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DEPUTIES SHOT

LOCAL NEWS

03/10/10

A SHOOTING IN THE WOODLAND HILL SUBDIVISION EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING LEFT TWO LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES INJURED AND ALLEGED SHOOTER DEAD. INFORMATION INDICATES IT WAS SHORTLY BEFORE 5 A.M. TUESDAY WHEN DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO DISTURBANCE WITH SHOTS FIRED IN THE WOODLAND HILLS AREA NEAR DAYTON AND KENEFICK. SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN STEVE GREEN SAID THREE DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OFF FM 1008 NEAR KENEFICK AND WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN 49-YEAR-OLD RICKEY JUNEAU OPENED FIRE ON THEM, MOST LIKELY WITH A SHOTGUN.

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SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN STEVE GREEN SAID DEPUTIES REX EVANS, 40 AND JEREMY MARCONTEL, AGE 33, WERE TAKEN BY GROUND AMBULANCE TO MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON, BOTH WITH INJURIES TO THE UPPER BODY. DEPUTY REX EVANS WAS TREATED AND RELEASED LATER YESTERDAY MORNING. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID JEREMY MARCONTEL WAS IN HIGH SPIRITS BUT WAS KEPT AT LEAST OVERNIGHT AT THE HOUSTON HOSPITAL AS DOCTORS CONSIDER IF SURGERY IS NECESSARY TO TREAT SOME PELLET WOUNDS TO HIS UPPER BODY. THE THIRD SHERIFF’S DEPUTY, SGT. MICHELLE DESHOTEL WAS NOT HURT. SHERIFF’S PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER STEVE GREEN SAID DEPUTY REX EVANS MANAGED TO RETURN FIRE AS DEPUTIES RETREATED FROM THE ATTACK. LATER, THE ALLEGED SHOOTER, RICKEY JUNEAU WAS FOUND DEAD OF A GUN SHOT WOUND NEAR THE HOUSE. AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN ORDERED TO DETERMINE IF THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM HIS OWN WEAPON OR THE SHOTS FIRED BY DEPUTY REX EVANS. THE LIBERTY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS ALONG WITH THE BAYTOWN SWAT TEAM, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, TEXAS RANGERS AND OFFICERS OF THE DAYTON, LIBERTY AND KENEFICK POLICE DEPARTMENTS ALL RESPONDED TO THE EMERGENCY AT OR NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS #6473 AND #6474 IN THE WOODLAND HILLS AREA YESTERDAY MORNING. AGAIN, DEPUTY REX EVANS WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. JEREMY MARCONTEL IS SAID TO BE RESPONSIVE AND IN GOOD SPIRITS AT MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON. SGT. MICHELLE DESHOTEL WAS NOT HIT BY THE GUNFIRE. THE ALLEGED GUNMAN IS DEAD. HIS NAME IS RICKY JUNEAU, AGE 49. THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS AWAITING AUTOPSY RESULTS TO DETERMINE IF THE GUNSHOT WOUND THAT KILLED HIM WAS SELF-INFLICTED.

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03.11.10

A BAYTOWN MAN DIED FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A FIVE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT THIS MORNING AROUND 5 A.M. ON STATE HIGHWAY 146 IN THE LIBERTY COUNTY PORTION OF MONT BELVIEU. THAT FATALITY ACCIDENT CLOSED THE HIGHWAY FOR ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF HOURS. ACCORDING TO MONT BELVIEU POLICE CHIEF VIRGIL BLASDELL (BLAZE-DALE), THE MAN KILLED IN THAT FIVE-CAR PILE-UP WAS GERARDO MONCIVAIS (MON-SA-VI-US) OF BAYTOWN. ANOTHER MAN WAS INJURED, BUT HE WAS TAKEN TO SAN JACINTO MEHTODIST HOSPITAL IN BATWOWN WHERE HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED. KSHN WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THIS ACCIDENT IN A FUTURE NEWSCAST.

WRITE IN CANDIDATES

LOCAL NEWS

03/10/2010

WE HAVE REPORTED THE FILING PERIOD FOR CANDIDATES SEEKING TO BE PLACED ON THE MAY CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION BALLOTS HAS PASSED. WHILE THAT IS TRUE, WE SHOULD ALSO MENTION THE DEADLINE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO DECLARE THEMSELVES A WRITE IN CANDIDATE FOR ANY OF THE OFFICES SUBJECT TO THE MAY ELECTIONS DOES NOT EXPIRE UNTIL MONDAY MARCH 15^TH. OF COURSE, A WRITE IN CANDIDATE WILL NOT BE ON THE BALLOT. THOSE WISHING TO VOTE FOR THEM MUST WRITE IN THEIR NAMES WHEN VOTING. CANDIDATES MUST OFFICIALLY DECLARE THEIR WRITE IN STATUS AT LOCAL SCHOOL AND MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION OR AT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT OFFICE, BY MARCH 15^TH OR WRITING IN THEIR NAMES WILL NOT BE TABULATED ACCORDING TO STATE ELECTION LAW.

LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL

LOCAL NEWS

03/10/2010

THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT AND APPROVED A FACILITY CONSTRUCTION CHARGE CONTRACT WITH BOOMERANG TUBE. LIBERTY CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ SAID THERE WERE STILL POINTS IN THE CONTRACT THAT NEEDED FINE TUNING BUT IT ESSENTIALLY OUTLINED A PAYMENT PLAN FOR BOOMERANG TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE MORE THAN $3 MILLION ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE COMPANIES FACILITY. IN OTHER ACTION, THE LIBERTY CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED A LOW BID OF $37,500 FROM THE BRYAN BASED ALBO COMPANY FOR DEMOLITION OF THE OLD ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT POWER PLANT. CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ SAID THE COMPANY WILL FIRST STABILIZE THE ROOF OF THE HURRICANE DAMAGED STRUCTURE SO THE CITY’S EQUIPMENT STILL INSIDE CAN BE SAFELY REMOVED. THEN THE BUILDING WILL COME DOWN. AN INTERESTING HISTORICAL NOTE, THE OLD ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT WAS BUILT IN THE 1930’S WHEN BRAD PICKETT WAS MAYOR OF LIBERTY. ITS DEMOLITION WILL COME WHEN MR. PICKETT’S SON CARL IS MAYOR. THE NEWS ON ANOTHER HURRICANE IKE RAVAGED CITY STRUCTURE WAS NOT SO GOOD. CITY MANAGER GARY BROZ INFORMED COUNCIL THE CITY HAD RECEIVED NO BIDS IN ITS ATTEMPT TO SELL THE OLD POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING ON SAN JACINTO STREET. THE CITY HAS BEEN ASKING A MINIMUM BID OF $88,000 – THE APPRAISED COST OF THE LAND ALONE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO GET A MORE COMPLETE APPRAISAL THE PROPERTY AND THEN PUT IT UP FOR SALE AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, WITH BETTER RESULTS.