| 08/29/2007 |
TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
| Texas Pledge of Allegiance
By Greg Abbott
When young Texans return to school this week, they will begin their day by pledging their allegiance to our state and to our nation. As they recite the Texas Pledge of Allegiance, they will have four new words to say: "One state under God." And those wor... |
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| 08/20/2007 |
The Brownsville Herald: |
| PROTECTING WORKERS: AG ABBOTT RIGHT TO FIGHT FORCED MEMBERSHIP IN LABOR UNIONS |
| With Labor Day just a few weeks away, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken on a federal workers’ union that allegedly has been forcing Border Patrol detention guards to join as a condition of working for the agency.
Abbott has filed a lawsuit against the Security, Police and Fire Profe... |
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| 11/07/2006 |
From the Abbott Campaign: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT DECLARES VICTORY, THANKS SUPPORTERS |
| Statement from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
Attorney General Abbott thanks supporters, promises to continue protecting children
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued the following statement about his reelection as 50th Attorney General of Texas:
“Texans have shown the... |
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| 10/27/2006 |
Brazosport Facts: |
| BRAZOSPORT FACTS ENDORSES ABBOTT |
| Rather than issue endorsements in all state races, The Facts editorial board opted to express support only for candidates who have proven themselves to be exemplary officeholders and thus worthy of mention.
To that end, the paper’s editorial board recommends re-election of Texas Attorney Genera... |
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| 10/22/2006 |
El Paso Times: |
| EL PASO TIMES ENDORSES ABBOTT |
| Greg Abbott should be returned to office as attorney general. He's been active and effective in the areas of consumer rights and open government, among others.... |
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| 10/22/2006 |
Lubbock Avalanche Journal: |
| LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL ENDORSES ABBOTT |
| Attorney General: Greg Abbott - The incumbent has been an outspoken advocate for open records in particular and the public in general since being sworn in as the 50th attorney general of Texas in 2003.... |
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| 10/22/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS ENDORSES ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT |
| Attorney General Greg Abbott also has earned re-election.
Abbott has plowed new ground for the attorney general's office in law enforcement, an area most attorneys general only give lip service. Under his guidance, the office has arrested 45 child pornographers and 70 sexual predators who target... |
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| 10/22/2006 |
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/lo_our_opinions/article/0,1891,TRN_5782_5082046,00.html: |
| WICHITA FALLS TIMES RECORD NEWS ENDORSES ABBOTT |
| Attorney general: Greg Abbott, the incumbent. Mr. Abbott is at the top of the list when it comes to energy, vision and enthusiasm. He's dead serious about collecting back child support and prosecuting child pornographers as well as those who defraud the state. Mr. Abbott also is dedicated to open go... |
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| 10/19/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| HOUSTON CHRONICLE ENDORSES ABBOTT |
| Attorney general, Greg Abbott — A large operation within the Texas attorney general's office is the collection of child support. This year Abbott's office has collected a record $2 billion for the children of Texas. Of particular concern to citizens in an era when government transparency is under ... |
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| 10/19/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS ENDORSES ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT |
| Attorney General Greg Abbott also has earned re-election.
Abbott has plowed new ground for the attorney general's office in law enforcement, an area most attorneys general only give lip service. Under his guidance, the office has arrested 45 child pornographers and 70 sexual predators who target... |
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| 10/04/2006 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: |
| CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER TIMES: ABBOTT MAKES SOLID CASE FOR ANOTHER TERM AS AG |
| His success in putting attorney general's office to work for consumer rights, open government is genuinely impressive.
In his first term as Texas attorney general, Greg Abbott has been an energetic advocate of open government, a fierce defender of consumer rights and an active pursuer of child s... |
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| 10/02/2006 |
KCBD 11 (NBC - Lubbock): |
| TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL TEAMS UP WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO CATCH INTERNET PREDATORS |
| You see dramatic arrests on television when Dateline NBC teams up with Internet watchdog group Perverted Justice. They chat online and wait for the predators to come to a house, set up with hidden cameras. Actors portray what the alleged predators think are thirteen year olds home alone.
While i... |
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| 09/29/2006 |
Lubbock Avalanche Journal: |
| AG ANNOUNCES 500TH SEXUAL PREDATOR JAILED |
| BY BETH AARON
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Thursday the arrest of the 500th child predator in the state.
Abbott vowed to continue monitoring the Internet for sexual offenders through his Fugitive and Cyber Crimes units to keep deviants off Texas streets.
"Hardly anything i... |
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| 09/27/2006 |
Abilene Reporter-News: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL CAUTIONS PARENTS ABOUT INTERNET |
| By Blanca Cantu / cantub@reporternews.com
September 27, 2006
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants to send parents a loud, stern message: Your children are under attack while they're on the Internet.
He said the Internet is probably the most dangerous place for children to play. Abbott s... |
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| 09/27/2006 |
Times Record News (Wichita Falls): |
| OUR OPINIONS: FOR THE CHILDREN |
| Texas AG Greg Abbott Making Effort to Insure Financial Support
With significant help from the courts in Texas, Attorney General Greg Abbott has made big strides in making sure the children of divorced parents receive the support they deserve and need.
During fiscal year 2006, about $2 billio... |
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| 09/27/2006 |
Times Record News (Wichita Falls): |
| TEXAS AG SPEAKS AT RALLY |
| Abbott, party candidates attend Roundup at MSU
By Courtney Reese/Times Record News
Attorney General Gregg Abbott, a Wichita Falls native, joined his fellow party candidates Tuesday night for the Wichita County Republican 2006 Roundup at Midwestern State University.
The theme of the evening... |
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| 09/25/2006 |
The Examiner: |
| TWO PORNOGRAPHERS INDICTED, 12-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR THIRD |
| One a former Galveston County Sheriff's Department employee
By Brenda Cannon Stancil, Staff Writer
The Texas Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Unit has gained two indictments against child pornographers with one of them being against a former Galveston County peace officer. A third man was s... |
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| 09/15/2006 |
Midland Reporter-Telegram: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT STUMPS IN MIDLAND |
| Colin Guy Staff Writer
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made protecting children from sexual predators one of the chief focuses of his administration and during a meeting with the Reporter-Telegram editorial board Thursday he vowed to continue aggressively pursui... |
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| 09/15/2006 |
KMID 2 (ABC - Midland, Odessa, Andrews): |
| CRACKING DOWN ON CHILD PREDATORS |
| Attorney General Greg Abbott has teamed up with Midland law enforcement to crack down on child predators.
To tackle this problem officials have formed the Cyber Crimes Unit.
They`re trying to catch criminals who use the internet to prey on children and teens.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot... |
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| 09/13/2006 |
Waco Tribune: |
| ABBOTT TOUTS HIS WORK APPREHENDING ONLINE PREDATORS IN WACO STOP |
| By Dan Genz
Tribune-Herald staff writer
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday that his sex crimes units have arrested 500 alleged predators since he launched the efforts in 2003, ordering two dozen officials to track activity online.
“Whereas 20 years ago, parents were trying... |
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| 09/13/2006 |
KWTX 10 (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| CYBER CRIMES UNIT MAKES 500TH ARREST |
| The Texas Attorney General’s Fugitive and Cyber Crime units have arrested their 500th sexual predator, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday in Waco.
Timothy Christopher Sankey, 31, was arrested on Aug. 31 on a parole violation warrant in connection with an incident involving a sexual ... |
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| 09/10/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| ERCOT GOOD EXAMPLE OF CRACKDOWN BY OFFICIALS |
| Corruption by public officials likely is considered by most citizens as one of the more despicable categories of crime.
If anything is more disturbing it could be the perception at times that those involved in such corruption might not face vigorous prosecution.
A current example demonstrates... |
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| 09/09/2006 |
KLTV 7 ( ABC - Tyler-Longview): |
| PARTIES HOLD POLITICAL RALLIES IN EAST TEXAS |
| East Texas was the site of big rallies for the Democratic and Republican parties.
...The Republican party held its rally earlier in the day at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center. The event drew more than 300 supporters, and was a "who's-who" of Republicans running for office.
The event feat... |
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| 09/08/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| DALLAS MORNING NEWS ENDORSES ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT |
| As attorney general, Republican Greg Abbott has snared schemers trying to defraud Texas' Medicaid program, nabbed cyber criminals, arrested more than 400 sexual predators and collected record levels of overdue child support.
These and Mr. Abbott's general support of public records and open meeti... |
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| 09/07/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| PALESTINE DOCTOR ARRESTED |
| By: MEGAN MIDDLETON, Staff Writer
PALESTINE - A Palestine doctor is out of jail on bonds totaling more than $12,000 after being arrested on charges of felony identity theft and possession of dangerous drugs.
An Anderson County grand jury indicted Dr. Robert J. Byrnes, 47, in late August on c... |
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| 08/31/2006 |
Victoria Advocate: |
| PORT LAVACA MAN SENTENCED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE |
| PORT LAVACA - A 64-year-old Port Lavaca man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography after an undercover investigation by the attorney general's cyber crimes unit.
Larry Winston Dodd was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Austin.
During the un... |
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| 08/25/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| PORT LAVACA COUNCILWOMAN INDICTED ON VOTER FRAUD CHARGES |
| PORT LAVACA, Texas - A city councilwoman has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor voter fraud charges related to the March primary, Attorney General Greg Abbott's office announced Friday.
Debra Briseno, 51, who lost a Democratic runoff for Calhoun County justice of the peace, is accused of hel... |
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| 08/21/2006 |
KTRI (ABC - Lufkin, Nacogdoches): |
| $2 BILLION IN CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTIONS |
| Austin-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that child support his office collected today topped $2 billion with 15 days remaining in the state fiscal year that will end Aug. 31.
Today's record-breaking collections exceed last year's collections by $140 million. Attorney General Abbott i... |
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| 08/19/2006 |
Fort Bend Now: |
| TWO MEN INDICTED IN CYBER STINGS STEMMING FROM SUGAR LAND ARRESTS |
| Two men were indicted last week on one count each of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child, attempted sexual performance by a child and criminal solicitation of a minor.
According to Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the two – Christopher R. Kronshagen, 37, of Conroe, and Weston Lee ... |
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| 08/08/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| NEW BRAUNFELS COP IS ACCUSED OF HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
| Roger Croteau
San Antonio Express-News
NEW BRAUNFELS — A police patrolman here who formerly worked with the department's youth anti-drug program, is in Guadalupe County Jail on a charge of possession of child pornography.
Justin Broussard, 44, is being held on $100,000 bail. He was arrest... |
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| 08/08/2006 |
Austin American-Statesman: |
| NEW BRAUNFELS OFFICER ACCUSED OF HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
| Officials say search found sexually explicit images of children at officer's home.
By Molly Bloom
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
An 11-year veteran of the New Braunfels Police Department has been charged with one count of possession of child pornography.
Officer Justin Broussard, 44, was taken i... |
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| 08/06/2006 |
KFOX-TV (Fox - El Paso): |
| FLOOD VICTIMS WARNED OF SCHEMES |
| The Texas Attorney General and the Better Business Bureau are warning residents of con artists trying to make a fast buck in light of disaster.
“It’s an unfortunate truth that con men often breeze into disaster areas, clean out as many people as possible, then blow back out of town,” said M... |
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| 08/05/2006 |
The Eagle (Bryan - College Station): |
| POLICE NAB MAN WANTED IN CHILD-SUPPORT CASE |
| A Bryan man accused of owing $87,000 in delinquent child-support payments was arrested Friday, less than 24 hours after the Texas Attorney General's Office enlisted the public's help in finding him.
Marcus Baine Snodgrass, 55, remained at the Brazos County Jail without bond Friday afternoon on a ... |
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| 08/04/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| TEXAS CUSTOMS OFFICER JAILED IN CHILD-SEX STING |
| BROWNSVILLE — A federal officer has been accused of using the Internet to try to solicit sex from a minor who was actually a California lawman posing online as a child.
Michael Aaron Walker, a 43-year-old officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was taken into custody Tuesday at t... |
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| 07/27/2006 |
KTEN (NBC - Denison): |
| TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CYBER CRIMES UNIT HAILED AS SUCCESS |
| A number of predators have been arrested in a recent sting backed by the Texas Attorney General's Cyber Crimes unit.
The cyber crimes unit was launched in 2002 by Attorney General Abbott. This program, so far, has resulted in over 470 arrests.... |
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| 07/26/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| CYBER CRIME STING LEADS TO 4 ARRESTS |
| Area men are accused of using MySpace to solicit underage girls
By ROBERT CROWE
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Four men suspected of attempting to have sex with underage girls they found at MySpace.com and other Web sites were arrested in Shenandoah this month during a two-week sting, said... |
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| 07/26/2006 |
KTRK (ABC-Houston): |
| INTERNET STING NETS SEVERAL LOCAL ARRESTS |
| (7/25/06 - KTRK/SHENANDOAH, TX) - Authorities conducted a sex sting bust online. Grown men were arrested, accused of setting up meetings with people they thought were underage girls.
Investigators say one of the men arrested had brought a gun and rope restraints with him. Another man traveled ne... |
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| 07/26/2006 |
KHOU (CBS - Houston): |
| TEXAS NABS 4 IN UNDERCOVER CYBERSPACE STING |
| By Wendell Edwards / 11 News
The Texas Attorney General’s office says an undercover cyberspace crackdown netted four arrests of men soliciting sex with would-be teens girls online.
Authorities arrested 26-year Guadalupe Wally Delagarza, III last week.
He allegedly engaged in intimate con... |
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| 07/25/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUES WARNING ON PHONE SCAM |
| By MELISSA SÁNCHEZ
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
A telemarketing scam that surfaced in San Antonio could be headed to North Texas, warns Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.
About five people reported calls from telemarketers on behalf of Arizona-based EMT Alert, claiming to sell a medical card ... |
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| 07/14/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| SOLDIER FROM TEXAS INDICTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES |
| MAGNOLIA, Texas -- A U.S. Army soldier has been indicted on charges of possessing and promoting child pornography, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday.
Michael Ray Peterson Lisembee, 22, from Magnolia, was indicted by a Montgomery Country grand jury last month on two counts of pro... |
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| 07/14/2006 |
KCBD 11 (NBC - Lubbock): |
| TX ATTORNEY GENERAL CRITICIZES MY SPACE FOR "LIP SERVICE" ON ONLINE SAFETY |
| On Thursday, social networking site, MySpace, announced it will partner with celebrities to create public safety announcements on Internet safety. They will also offer a safety guidebook for parents you can download. Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, says these aren't real safety measures.
B... |
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| 07/12/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| ABBOTT: BAR SOCIAL WEB SITES IN SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES |
| AG urges Congress to protect kids, but some call bill overly restrictive
By SONIA SMITH / The Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is urging Congress to help restrict minors' access to social networking Web sites in public schools and libraries, telling lawmak... |
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| 07/12/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT CALLS ON HOUSE PANEL TO PROTECT KIDS ONLINE |
| By: Gary Martin
Express-News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Law enforcement and education officials, saying the Internet has become a virtual hunting ground for pedophiles, urged Congress on Tuesday to take action to make Web sites and chat rooms safer for children.
"Real children are rea... |
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| 07/12/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| CONGRESS URGED TO MAKE INTERNET SAFER FOR CHILDREN |
| By: Gary Martin
Express-News Washington Bureau
Saying the Internet has become a virtual hunting ground for pedophiles, law enforcement and education officials urged Congress on Tuesday to take action to make web sites and chat rooms safer for children.
"Real children are real victims of rea... |
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| 07/07/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| AG TARGETS EVACUEE OFFENDERS |
| By DIANE JENNINGS / The Dallas Morning News
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wants Louisiana parolees and probationers who fled to Texas after Hurricane Katrina to go home. So he's pressing his counterparts there to issue arrest warrants for violators "and take them back to Louisiana," said sp... |
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| 07/07/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| MAN WHO STORED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON IPOD GETS 40-YEAR SENTENCE |
| A San Marcos man who admitted he stored sexually explicit images and videos of children on his iPod digital music player has been sentenced to 40 years in prison on that charge and several others, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Friday.
Ron James Guzman, 39, pleaded guilty Thursday to nine... |
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| 07/07/2006 |
KWTX (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| MAN WITH CHILD PORNOGRAPY ON IPOD HEADED TO PRISON |
| San Marcos man who admitted keeping sexually explicit images and videos of children on his iPod digital music player has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says [Ron James] Guzman also pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and ... |
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| 07/06/2006 |
USA Today: |
| TEXAS ASKS LA. TO ISSUE WARRANTS FOR FELONS WHO FLED KATRINA |
| By Kevin Johnson
Texas authorities are urging Louisiana to issue arrest warrants for hundreds of felons who are suspected of violating conditions of their probation or parole by remaining in Texas nearly a year after fleeing Hurricane Katrina.
The Texas attorney general's office, saying the is... |
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| 06/29/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| WOMAN CONVICTED IN VOTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN REEVES COUNTY |
| A jury in Pecos has convicted a woman in a voter fraud investigation involving the March 2004 primary election.
Attorney General Greg Abbott today announced 60-year-old Trinidad Villalobos was convicted of illegally possessing and transporting the ballots of several voters.... |
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| 06/16/2006 |
Brenham Banner Press: |
| STATE CYBER CRIME UNIT MAKES TWO ARRESTS |
| County Grand Jury Indicts Brenham Man for Possession of Child Pornography
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Cyber Crimes Unit investigators continued their pursuit of child sex offenders, arresting two men who allegedly used the Internet to solicit sex from children and obtaining a 10-count i... |
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| 06/15/2006 |
KCBD 11 (NBC - Lubbock): |
| TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL LEADS BATTLE TO KEEP "UNDER GOD" IN THE PLEDGE |
| Much controversy has centered around the United States flag and many lives have been lost defending it. Now Attorneys General across the country are backing a friend-of-court brief supporting the Pledge of Allegiance we say in honor of the flag.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is actually lea... |
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| 06/14/2006 |
KHOU (CBS - Houston): |
| CONROE MAN BUSTED IN INTERNET SEX STING |
| AUSTIN -- State investigators continued their pursuit of child sex offenders, arresting two men who allegedly used the Internet to solicit sex from children. They also obtained a 10-count indictment against a Brenham man for possessing sexually explicit images of children.
A Conroe man, 37-year-... |
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| 06/14/2006 |
Brownsville Herald: |
| THREE IN BROWNSVILLE SENTENCED FOR MEDICAID FRAUD |
| Three people in a Medicaid fraud ring involving Maldonado Pharmacy and the theft of more than half a million dollars were sentenced in Brownsville in recent days.
All three defendants pleaded guilty to felonies in April. Each received at least probation, but none will serve time in prison.
The... |
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| 06/05/2006 |
Seattle Times: |
| PAYBACK TIME: SPAMMER FINED $1 MILLION |
| By Howard Witt
Chicago Tribune
AUSTIN, Texas — For every weary Internet user who's ever slogged through an e-mail inbox infested with junk spam, payback time has finally arrived.
The state of Texas and Microsoft have just throttled a 24-year-old University of Texas graduate once ranked amon... |
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| 05/31/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| MAN SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN SOLICITATION OF MINOR CASE |
| LONGVIEW - A 21-year-old Tyler man pleaded guilty to online solicitation of a minor in a Gregg County District Court Friday.
Rodney Maurice Harris, a former Longview restaurant manager, was sentenced to three years in prison for attempting to meet a 13-year-old for sex, according to a statement ... |
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| 05/26/2006 |
Brownsville Herald: |
| COUNTY, STATE OFFICIALS WARN VETERANS ABOUT IDENTITY THEFT |
| BY CHRIS MAHON
The Brownsville Herald
Texas and Cameron County officials are urging vigilance following the recent theft of personal information of 26 million veterans nationwide.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said veterans could access his office’s “Identity Theft Victims Kit,” wh... |
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| 05/25/2006 |
KWTX (CBS - Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| ABBOTT URGES TEXAS VETERANS TO GUARD AGAINST ID THEFT |
| Texas veterans need to take several steps to protect themselves from the possibility of identity theft in the wake of the theft of personal data about 26.5 million U.S. veterans, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday.
The data stolen during a break in at the home of a VA analyst included Soc... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
KFOX-TV (Fox - El Paso): |
| ABBOTT URGES CHANGES IN CYBER SPACE |
| In the last three years, 80 Texas men have been arrested for using the Internet to solicit minors for sex.
On Monday, Attorney General Greg Abbott held a press conference to mark the third anniversary of the Cyber Crimes Unit Operation. He talked about the need for social networking site operator... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS WEB SITES TO PROTECT YOUNG USERS |
| By JOHN MORITZ
STAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU
AUSTIN -- After a Brenham man was arrested twice for allegedly using the Internet to proposition underage girls, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Monday called for the operators of social networking Web sites to step up efforts to protect youngster... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
Austin American-Statesman: |
| CONFERENCE LOOKS AT NABBING ONLINE SEX PREDATORS |
| By Laylan Copelin
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Michelle Collins is a sleuth for cybercrime.
When child pornographers post photos of sexually exploited children on the Internet, they are really sending photos of a crime scene.
And just as detectives can pick up clues from a real-life crime sc... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| MAN AGAIN CHARGED WITH SOLICITING SEX |
| AUSTIN — An investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl with a profile on MySpace.com helped officers nab a man for the second time in five months on charges that he was using the Internet to solicit sex from a minor.
The second arrest of John David Payne prompted Texas Attorney General Greg Abb... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
KWTX (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| OFFICIALS MEET TO DISCUSS HOW TO MAKE THE INTERNET SAFER |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott hosted a summit Monday in Austin to discuss online criminal activity.
About 300 officials and representatives from technology companies attended the event to talk about ways to make the Internet safer.
Abbott urged Myspace.com and other social networking Web... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
WOAI 4 (NBC - San Antonio): |
| ONLINE PREDATORS GET WARNING FROM AG'S OFFICE |
| By: Maritza Nunez
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is asking online social networks to tighten security to protect children from pornography and predators.
"The message is getting out to the predators that they are at risk. There is potential danger if they think they can prey upon children... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
KAVU 25 (ABC - Victoria): |
| PROTECTING CHILDREN |
| Matt Felder, Newscenter 25
It's an information highway that is being used by sexual predators to gain access to their prey. Free posting web sites such as Myspace and Facebook are great tools for keeping in contact with old friends and meeting new ones. By posting pictures, interests and being a... |
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| 05/23/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| TOUGHER LAWS URGED FOR WEB PREDATORS |
| AG expresses concerns about repeat offenders who solicit minors
By JANET ELLIOTT
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Austin Bureau
AUSTIN - Texas needs tougher laws to deal with repeat offenders who use the Internet to sexually solicit minors, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Monday.
"They ... |
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| 05/22/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| AG WANTS MYSPACE.COM TO MAKE WEB SAFER FOR KIDS |
| By LIZ AUSTIN
Associated Press
AUSTIN -- An investigator posing as a 13-year-old girl with a profile on MySpace.com helped officers nab a man for the second time in five months on charges that he was using the Internet to solicit sex from a minor.
The second arrest of John David Payne prompted... |
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| 05/22/2006 |
KVUE-TV (ABC-Austin): |
| STATE NABS SAME MAN TWICE FOR SOLICITING MINORS ON INTERNET |
| By LEE MCGUIRE / KVUE News
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is asking lawmakers to create tougher penalties for adults who find teenagers online and attempt to sexually assault them.
John David Payne is one of 80 arrested by the Cyber Crimes Unit and accused of soliciting an underage perso... |
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| 05/12/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL ABBOTT HOSTS CYBER CRIMES TOWNHALL MEETING IN TYLER |
| Cyber Space a Playground for Sex Predators
By Betty Waters, Staff Writer
The Internet is a fabulous tool, but it's also dangerous because predators use it to solicit sex from children, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warned during a cyber safety town hall meeting in Tyler on Thursday.
T... |
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| 05/11/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL GREG ABBOTT TO CONDUCT CYBER SAFETY TOWNHALL MEETING THURSDAY |
| By BETTY WATERS, Staff Writer
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will conduct a cyber safety town hall meeting in Tyler aimed at getting across to parents and teens the reality of the dangers of predators who solicit children online. It will also provide safety suggestions on how to combat the p... |
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| 05/07/2006 |
Henderson Daily News: |
| KFC TRIAL DATE SET FOR AUGUST 2007 |
| It will be a little more than a month short of the 24th anniversary of the infamous 1983 Kentucky Fried Chicken murders when the first of two defendants in the case go to trial for the abduction and slaying of five people from a Kilgore restaurant.
It will be a little more than a month short of t... |
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| 05/06/2006 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: |
| WOMAN, 44, PLEADS GUILTY IN ILLEGAL VOTES SCHEME |
| By Sara Lee Fernandez Caller-Times
A 44-year-old Robstown woman accused of illegally handling mail-in voter ballots pleaded guilty Thursday.
Attorney General Greg Abbott's office accused Suarez of targeting elderly voters, going door-to-door soliciting votes and then taking ballots and carrie... |
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| 05/05/2006 |
KCBD (NBC Lubbock): |
| 35 PARENTS ARRESTED IN CHILD SUPPORT ROUNDUP |
| A two-day sweep led to 35 arrests in Lubbock County. Each suspect is a parent accused of neglecting their child by not paying child support.
Out of 110 warrants issued in Lubbock county, seven women and 28 men were arrested. It's part of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's crack-down on parents w... |
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| 05/05/2006 |
Longview News Journal: |
| KFC TRIAL TO BEGIN IN AUGUST '07 |
| Pat Maxwell said she's waited more than 22 years for her son's murderers to be punished. She's not going to get anxious now.
"It's been so long. I don't know that it matters," Maxwell said Thursday after Rusk County officials announced an Aug. 6, 2007, trial date for one of the suspects in the Ke... |
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| 05/05/2006 |
Lubbock Avalanche Journal: |
| PARENTS WHO SKIPPED CHILD SUPPORT ARRESTED |
| BY BETH AARON
AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Several Lubbock parents owing unpaid child support attended court hearings on Friday after they were arrested on warrants for being in contempt of child support orders.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recognized Lubbock County Sheriff David Gutierrez for hi... |
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| 05/05/2006 |
Lubbock Avalanche Journal: |
| TEXAS AG ABBOTT TO SPEAK AT SPCHEA GRADUATION |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will speak today during a 7 p.m. high school graduation ceremony for South Plains Christian Home Educators' Association students at First Church of the Nazarene, 6110 Chicago Ave.... |
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| 04/28/2006 |
KVUE-TV (ABC-Austin): |
| THOUSANDS OF FUGITIVES ARRESTED IN CRACKDOWN |
| Hundreds of fugitives have been pulled off the streets as part of a large federal fugitive crackdown.
Nationally, 9,037 violent offenders were arrested and put in jail.
In Central Texas, 879 fugitives were arrested and 1,080 warrants cleared.
"Taking dangerous criminals off the streets ... |
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| 04/27/2006 |
McAllen Monitor: |
| UTPA PROFESSOR PLEAS GUILTY TO SOLICITING YOUNG “GIRL” |
| AUSTIN – A professor at the University of Texas-Pan American who used his school computer to arrange sex with someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday.
Raymond M. Landry Jr. faces between two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine for online... |
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| 04/26/2006 |
KWTX 10 (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| FORMER UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR PLEADS GUILTY TO ONLINE SOLICITATION CHARGE |
| Former University of Texas-Pan American associate professor Raymond M. Landry, Jr. has pleaded guilty to online solicitation of a minor, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Wednesday.
Landry, 52, who taught accounting and business law part-time at the University of Texas Pan-American in Edinburg, w... |
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| 04/23/2006 |
San Marcos Daily Record: |
| TWO PREDATOR INDICTMENTS |
| From Staff Reports
The latest round of indictments through the office of the attorney general's office for soliciting children online includes one Hays County resident and one College Station man who was arrested in Buda.
Criminal solicitation of a minor, online solicitation and attempted aggr... |
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| 04/20/2006 |
KTVT 11 (CBS - Dallas, Fort Worth): |
| STATE WANTS TO HELP PARENTS KEEP KIDS SAFE ONLINE |
| Four north Texas men are among 76 people in the state charged with soliciting sex from a minor on the internet.
The arrests are part of the state's efforts to stop online predators.
To help residents, the Texas Attorney General's Office is now educating parents on the growing problem.
With so... |
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| 04/19/2006 |
KTRK (ABC-Houston): |
| BUSINESS MANAGER ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM NURSING HOME RESIDENTS |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit's investigators arrested the business office manager of the Brookshire Nursing Center in Waller County. Gabriela Ortiz Aguilar, 26, of Houston, was charged with second-degree felonies, one count each for theft and misappropriation of f... |
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| 04/19/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| ONLINE SAFETY A CONCERN OF AG |
| Fausto Ordonez reads his daughter's e-mails and blog at least once a day. He trusts her. It's the possible child predators using the Internet for illicit activities that scare him.
The computer is in their living room. He has passwords to her e-mail and blog. Internet time is limited.
"I hav... |
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| 04/19/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| WHO'S IN MYSPACE? KIDS MUST BE TAUGHT TO GUARD PRIVACY |
| It wasn't exactly a "Scared Straight" moment, but our recent meeting with folks from the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center left two high school journalism students stunned. The freshman pair said they were shocked by what they'd learned from the child-abuse experts about the dangers of posting infor... |
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| 04/13/2006 |
Odess American: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL COMES TO ODESSA FOR TOWN HALL MEETING ON CYBER CRIMES |
| Some children may believe surfing the Internet is harmless, but officials from the Attorney General’s Office say they should be aware of a dangerous element that has woven itself into the World Wide Web.
“There’s no way to defeat this, but we can deter this. The only way we can deter this i... |
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| 04/13/2006 |
Midland Reporter-Telegram: |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS TO ENHANCE INTERNET CRIME PROTECTION |
| Greg Abbott said Wednesday he would use a second term as Texas Attorney General to continue enhancing the state's role in providing Internet crime protections and enforcement.
"So much of what goes on in this country is Internet based today," Abbott told the Reporter-Telegram. "We are really bro... |
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| 04/13/2006 |
KMID 2 (ABC - Midland, Odessa, Andrews): |
| CYBER CRIMES: HOW SAFE IS YOUR CHILD? |
| Cyber safety is becoming such a concern it`s caught the attention of the attorney general.
His top cyber crimes unit investigators came to Odessa for a town hall style meeting to teach parents what to do when their kids get unwanted sexual solicitations.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said... |
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| 04/13/2006 |
NewsWest 9 (NBC - Midland): |
| TEXAS AG VISITS ODESSA FOR 'CYBER SAFETY' TOWNHALL MEETING |
| By Jeff Maher, NewsWest 9
ODESSA, TEXAS - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was in the Permian Basin to talk about 'cyber safety,' and what it takes to protect your kids online.
Abbott offered a strong message for those who attended Wednesday night's town hall meeting at Ector Junior High, in... |
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| 04/08/2006 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: |
| ABBOTT, OTHER ATTORNEYS GENERAL RIDE TO TAXPAYERS' RESCUE |
| The news from the political front has been bleak of late, but this week brought a break from acrimony and sleaze. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and 46 of his counterparts from other states joined to urge the Internal Revenue Service to defend the privacy rights of American taxpayers.
Curren... |
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| 04/05/2006 |
KRIS-TV (NBC-Corpus Christi): |
| LOCAL POLICE DOING MORE TO FIGHT CYBER CRIME |
| Online Reporter Roxanne Carrillo
CORPUS CHRISTI - Shocking news out of Washington, D.C., after a lengthy investigation the deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security was arrested for trying to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.
Police arrested Brian J. Doyle at his home on ... |
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| 03/30/2006 |
Highland Lakes Newspapers: |
| COUNTY, STATE OFFICIALS ARREST MAN FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
| A local man was one of three men arrested last week from across Texas on child pornography charges.
Thurman Hearn was arrested in Kingsland on Thursday after a tip by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that Hearn was uploading child pornography to an online photo album. He was... |
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| 03/27/2006 |
KWTX (CBS - Waco, Killeen Belton): |
| A&M STUDENT CHARGED IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE |
| Corey Ryan Armstrong, 21, a Texas A&M University student from Florida, was arrested after he was named in a 17-count Internet child pornography indictment, authorities said Monday.
Armstrong, a meteorology major, was arrested Friday at his campus residence after he was indicted by the Brazos Coun... |
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| 03/24/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| FORMER ERCOT EXECUTIVE PLEADS GUILTY |
| By SUDEEP REDDY / The Dallas Morning News
A former senior executive for the Texas power grid operator is expected to serve eight years in prison and repay $120,000 after pleading guilty Friday to organized crime charges.
Kenneth M. Shoquist, who served as chief information officer at the no... |
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| 03/23/2006 |
San Marcos Daily Record: |
| AG STING LEADS TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY INDICTMENT |
| A Kerrville veterinarian was indicted this week on one count each of possession of child pornography and online solicitation of a minor.
Jonathan Ward Brooke was arrested on July 25 when investigators say he drove to Buda with the intention of meeting a person he believed to be an underage girl f... |
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| 03/22/2006 |
Texarkana Gazette: |
| BE SAFE IN CYBER SPACE |
| Sexual predators are not just lurking on playgrounds anymore.
They are online with the Internet, and they know a lot more about the lives of local teenagers than most parents suspect, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott told a crowd at Texas High School Tuesday night.
“Just today, while you h... |
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| 03/22/2006 |
KTAL (NBC - Texarkana): |
| CYBER CRIME OFFICERS GIVE TIPS ON INTERNET SAFETY |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and his top Cyber Crimes Unit investigators, responding to the proliferation of predators seeking children online, visited Texarkana Tuesday night for an interactive "cyber safety" town hall meeting armed parents with the tools they need to keep their children safe... |
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| 03/22/2006 |
KWTX (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| LOCAL LANDSCAPER HEADED TO PRISON IN CHILD PORN CASE |
| Walter Douglas Anderson, 52, a Waco landscaper, has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court in Waco to charges of transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton said Tuesday.
Cyber Crimes investigator... |
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| 03/22/2006 |
Kerrville Daily Times: |
| VETERINARIAN FACES NEW PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES |
| By Gerard MacCrossan
The Daily Times
Kerrville veterinarian Jonathan Ward Brooke was indicted in a Kerr County court on two charges Monday alleging child pornography possession and online solicitation of a minor.
Texas Attorney Greg Abbott’s Cyber Crimes Unit sought the two charges from t... |
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| 03/03/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| MAN IS ACCUSED OF PORNOGRAPHY ON IPOD |
| By R.A. DYER
STAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU
AUSTIN - A Central Texas college student has come up with a novel use for his iPod music player -- he used it to store illegal pornography, according to an indictment announced Thursday by state Attorney General Greg Abbott.
In the attorney general's f... |
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| 03/02/2006 |
KVUE (ABC Austin): |
| SAN MARCOS MAN INDICTED IN IPOD CHILD PORN CASE |
| A San Marcos man has been indicted for keeping child pornography on his iPod.
Ron James Guzman, 38, was indicted Wednesday in Hays County on nine counts of possession of child pornography, according to a release from the Texas attorney general's office.
Investigators with the Texas attorney ... |
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| 03/01/2006 |
Galveston County Daily News: |
| ABBOTT TO SPEAK AT LINCOLN DAY DINNER |
| By Leslie Contreras
The Daily News
LEAGUE CITY — Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, a staunch supporter of the Ten Commandments display at the capital grounds and whose chief focus during his administration has been on cracking down on child predators, will be the guest speaker at the annual... |
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| 03/01/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| AG SAYS STATE HAS NABBED 400 FUGITIVE PEDOPHILES |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott originally established a fugitive unit in 2003 to track down about 200 convicted child sex offenders who violated their parole or failed to register with police.
That figure doubled earlier this week with the arrest in Houston of Billy Gene Hutchins, 38, the 400... |
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| 03/01/2006 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| FOUR HOUSTONIANS ON SEX OFFENDER LIST ARRESTED |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott originally established a fugitive unit in 2003 to track down about 200 convicted child sex offenders who violated their parole or failed to register with police.
That figure doubled Monday with the arrest in Houston of Billy Gene Hutchins, 38, the 400th predator... |
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| 02/28/2006 |
Waco Tribune: |
| AREA POLICE REPORT: AG ARRESTS STUDENT FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY |
| By Monica Ortiz Uribe Tribune-Herald staff writer
A Texas State Technical College student is out on bail after being indicted and arrested on three counts of possession of child pornography.
Osbaldo Lopez, 27, originally of Pearland, was arrested by criminal investigators with Texas Attorney ... |
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| 02/28/2006 |
KWTX (CBS Waco): |
| FUGITIVE CENTRAL TEXAS CHILD SEXUAL OFFENDER ARRESTED |
| Convicted Central Texas child sex offender Billy Gene Hutchins, 38, was arrested Monday in a fugitive roundup in Harris County, Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday.
Hutchins was wanted for a parole violation issued in June 2004 after he left the halfway house to which he was assigned i... |
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| 02/23/2006 |
Law Enforcement Update: |
| LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: LET'S STAMP OUT VOTER FRAUD IN TEXAS |
| The Iraqi people have reminded the world that democratic elections are still possible, even in a country that until very recently was pinned under the thumb of total, murderous rule.
America has helped make those elections happen, and we should be proud. But while we work to ensure the polls in ... |
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| 02/20/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| EARLY VOTING FOR PRIMARIES BEGINS TUESDAY |
| Early voting begins Tuesday for the Republican and Democratic state primaries, expected to be a mostly tame affair with just a handful of hotly contested races.
Early voting for the Texas primaries runs through March 3 and the primaries are March 7. If any race fails to produce a winner who coll... |
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| 02/18/2006 |
Texarkana Gazette: |
| GRAND JURY INDICTS CITY OFFICIAL |
| By JODI SHERIDAN and By LISA BOSE McDERMOTT
Texarkana Gazette
Willie J. Ray, a Texarkana, Texas, City Council member, faces seven counts of voter fraud, officials said Friday.
Ray, 68, was indicted with two other women on Friday afternoon by a Bowie County grand jury, said Texas Attorney Gen... |
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| 02/18/2006 |
KTAL-TV (NBC Shreveport): |
| TEXARKANA COUNCILWOMAN INDICTED FOR VOTER FRAUD |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today obtained indictments against a Texarkana City Council member and two other women for illegally handling mail-in ballots for seniors and other voters during the November 2004 general elections.
A Bowie County grand jury indicted Texarkana Ward 2 City Counci... |
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| 02/16/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| EAST TEXAS MEN ARRESTED IN CYBER CRIMES INVESTIGATION |
| By: Megan Middleton, Staff Writer
LONGVIEW - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott stopped in Longview on Wednesday to announce the arrest of three men for attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child following a two-week Cyber Crimes Unit operation in Gregg and Smith counties.
"Each of them u... |
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| 02/16/2006 |
KLTV 7 Tyler-Longview: |
| SMITH COUNTY AUTHORITIES ROUND UP DEADBEAT PARENTS |
| Those who owe thousands of dollars in child support got an unusual greeting Wednesday morning by local law officials. Three agencies were involved in the arrests of East Texas parents.
After the round up, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott applauded the county on their efforts. "Smith County ... |
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| 02/16/2006 |
KWTX (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| SUBSTITUTE TEACHER INDICTED IN CHILD INTERNET SEX CASE |
| Substitute teacher Dwayne Allen Lawhon, 27, of Pflugerville was indicted Tuesday by the Bastrop County Grand Jury in connection with an alleged attempt to solicit sex from a teenage girl, Attorney General Greg Abbott said Wednesday.
The indictment charges attempted indecency with a child, attempt... |
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| 02/16/2006 |
Tyler Morning Telegraph: |
| TEXAS AG ABBOTT VISITS TYLER, LONGVIEW |
| By: KENNETH DEAN, Staff Writer
Smith County deputies, working in conjunction with the Texas Attorney General's Office, arrested Smith County citizens accused of failing to pay court-ordered child support during a roundup operation Wednesday morning.
"I applaud Sheriff J.B. Smith for taking a... |
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| 02/09/2006 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: |
| SEX OFFENDER ACCUSED OF VIOLATING HIS PAROLE CONDITIONS |
| By mike Baird Caller Times
February 9, 2006
The arrest of a fugitive sex offender in Corpus Christi on Wednesday put an exclamation point on a proposal to boost statewide sex offender enforcement through the state attorney general's office.
"Our efforts to arrest convicted sex offenders w... |
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| 02/08/2006 |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: |
| VOTER FRAUD MUST STOP |
| By GREG ABBOTT
Special to the Star-Telegram
The Iraqi people have reminded the world that democratic elections are still possible, even in a country that until very recently was pinned under the thumb of total, murderous rule.
America has helped make those elections happen, and we should be p... |
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| 02/07/2006 |
KWTX (CBS-Waco, Temple, Killeen): |
| FORMER SEMINARY STUDENT INDICTED FOR CHILD SEX CRIMES |
| Johnathan Keith Kana, 24, of Lexington, a former seminary student, was indicted Tuesday on 13 counts of child pornography possession and one count of criminal solicitation of a minor.
The Lee County Grand Jury returned the indictments after an investigation by the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime... |
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| 02/06/2006 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| EDITORIAL: NOW, THE JOKE'S ON THOSE WHO COMMIT VOTER FRAUD |
| Hear the words "voter fraud" and "Texas," and chances are you'll be waiting for the punch line.
The Lone Star State has an inglorious history of lost and found ballot boxes, extraordinary participation among infirm voters and the even more extraordinary casting of ballots from the hereafter.
... |
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| 02/02/2006 |
Cleveland Advocate: |
| CONSUMERS, RETAILERS BEWARE IN SAN JACINTO |
| San Jacinto District Attorney, Mark Price said, "There have been a few problems with identity theft in San Jacinto County, the new law should help curb some of trouble."
"All retailers have been asked to comply with the credit/debit card rules. I urge anyone who notices more than the last four n... |
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| 02/01/2006 |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: |
| INSTRUCTOR IS INDICTED IN ASSAULT OF A CHILD |
| By MARI SAUGIER Caller-Times
A 63-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl was indicted Tuesday on charges including aggravated sexual assault of a child, a spokesman for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office said.
A Jim Wells County grand jury returned formal crim... |
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| 01/30/2006 |
Herald Democrat (Sherman): |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL TRIES TO COMBAT VOTER FRAUD |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Thursday launched a statewide initiative to work with local law enforcement and prosecutors to combat and prevent the persistent problem of voter fraud. The initiative’s initial phase, which will finish before early voting commences for the March primary election... |
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| 01/30/2006 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| STATE TARGETS ELECTION FRAUD |
| Attorney general calls problem an epidemic in Texas
By GROMER JEFFERS JR. / The Dallas Morning News
Attorney General Greg Abbott has directed his office to work with law enforcement officials in 48 counties to stamp out voter fraud.
In announcing the effort last week, Mr. Abbott called vo... |
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| 01/26/2006 |
ABC 13 (Houston): |
| ATTORNEY GENERAL LAUNCHING EFFORT TO COMBAT VOTER FRAUD |
| (1/26/06 - AUSTIN, TX) - Attorney General Greg Abbott launched a project Wednesday to combat voter fraud by working closely with local law enforcement before the March 7 primary election.
"Voter fraud has been an epidemic in Texas for years, but it hasn't been treated like one," Abbott said. "It... |
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| 01/25/2006 |
Brownsville Herald: |
| TESTIMONY BEGINS IN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CASE |
| January 25, 2006 — Testimony began Tuesday in a federal child pornography trial for a Raymondville animal control officer accused of downloading and uploading the images from an online user group.
Samuel Edwin Baker Jr., 44, is accused of downloading more than 1,000 child pornography images and... |
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| 01/24/2006 |
The News (Port Arthur): |
| NEDERLAND ‘DEADBEAT DAD' IN CUSTODY |
| SILSBEE - A Nederland man believed to have evaded more than $26,000 in child support payments is now sitting in the Hardin County Jail after being arrested Friday night in Silsbee.
Jeffrey Waisath, 35, one of the parents on Attorney General Greg Abbott's Top Ten List of Most Wanted Child Support ... |
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| 01/21/2006 |
Beaumont Enterprise: |
| SILSBEE COP ARRESTS ONE OF STATE'S MOST WANTED CHILD SUPPORT EVADERS |
| by Dee Dixon, The Enterprise
One of the state's Top 10 child support evaders was arrested Friday afternoon in Silsbee while repairing a roof at a local business.
Jeffrey Waisath, 35, a general laborer who is accused of owing more than $25,000 in child support for his now 13-year-old daughter w... |
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| 01/18/2006 |
Kitsap Sun (Washington State): |
| A REAL LIFE CSI IN THE HEARTLAND |
| By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press
HENDERSON, TEXAS
James Stroud remembers waiting for painful hours at the home of his longtime buddy who had gone missing, offering comfort and encouragement to his friend’s parents and pregnant wife.
Finally, the phone rang, and almost simultaneously ... |
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| 01/18/2006 |
KBTV-4 (Beaumont): |
| UNREGISTERED JEFFERSON COUNTY SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN MEXICO |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Fugitive Unit Wednesday took into custody an unregistered sex offender from Jefferson County after investigators helped track him down in Mexico.
David Wayne Reckaway, 42, was turned over to the Fugitive Unit at the border in Laredo on Jan. 13 after being a... |
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| 01/12/2006 |
Austin Business Journal: |
| AG INTERVENES AT TAYLOR NURSING HOME |
| Alleging neglect and lax care in connection with the recent emergency hospitalization of three residents, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott secured a court order Thursday extending emergency care at the Heartwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Taylor.
"This action shows that we take serio... |
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| 01/12/2006 |
KBTV-4 (Beaumont): |
| BEAUMONT MAN ARRESTED; ACCUSED OF OWING $19,000 IN BACK CHILD SUPPORT |
| Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott Thursday applauded the arrest of a Beaumont man for failing to support his teenaged son from the same city. 41-year-old Louis Bergen was arrested in Kingsville and owes more than $19,000 in unpaid child support, according to Abbott. He faces prosecution by Jefferso... |
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| 01/12/2006 |
San Marcos Record: |
| MAN CAUGHT IN AG INTERNET STING GETS FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON |
| By ANITA MILLER - News Editor
A federal judge has sentenced a man arrested in San Marcos to five years in prison for attempting to meet a child for sex.
Benjamin Scott Owens, 26, was sentenced on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel in Austin. He had plead guilty to criminal solicitation ... |
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| 01/11/2006 |
Fredericksburg Standard: |
| GRAND JURY RETURNS INDICTMENT |
| A Fredericksburg man was indicted Monday by a Gillespie County grand jury on felony charges that he used the Internet to solicit sex with someone he thought was a child.
Robert Lee Morris, 23, has been in jail since being arrested Nov. 2 at a local fast food restaurant where he showed up for a me... |
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| 12/28/2005 |
Kilgore News Herald: |
| 2005 TOP STORY: 22 YEARS LATER, DUO NAMED IN KFC CRIME |
| By LESTER MURRAY
For more than 22 years families of the five victims oif the Kentucky Fried Chicken murders have waited for the crime to be resolved.
Joseph Johnson, Montgomery Landers, Opie Hughes, David Maxwell and Mary Tyler were slain on Sept. 23, 1983 after being abducted from a Kilgore K... |
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| 12/26/2005 |
San Antonio Busines Journal: |
| TEXAS RECEIVES $3.6M IN SETTLEMENT OVER AIDS DRUG |
| Texas and several other states joined the federal government in a $704 million criminal and civil settlement against a U.S. affiliate of Swiss drug maker Serono Inc. for illegally promoting and marketing the AIDS drug Serostim.
The state of Texas and the Medicaid program received almost $3.6 mil... |
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| 12/21/2005 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| EDITORIAL: VOTER FRAUD INDICTMENTS EVIDENCE OF BIG PROBLEM |
| Voter fraud is a big problem in some communities.
Allegations of misconduct run rampant each election, but proving the charges is always a challenge.
The indictment earlier this week of four people by the Nueces County grand jury on charges of illegally handling ballots in the May Robstown s... |
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| 12/21/2005 |
Honolulu Advertiser: |
| KAILUA MAN ACCUSED OF SENDING SPAM E-MAIL |
| By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer
The Texas attorney general has filed a lawsuit against a Kailua man accusing him of sending unsolicited "spam" e-mails to residents of Texas and others throughout the country.
The lawsuit was filed yesterday in Texas against Billy W. Williams.
Texas Att... |
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| 12/20/2005 |
KVUE-TV (ABC-Austin): |
| SECOND DEFENDANT PLEADS GUILTY IN ERCOT CASE |
| A man accused of illegally taking payment as a security contractor for the agency that regulates the state's power grid has pleaded guilty.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Tuesday John Cavazos, 33, of San Antonio pleaded guilty to misapplication of fiduciary property enhanced to organize... |
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| 12/19/2005 |
Houston Chronicle: |
| FUGITIVES FLEEING FROM KATRINA ARRESTED IN TEXAS |
| All 13 were wanted in connection with a violent crime
By RHEA DAVIS
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today announced the arrest of 13 Louisiana fugitives who went into hiding during the evacuation from Hurricane Katrina.
All 11 men and two women were want... |
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| 12/19/2005 |
KTRK (ABC-Houston): |
| FUGITIVES HIDING IN HURRICANE EVACUATION CAUGHT |
| State officials say authorities have found and captured 13 Louisiana fugitives hiding out in Texas since the Hurricane Katrina evacuation. A statement issued today by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says eleven men and two women were all wanted as suspects in violent crimes. Abbott says his Fug... |
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| 12/19/2005 |
KRIS-TV (NBC-Corpus Christi): |
| NUECES COUNTY INDICTMENT IN VOTER FRAUD INVESTIGATION |
| CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Four people have been indicted in a voter fraud investigation related to a Robstown school district election. The indictments by a Nueces County grand jury were announced Monday by Attorney General Greg Abbott.
Abbott says the case involves f... |
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| 12/14/2005 |
KAUZ Channel 6 (Wichita Falls): |
| KFC MURDER DEFENDANTS ARRAIGNED IN RUSK COUNTY |
| HENDERSON - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s criminal prosecutor Lisa Tanner attended the court arraignment Tuesday of two Tyler men charged with capital murder in the brutal slaying of five victims kidnapped from a Kilgore Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise in September 1983.
Darnell Hartsf... |
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| 12/13/2005 |
Dallas Morning News: |
| MANSFIELD CHILD SUPPORT EVADER IN CUSTODY |
| From Staff Reports
One of the most-wanted child support evaders in Texas turned himself in to police last week after he was featured in news coverage across the state.
Charles Silva owes more than $39,000 towards the care of his two children, who live in Carrollton. He was taken into custody... |
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| 12/09/2005 |
KRIS TV (Corpus Christi): |
| AG CHARGES FORMER OWNER OF CHILDREN'S REHAB CENTER WITH FRAUD |
| AUSTIN, Texas The former owner of a McAllen children's rehabilitation center has been arrested for alleged Medicaid fraud.
A statement from Attorney General Greg Abbott's office says Eliseo Sandoval has been indicted by a Travis County grand jury on first-degree record tampering and felony misapp... |
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| 12/08/2005 |
East Texas Review: |
| A RECORD $1.8 BILLION IN SUPPORT COLLECTED FOR CHILDREN |
| by Attorney General Greg Abbott
I am very pleased to announce my office collected a record $1.86 billion in child support in the last fiscal year. The $1.864 billion collected during the year that ended August 31 surpassed the previous year's total by $186 million. More than $4.6 billion has bee... |
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| 12/07/2005 |
San Antonio Express-News: |
| APPEALS COURT TO HEAR FIGHT OVER HOUSTON BIBLE DISPLAY |
| By: Rachel L. Toalson
AUSTIN — The state of Texas has joined Harris County in fighting to keep a neon-lighted King James Bible on display at the Harris County Courthouse in downtown Houston.
It is a controversial issue that began in Austin in 2003, when Kay Staley, a Baylor University gradu... |
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| 12/07/2005 |
Denton Record-Chronicle: |
| TEXAS COLLECTS $8.3 MILLION IN BACK TAXES FROM ENRON |
| Enron Corp. has given the Texas Attorney General's office its largest single tax collection.
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Wednesday his office had collected $8.3 million in back taxes from the failed energy company and three of its subsidiaries. The payments included a tax claim of $7.... |
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| 01/31/2005 |
Brenham Banner Press: |
| BRENHAM MAN IN BASTROP JAIL |
| A Brenham man was in a Bastrop County jail today after his arrest Thursday on a charge of soliciting sex from a minor.
John David Payne, 27, - a trainee in the city of Brenham's water treatment plant - was arrested Thursday in Bastrop.
The arrest was made by a Texas Attorney General's Cyber C... |
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