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03.24.10

THE IDAHO MURDER TRIAL OF SILAS PARKS – ACCUSED OF KILLING DAYTON NATIVE SARAH SHEFFIELD PARKS – HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FROM THIS WEEK TO MAY 10. we have reported SINCE LAST June ON THE DEATH of 28-year-old dayton native sarah parks in moscow, idaho, and the arrest of her husband, 26-year-old silas parks, on murder charges. the body of sarah parks was found among the ashes of a moscow, IDAHO, apartment fire back on june 24, 2009, but a subsequent autopsy showed the pregnant woman actually died before that fire. JUST ONE WEEK LATER, on july 1, silas parks was jailed, without bond, on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. SINCE THAT TIME, BOND WAS REDUCED AND SILAS PARKS IS NOW FREE ON A $200,000 PROPERTY BOND POSTED BY HIS FAMILY. LATAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR BILL THOMPSON SAID THAT BOND STIPULATES PARKS MUST LIVE AT HIS PARENT’S HOUSE WHERE NO ALCOHOL OR WEAPONS ARE PERMITTED. THE ACCUSED ALSO CAN NOT LEAVE THAT RESIDENCE EXCEPT DURING DAYTIME HOURS. sarah PARKS graduated from dayton high school in 1998 and then from stephen f. austin UNIVERSITY. at the time of her deatH, SHE WAS expecting her first CHILD AND working as a school teacher IN MOSCOW, IDAHO, now, her husband, silas parks, is facing two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson. prosecutors ARE not PURSUING the death penalty. however, if convicted, silas parks could be sentenced to life in PRISON. THE SUSPECT REMAINS FREE ON BOND PENDING HIS MURDER TRIAL. PROSECUTORS SAID THAT TRIAL DATE WAS PUSHED BACK TWO MONTHS FROM THIS WEEK TO MAY 10 BECAUSE A KEY WITNESS IS SET TO GIVE BIRTH ANY DAY NOW.

ABDUCTION SUSPECT STILL JAILED

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03/24/2010

THE MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING ABDUCTION OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD DAISETTA GIRL REMAINS BEHIND BARS. WE REPORTED ON FEBRUARY 26^TH, THE LITTLE GIRL HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH TWO OTHER GIRLS ON THE HULL-DASIETTA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM TRACK WHEN SHE WAS ATTACKED. THE ASSAILANT REPORTEDLY KNOCKED HER TO THE GROUND AND ATTEMPTED TO DRAG HER AWAY BY HER PANTS LEGS. ACCORDING TO PRECINCT #2 CONSTABLE LES HULSEY THE GIRL FOUGHT HER WAY FREE AND RAN HOME TO TELL HER PARENTS. JASON PERKINS, AGE 29, WITH A LIBERTY ADDRESS WAS ARRESTED NEAR THE SCENE OF THE REPORTED ATTACK. PERKINS WAS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT – A STATE JAIL FELONY AND REMAINS IN THE LIBERTY COUNTY JAIL. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE BOBBY RADER SET BOND AT $10,000. DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE LITTLE SAID INFORMATION ON THE CASE WAS PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE PRESENTATION TO A GRAND JURY.

EMPLOYEE LAWSUIT MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT

01/24/2010

A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST LIBERTY COUNTY BY A FORMER COURTHOUSE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN MOVED TO FEDERAL COURT. WE REPORTED EARLIER CHERYL LYN SANDERS IS SUING THE COUNTY FOR ALLEGED WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND SEEKING SOME $50,000 IN DAMAGES. MS. SANDERS IS THE FORMER COURT COORDINATOR FOR 75^TH DISTRICT JUDGE C. T. "RUSTY" HIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT AGAINST LIBERTY COUNTY FILED DECEMBER 17^TH, 2009 MS. SANDERS –A CHAMBERS COUNTY RESIDENT- CLAIMS THAT IN 2003 HER JOB IN JUDGE HIGHT’S COURT BROUGHT HER INTO CONTACT WITH TOXIC MOLD STRAINS FOUND AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE LIBERTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE SUIT ALSO CLAIMS CHERYL SANDERS EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO HER EXPOSURE TO THE MOLD INCLUDING HEADACHES, SINUSITIS, DIZZY SPELLS AND RASHES. THE CIVIL SUIT FILED FURTHER ALLEGES MS. SANDERS WAS FORCED TO MISS WORK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD DUE THE MOLD EXPOSURE AND EVENTUALLY SHE WAS FIRED. THE LAWSUIT WAS INITIALLY FILED IN THE 75^TH DISTRICT COURT, WHERE SHE WORKED BUT ACCORDING TO INFORMATION FROM THE LIBERTY COUNTY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS SINCE BEEN MOVED TO THE U.S. FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT IN BEAUMONT. THE LAW FIRM REPRESENTING THE COUNTY IN THE LAWSUIT IS BEAUMONT BASED GERMER (HARD "G") AND GERTZ EXERCISED A LEGAL OPTION TO HAVE THE SUIT HEARD IN FEDERAL COURT SINCE IT INVOLVES MATTERS OF ALLEGED UNLAWFUL TERMINATION. THE LAWSUIT REQUESTS A JURY TRIAL AND SEEKS $50,000 IN MONETARY DAMAGES PLUS LEGAL FEES. THAD HEARTFIELD, PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE EASTERN U.S. DISTRICT IS SLATED TO HEAR THE LAWSUIT ON NOVEMBER 15^TH.

SAN JAC HEALTH FAIR SATURDAY

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03/24/2010

SAN JACINTO METHODIST HOSPITAL IN BAYTOWN AND THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION WILL HOST A HEALTH FAIR THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. AT THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER. ACCORDING TO SAN JACINTO HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS LIAISON THERESA MAXWELL, THE HEALTH FAIR WILL OFFER A VARIETY OF FREE SCREENINGS AND SERVICES.

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SATURDAY’S HEALTH FAIR INCLUDES KIDNEY FUNCTION SCREENINGS, BLOOD PRESSURE AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHECKS, FREE H1N1 FLU VACCINATIONS, EYE EXAMS AND MORE. AGAIN, THE HEALTH FAIR IS FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. SATURDAY AT THE BAYTOWN COMMUNITY CENTER, 2407 MARKET STREET. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL SAN JACINTO METHODIST HOSPITAL AT 281-420-8000.