Police seeking NW Houston hit & run suspect

by KHOU.com staff

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Posted on August 9, 2012 at 7:36 AM

Updated today at 11:03 AM

HOUSTON—Houston police were searching for two hit-and-run drivers involved in a fatal traffic accident in northwest Houston Thursday morning.

Police said a 41-year-old man was trying to cross the street in the 500 block of Tidwell at West Montgomery around 5:30 a.m. when he was struck by a pickup truck and a passenger car. Both drivers fled the scene.

Police do not know the make and model of either vehicle at this time.

Anyone with information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Hit and Run Unit at             713-247-4065       or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. 

Man charged in fatal NW Houston stabbing

THE CHRON: When Houston police found the fatally stabbed body of Ceceilia Sanders early Monday morning, her younger daughter was with her.

Her other daughter, a 3-year-old, was found in a bedroom closet in the family’s northwest Houston apartment.

Neither daughter was seriously injured in the deadly stabbing and authorities would hours later charge Sanders’ boyfriend in her death.

Ronald Deshaun Green is accused of killing the 27-year-old woman sometime Sunday, stabbing her with a knife, according to court records. Green, also 27, is also charged with abandoning a child. His is in jail on $100,000 bail.

Sanders was discovered about 12:10 a.m. Monday inside the apartment at Yale Village, 5637 Yale near Tidwell, Houston police said.

She had been stabbed more than once and was found by her mother in an upstairs bedroom. The 8-month-old was not hurt, but the older girl had a bump on her head, police said.

Relatives said the woman’s mother had not heard from her during the day Sunday and came to the apartment to check on her and found her dead.

HPD Sgt. Warren Meeler said Green was the last person seen with the woman.

Neighbors reportedly saw the couple enter the apartment together about noon Sunday. Meeler said no one saw the woman leave the apartment after that. But, he added, neighbors told investigators they later saw Green alone outside pacing back and forth in front of the unit and then he went back inside.

Suspect found at store

Green was found about 7:15 a.m. after one of his relatives told police he might be at a convenience store on Gulf Bank near Alabonson just outside Houston in northwest Harris County, Meeler said.

Meeler said Green willingly accompanied authorities to be questioned at HPD headquarters in downtown Houston.

Two suspects arrested in Houston cop shooting

HOUSTON – Two suspects have been arrested in the shooting of an off-duty HPD officer and a clerk Tuesday night at an erotica store in northwest Houston.

The suspects' names won't be released until formal charges are filed.

It happened at a Zone D’Erotica store in the 13000 block of Willowchase, around 9:40 p.m.

The whole robbery was captured by surveillance cameras.

Police said Officer Jessica Smith just happened to be inside the store when a man with a gun walked in and demanded money from the clerk. Seconds later, the second suspect casually strolled in, carrying a backpack.

The first suspect went around the counter and forced the clerk to the floor at gunpoint, while the second suspect started grabbing merchandise and stuffing it into his bag.

The clerk, who asked to be called "Garza" because he did not want his identity revealed, said he gave the armed man what he had – but apparently, that wasn’t enough.

The suspect shot him in the leg.

As soon as the officer heard the gunshot, surveillance video shows her running for the door. Police said Wednesday she was unarmed.

"She was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Garza said.

The suspects followed Smith outside to the parking lot and shot her twice in the shoulder.

"What they did is completely wrong. Nobody deserves to get shot," Garza said.

Smith managed to get into her car and drive down the road to call for help.

She was taken to Northwest Medical Center where she was treated and later released.

The suspects, who escaped with $240 in cash and about $400 worth of merchandise, were caught Wednesday

Clear Lake football fundraiser set August 9th

CHRON: The Clear Lake football 2012 Parents Meeting and Fundraiser is Aug. 9 in the Clear Lake High School Cafeteria commons area.

The mandatory meeting runs from 5:30-6:30 p.m. with a $15 per person fundraising meal fromCarrabba's Italian Grill available on site and to go from 6:30-8 p.m.

The Clear Lake Falcon Quarterback Club receives 60 percent of the proceeds, and for tickets and more information, contact Adrienne Mucha at 281-474-4044 or admucha@comcast.net, or Kristi Snow at 832-433-8445 or kjsnow63@aol.com.

Man kills his brother in NW Houston home

Click2Houston: A man fatally shot his 71-year-old brother-in-law at a northwest Houston home on Wednesday, investigators said.

Houston police said the shooting happened in the 5700 block of Saxon near the Northwest Freeway about 2:20 p.m.

The man police said admitted to shooting and killing his brother-in-law Wednesday afternoon has been released from police custody and for the time being, won't face any charges. Bruce Devine was briefly detained by Houston Police after he called them saying he had shot someone in self-defense.

"He threatened me," Devine said. "He was coming at me. He was going to hurt me. If he didn't kill me, he was gonna hurt me real bad."

When police arrived at the home on the 5700 block of Saxon Dr. in Northwest Houston at around 2:20 p.m., they found the 71-year-old victim inside a bedroom dead from a single 9 mm gunshot wound to the chest. 

The alleged shooter, Devine, and his wife were both inside the house at the time of the shooting police said. The victim had recently moved in with the couple.

"(The victim) had just been released from a long prison term in March and was staying with the family here,"  Houston Police Detective Bart Oxspring said.

Devine said that he has no regrets about shooting his wife's brother but he does feel bad for her.

"I'm sorry to say that my wife's relationship probably won't be the same because she loved her brother and I took his life," Devine said.

The District Attorney's Office has declined to file charges against Devine for now.  However, they add that a grand jury will now ultimately decide if Devine will face any criminal charges.

4th person shot in NW Houston apartment rampage

THE CHRON: Authorities said Thursday that a fourth person was shot in a rampage the day before at a northwest Houston apartment complex, an incident that triggered a series of events that ended when the suspected gunman died after a car crash.

The dead man was identified Thursday as Patrick Oneal Spurlock, 39. Why he opened fire about 8:50 a.m. at the Wilshire Place condominiums, 6000 Hollister, has not been determined.

Spurlock was a tenant at the complex but had been asked to leave by a security guard, police said. Spurlock pulled a gun and shot the guard and others. The fourth victim, officials said, was driving in the parking lot when he was wounded. He was flown by medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical condition.

Spurlock then ran into the median of Hollister, officials said, and shot at an officer in his squad car. 

The officer returned fire but neither was hit, officials said.

Spurlock carjacked a woman outside another apartment complex on Hollister. He then drove off in her Chevrolet TrailBlazer, with police pursuing. During the chase, he stopped the SUV more than once, reversed into patrol cars following him and exchanged gunfire with the officers.

In the U-turn lane of the Northwest Freeway feeder road near Tidwell, he reversed into pursuing police cars before heading east on the inbound service road. The chase ended when he slammed into cars stopped at a traffic light at Hollister.

The chain-reaction crash sent five people to area hospitals. At least one has been released.

No officers were injured in the rolling gunbattle.

Spurlock died on the frontage road. His cause of death had not been determined.

Thief eludes police

by KHOU.com staff

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HOUSTON—Houston police are searching for a theft suspect who escaped capture after leading police on a chase before crashing in northwest Houston early Monday.

An HPD unit attempted to pull over the suspect on 34th near TC Jester shortly after 1 a.m., but he refused to stop.

The suspect sped through the Casa Nube apartments and came upon a wooden and chain link fence bordering Spring Hill apartments, but that did not stop him.   

Police said the suspect smashed through the fence, hit a dumpster, then smashed through another fence before crashing. Two vehicles in the apartments were damaged after the suspect crashed. An SUV in the parking lot was damaged by the first fence and a car was hit by the dumpster.

The suspect then hopped out, fled on foot and remains at large.