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DA to investigate BPD brutality claims
Police: People were resisting arrest, assaulting officers
BY ELESKA AUBESPIN
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
The Harris County District’s Attorney
Office will investigate if there was any
wrongdoing by Baytown police officers
who used fists, stun guns and pepper spray
to control a party crowd.
Cell phone video captured the scene at
a May 3 house party in the 3900 block of
Cary Creek in Baytown, during which of-
ficers are seen striking at and grabbing the
hair of women who are fighting as officers
attempt to separate them and place them
under arrest. Seven people were arrested
on misdemeanor charges of interference
with public duties
The video, captured by a party attendee,
also shows officers wrestling with indi-
viduals, as well as crying children upset
or suffering from the pepper spray.
“We’ve been in contact with the dis-
trict attorney’s office and as always, the
Baytown Police Department will fully co-
operate with them,” said City of Baytown
Spokeswoman Patti Jett.
Authorities were told about the video
footage after a family member of those ar-
rested that night contacted police officials
to discuss the possibility of filing a formal
complaint, said Det. Edgar Elizondo.
“It is the policy of the Baytown Police
Department Internal Affairs Office to re-
view incidents such as this,” a department
statement said. “An appointment was
made to review the case with a member of
the Zepeda family; however the arranged
family liaison failed to attend the review.”
SEE BRUTALITY • PAGE 3
Chambers County birding season
Egrets at Trinity River Rookery. Chambers County has some key birding hot spots on the world-renowned Great Texas Coastal
Birding Trail, including the Anahuac and Trinity loops, both of which are great for shore birds. See story on Page 3.
► TRINITY RIVER
Teen killed,
sibling hurt
in boating
accident
BY CHRISTINA MARTINEZ
Christina.martinez@baytownsun.com
A Mont Belvieu Dayton area teenage girl was
killed in a boating accident Sunday.
The family was on a Mother’s Day outing on
the Trinity River. The father was driving the
family boat while the mother was watching their
16-year-old daughter and 24-year-old son ride on
a large tube pulled behind the boat. The boat ap-
proached a bend in the river near the Chambers
and Liberty County line, when the boat struck a
partial submerged tree. Upon striking the tree,
SEE ACCIDENT • PAGE 3
Saturday night election roundup
^MONT BELVIEU, ANAHUAC
Mayors re-elected,
council challenger wins
Texas Senate race
heads to runoff
BY ELESKA AUBESPIN
eleska.aubespin@baytownsun.com
Mayors in the cities of
Mont Belvieu and Anahuac
were re-elected in the May
10 special and joint elec-
tion, while one challenger
emerged victorious in a
Mont Belvieu city council
position.
According to unofficial
election results, City of
Anahuac Mayor Cheryl
Bagwell Sanders retained
her seat after winning
64.95 percent of the vote.
Her challenger, Guy Rob-
ert Jackson, received only
35.05 percent of the vote.
In Mont Belvieu, Mayor
Nick Dixon kept his seat
after running unopposed
for re-election.
In total, residents of
Mont Belvieu voted for
mayor and three city coun-
cil positions. In Anahuac,
residents voted to fill two
school board positions, as
well as the mayor and three
council positions for that
community.
When it came to Mont
Belvieu’s city election, the
first since the adoption of
a new charter, challenger
Ricky Shelton emerged
victorious to capture the
Position 2 seat. Shelton ran
against incumbent Lydia
Schneider, gaining 51.61
SEE ELECTION • PAGE 3
THE ASSOCIATEB PRESS
Two Texas House mem-
bers seeking to fill a state
Senate seat left open after
longtime Sen. Tommy Wil-
liams resigned last year are
heading to a runoff election.
Unofficial election returns
from the Secretary of State
with 100 percent of precincts
reporting show four-term
Rep. Brandon Creighton of
Conroe got the most votes
Saturday, with 45.18 percent.
Freshman Rep. Steve Toth
of The Woodlands came in
second with 23.71 percent.
Since no one collected more
than half the vote, Toth and
Creighton head to a runoff.
Also on Saturday’s ballot
were Woodlands business-
man Gordy Bunch, with
21.80 percent, and former
Sen. Michael Galloway of
Magnolia, who drew 9.29
percent.
All are Republicans. The
4th Senate District includes
Jefferson and Chambers
counties, plus parts of Harris
(including parts of Baytown),
Montgomery and Galveston
counties.
Creighton was elected as
state representative in 2006,
Creighton served until 2013.
He lives in Montgomery
County.
Toth is a businessman and
ordained minister who lives
in Montgomery County.
► SOUTHEAST TEXAS CHORAL SOCIETY
Group’s fifth
season opens
Sunday
The Southeast Texas Choral Society will hold
a Spring Sing concert celebrating their fifth
season at 4 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Bayou Grace
United Methodist Church, 2714 Ferry Road.
The concert will feature the Choral Society, as
well as three guest groups: Cedar Bayou Grace
Chancel Choir, “Joyful Noise” from Highlands
United Methodist Church, and “The Response”
band from Old River Baptist Church. Music se-
lections will include folk, spiritual and Gospel
songs as well as contemporary music. Admis-
sion is free and open to the public.
The Southeast Texas Choral Society is a
non-profit 501c3 organization whose mission is
to promote American choral music through con-
certs and service to the community. Rehearsals
are held on Thursday evenings 7-9 pm, Sept-
May, at Senior Hall Mont Belvieu, 11607 Eagle
Drive. Prospective singers, contact Suzannah
Moorman for an audition, 281-798-1639.
Twitter proposal brings Texans cheerleader to prom
BY RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
The Associated Press
CROSBY — Mike Ramirez is a high
school football player who spent most
of his time on the bench last season and
works part-time at a local McDonalds.
Caitlyn is a Texans cheerleader whose life
is devoted to intense workouts, coaching
tumbling classes and studying communi-
cations at the University of Houston.
Yet 10,000 retweets later, the two are a
prom couple.
For “Big Mike,” as he’s been known
to his friends since his sophomore year
at Crosby High School, it all started as a
joke during 3rd period, when Caitlyn fol-
lowed him on a “Twitter following spree.”
“I was all like, ‘What if I
took a Texans cheerleader to
prom?”’ Ramirez recalled
asking his classmate. “He
was like, that would be pret-
ty cool.”
So Ramirez sent Caitlyn
a message. “If I get 10,000
retweets will you go to RAMIREZ
prom with me (insert smiley
face.) you will get asked in a cute way!”
“Of course I will,” responded Caitlyn,
who according to Texans’ policy isn’t al-
lowed to give her last name.
“Alrighttt!” Ramirez exclaimed.
Twenty-seven hours later,
the high school senior who
had recently broken up with
his girlfriend had a date —
as well as a lot a series of
semi-envious, semi-genu-
ine “attaboy” tweets from
friends and dozens of new
CAITLYN Twitter followers.
“It was just as a joke,”
Ramirez said. “I didn’t think I was going
to actually get it.”
And he really didn’t think it would at-
tract attention beyond Crosby, a town of
2,300 people on the outskirts of Houston.
That one Twitter message, though,
made Ramirez’s prom a bit more than he
originally had in mind. Not only are there
TV cameras and microphones eager to
talk to him about the whole thing, his date
was a bit of mystery.
The Texans decided the prom would
be a blind date. All Ramirez knew about
Caitlyn before they met was that her
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