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A rash of storage room burglaries across Montgomery County have netted four arrests with additional arrests expected in the future.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office was called to the storage facility of Thornton RV Service and Storage located at 20800 FM 1488 in Magnolia on Aug. 1 in reference to several burglaries of RVs and storage units.
According to court documents, the suspects made entry into nine different RV’s and three separate storage units on July 30.
“While reviewing video surveillance of the property provided by the owner, two of the three suspects were able to be identified,” MCSO investigator J. Niquette stated in court documents.
Niquette also interviewed several witnesses who know the suspects, viewed the surveillance footage and confirmed the identity of the two suspects as Joclyn Leigh Gray, 19, of Pinehurst, and Randall Lee Coleman Jr., 31, of Montgomery. A third suspect has not been identified as of yet.
Gray was arrested on Aug. 22 and charged with felony engaging in organized criminal activity. She remains in the Montgomery County Jail on a $3,000 bond.
Coleman was arrested on Aug. 1 for three charges of burglary of a building, evading arrest and a blue warrant stemming from his possession of a controlled substance charge where he was sentenced to 45 in the county jail and was currently on parole.
Additionally, the Conroe Police Department responded to the Gladstell Self Storage located at 810 Gladstell St. on Aug. 8 where it was reported seven different storage units had been broken into and items stolen. They were also called to the Preferred Mini Storage located at 4300 W. Davis where additional burglaries were reported.
“These burglaries spanned over a few weeks,” Conroe Police Sgt. Scott McCann said. “Video footage obtained from those locations allowed us to identify the suspects.”
Conroe Police arrested two suspects, Jamey Blades Berger, 30, and Jose Mercado, 34, for felony charges of burglary of a building.
Lion Pete Martinez, right, was named the Conroe Noon Lions Club Rookie of the Year during their 2012 Installation Banquet, presented by club President Philip Dupuis.
Congratulations are in order for a couple of outstanding Lions. Well, scratch that, congratulations are in order to all Lions as we’ve now officially survived Past President Philip Dupuis and his hilarious and consistent butchering of people’s names. But more specifically, congratulations are in order to a couple of outstanding Lions who were announced as Lion and Rookie of the Year at our annual Installation Banquet a couple of Fridays ago at the Walden Yacht Club.
Our 2012 Lion of the Year is Bob Gunter. Known to at least a few as Prince Charming, Lion Bob joined our club in October 1998. He has served on various committees, much more than I could enumerate here. So really, I have no choice but to use a baseball analogy to explain how much Bob Gunter means to this club.
You know how most baseball teams have a guy on the roster who plays a different position just about every game and almost always does something clutch for the team. Sometimes they’ll just be known as a “utility infielder.” This is the unofficial position that Lion Bob has held for as long as I’ve been in the club. Every committee I’ve served on, he’s done the grunt work. When some decorations were left behind and needed to be picked up from the auction last year, Bob stepped up as pinch hitter and got the job done. Whenever something needs to be done around the clubhouse, Bob comes in from the bullpen and cleans up the mess, literally. If the fastidiousness with which he keeps the warehouse tidy and takes out trash and recycling for the office and eyeglass center is any indication, he’s probably husband of the year too. By my estimate, he puts in 20 or more hours a week just doing the behind-the-scenes stuff that most would never even know about. I haven’t talked to anyone who didn’t agree that Bob was the most deserving Lion of the Year in a long time and the consensus among many has been, “It’s about time!”
Our 2012 Rookie of the Year is Lion Pete Martinez. Sorry, but I can’t come up with a clever, little royalty nickname. Although he is an award-winning barbecue cook-off champ, so maybe he can be Beloved Cook. Lion Pete joined our club in October 2010 and immediately set out to make an impact within the club. In my limited experience in work and other different projects, I’ve only known a handful of people who show up on time, immediately start finding work to do and never stop until the work is done. I think many would agree with me that people like that are absolutely irreplaceable. Our club is fortunate to have found one of these indispensable types in Pete.
I have no choice but to use another sports analogy here, so if you hate sports, sorry. Lion Pete is what most of the coaches I’ve ever played for would call Charlie Hustle. He makes up for any lack of experience by effort and determination. That is as essential of a skill set as there ever was, in my expert and humble opinion. As 2011 golf tournament chairman, I personally witnessed Pete show up before the 8 a.m. first flight and stay the entire day stocking coolers and snacks for the golfers throughout the entire course. He was Charlie Hustle from day one.
Neither of these two will approve of such effusive recognition on their behalf, but it’s the least I could do for a couple of the best Lions I know. Prince Charming and Charlie Hustle, I’m proud to serve in this club with you. Both of you do great work and lead by example consistently.
J.J. Watt and the Texans defense are healthier than they were on their last road trip to play the Patriots.
HOUSTON — The first time Houston faced the Patriots, top cornerback Johnathan Joseph played while still struggling to get healthy, and outside linebacker Brooks Reed sat out with an injury.
That game turned into an embarrassing 42-14 loss to New England. Now both are back to full strength, and the Texans believe that makes their defense much stronger this time around.
He was slowed by a hamstring injury that kept him out the two games before the first matchup against the Patriots.
“Obviously, back then I was good enough to play but I wasn’t at my best,” he said. “Right now I can say I’m 100 percent.”
Joseph, who often shadows the opponent’s best receiver, knows that he and the rest of the secondary will have their hands full. Not only must they deal with New England’s wide receivers, but also its tight end duo of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. Gronkowski didn’t play in the first game against Houston.
“They can place the ball on his back side or throw it up top and those guys both have great hands where they can make the difficult catch in traffic,” Joseph said. “For us, it will be a task, but I think that we have the guys here that are up for the challenge. It’s just about making plays.”
Reed, a second-year player, started 12 games in the regular season. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips called him a “physical force.”
“He’s obviously a good player, but I think just his physicality really helps us as far as our mental toughness overall as a defensive unit,” Phillips said.
“Now, it’s a little bit different,” he said. “So I’ll be out there and try to make plays of my own.”
Reed had a sack last week against the Bengals; he now has at least one in each the three postseason games in Texans history. His best playoff performance came last season against the Ravens when he had 2½ sacks.
“He can play the run and the pass, so he’s a two-sided guy,” Joseph said. “I think he had just experience from last year coming in ... so just having Brooks back and those guys rotating and whatever they’re doing up front, I think it just helps those guys from a health standpoint and just being fresh all the time.”
Houston is hoping to build on last week’s dominant defensive performance in its 19-13 wild-card win over the Bengals. The Texans limited them to 198 yards, which was the lowest yardage total in the first round of the playoffs, and only 53 before halftime.
They also cleaned up their problems on third down, not allowing Cincinnati to convert any of its nine third-down chances.
This week the Texans know they must get pressure on Tom Brady and make him uncomfortable in the pocket. They’ll look to defensive star J.J. Watt to lead that charge. Watt led the NFL with a franchise-record 20½ sacks in the regular season. He also had 107 tackles, including 39 for losses, 16 passes defended and forced four fumbles.
“We were happy to make it as far as we did, but this year, new year, new goals,” he said. “Biggest goal of them all, Super Bowl, and this is a big step for us, and we’re really excited about the challenge.”
Phillips, who began coaching in the NFL in 1976, believes Watt is clearly the best defensive player in the NFL this season.
“He had the best season ever,” Phillips said. “I mean, nobody has had a season like that. Nobody has made that many tackles, that many sacks, that many pass breakups and that many tackles for loss or tackles for no gain in the history of football. Nobody has had a year like that. It’s the best I’ve ever seen, sure.”