Spring Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Attorney tells of vet's fears before slaying

  20 hrs ago | via Houston Chronicle 

  A Montgomery County Sheriff's detective takes pictures around the scene of an alleged murder-suicide on Monday, May 28, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, The Woodlands, TX, Spring, TX, Texas

• Veterinarian shot by estranged husband had earlier s...

  23 hrs ago | via Houston Chronicle 

  A Houston divorce attorney representing Dr. Karen Gunn, who was fatally shot by her estranged husband Monday before he took his own life, said Gunn had spoken to law enforcement officers last year about her husband's allegedly threatening behavior, but no charges were filed.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Harris County, TX, Gilliland, TX, The Woodlands, TX, Montgomery County, TX

• Woodlands murder-suicide victim feared husband would...

  Tuesday | via KHOU-TV Houston 

  THE WOODLANDS, Texas - Friends and coworkers of Spring veterinarian Karen Gunn say she feared her husband would react violently during their divorce proceedings.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Suicide, Montgomery County, TX

• Police: Woodlands veterinarian shot in murder-suicide

  Tuesday | via The Beaumont Enterprise 

  A Montgomery County Sheriff's detective takes pictures around the scene of an alleged murder-suicide on Monday, May 28, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, The Woodlands, TX, Spring, TX, Texas, Violent Crime

• Attorney says vet killed in domestic feud tried to f...

  Tuesday | via Houston Chronicle 

  A Houston divorce attorney representing Dr. Karen Gunn, who was fatally shot by her estranged husband Monday before he took his own life, said Gunn had tried unsuccessfully to file a police report last year about her husband's allegedly threatening behavior.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Harris County, TX, The Woodlands, TX, Montgomery County, TX

• Kids nearby in Woodlands murder-suicide

  Tuesday | via Houston Chronicle 

  A Montgomery County Sheriff's detective takes pictures around the scene of an alleged murder-suicide on Monday, May 28, 2012, in The Woodlands, Texas.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, Family, Kids, The Woodlands, TX, Spring, TX, Texas

• Woodlands man kills wife, self with kids nearby, pol...

  Monday | via Houston Chronicle 

  A veterinarian was shot and killed by her estranged husband, before he turned the gun on himself Monday afternoon at the family's home in The Woodlands, authorities said.

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  Related Topix: Violent Crime, Family, Kids, The Woodlands, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Spring, TX

• Sandusky charity to shut down, transfer programs

  Saturday May 26 | via O-R Online 

  The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago - and through which the retired Penn State assistant football coach met the boys he is charged with sexually abusing - said Friday it is seeking court approval to shut down and transfer its programs to a Texas-based youth ministry that serves abused and neglected ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Centre County, PA, Non-Profit, Kids, Family

• Students will be tracked via chips in IDs

  Saturday May 26 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Northside Independent School District plans to track students next year on two of its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students.

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  Related Topix: Education Etc., Healthcare Law, Law, Science / Technology, RFID News, Spring, TX

• Spring ministry may take over charity linked to Penn...

  Friday May 25 | via Chron 

  A youth ministry for abused and neglected children based in Spring is in the process of taking over key programs of the struggling, scandal-tainted Pennsylvania charity founded by Jerry Sandusky , the former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing children.

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  Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Bedford, PA

• Spring ministry to acquire Sandusky charity programs

  Friday May 25 | via Chron 

  This April 5, 2012 file photo shows Jerry Sandusky arriving at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Sex Scandal, Houston, TX

• Northside to track students with I.D. tag

  Thursday May 24 | via MySanAntonio.com 

  Northside Independent School District plans to track students next year on two of its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students.

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  Related Topix: Education Etc., Healthcare Law, Law, Science / Technology, RFID News, Spring, TX

• Nurse accused of killing mom for baby could get deat...

  Thursday May 24 | via The Beaumont Enterprise 

  Verna McClain, 30, is charged with capital murder in the death of Kala Golden Schuchardt and has been held in the Montgomery County Jail since her arrest last week.

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  Related Topix: Violent Crime, Montgomery County Jail, State Prisons, Prison, Spring, TX, The Woodlands, TX

• Houston couple accused in motel shooting, home invas...

  Monday May 21 | via KHOU-TV Houston 

  HOUSTON A Houston-area couple accused in a triple-shooting at a Shelby County motel and a Montgomery County home invasion have now been linked to a third crime.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Tomball, TX

• Middletown Police Make Five Arrests Thursday

  Friday May 18 | via Patch.com 

  Two Disorderly Conduct Arrests Ryan Yergeau of 23 Rosedale Ter. was arrested on Thursday evening at approximately 10:55 p.m. after he allegedly initiated a fight on the intersection of Rosedale Ave.

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  Related Topix: University of Rhode Island, Johnston, RI, Bristol, RI

• Former drug-using doctor opens up about recovery

  Thursday May 17 | via Abc13.com 

  Five years ago, a Montgomery County doctor left his medical practice in disgrace, and now we're hearing from him for the first time.

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  Related Topix: Montgomery County, TX, Conroe, TX, Spring, TX, The Woodlands, TX

• New report suggests Texas executed wrong man for 198...

  Tuesday May 15 | via Dallas Morning News 

  The Columbia Human Rights Law Review is devoting its Spring issue - due out today - to a look at the possibility that Texas executed the wrong man for a 1983 murder in Corpus Christi, the Houston Chronicle has reported.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Texas, Corpus Christi, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law

• Friends Like These

  Wednesday May 9 | via Houston Press 

  For two years, cops say, she and the boy had a sexual relationship, one where he apparently was more worried about birth control than she was.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Houston, TX

• Saveology Awards Madness Sweepstakes Winner with a 6...

  Tuesday May 8 | via Digital Post Production 

  Saveology , an innovative e-commerce company which features national, regional, and local DEALs in 42 markets, is excited to announce Daniel Holmbeck from Spring, TX, as the winner of its Madness Sweepstakes.

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  Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Spring, TX

• First unmanned police drone in Texas set to launch n...

  Oct 29, 2011 | via Examiner.com 

  A local police force north of Houston is about to become the first in Texas and one of the first in the nation to deploy an unmanned drone for police work, and this one could someday carry weapons.

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  Related Topix: Spring, TX, Texas, Montgomery County, TX, Conroe, TX