Suspect Convicted of 2006 Area Murder
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Voice of Community-Minded People since 1976 May 27, 2010 E-mail: [email protected] www.southbeltleader.com Vol. 35, No. 17 Graduation issue planned The Leader’s high school special edition will be published June 3. It will feature gradu- Suspect convicted of 2006 area murder ating class information for Dobie, Clear Brook and South Houston high schools, plus Lutheran By James Bolen on foot and one fl ed on a bicycle toward the Algonquin on a traffi c stop. He had been under man, but says he acted in self defense. South Academy. To honor a candidate with a Lance Baxter Williams was found guilty Tues- 10600 block of Stover and then through a fi eld surveillance by undercover offi cers, who had Garcia, however, was unarmed at the time of personalized ad, call the Leader at 281-481- day, May 25, for the 2006 fatal shooting of Bev- toward Fuqua. tailed him from his Beverly Hills residence, near the shooting, and nothing in the multiple police 5656 or e-mail [email protected]. erly Hills resident Erik Garcia and is scheduled Garcia’s cousin ran inside to call for help, but where the shooting had occurred. reports suggests he was acting in a threatening Ad space must be reserved by 3 p.m. on Fri- to be sentenced Tuesday, June 1. it was too late. The victim was pronounced dead At the time of his arrest, Williams had a hand- manner. day, May 28. On June 8, 2006, Garcia, 16, was hanging at the scene. gun on him and was also charged with unlaw- In fact, Garcia’s cousin who witnessed the out with his 14-year-old cousin in his backyard, His last words were, “Did I get hit? Did I get fully carrying a weapon. shooting said he was being cordial, as he had just Memorial Day Observances which is along a ditch in the 10500 block of Sto- hit?” Houston police would not say how the sus- moved into the subdivision four months earlier South Belt-Ellington Leader ver, when they were approached by Williams Despite a $5,000 reward from Crime Stoppers, pects were identifi ed, but said the multiple sto- and was trying to make new friends. The Leader office will be closed May 31. and three other teens. Words were exchanged be- it took police more than two months to identify ries published in the Leader were instrumental. An earlier trial, held in September 2008, end- Office closes Friday at noon. tween the two groups, with Garcia reportedly re- and apprehend the teens (the other three suspects Williams has admitted to being the trigger ed in a mistrial, as the result of a hung jury. Clear Brook City MUD ferring to Williams, the oldest of the other teens, were all unnamed juveniles, with one so young Clear Brook City MUD offices will be as, “boy.” he was a student at Thompson Intermediate.) closed Monday, May 31, in observance of According to Garcia’s cousin, Williams, a for- One of the other three teens was discovered Memorial Day. They will reopen Tuesday, mer Dobie student, took offense and told Garcia, to already be in police custody. He had been ar- De Jesus killer pleads guilty June 1, at 8 a.m. To avoid late penalties, pay- “Who are you calling boy? You don’t know me rested at Dobie, where he was a student, by the well enough to call me boy.” Pasadena Independent School District Police The man accused of kidnapping and murder- withdraw money from her bank’s ATM. ments may be left in the drop box on the drive- ing former South Belt resident Susana De Je- De Jesus’ car was was found abandoned the through window side of the building. Williams and one of the other teens then both Department on charges of possession of a con- pulled out pistols. Williams proceeded to fi re trolled substance. sus last year pleaded guilty to a capital murder next day at an apartment complex in the 6000 Parker Williams Library charge Wednesday, May 26. block of West Airport Boulevard. Her body was The Parker Williams Library will be closed several rounds, striking Garcia fi ve times. Williams was arrested on Aug. 18, 2006, when Three of the other teen suspects fl ed the scene he was stopped by police in the 11800 block of Nicholas-Michael Edwin Jean, 22, had not found more than a month later in the back of a Memorial Day. previously admitted to committing the crime, tractor trailer near Reliant Stadium. Bracewell Library and no prior plea deal had been arranged. Jean was also charged with attempted mur- The Bracewell library branch will be closed At press time, it was unclear if Brazoria Coun- der, aggravated kidnapping, burglary, aggravated Memorial Day. One killed in drive-by shooting ty District Attorney Jeri Yenne would still seek robbery and theft of a fi rearm, all related to an the death penalty in the case. If Jean does not re- attempted carjacking on March 9, 2009. Police arrested two suspects and are looking medics about 30 minutes to arrive at the scene Heavy trash scheduled ceive the death penalty, he would automatically for several others after a fatal drive-by shooting and that the victim was treated and transported be sentenced to life in prison with no chance of Tree waste will be picked up Thursday, took place at roughly 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, May to the hospital before police arrived at the resi- June 1 last day to protest parole. May 27, for city of Houston residents living 26, in the 11000 block of Sagevalley. dence. Jean is accused of abducting De Jesus at gun- south of Beltway 8. For more information, call Former Dobie student Fabian Ramirez, 19, When contacted for comment by the Leader, home appraisal values point Feb. 2, 2009, as she left her job at Cathe- 3-1-1. was shot in the neck in the incident. He was tak- police would not say what time offi cers arrived rine’s Plus Sizes near FM 518 and Highway 288. en to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was at the scene – just that they had been dispatched Tuesday, June 1, is the last day for homeown- Police said Jean forced De Jesus into her car, a Turn lane construction set pronounced dead. at 1:27 a.m. ers to protest their appraised home values through 2008 Cadillac, and then drove her to the 3600 Following the shooting, police located the Neighbors told the Leader that another drive- the Harris County Appraisal District. Construction of a left-turn lane on block of Old Spanish Trail, where he made her suspects’ vehicle near Scarsdale, and a chase en- by shooting had occurred at the residence ap- Overall, property values in Harris County are Blackhawk south of Beltway 8 is scheduled to expected to drop by some $11.6 billion for a de- begin Tuesday, June 1. The turn lane will head sued. proximately three months ago. They, however, The pursuit ended, however, when the sus- said no one was struck in that incident, and it did crease of about 4 percent compared to 2009. In toward Highway 288 and is intended to allevi- the residential market, which has generally been ate heavy traffic that accumulates on the area pects’ car crashed into a fence on the Gulf Free- not appear to involve the same suspects. way feeder road near Nyack. The victim’s brother told the Leader the shoot- Adjusting lights fl at, about 70 percent of existing homes were street during drive time. The project is sched- worth the same on January 1, 2010, as they were uled to be completed within 80 days, accord- After the crash, several people exited the ve- ing likely stemmed from an earlier argument that hicle and fl ed on foot. Police were able to appre- Ramirez, a 2009 Dobie graduate, was not even on that same date in 2009. However, nearly 30 ing to Harris County Precinct 1 Project percent of the residential properties in the county Coordinator Larry Allen. County officials are hend two of the suspects. involved in. At press time, the suspects’ names were not No other information was immediately avail- have declined in value over the last year, and only also currently working on designs for a right- about 1 percent saw a value increase – primarily turn lane at the intersection that would head available. able. Witnesses reported that it took roughly 1.5 Anyone with information about this case is due to new construction. toward the Gulf Freeway. Allen said plans Those wishing to fi le a 2010 protest are urged should be ready to submit to the Texas hours for police to arrive at the scene of the urged to contact the Houston Police Depart- shooting. They further reported that it took para- ment’s Homicide Division at 713-308-3600. to use the district’s online iFile and iSettle sys- Department of Transportation for approval by tems. For more information, visit www.hcad. next month. org. Second cookoff planned Stuchbery student struck by car A cookoff will be held Saturday, June 12, at A second-grade Stuchbery student returned to and the Pasadena Independent School District Celebrating El Franco Lee Park, 9400 Hall Road, to raise school Tuesday, May 25, after being struck by Police department as well as paramedics re- additional funds for the annual South Belt a car while leaving the campus Thursday, May sponded to the incident.