The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 225, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 2006 Page: 1 of 16
sixteen pages : ill. ; page 21 x 11 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
1
STOLE
1
wwu.baytownsun.com
50 cents
R03050
INSIDE TODAY
ITS 7A
SPi
Mother decries short prison sentence: ‘He’ll kill again
,r
r *■«
SEE DEYON • PAGE 3A
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BAGHDAD
lJT
V ■■
fcGh ; X
BUSINESS 6A
I
SEE TASER • PAGE 3A ,
SEE FIGHTING • PAGE 3A
SEE TOLL • PAGE 3A
Counseling, help available* for Rita evacuees
and her family, connecting them
■
1
f
SEE COUNSELING • PAGE 3A
8
WMHKH
MMMMMI
Brutality charges
show toll of war
after being
Tasered
Highlands
man dies
6A
2A
IB
6B
6 A
3A ■
4\
3A
5B. 8B. 8B
6B
An Humble man pleaded guilty
this week to the murder of Jarrell
Deyon, a Lee High School student
and star football player who was shot
to death outside a Houston nightclub
in January 2005.
DeMarcus Lee Watson, 24, also
pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon in a
plea agreement, said Harris County
Assistant District Attorney Jessica
Needham. Two other charges against
Katrina received so much more
media attention.
“They are so grateful to find
out that someone out there cares
about them,” Aae said.
Pam Qualls arrived in Baytown
from Beaumont with only her
family, a few articles of clothing
and her favorite pillow after
Hurricane Rita destroyed every-
thing she owned. Even though
she is initially from Baytown, she
said the stress of restarting her
life here has taken a toll.
“When the hurricane hit 1 was
going through a lot of emotions,”
Qualls said. “I didn’t know what
to do, who to turn to.”
Qualls said the program has
been a tremendous help to her
Baytown Sun photo/Rachael Seeley
Marcellous and Pam Qualls in their living room in
Baytown. Pam says the Rita Crisis Counseling
Program has been a tremendous help, connect-
ing her family to valuable resources.
SATURDAY
June 24,2006
WEATHER 8A
Cloudy & sun
». with 1-slorms
in spots
High 90
Low 74
DEATHS 6A
Harold Louis Walker.
Bonita McDonald and
Mildffed Irene Payne.
BY ROBERT TANNER
AP National Writer
Fierce fighting
with insurgents;
5 soldiers killed
BY KEN FOUNTAIN
ken.fountain@baytownsun.com
INDEX
BUSINESS
CALENDAR
CLASSIFIED
CROSSWORD
DEATHS
NATION
OPINION
POLICE BEAT
RELIGION
•TELEVISION
J
An
/V’
Chicago blues
Scott Podsednik hit a grand
slam off of Andy Pettitte and
Jose Cbntreras’won his 16th
straight decision in a 7-4 win
over the Astros.'
LOTTERY
Mega Millions
13 • 17 • 24 • 34 • 56 • MB 24
Megaplier 3
Lotto Texas
6 • 8 • 9 • 31 • 32 • 52
Pick 3
Day 4 • 9 • 5 Night: 8 • 8 • 3
STATE 3A
Heat is on
Despite summer being just a
few days old, much of Texas
has been sweltering since late
spring. And temperatures top-
ping 90 degrees arrived earlier
and have been more frequent
■ this year.
BY KIM CAMEL
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s government clamped
a state of emergency on Baghdad and ordered
everyone off the streets Friday after U.S. and Iraqi
forces battled insurgents armed with rocket-pro-
pelled grenades, hand grenades and rifles near the
heavily fortified Green Zone.
The military also announced the deaths of five
more U.S. troops in a particularly violent week
for American forces that included the discovery of
the brutalized bodies of two soldiers. Twelve U.S.
: 1
Ir • /
* , jsXyk-.
Wall Street wobbles
Wall Street finished the week
with a listless session as a decline
in big ticket factory goods did lit-
tle to assuage investors’ economic
worries and left the major indexes
slightly lower. The market posted
a modest loss for the week.
Motocross this weekend
The South Texas Quad
Racing Association will com-
pete this weekend at the San
Jacinto Cycle Park in
Splendora.
cutors that he was ready to plead
guilty, said Needham.
“I’m pretty numb, because all he
gets 18 years, and he’ll serve nine,
and he’s back out to kill,” Barrie
Whittington, Deyon’s mother, said
Friday. She said she h,ad only just
1 was
expecting to go to the trial Monday.
“He’ll kill again. That’s the scary
part of the whole thing. He’ll kill
ney, Christopher Downey, told prose- somebody else’s loved one,” said
Whittington. “He had a rap sheet as
long as my arm, and he’s just getting
a pop on the hand.”
Deyon, 17, was an apparent inno-
cent bystander when an argument
broke out at approximately 2:35 a.m.
Jan. 3 between two groups of young
males - from Baytown and northeast
Houston — in the parking lot of the
BY RACHAEL SEELEY
rachael.seeley@baytownsun.com .
The Rita Crisis Counseling
Program is helping people affect-
ed by Hurricane Rita get their
lives back together.
The program connects Rita
evacuees with the counseling,
educational services, support
groups and other resources they
need to get back on their feet,
and also helps them navigate the
FEMA aid process.
“We want to empower them to
resolve their own issues,” Project
Team Leader Gwendolyn
Richardson said.
According to Crisis Counselor
Cidney Aae, many Rita evacuees
feel forgotten because Hurricane
AP Photo/Wathiq Khuzaie
A U.S soldier stands guard as freed Iraqi prisoners board a bus at Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, in Iraq
Friday. More than 500 Iraqi detainees were released from Abu Ghraib prison Friday in accordance with a national
reconciliation plan which aims to release a total of 2,500 prisoners.
him were dropped.
State District
Judge Brian Rains
sentenced Watson to
18 years in state
prison for both
offenses, to be
served concurrently, learned of the sentence, and
to valuable resources like coun-
seling and showing them how to
navigate the FEMA aid process.
“I thank ya’ll so much for car-
ing about us and for not forget-
ting, we were here and we are
victims too,” Qualls said.
Aae said the biggest problems
facing Rita evacuees who have
resettled in Baytown are a lack of
transportation, finding affordable
childcare and securing employ-
ment.
She said many evacuees get job
leads in other towns that they can
not peruse because their cars
were flooded during Hurricane
The accounts are-brutal: An Iraqi man dragged
from his home, executed and made to look as if he
was an insurgent. Three prisoners killed by their
Army captors. A team of revenge-seeking Marines
going home to home, shooting down unarmed
Iraqi men, women, children.
The recent flurry bf accusations against U.S.
servicemen has stunned military analysts and
experts. Many see a critical new point in the war
— though few agree whether it shows the toll of
combat stress, commanders resolved to stamp out
war crimes, or, as some claim, an overzealous sec-
ond-guessing of the troops.
Killer of REL student gets 18 years
BiPtoton £>un
Since 1922
DEYON Watson had been
scheduled for a jury trial beginning
this coming Monday, but his attor-
BY KEN FOUNTAIN
ken.fountain@baytownsun.com
Lhe family of a Highlands man
who died days after being Tasered by
Harris County Sheriff’s Office
deputies is seeking “justice,” But a
department spokesman said deputies
used the stun weapon only they
could help get the man medical
attention.
Kenneth Eagleton, 43, died
Wednesday morning at San Jacinto
Hospital, where Highlands EMS per-
sonnel took him Sunday.
According to Lt. John Martin,
spokesman for the sheriff’s office,
the paramedics called for assistance
with an “unknown medical situation”
in the 2200 block of Crosby-
Lynchburg.
When two deputies arrived, they
found Eagleton laying in his
Chrysler sedan with his feet wedged
in the steering wheel and his torso
and head stretched into the back seat.
“When our deputies got there, he’s
just yelling wildly, not at anybody,
not at the EMS personnel, not the
deputies. He’s just yelling,” Martin
said.
One of the deputies opened a back
door of the car and saw that Eagleton
was holding “a large knife” in both
hands, and continuing to scream
incoherently, Martin said. The
deputies then called for backup, and
stepped away from the car. he said.
Martin said one of the deputies
pulled out his Taser -a pistol-like
device which uses an electric pulse
to incapacitate a subject - and aimed
it at Eagleton as a safety precaution.
“They're just talking to him at this
point in a calm manner, trying to
calm him down. They realize at this
I
Cash Five
3 • 9 • 19 • 34 • 36
Texas Two Step
17 • 21 • 28 • 34 • BB 21
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Cash, Wanda Garner. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 225, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 2006, newspaper, June 24, 2006; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1191915/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.