Scum gets Life

Follow up from my Scum Post on 4-1-10

A central Texas jury has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the 2007 murder of an animal control officer.
A McLennan County jury in Waco deliberated for a half-hour Monday before returning the maximum punishment for 33-year-old Jerry Mack Newland of Elm Mott. The jury had deliberated about two hours earlier in the day before finding Newland guilty in the June 2007 shooting of 47-year-old Bellmead animal control officer Bobby Dean Evans.

You have been warned.

It appears Zombies are invading for the Texas Frightmare weekend.






http://www.texasfrightmareweekend.com/lifetype/static/events.html

Happy Easter

Ahh the weekend!

Scum

It is not often I wish a death sentence on someone, but in this case it is all I hope for. This Animal Control Officer went to work and never came home just so this scum could kill someone and get supplies to make drugs.

My prayers are with the Evans Family. I can't not fathom the strength it must take to have to hear about and relive this all over again.

Here is the current news story

A fluke glance in the rearview mirror as Bellmead Police Lt. Anita Davenport was trying to get her police truck unstuck uncovered what authorities said was an important clue in the murder case of Bobby Evans.

Davenport was among a dozen witnesses prosecutors Edward Vallejo and Lytza Rojas called Tuesday to set the murder scene for the jury of eight women and four men and to recount the often-frustrating seven-month investigation that led authorities into the world of drug manufacturing.

Three-time felon Jerry Mack Newland, 33, of Elm Mott, is on trial for murder in Waco’s 54th State District Court in the June 18, 2007, shooting death of 47-year-old Evans, Bellmead’s animal control officer and a volunteer firefighter.

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Jerry Mack Newland listens to testimony in his murder trial with one of his attorneys, Abby Allford.
Duane A. Laverty/Waco Tribune-Herald

Despite the many witnesses, crime-scene photos and pathology reports, no witnesses called Tuesday or evidence found at the crime scene linked Newland to Evans’ slaying.

Defense attorney Walter M. Reaves Jr. told the jury during opening statements that the evidence “just isn’t there” to support a conviction.

A pathologist testified Tuesday that Evans, who was found lying facedown just inside the door to the remote animal shelter off Pecan Lane, was shot once in the chest, three times in the back and once in the back of the left forearm.

Gruesome discovery

James Karl, Bellmead director of public safety, and Scott Curry, the city’s former fire marshal, said they became concerned about 9:30 a.m. because Evans had failed to respond to repeated radio and cell phone calls.

Karl testified that he drove to the animal shelter to check on Evans and found his body.

Stunned, Karl said, he called for help but quickly realized that Evans was beyond medical rescue.

Bellmead police officials called in Texas Rangers, Department of Public Safety crime labs from Waco and Austin, and other agencies to assist them at the murder scene, Karl said.

Steve Foster, who retired as a Texas Ranger three months after Evans’ death, said he walked the area surrounding the animal shelter, which was an overgrown former softball complex, and found some boot prints in the soil behind the shelter that had been moistened by the previous night’s rains.

A clue spotted

As many of the investigators who had spent the day searching for evidence began to pack up and leave, Davenport’s vehicle got stuck in a muddy ditch, and the officers had to wait to exit the gate.

Davenport said she spotted in her rearview mirror a green, military duffel bag that had been stashed in a wooded area near the gate about 15 yards off Pecan Lane.

“We probably would not have found that duffel bag had it not been for her vehicle getting stuck in the mud,” said Foster, who is now police chief in McGregor.

Foster said the bag contained a 30-gallon tank with anhydrous ammonia in it, along with tubing and a nozzle, all items the former Ranger said are associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine.

The bag was not wet from the rain, indicating to investigators that it had been placed there earlier that morning and possibly had something to do with Evans’ slaying.

Authorities have said they think Evans possibly drove up and saw Newland and his co-defendant, James Terry Ramirez, with the drug-cooking gear.

And authorities said they think Evans was killed because the men wanted to keep him from reporting them.

Ramirez, 45, of Bellmead, is set for trial April 12.

Long investigation

In other testimony Tuesday, Bellmead police Detective Louisa Nunez said she followed about 30 leads during the seven-month investigation, adding she asked for the assistance of a federal and state task force to help on the case after it grew cold.

Three months after Evans’ death, she said, Bellmead police removed a piece of barbed wire from a fence near the animal shelter after a woman reported that she had a “vision” that police would find DNA from two suspects on the wire. The tip did not prove fruitful, she said.

Prosecution testimony will resume at 8:30 a.m. today.

twitherspoon@wacotrib.com

Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Hope everyone has a great Saint Patrick's Day. For me I am going home early, having some Guinness and cooking the traditional American Irish meal of Corn beef and Cabbage , potatoes and Soda Bread.

I did find an incredible sale on Guinness. I will not confess as to how much I bought, but to my friends into emergency preparedness, I am set on Guinness.

Great Fun

This year I had a great time at the North Texas Irish Festival. C and J came and even my mom joined in on the fun. Everyone had a great time.

I did not take many pictures , but I did have lots of Guinness.

Some Great Irish Stew

Had to take her picture because she was sporting a Bono purse

Low-Life

"Thoses who Fight monsters should take care that in the process they do not become monsters. When you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss gazes into you" Nietzsche.

This is a man who was paid to protect against and investigate Animal Cruelty.

So my first idiot award of 2010 goes to EX Animal Control Officer Alonzo Esco of Mississippi. It was discovered in January he would pick up stray dogs and, instead of going to the shelter, he would stop at a creek, shoot and then dump the dogs. Some of the stories have stated he confessed he "was too lazy to drive them to the shelter".

The police have discovered hundreds of Dogs shoot and dumped in the creek. He has been charged with multiple Misdemeanor charges.

This dirt bag not only killed owned dogs but made all of Animal Control look like idiots.

Great Food at Southern Recipes Cafe

This weekend I had chance to try the Southern Recipes Cafe in Richardson Texas. It has basic decor with great tasting Home Cooking. I had the Chicken Fried Steak which was one of the best I have ever eaten in the area for only $7.49. It came with 2 vegetables, salad , and a roll. I Highly recommend this cafe and such a great treat to get away from all the chain restaurants, which all taste the same to me. The chains seem to make the meal overly salty and a grainy, chewy, cheap meat.

Southern Recipes Cafe puts them all to shame with a delicious meal.

This was my meal of Chicken Fried Steak, mash potatoes and Fried Okra. Really was enough to share, but it was so good I had to eat it all.

http://southernrecipescafe.com/

Dallas Auto-Rama 2010

I had the chance to see a lot of great cars at the 2010 Dallas Auto-Rama.

This John Deer is 90HP. I guess if you need to mow fast to catch the game this is the mower for you.

A few of my favorites this year and one day I may have one. Need to win Lotto first, stop laughing, it could happen.

Danger-Do not drive this car on a sunny day.

When the Camaro was a true muscle car and not a Transformer.

And a blast from the past.