Criminal Trial Going On

One of the deputies that responded

Table: Jay Lapham, Greg Lowery, Unknown, Bill Ray, Donny Ray Scott

I can't tell much about it, but it looks like one guy is accused of going ballistic on his family near Chico. They played the 911 call of the father-in-law* who had been injured and was driving himself to the hospital. They also showed some photos of a kid who had some pretty bad bruising.

I'll find out more.
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*For you Ticket fans, that guy sounded exactly like the Fake Billy Tubbs (complete with a bunch of "yeah"s)

Random email

'Just heard the police have some people stopped on Hwy 287 southbound lane between Decatur and Alvord and LOTS of police cars and rifles drawn. ??????????????????'

Barry (from iPhone)

I Mentioned That Name In January For Some Reason

Bud Kennedy posted this picture today and made a joke about how much smaller can the tiny Westover Hills government be? The "city" is buried in west Fort Worth. It's kind of like Highland Park is to Dallas.

But what got my attention was the fourth name on the list. I would suspect he was one of the victims in one of the most famous crimes in Fort Worth history. Let me Google that for you.

Colorado State Kid Tries To Dive Off An Apartment Complex. Fails.

Obviously that kid is the victim. The main culprit has to be  ABC's Wild World Of Sports which used to be the only sports show on during a Saturday afternoon. My generation was whipped to death with Acapulco Cliff Diving and the absolutely insane High Diving. No one ever got hurt, and there seemed to be a 100% chance of success. Alas, this guy is too young to have seen that so for now we'll simply call him "idiot."

I love the gal at the 1:26 mark: "I don't even feel bad for the kid." Cold blooded, but so attractive.

Original youtube clip here.

P.S. I can't tell you how much I cringed the first time I watched that video. But I figured youtube wouldn't have a clip showing the kid doing a face plant into the concrete. Maybe five years from now, but not in 2012.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• How long have they had commercials completely in Spanish on Fox Sports Southwest? (I got a "I told you this already!" from Mrs. LL last night.)
• My new consecutive pitch and catch to the backstop streak reached 58 last night. The imaginary crowd in my mind was really into it. 
• I had a minor oil spill in my driveway on Saturday when I was changing the oil on my lawnmower. As I scrambled like I was trying to contain the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, I remembered I heard a trick about kitty litter. Thank goodness (finally) for the Family Cat, kitty litter worked like a miracle!
• A carjacking at a private school in Arlington yesterday left one woman seriously injured. (With tuition like this, they might want to consider some private security.)
• The judge in the Deion Sanders case found yesterday that neither he or his wife committed family violence. What he should have said is, "The court denies the petition for protective order of both parties. The court further finds that both parties and the lawyers should be ashamed of themselves."
• I think anyone who is a "storm chaser" is also a drama queen.
• I'd withhold judgment on the Jane McGarry DWI case. Getting pulled over for "failure to signal a lane change" is a good start to defense case and, trust me, "failing" the walk and turn test and the one leg stand test means absolutely nothing. (That DPS scoring system is beyond ridiculous.) Let me see the tape, and I'll tell you whether she'll be convicted or not. 
• By the way, McGarry was taken off the air yesterday by KXAS. I could see them using the DWI as an excuse to exercise some cost-cutting. 
• I wonder if this will cause an rumors today in the country music world: The first name listed on the Tarrant County Medical Examiner' web site says Randy Rogers died last night. (Not that Randy Rogers.)
• Good point on the Mavs this morning heard on The Ticket: This has not been the Mark Cuban era over the last 10 years, this has been the Dirk ere. And Dirk was here before Cuban. 
• I got persuaded into buying Ranger tickets a couple of months ago for Sunday because it was "Girl Scouts Night"  (Yep, Kid In The House instigated.)  I figured it would be some spare game if they were running that promotion. But I'll be dang. It's the Angels. Anyone know the projected starters? Yu? C.J. Wilson? 
• Courtney Stodden is at it again.
• A Texas DA has been charged with bribery and other seedy crimes.

And Another

Florida is always competing.

And we have a special bonus of a Texas constable accused of sexual harassment.

Want To See A Gallery of the 2012 Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader Auditions?

Thought so.

Wise County Murder Conviction Affirmed

It's not very exciting (unless you think confession law is exciting), but the Fort Worth Court of Appeals affirmed a conviction out of Wise County in its last set of rulings.

There Might Be A Train Coming

Since there were no injuries, I think it's safe to say that was awesome.  You couldn't design a train splitting a trailer in half like that. Straight out of the movies.

And I was cutting Mrs. Screaming Lady a break up until the point of impact. Once it was clear no one was hurt, it was time to put a sock in it.

What Was That This Weekend?

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I cut my toe by dropping a full shampoo bottle on it in the shower. That hurts, by the way.
• I went and bought a more durable baseball bounce back net.  I've played with it so much my neighbors are going to thank I'm nuts.
• Speaking of neighbors, the mom of the Mean Neighbor Kids offered Mrs. LL a bunch of home grown peaches.
• WBAP officially cut ties with Mark Davis on Friday. He confirmed he was willing to take a "substantial" pay cut but Cumulus wanted more. I'm telling you, if I'm a high priced Cumulus employee I'm worried. (They own The Ticket, KLIF, KSCS and The Wolf.)
• Well, it looks like I'm back to being a Sports Genius as my prediction of the Mavs not getting out of the first round became true. (And I've got the extra bonus of everyone dogging Cuban for not going "all in" this season. Dirk: " I just thought they had more weapons than us.")
• And Coach Rick Carlisle, who doesn't have a contract, sent a not-to-subtle message to Cuban about his status when speaking of the Oklahoma City coach who is in the same position: ""I hope [they have] got enough money to sign him, because he's going to be in high demand if they don't get that done."
• How in the world can The Avengers pull in $200.3 million for the weekend?
• The heck with the Super Moon, the lightning in the Southern Tarrant County sky on Friday night was spectacular. 
• Man, I got bombarded with emails when news broke last night of Jane McGarry's arrest for DWI. By the way, she takes a pretty good mugshot.
• I tend to lock into World War II shows on the History Channel and the like.  What an absolutely insane time in history. 
• Some speaker at my DWI seminar said, "We hare a high volume DWI firm and we try probably 80% of our cases to a jury."  I find that statement simply unbelievable. 

Let's Go To The Lewisville Lake

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(All time blog high point?)

Messenger Above The Fold

The roof is on fire!

http://www.wcmessenger.com/update/

Michelle Hunziker And A UT Student Getting Hit By A Bus During A Sword Fight Taking You Into The Weekend

And I was kidding about the sword fight.

Defendant Was None Too Pleased This Morning

I remembered when this crime happened. The guy above, sixteen years old at the time, and another kid were burglarizing a home in Fort Worth when a high schooler who lived there walked in on him. That kid got shot in the head.  The prosecutors certified this defendant as an adult and his trial was this week. The punishment was handed down this morning and he went off on the jury. Fox 4 has video of it.

(I know what's coming, so I'll warn you I'll block the you-know-what comments. But the comments over at the Star-Telegram will be a war zone)