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Arrest
the damage is done,” Adams said, with Adams, the police chief and
“This has been the neighborhood’s the detective handling most of
dark cloud for some reason, which these cases to see what neighbor-
of course the neighborhood is not hoods specifically can do.
From 1A responsible for.” Currently, the group has a tele-
school in recent years, police Annette Kelley, a neighborhood phone calling system, where each
records show. resident who has two young chil- block captain calls his or her desig-
A registered sex offender lives dren, said she and other neighbors nated homes to share information
in that neighborhood; a rape hap- are beginning to take proactive steps as it comes in.
pened there in 1994; and a woman in making would-be offenders know However, Kelley is dismayed
was sexually assaulted by an their actions will not be tolerated. that requests to hold the group’s
acquaintance. “Of course, each situation is meeting with police officials at
Adams emphasized that in most unique enough that the neighbor- Indian Creek Elementary were
of those cases the victim knew his hood feels that it isn’t being target- turned down, unless the group
or her abuser and there is no cause ed by sex offenders,” she said, wants to rent the facility at a cost —
for alarm in the neighborhood. “And the Carrollton Police per district policy.
“Most of the parties involved Department has been far more ‘To me, that’s incongruous with
were acquainted — they weren’t aggressive than other agencies in the stance that the Lewisville
situations where someone is stalk- pursuing and convicting these Independent School District has
ing or seeking out victims on the criminals. taken on notifying parents of sexu-
streets,” he said. “We do not detect “On the other side of the token,” al offenders,” she said.
a crime pattern in the neighbor- she said, “our calm has been threat- LISD Superintendent Clayton
hood. This is a low crime area — ened, and we no longer feel safe; Downing has been both commend-
we have very few problems up and we feel that we can’t just sit ed and denounced for his decision
there.” back and watch it happen.” to send letters home with every
Nevertheless, the sergeant said, Kelley, who represents the student, listing the hundred blocks
it is important parents keep in close Diamond Ridge and Emerald Drive and streets of newly registered sex
contact with their children and that Neighborhood Watch — consisting offenders, as well as their ages,
they “know who their kids are asso- of about 81 homes — said what sexes and offenses.
ciating with.” actions they take will depend on Kelley said she is trying to con-
“Unfortunately, these are the the information they can get from tact Downing for permission to
types of crimes we don’t find out police, hold the neighborhood meeting at
about until after the fact and after The group’s next step is to meet the school at no charge.
T. 1 + Nearly 2,000 jobs were added, tax burden on homeowners. In
) AX7 m ent as well, capping off the other suc- addition to increasing the num-
1___D _____________cesses. City leaders contend that ber of homes in Carrollton in
in the past five years, Carrollton 1996, the value of those homes
From 1A has been either No. 1 or No. 2 in also increased, officials said.
roads. Those, combined with the Metroplex in total relocations Mink said 1997 already is start-
strong infrastructure and high to the city and expansions of ing strong in development,
business quality of life, safe envi- existing companies. although the types of develop-
ronments and access to major The 1996 ranking will be ment coming in this year might
thoroughfares and the airport, released in February. be different from those in 1996.
contribute to giving the city an “The bottom line is we have a “I think we are going to see
edge, Mink said. responsibility to supply a very more office and more high-tech
“Our elected officials have good quality of life — that’s development than last year,” he
done a good job in getting the everything from schools and said. “The northern part of the
message out that Carrollton is a public safety to bringing in jobs city is drawing an incredible
positive place to do business,” he that can provide families with amount of attention. With the
said. “I think sometimes govern- good homes and lives,” Mink North Dallas Tollway extension,
ment is given a black eye in said. “And conversely, people are Carrollton really offers very
terms of dealing with businesses moving into the city because we attractive locations.”
and development. But in our have all that.” The director also said he does
eyes, all taxpayers are customers Having a strong industrial and not see a downturn in the nation-
to us.” commercial tax base lessens the al or state economy.
Abduction
Lawsuit
Specifically, The Colony north of for the violation of state law and
SH 121 allows package liquor infringement of the plaintiff’s
sales, and The Colony south of rights to “undertake legal busi-
SH 121 does not.
From 1A At least five other alcoholic
Centennial liquor filed an appli- beverage stores currently exist
cation for an SUP for the sale of within city limits, and many con-
beer and wine and another for the venience stores sell beer and
sale of liquor on the property, wine. Ergo, the plaintiffs contend,
both of which were refused by the the city has no justifiable reason
council. for denying the company its two
In enacting the alcohol con- SUPs.
straints along 121 Jan. 6, the City The Centennial camp also
Council passed a resolution stat- alleges the act of denial violates
ing “the number of beverage the Texas Constitution and Texas
stores along the ‘State Highway Alcoholic Beverage Code and is
121 Corridor’ (will) be limited to arbitrary, capricious and discrimi-
no more than 0.” To maintain this natory.
philosophical stance, the council The plaintiffs also contend that
must deny each application for an Longo, Avey and Kovatch were
SUP for a “beverage store” on a fully aware of — or should have
case-by-case basis. The resolution been fully aware of — their
the council enacted for this is only actions when voting to deny the
a position statement with no
enforcement authority.
The plaintiffs contend in their
lawsuit the city has no right to
refuse any SUP because the city
is “wet” and has been since 1980.
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SUPs and that the three council
members are outside of the limit-
ed immunity usually afforded to
council members for such acts.
The three council members
are, therefore, personally liable
nesses,” according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also asks the court
to direct the city to issue the
SUPs to Centennial immediately.
City Manager Johnny Smith
said the lawsuit will be forwarded
to the Texas Municipal League in
Austin, where it will be examined
to determine what legal direction
will be taken in regard to defense.
After a decision is made, that
information will be sent back to
the city attorney, Smith said.
Meanwhile, local watchdog
Lou Gomez said he will be eyeing
the city closely to see how it han-
dles this matter.
“If I ever hear about the city
spending one dime to defend
these council people being sued, I
will sue the city to get an injunc-
tion to stop them,” Gomez said
Thursday. ‘They deserve no
immunity from prosecution or
legal help from the city.”
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She said her department imme- Legislature, which opened
diately faxed the information to Tuesday. They want stronger
the media. penalties against sex crime
From 1A “The dad had taken the kids offenders.
changed now,” Wintle said. and had hurt the mother pretty But victims of sex offenders
“Of course, it depends on the bad, and we were concerned are not alone in their fight against
circumstances,” he added, “but about the children’s safety,” child abductors, sex offenders
if, for example, we have witness- Morrison said. “Once we faxed and murderers. Police officers
es who saw the child being the information, we were able to like The Colony investigator
abducted or placed in a vehicle, find the children within about Leslie Smith also wants to see
or if a mother is shopping and four hours. If we’ve ever gotten tougher penalties for sex offend-
the child is missing, we’re going what we think is an abduction — ers on deferred adjudication.
to react immediately.” which is a rare occurrence — our Although this type of sentence
Wintle said those immediate normal procedure would be to is not an admission of guilt,
changes include faxing an infor- immediately send it out.” Smith said these offenders still
mation sheet with the latest facts With the growing popularity of must register with the police
to two assigned radio stations for crime watch and neighborhood department. If they are serving a
broadcast. watch programs, local police are deferred adjudication sentence,
“The fax will have the immedi- seeing more residents call in and their information cannot be pub-
ate information, such as the report unusual situations. lished like those who come out of
child’s description, the location “Anytime people have suspi- prison.
of the believed abduction and cions they are calling in and I “The public would have to do a
other information the radio sta- think more and more since the public inquiry to find out,” Smith
tions can broadcast,” he said. Ashley Estelle murder in Plano said. “One thing we can do is
Police also are relying on the and the Amber case,” Wintle said, notify schools, regardless if they
frequent use of cellular phones Lewisville police praise neigh- are a juvenile or an adult. Then
by motorists who can immediate- borhood watch programs the schools will notify the par-
ly call into police dispatch with because it means the community ents, but this discrepancy in the
information. is getting more involved in fight- law means the public is not get-
“In the last five years parents ing crime. Also, the police ting the information.”
are more aware of situations and department is preparing to hook State Sen. Florence Shapiro, R
are more careful, and we wel- up with the Amber Plan. Plano, believes there should be
come residents calling in if they “We are not yet involved, but tougher laws against child abduc-
see suspicious cars or incidents,” we are in the process of looking tors, especially those who use
Wintle said. into it,” said Lewisville public enticement. She recently filed
“If there’s a case where the information officer Richard proposed legislation that would
public needs to know immediate- Douglass. allow police to file charges
ly we get the information out,” Wintle said, “These abduc- against people who entice, per-
added Sue Morrison, the public tions aren’t common, but they suade or invite a child younger
information officer with the are tragic, and we need to be than 17 to go with them without
Denton County Sheriff’s ready when it happens and have parental permission.
* Department. the facts of a case sent out on a Shapiro’s bill also would
While Sgt. Wintle said The fax and broadcast as soon as pos- require such offenders to regis-
j Colony has never had a child sible.” ter under the law, giving police
abduction, Morrison said she Meanwhile, the Hagerman one more tool in tracking down
remembers a kidnapping in family and others will continue people who commit crimes
Denton several years ago involv- lobbying state lawmakers in against children.
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