Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 38, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 14, 1995 Page: 1 of 58
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On Sept 8, 1994 Fails and
Thompson pleaded guilty lo con-
spiracy. The charge alleges that on
Dec. 31, 1993 the men, along with
several other individuals, attached
and seriously injured Carmen
Brace Henderson and Gary Cris-
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gift, while John Bogany, Jerry Bogany and
Amy Nettles supervise.
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Three teens in custody
for truck stop robberies
LIVINGSTON - Back-to-back
armed robberies of two truck stops
along U.S. 39 late Wednesday and
early Thursday are believed cleared
with the arrests of three teenagers.
Albert Donat Pitt Jr. 17, Timothy
Lynn Samuelson, 17, and Billy Joe
McCullar, 18, all of Goodrich,
remained in the Polk County Jail
Friday afternoon, each charged
with two counts of armed robbery,
according to Sheriff Billy Ray Nel-
son.
The Polk County Sheriff’s
Department was notified of an
armed robbery at the Diamond
Shamrock truck stop, between
Livingston and Goodrich, at 11:53
p.m. Sheriff’s deputies and
Livingston Police Department of-
ficers responded.
The clerk at the business told of-
ficers that a white male with a gun
had entered the building and
demanded money, Nelson said. The
clerk gave the subject the money
and the suspect left, running behind
the building. No description of a
suspect vehicle was available.
A few minutes later, at 12:29
a.m„ the sheriffs department was
notified of another armed robbery,
top in
this one at Mack’s Truck Stop
Seven Oaks. As in the first robbery,
a white male entered the business
with e gun and fled with money,
Nelson said.
While enroute to the Seven
Oaks’ scene, Deputy Mike Nettles
noticed a light blue Ford heading
south. While responding to the
Diamond Shamrock robbery a few
minutes earlier, the deputy had
noticed the same car heading north.
Nettles turned on the vehicle near
Loop 116 and ran a license chock,
which showed the car was regis-
tered to a Goodrich resident. The
cor, which the deputy said had a
broken rear taillight, was stopped at
12:42 a.m., 13 minutes after the
Seven Oaks robbery, according to
sheriffs reports.
Sgt. John Ssnders and
Livingston Police Officer Mike
DeVillcneuve arrived as back-up
and the three subjects in (he vehicle
were identified.
The sheriff said money taken in
the robberies - approximately $85
from Diamond Shamrock and ap-
proximately $340 reported missing
from the Seven Oaks truck stop -
was recovered from the suspecta’
vehicle. Four packs of cigarettes
taken in the first robbery were also
recovered, as were items identified
as having been taken in vehicle
burglaries in the city of Livingston
prior to the robberies, Nelson said.
The pistol believed to have been
used in the robberies was recovered
by the sheriff’s department
Thursday morning, alongside U.S.
59, just north of Livingston, ac-
cording to (he sheriff.
The three suspects are each
being held under two $50,000
bonds for armed robbery.
Other incidents recently reported
to the sheriffs department include:
•The burglary of a residence in
Indian Springs, reported May 9 and
investigated by Deputy Scott
Hughes. A 110-volt air-condition-
ing unit was reported missing.
•A burglary at Broken Arrow
Marina, reported May 1 and Inves-
tigated by Deputy Clark Lou. A 15-
horsepower Mariner boat motor,
horsepower
fishing rods and reels and a tackle
box were reported mining.
•The burglary of a residence in
Country Sunrise, reported May 8
and investigated by Lott. A
lawnmower, sewing machine,
, toy Jcop,
of copper tubing, a 25-inch color
microwave oven
100 feet
television set and • video cassotto
recorder were reported missing.
•The theft of l 19-inch ootar i|L
•The theft of a purse and con-
tents, including jewelry and cash,
from a visitor at Southland Farit,
reported May S and investigated by
Cain.
Onalaska curfew to go into effect June 1
By SHERRI BURRIS
Enterprise Reporter
chance to familiarize themselves
with the ordinance," Vail said.
ONALASKA - The Onalaska
City Council has enacted a teen
curfe
The city council has talked about
tor i
few to counter what the police
department here calls an "increase
in the number of youths involved in
malicious acts in the community."
The population of this little com-
munity on the banks of Lake
Livingston swells from ap-
proximately 1,000 residents to over
10,000 in the summer months. "The
purpose of the curfew is not to
penalize the kids coming here to
camp for the weekend," Council-
man Lew Vail said. "But rather to
keep them from hanging out In
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: places at 2 a.m. and causing
■> trouble.”
* The curfew goes into effect June
1, just missing the Memorial Day
weekend. "We purposefully picked
the June 1 date to give campers a
an idea of a teen curfew for several
months. The council had deckled to
wait for the Texas Legislature to
approve a bill that would allow es-
tablishment of county-wide cur-
fews. At a recent council meeting
Onalaska Municipal City Judge
John Martin urged the council to be
a leader in setting a teen curfew
and presented a draft of an or-
dinance to councilmembers. Martin
attended a judicial conference were
the curfew ordinance was dis-
cussed.
The curfew was established for
youth under 17 years of age and
win be in effect from midnight to 3
a.m. Fridays and Saturdays and
from 11 p.m to 5 a.m. all other
nights of the week.
A warning will be issued on the
first offense and e written notice of
the violation will be sent to parents.
On the second offense, the juvenile
will be taken to the police Station
and the parents will be fined $100
and for each subsequent offense the
fine will increase by $30. The
municipal judge may assess com-
munity service to the juvenile as
well as fining the parents.
Juveniles who violate the curfew
more than three times will have
charges filed on them in the Polk
County juvenile courts.
The curfew also affects business
establishments which allow
juveniles on their premises while
the curfew is in effect. The busi-
ness will receive a warning for the
first violation and $200 fine for the
second offense, with the fine in-
creasing 3100 for each subsequent
offense.
The ordinance allows for several
exceptions which include juveniles
accompanied by parents and
juveniles who are returning home
within one hour of the end of an or-
ganized activity, such as school or
church functions. Exceptions arc
also made to juveniles who work
past the curfew.
The city council will review the
number of warnings and arrests as-
sociated with the curfew and
review the number of crimes com-
mitted by juveniles to assess the
impact of the curfew. The review
will be made six months after the
curfew goes into effect. Informal
reviews will be made on a regular
basis.
A provision commonly known as
the "sunset provision" will make
the ordinance expire Dec. 31, 1999
in order to assure its necessity and
effectiveness.
The ordinance is 10 pages long
and a condensed version will be
made available to the public. Flyers
with the main points of the or-
dinance will be placed in public
places, including campgrounds.
Construction projects to result
in road closure, power outage
LIVINGSTON - Citizens Are
reminded of two projects under
way in the city of Livingston
which may cause some incon-
venience - repair of Gamer
Street, which will result in
closure of the road beginning
Monday, May IS, and the Sam
Rayburn Municipal Power
Agency electric substation
project, which will result in a
two-hour city-wide power
nin
outage beginning at 1 a.m.
Thursday, May 18.
Gamer Street, between Hwy.
146 and Business 39, will be
closed to through traffic begin-
ning Monday morning.
A portion of the road was un-
dermined by runoff from heavy
rains in January.
Repairs are expected to take
seven to 10 working days and, If
weather permits, the road should
reopen on May 26, according to
City Secretary Marilyn Sutton.
In conjunction with the
electricity transmission prqjoct,
power will be cut off within the
city limiu at 1 a.m. Thursday,
May 18, with power expected to
be restored by 3 a.m.
In the event extremely severe
weather or other extreme condi-
tion results in cancellation of the
power outage on May 18, the
power outage will be res-
cheduled for 1 a.m. Friday, May
19.
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police patrols will be on duty
during the scheduled power
outage.
For civil rights violation convictions
Federal prison sentences given
By SHERRI BURRIS
Enterprise Reporter
Also in relation to this case,
three Livingston men--19-year-old
-LIVINGSTON -- Two Polk
County men were sentenced to
Darren Kingston, 20-year-old MB-
iey” Schultz III and 19-year-
County
federal prison Thursday far depriv-
ing two Livingston buck men of
their civil rights.
United States District Judge John
Hannah Jr. sentenced 21-year-old
Fails of Onalaska lo 20
in federal prison amI 19-
Thomi
ton "Trey"
old Richard Cryer-pleaded guilty
in U.S. District Court on March 14
to the same conspiracy charge.
Kingston, Cryer and Schultz,
each of whom feces up to five
years in federal prison and a maxi-
mum $250,000 fine, ar
Harris Thompson of
to 30 months fat federal
are scheduled
for sentencing at noon on May 30
in federal court in Lufkin.
"I would personally like to com-
mend the officers with the
Livingston Police Department,
deputies of the Polk County
Sheriffs Office and Special FBI
Agent Rick Lauck on their out-
standing investigative efforts with
respect to this matter," stated
United States Attorney Mike Brad-
ford of the Eastern District of
Texas.
Each man will also have
supervised release af-
their prison terms,
rdered to pay
Neither man
Of Big Sandy ISD board
Transfer policy topic
DALLARDSVILLE - The Big
Sandy school board has called a
1 mooting set for 7 p.m. Mon-
point someone to work with
con-
necialm
There i
sales of «x fondosare
court to negOtt
H property.
i are no action items on the
ustees are expected to
consider 1993-96 transfers and ap-
Tnisiees are also expected to in
lew applicants for the elemer
principal job.
Tax matters dominate agenda
nel recommendations and to confer
with employees.
Meeting delayed
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 38, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 14, 1995, newspaper, May 14, 1995; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789588/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.