred at the intersection of
his apartment carrying his tele- five credit cards. Total loss is Louisiana and Ohio Streets,
vision and#a radio. $926. AUTO THEFTS
The annual University of Baytown Noon Lions will Police said the victim recog- SEXUAL ASSAULTS —A blue, 1987 Pontiac
Texas Exes scholarship fund- meet at noon March 17 at nized the men and told police Baytown police are investi- TransAm with license plate
. raiser is planned for 6 p.m. Ryan’s for a birthday luncheon, where they lived. A short time gating a sexual assault case number 166-TNJ was reported
March 21 at the R.N. “Hottie”
Bailey home, 5401 Bayway LC election
Drive. A Mexican buffet is
planned. UT head football coach
John Mackovic will be guest
speaker. For ticket information,
call David Kadjar at 422-3677
or Tommie Jones at 427-5841.
Tickets will also be sold at the
door.
stolen Saturday from the mall
parking lot at 6901 Garth.
—A gray 1979 Ford pickup
truck with Illinois license plate
990-GH was reported stolen
from a parking lot at 4900 Garth
Sunday.
—A burgundy 1988 Chev-
rolet Cheyenne pickup truck
with license plate number
6974-QQ was reported stolen
from an apartment complex
parking lot at 6900 Bayway
Sunday.
CRIME SCENE J
During the 48 hours between
Saturday and Monday mornings,
Baytown police handled 273
complaints and investigated
incidents that included 10 burg-
laries, 14 thefts, four auto thefts,
one stolen auto recovery, six
cases of vandalism, one missing
person, one marijuana posses-
tify themselves.
SUNSPOTS
Texas Exes
Noon Lions
sion case, one aggravated rob-
bery and a case involving the
sexual assault of three children.
Beach violence spurs
increased patrolling
Candidate filing for the Lee
College Board of Regents elec-
tion will continue through
March 18. To file, or for elec-
tion information, contact Leatha
Whitaker’s office in Rundell
Hall between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
or caU at 425-6317.
A
GALVESTON (AP) — If trouble erupts, Sgt. Onove
Galveston’s police chief says said officials will close the
extra officers will be on patrol beaches and hope the revelers
during the next two weekends of go home,
spring break, foUowing a violent 0° Saturday, Sgt. Michael
kickoff to the celebration ex- Putnal kiUed 21-year-old Wen-
pected to draw 30,000 students. deU Baker Jr. of Waller, Sgt.
Onove said. Police Chief Fred-
die Poor said Baker had pointed
a loaded automatic pistol at the
officer from a car near the west
exit of Apffel Park.
Putnal had ordered Baker to
drop the gun, before shooting
the victim several times.
A police spokeswoman said
Sunday that Putnal has been
placed on administrative leave
with pay.
While police were clearing
the crowds out of Apffel Park
Saturday, more shots rang out
“We’ve got double the people on Stewart Beach, but no one
working we had yesterday, and was injured in that incident,
we’re going to monitor the situ- No arrests had been made in
ation and hope it stays peace- the shootings, Sgt. Onove said
Sunday.
Fish filet dinner
The Old River-Winfree Vol-
unteer Fire Department will hold ...... . ,
a fried fish filet dinner to benefit Neighborhood Watch ^ will be
its annual fund beginning at 11 oeld atP.m. March 17m the
a.m. March 21 at the Old River 15™ at Wooster Baptist Church.
Winfree Community Building ^esidents W1^ malce P*308 f°r
Farm Road 565. Adult and placement of watch signs in the
children’s plates will be area *or lights,
available.
Wo§ster residents
A meeting of the Wooster
One man was killed and two
others wounded Saturday in
shootings on island beaches
crowded with spring break re-
velers. About 50 shots were
fired by people at R.A. Apffel
Park, or East Beach, and at
Stewart Beach, police said.
Galveston police worked
12-hour shifts Sunday and had
received reinforcements from
the Department of Public Safety
and the Galveston County sher-
iff’s department, Sgt. Kim
Onove said.
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on
Graphics course
DAV information A six-session Harvard
Disabled American Veterans’ Graphics course, offered by Lee
' van will be at the Baytown College Continuing Education
7 Community Building from 10 Division,'will teach participants
a.m. to 6 p.m. March 19 to offer how to enhance office reports,
free information to disabled vet- charts and graphs. The course
> erans and their families. .For will meet from 6-9 p.m. Fridays
•' more information, call Luther beginning March 27 in Room
Victory, District IV senior vice 101 of College at the Mall. For
'7 commander, at 427-4453. more information call 425-6311.
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Safety awareness
Comparing notes with ‘Rainbo,’ the Houston Police De-
partment’s robot, at a Community Safety Awareness Day
held at McDonald’s on Decker, are Houston Police Lt.
D.R. Thornton, left, Sgt. Roy McPeak, Explorer Scout
Ryan Ramsey, officer Danny Corgiat, and Explorer Metric
Brown. The Baytown Police showed off their new
D.A.R.E. anti-drug program dragster and the Baytown
Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services also
participated.
ful,” she said.
: Tides
HIGH: 7:06 a.m.,8:12 p.m.
LOW: 1:26 am., 1:48 p.m.
(+ denotes weak tides)
Tides forecast are
for the Baytown area
Sun
SUNRISE: 6:29 a.m.
SUNSET: 6:31 p.m.
Cfje ^aptoton &un
Bluebonnets out early,
but in fewer numbers
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BRUSH PICKUP
HOUSTON (AP)
All the heavy rain this winter in Texas may
be taking its toll on the state’s famed spring wild bluebonnet crop.
It seems Texas’ official state flower doesn’t like a whole lot of
rain. But that’s just what’s happened in parts of South and East
Texas, where record rainfall has left the ground saturated and then
some.
.*
J Baytown’s public works de-
partment workers will pick up
trash and brush in Zone 6 during
the week of March 16-20.
Pickup will start at Decker
I Drive, then Craigmont, Ponder-
osa, Decker Terrace, Country
:: Club, Lantern Park, Quail Hol-
■ low, Ginger Creek, Shady Hill
fj Villa, Rollingbrook Addition,
' Dent Addition, Allenbrook,
—l Parkridge Bend, Ridgewood and
Glen Arbor.
All items should be outside
by 7:30 a.m. Monday. Crews
will travel each street only once
during the week.
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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.
(AP) — Robert J. Eaton, Gen- “Bluebonnets typically like dry feet,” says John Thomas, who
eral Motors Corp.’s top execu- 0105 Wildseed Farms Inc. of Eagle Lake, one of the nation’s largest
tive in Europe, was named Mon- wildflower seed operations. “You’ll never see them grow at the bot-
day as the eventual successor to tom of a ditch 0f where wat6r stands.”
But if the bluebonnets are off a bit this year, other wildflowers
will more than compensate, he said.
“The primrose, a lot of people refer to as buttercup, will be excel-
company’s board of directors. lent.” he said. “These are perennials. They’ve been growing through
He will become chairman and ti16 winter and will tolerate more wet soils than do the blues.”
chief executive officer when Ia-
cocca steps down on Dec. 31.
Iacocca, 67, had previously
indicated he intended to retire as
chief executive by the end of the
year but stay on as chairman. He
has led the company for 14
years.
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 117, Ed. 1 Monday, March 16, 1992, newspaper, March 16, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154323/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.