Police sting nabs 4 suspects in tire/rims theft spree

by KHOU.com staff
khou.com
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:40 AM
Updated today at 9:14 AM

HOUSTON—Four suspects, who may have been on a year and a half-long rim and tire theft spree, were captured during a sting operation in northwest Houston early Monday, according to authorities.

The suspects were caught red-handed in the Westbrook Lakes Subdivision, located off Eldridge at Chimney Sweep, around 3:30 a.m.

Brenham police and Houston police were conducting a rim theft sting and caught four suspects in the act of stealing several sets of tires in the subdivision.
As officers approached, the suspects all fled in three separate vehicles, scattering in different directions.

Police said one suspect in one of the vehicles was apprehended on Highway 290 at FM 529; another suspect in the second vehicle surrendered on Marlborough at Larknolls; and two suspects bailed out of the third vehicle at a La Quinta Inn on West 34th Street at Highway 290. One was caught almost immediately, and the second was caught after a short search at a nearby complex.

Police said the suspects may be connected to hundreds of theft within the last 18 months

Hollywood style drug battle in NW Houston!

HOUSTON - In the northwest Houston community of Champion’s Crossing, there was no need to catch the cop shows on cable.

The real deal went down on the edge of their neighborhood Monday afternoon.
"We are all a little shaken, we are a little scared," resident Hamilton Russell said.
It happened just before 2 p.m. when an 18-wheel tanker truck came under a barrage of fire from moving vehicles clearly on the wrong side of the law.
That truck was thought to be carrying drugs and was under surveillance by a narcotics task force.

FOX 26 asked Harris County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Christina Garza whether investigators believe the incident was an attempted hijacking.
"We don't know,” Garza said. “I can't tell you that right now.”
Whatever it was, local law plowed in with guns blazing.

"In that exchange of gunfire, one of our undercover officers at the Harris County Sheriff's office was struck in the leg,” Garza said. “He was transported to an area hospital where he is expected to make a full recovery. We also have one suspect who is dead on the scene inside that 18 wheeler.”

The cops captured multiple suspects, including a gunman who took a bumper instead of a bullet.

"We have another suspect who was struck by an officer's vehicle as he tried to open fire against that officer," Garza said.

Who shot who and who might have gotten away? Those questions remain unanswered.
Meantime, the good folks of Champion's Crossing are drawing their own, less-than-comforting conclusions.

"Things happen,” resident Teresa Baskin said. “No matter where you go, no matter where you try to live, things just happen.”
"I need to go buy a gun," said Hamilton Russell, her neighbor.


Read more: HERE

Deputy Shot, 18-Wheeler Crashes in NW Houston: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

Poster in Katy draws complaints ...

KHOU: Imagine a poster that shows a man being hanged and a couple dozen armed cowboys posing under him, with a caption that reads "Lets Play Cowboy's And IRANIANS!"

Then imagine that poster hanging in your local restaurant. Do you find this offensive? or funny?

Nonmacher's Barbecue in Katy, Texas, is fighting with that very scenario.

One customer told KTRK in Houston, "You know it's 2011, looking at it now, I see nothing really more than a display of racism and bigotry." He continues to say, "I don't think something like this should really be accepted by any community."

The owner of the restaurant, John Nonmacher, tells Desmond that the poster has been there on the wall for 30 years and he has never had a complaint. Now that the word is being spread, his phone has been ringing off the hook.

He says the poster was made by some Houstonians in 1979 as a reenactment of the Iran Hostage crisis. Iranians held more than 50 Americans for 444 days.

Nonmacher says "I laughed and I'm still laughing. I mean, they don't understand what it is. They don't care to understand, and somebody's taking it upon themselves to campaign and crusade."

If you're ever in Katy, Texas, and stop by Nonmacher's Barbeque, take a minute to find the poster. Despite requests to remove the poster, Nonmacher says, "It's my choice to have it up. It's your choice to go where you want to go. But I'm not going to take it down."

NW Houston Police chase ends at police station?

Click2HOUSTON -- A police chase ended in northwest Houston Friday after a man drove the wrong way on a freeway, crashed and ran into a police substation parking lot, officials said .

West University police said the chase started on Community Street at 2 a.m. because the vehicle did not have its lights on.
A patrol officer tried to pull over the driver, Marcus York, 32, but he fled, officials said.

Police said the high-speed chase wound around Bellaire and Houston streets, and on Loop 610 and Highway 290. At one point, York traveled in the wrong direction on the Northwest Freeway. He also rammed into two patrol cars during the pursuit, officials said.

Investigators said York drove backwards down the Tidwell exit ramp and then crashed at railroad tracks near Hempstead Highway at Windfern. York took off running and scaled a fence at a parking lot, which turned out to be the Northwest Police Substation, according to authorities.

York was tackled by officers. When York was asked why he ran from officers, he said he was on parole for burglary. York has a criminal history including theft and burglary, police said.

He will be charged with evading arrest and aggravated assault of a police officer.
Officials said no one was injured.

Diamond & Ice Gala set - January 28

NORTH HOUSTON - The 38th annual Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Diamonds & Ice Gala to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012, will benefit the Economic Development Initiative, a program designed to realize specific, measureable, focused activities to support the northwest Houston community.

The event, which will be at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott, 1601 Lake Robbins Drive in Houston, is the Chamber’s premier fundraising event. The Gala will feature live entertainment with Grammy award winner Florence LaRue and The 5th Dimension, as well as dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions, awards and a diamond raffle.