SEPTEMBER 25, 2006
NEW ORLEANS SUPERDOME FIRST GAME SINCE KATRINA
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
RICHARD EXECUTION
Michael Wayne Richard, 48, was executed by lethal injection on 25 September 2007 in Huntsville, Texas for the rape, robbery, and murder of a woman in her home.
On the afternoon of 18 August 1986, Richard, then 26, was in front of the Hockley home of Marguerite Dixon, 53. Richard approached Dixon’s son, Albert, and asked if the van parked in the driveway was for sale. When Albert Dixon told him the van belonged to his brother who was out of town, Richard left.
Richard later denied any involvement in the killing. “I was a thief – I ain’t gonna lie to you,” he told an interviewer on death row the week before his execution, “because that’s what I was taught by my father. But I’ve been trying to tell everybody I didn’t break in that house or kill that woman.” He said that a detective tricked him into signing a document he could not read.
Lee Coffee, the prosecutor in Richard’s first trial, and who is now a judge in Memphis, Tennessee, said that Richard never denied the killing during his trial. Coffee also said that, at the Dixon family’s request, he offered Richard a life sentence, but Richard rejected the plea offer.
Richard said that he accepted the plea offer, but Coffee reneged on his promise.
As for his mental retardation claim, Richard said that the state’s evidence against him was misleading. He said that he had others write letters for him, then he copied them in his own handwriting, and that he merely imitated behavior he saw others doing. “There’s a lot of things I can’t do, but if I sit and watch you, I can learn to do a little,” he said.
On the day Richard was executed, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Kentucky case challenging the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection. Richard’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to grant a stay in his case until the Kentucky case is decided, but their request was denied a few minutes before 8:00 p.m.
At his execution, Richard expressed love to his family in a brief last statement. After the lethal injection was started, he said, “I guess this is it.” He was pronounced dead at 8:23 p.m.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2008
GARBAGE TRUCK FATAL CRASH IN WILLIS TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
MCHD ANNOUNCES DISCOUNT PRESCRIPTION DRUG CARD 700
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE
In August 2010 Joseph Branstetter then age 21 became an instant hero in Porter. A Plane crashed in his yard, he was asleep and heard the crash. Going outside he found the plane and immediately worked to get pilot out of the wrecked plane. The pilot was then Life Flighted from the scene.
Last September this young hero shot and killed his grandparents in the home on Oak Knoll off Old Houston Road. According to investigators he admitted to shooting his father in the head then walking outside and shot his mother in the head as she tried to get to her husband. He never gave a reason to why he did it.
The Montgomery County Grand Jury indicted him for capital murder.
The District Attorney determined to move the case forward as a death penalty case.
Thursday, Branstetter appeared in the 221st District Court and plead guilty to capital murder and agreed to a sentence of life without parole.
NOTE-WE INTERVIEWED BOTH BRANSTETTER AND HIS MOTHER IN 2010 AFTER THE PLANE CRASH.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
MOM USES CHILD TO SELL DOPE IN WALLER COUNTY
On September 7, 2014 the Waller County Sheriff’s Office received information that a mother was using a child less than 10-years-old engaging in the sale of narcotics at the Taconasco Bar located at 47921 Business 290 in Hempstead. Undercover Officers responded tot he bar and began surveillance of the bar and parking lot. They observed Silvia Tijerina with a small child exchanging narcotics for cash with several patrons. After several hours one of the undercover officers approached Tijerina and inquired about purchasing some narcotics. Tijerinna led him out to the parking lot
Once in the parking lot with Tijerinna in the driver seat and the child in the passenger seat Tijerinna then offered a small baggie of cocaine to the officer for $40. She then handed it to the child who handed it to the officer. Tijeninna then told the undercover office rto give the money to the child which he did. The child was then told by her mother to count the money and to validate it, check to make sure it was real. The child did this and showing experience held the bills to the light to verify them.
On Saturday September 20, 2014 deputies served a warrant on Tijeninna at the same bar for manufacture and delivery after additional transactions took place. During the booking process deputies found an additional 8.6 grams of cocaine on Tijeninna. She is also charged with child endangerment.
During further investigation it was determined the child was only 7-years-old.She was also then charged with child endangerment. She’s being held in the Waller County Jail on $100,000 dollars bond.
The child was placed with family in Navasota. .
“It’s unimaginable that a mother would place a child in this situation,” said Captain Brian Cantrell with the Waller County Sheriff’s Office. It’s almost like the mother is training the small child how to be a drug dealer”
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
BRITTMORE WAREHOUSE FIRE
Just before 9pm Friday Harris County EMS medics ran a call then went to get some dinner. They returned to their office on Brittmore at Kempwood a short time later to find smoke and fire coming out of the vents of an adjoining suite. The crew immediately called 911 and then removed the office equipment from their suite. Houston Fire Department arrived on the scene quickly and after having to force entry were able to quickly extinguish the blaze. Houston Arson is looking at the cause. fire officials say if it wasn’t for the medics spotting the blaze the entire warehouse could have gone up in flames since it sits back away from the road which is lightly traveled at night.
The medics office suffered only light smoke damage.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
LINES FORM FOR NEW IPHONE 6S
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
CONROE COMMERCIAL FIRE-PIPELINE TRUCKING
Just after midnight a person walking down SH 105 just east of FM 1485 spotted flames coming out of the front of Pipeline Trucking Inc. which is the fleet repair facility for a Conroe Concrete pipe manufacturing company. . They called Conroe Fire Department who responded along with Cut and Shoot Fire Department. Units arrived on the scene with heavy fire from two front bay doors. After cutting their way into the metal building they were able to quickly extinguish the blaze. The inside of the building suffered extensive fire and smoke damage. The fire which was just outside the Conroe City Limits will be investigated by the Montgomery County Fire Marshals Office
SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
MOON GLO DRIVE HOMICIDE
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
ROMAN FOREST CLEANING SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION
Members of the Red Cross and Interfaith Ministries started distributing cleaning supplies and other supplies Wednesday morning in Roman Forest. The kits include mop, mask, gloves, bleach, mosquito dunks, trash bags, water, and several other items. The line started at 7 am as people waited for the 10 am the start. It was to run until 3 pm but does not look like supplies will last. At 1030 am the line was almost 1/2 mile long. Drivers never get out of the vehicle, pull up and they are loaded. Each person gets the same. Roman Forest Police Chief Stephen Carlisle said he had at least 60 homes inn Roman Forest damaged. more in Wood Branch and also Tavola.
