Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Texas. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

House Passes Restrictive Abortion Measure in Texas


The Texas House of Representatives approved a measure Wednesday that would place broad new restrictions on abortions in the state.

A state Senate committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to send its version of the bill to the full Senate.

The legislation would, among other things, ban abortions past 20 weeks of gestation and require abortion clinics to become ambulatory surgical centers.

Source.... CNN

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Don't Mess with Texas Motherly Rage! Carjacker Gets Run Over!


A knife-wielding thief was run over by a minivan after he allegedly picked the wrong Texas mother to mess with.  She told him, "You messed with the wrong witch"

Dorothy Baker was driving her sons, 2 and 5, home from the CVS drug store in Baytown, Texas on Friday. But she didn't get far -- a suspected carjacker popped up from his hiding place behind the third row of seats in her minivan.

Police say that Ismael Martinez, 54, hid inside the car when he found it unlocked in the CVS parking lot. Once the car was on the road, Martinez demanded money.

“So I asked him how much he needed and he said $200,” Baker told WFAA. “And I told him I didn’t have that kind of cash, I had about $20 in my account, and he said I better figure out a way to get it, or my kids were going to get hurt.”

At first, Baker told Martinez that she would do exactly as he said, but that's hardly how the confrontation played out.

"I took my fist and I hit him in the face, and I told him to get out of my car," Baker said, according to ABC. She then grabbed the knife from Martinez.



According to KTRK:

              "I thought, 'If you swerve and hit the pole, he's not wearing a seatbelt, he'll go through the windshield or at least hit his head, and you can stop him. You can do something to make sure that he doesn't hurt your kids,'" Dorothy Baker-Flugence said. "That's all I was thinking of really, was just to get him away from my kids."

She crashed the vehicle, and Martinez jumped out of the car to escape. But he could not outrun Baker's motherly rage.




See Video.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/dorothy-baker-ran-over-carjacker_n_3453824.html

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Friday, February 1, 2013

Randy Travis SENTENCED TO REHAB for Drunk Driving


Country singer Randy Travis has been sentenced to 180 DAYS IN JAIL after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Texas. But he probably won't spend a single minute behind bars, because the sentence was probated for 2 years, meaning if he stays out of trouble for 2 years, he can avoid the slammer. 

But if Travis runs afoul of the law, officials can bring Travis in to serve out the 180 days. 

Travis must also check in to an inpatient alcohol treatment facility for a minimum of 30 days AND complete 100 hours of community service. 

Travis must also install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he drives for 2 years. The IID measures the driver's blood alcohol level and will prevent the engine from starting if the driver is intoxicated. 

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/01/31/randy-travis-180-days-jail-drunk-driving-naked-texas/#ixzz2Jcda52CM