NOVEMBER 2, 2007
WHITE OAK TERRACE MOBILE HOME FIRE
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
COMMISSIONERS TAKE OVER ANIMAL SHELTER MCPR
Monday morning Montgomery County Commissioners voted to return control of the Montgomery County Animal Shelter to the County effective Saturday November 7. . The employees will be county employees with benefits. They will work on the same budget but look for an increase before the fiscal year is over. Montgomery County Precinct 4 Commissioner Jim Clark will handle oversight as a new director is sought and the county moves toward forming a Local Government Corporation which will then run the shelter.
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
SHOOTING STABBING ODEN DR
New information is coming to light about the brutal attack that killed a high school senior in his own home in northwest Harris County.
According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, at about 4pm Monday, Pedro Sanchez, 21, arrived at a home in the 18600 block of Oden Trace Drive and walked in through an unlocked door. Sanchez was spotted walking up the stairs carrying a baseball bat and wearing latex gloves. He entered an upstairs bathroom where Tyler Wade, 17, was taking a shower and began attacking Wade.
Authorities say Sanchez armed himself with a knife and stabbed Wade multiple times, as Wade fought for his life.
Wade’s younger sister was home at the time and witnessed the attack. She ran to a neighbor’s house for help.
The neighbor grabbed a gun and ran to Wade’s defense. When he confronted Sanchez and ordered him to stop the attack, Sanchez went towards the neighbor with the knife, who shot and killed him
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
SAN JAC RIVER RECOVERY
Saturday night Cleveland Police were called to the East Fork of the San Jacinto River for a vehicle being swept down the river with two victims. Cleveland Fire Department responded along with East Montgomery County Fire Department. They arrived to find two people who had been fishing trapped as the river quickly rose from the prior nights rains. One Cleveland officer entered the water on his arrival but was unable to get to the victims. Fire crews attempted to deploy a boat but due to the muddy approach could not get it to the waters edge. The crews then took to lifelines and were able to get vests to the two and get them to shore. It was thought it would be weeks to recover their Jeep but that changed Monday as a member of a group known as “Dayton Swamp Rescue Family” responded to the site. Using an airboat they were able to tow the Jeep, which had been under water Saturday night, from the river and across the muddy area to where it could be loaded onto a trailer.
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
WRONG WAY FATAL CRASH US 59 -NEW CANEY, TX
Just before 3am Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office started receiving calls for a wrong way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of US 59 at FM 1314. A female driver said she was going south and exited FM 1314 just as the vehicle passed going north. She stated she flashed her headlights but the vehicle kept going. Two and one-half minutes later another call came in that a vehicle matching the description of the wrong way driver was involved in a head-on crash at Roman Forest and US 59 with an 18-wheeler. EMC Fire and MCHD responded to the scene and found a male deceased in the vehicle. According t the truck driver he was driving southbound in the right lane when he spotted the vehicle. The truck driver took evasive action and drove toward the center median. he said it was as if the vehicle was following his trucks headlights. After impact the vehicle caught fire but was quickly extinguished by a Montgomery County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable. At this time US 59 remains closed between SH 242 and Roman Forest. All traffic is being diverted to the feeders. Traffic a short time ago was backed up to FM 2090 in Splendora. MCSO and DPS are directing traffic at Roman Forest Drive. Roman Forest Drive also has a heavy backup.
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
SH 105 DRUG TRUCK CRASH
Just after midnight an 18-wheeler carrying oilfield equipment rear-ended a bobtail truck loaded with prescription drugs. The bobtail truck box ruptured and drugs, syringes, and other pharmaceutical supplies were scattered for several hundred yards along SH 105. The driver of the 18-wheeler escaped injury. One piece of equipment came through the back wall of the sleeper. Drugs were even on top of the cab of the truck. The 18-wheeler ended up in the ditch. The engine and transmission broke loose. Crews spent the entire night picking up- drugs and combing the area making sure nothing was missed. The trucks took several heavy-duty trucks to move it. Hazmat International was responsible for the cleanup, Miller, Texan and Saddle Creek Heavy Duty wreckers spent hours unloading the 18 wheeler and getting it back on the roadway. Other wrecker drivers assisted in stacking boxes of drugs as another truck came to pick them up and return them to the distributor.
AT 550AM- THE 18 WHEELER IS STILL IN THE DITCH. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 7 AM BEFORE THE ROAD CAN REOPEN,
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
NEW WAVERLY HOSTAGE SCENE
About 7 am Monday morning a grandmother was taking her 12-year-old and 7-year-old grandchildren to school in New Waverly. According to the children’s father, as she was pulling out of the driveway the suspect, who is identified as the children’s step-father arrived on the scene. He brandished a shotgun and shot the grandmother in the shoulder and took the two children into the house where their mother and aunt were. Once inside he hit the aunt with the shotgun butt and maced the children. Walker County Sheriff’s Office responded. A DPS Trooper was able to extract the shot grandmother from the front yard. She was transported to the hospital with a bullet wound to the shoulder and a punctured lung. SWAT was activated and Huntsville Police assisted Walker County and DPS. A short time later the 7-year-old was released along with the aunt. Montgomery County and Harris County SWAT was activated and responded to the scene. At about 12:30 the 12-year-old was released and transported to the hospital with eye irritation and to be checked out. According to the father, the suspect had assaulted the two children awhile back and fled once a warrant was issued. He was arrested in Tarrant County where an ankle monitor was placed on him along with a protective order. He posted bond and was released. SWAT remains on the scene trying to get the suspect to give up and release his ex-wife.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
OUTDOOR KITCHEN FIRE SENDS THREE TO HOSPITAL -PORTER, TX
At 5:35 pm multiple calls came into the Montgomery County 911 Center reporting an explosion in the 19300 block of Riverwalk in the Riverwalk Subdivision in Porter. EMC and Porter Fire Departments responded to the scene along with multiple ambulances as additional calls came in with additional victims. Arriving on the scene they found a 46-year-old female, a 16-year-old female, and a 16-month -an old toddler with burns. They were all transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. The home was not damaged by fire. According to Batallion Chief Ray Vaden with the Porter Fire Department, the explosion happened in the backyard of the home. It was an outdoor kitchen that exploded but the cause is unknown. The Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office is en route. All victims are reported to be in stable condition.
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
CRASH SENDS VEHICLE INTO DPS PATROL UNIT
Just before 6 pm Monday a DPS Trooper was working a crash on FM 1485 near Caney Drive. His patrol unit was parked on the northbound shoulder of the road with emergency equipment activated. A female driving a Honda was southbound on FM 1485 and in the left turn lane to turn into a private drive. As she waited for traffic to clear. A black Honda Civic was northbound and seeing the patrol car steered into the left turn lane not seeing the other vehicle. The black Honda Civic hit the other Honda head-on. That crash sent the Honda in the center lane backward and to the side. As it went into the southbound lanes it was hit by an 18-wheeler and catapulted into the Troopers patrol unit on the northbound shoulder. There were no serious injuries, however, FM 1485 was closed for over an hour as Saddle Creek Towing hooked up to the now disabled 18-wheeler and cleaned up the oil spill left behind.
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
MAN EJECTED THROUGH ROOF IN FOUR CAR CRASH FOUND ALIVE 3 HOURS LATER
Just after 7pm, a four-vehicle crash was reported on FM 1314 south of SH 242 in front of the Thunder Gun Range. First units on the scene started calling for additional ambulances and rescue equipment. The driver of one of the vehicles was not on the scene. None of the witnesses say he left the scene. The sunroof of his jeep was broken out and pieces were found several hundred feet down the road. Caney Creek and Porter Firefighters started searching the woods in knee-deep water with no luck. DPS Troopers were convinced the 61-year-old male did not flee on foot. Texas Department of Criminal Justice was contacted for Bloodhounds. DPS also requested their helicopter. A crew was called into a man it and they responded. For over an hour they flew over the area using infrared sensors and spotlights with no luck. Now, 3-h0urs into the search the DPS Sergeant on the scene had just put the radio in his hand to release the helicopter from the scene and allow the fire department to continue searching with a drone. It was then the helicopter crew said they spotted the victim some 200-yards into the woods lying alongside the water. Troopers went in to locate him thinking the crash was now a fatality. However, the next call was for them to send EMS in and the victim was alive. The TDCJ Dogs were canceled. The driver of the Jeep was transported to Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands. Witnesses said the driver of the Jeep was northbound on FM 1314 when he crossed the center line sideswiping a southbound Kia Sol causing it to flip into the ditch. The female driver was transported in stable condition to Methodist Hospital in The Woodlands. The Jeep then went between a Ford Edge and a Toyota Forerunner. As it hit this vehicle it went airborne and landed on top of the Toyota. The female driver was trapped in the Toyota with internal injuries and leg fractures. Caney Creek and Porter firefighters worked to free her. An infant was in a car seat in the back seat. The infant did not even have a scratch being in the baby seat. Firefighters were able to get the infant out of the mangled mess. It was close to 20-minutes to cut the female driver out of the Toyota. The female driver of the Ford edge which was also southbound was transported in stable condition. The driver of the Jeep could not be found. Inside his vehicle were no signs that he had exited the vehicle on his own as all doors were jammed shut. But with the roof, open Troopers figured he had been ejected. He was transported to Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands in stable condition. DPS is still trying to determine why he crossed into oncoming traffic, however, another witness says they believe he hit the curb on the side of the road and overcorrected.
EDITORS NOTE: IF IT WASN’T FOR THE PERSISTENCE OF THE EAST COUNTY DPS TROOPERS AND SERGEANT THIS DRIVER OF THE JEEP MAY HAVE DIED IN THE WOODS./CONROE, TEXAS
