0000040575 00000 n DAVID MAXWELL: Jim Ramsey and some Rangers were able to locate the suspect in Texarkana. I personally know one who retired over that issue. Frank starred as Tommy Oliver in the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for three years until 1996. But they must be versatile, especially in rural areas, where they may be called on to do just about anything. I was sitting in the front row, and so the barrels of those .45s kept passing over my toes as he was pacing back and forth telling this story about capturing some bad guys out in a rural cabin somewhere. He is stationed in Tyler: There are a handful of small-town police departments in the two rural counties I have that, from the chief on down, have never worked a homicide. "Anyone could have gone in there any time. I joined DPS, and I made it my goal to become a Texas Ranger. Maxwell family (Bezaleel Maxwell, b. The first thing Ill tell a suspect is Look, Im not here to judge you. David E Maxwell, 53. Several efforts to interview David Maxwell, the Ranger who interviewed Luedke, were referred to his commander in Austin, who refused comment. And the neighbor said, Gosh, I didnt even know he plays baseball!. When Bob stopped by, Charlie Miller was laid up in bed with a broken leg he had set himself. The only problem? Get the fuck out of here," he said, pushing Mulloney to the pavement. Back then, heavy-handedness might have been used when you were trying to get a confession. When DNA became the mainstay of law enforcement work, we got good at that. The coin has to be from 1947 or 1948, because after that, their silver content dropped, so they tarnish. Ill never forget the lessons I learned from those older guys when I was a rookie. It has been around for nearly one hundred years, and it is tried-and-true. 0000099526 00000 n 0000010869 00000 n Its the Story of Shankleville, One of the States Early Freedom Colonies. It is not intended to be, but in effect it is. I hope that the current Texas Attorney General gets a personal taste of real justice soon. The staff will be glad to answer any questions, make suggestions or check availability of items in limited supply. It ended -- after assaults by federal tanks and repeated tear gassings -- with a fire that rapidly consumed the Davidians' wooden compound. Daughter of: David M. & Nora(Adams)Maxwell TX. He and his attorney decided to plead guilty, and on January 15, 2004, Judge Brian Rains sentenced him to life in prison. I feel bad about how I treated her back then. There's too much traffic on the road." SERGEANT MATT CAWTHON became a Ranger in 1992. GERARDO DE LOS SANTOS: I had a case in Montague County in the early nineties, a homicide in a drug deal gone bad. Its Western dressa hat, boots, a solid-colored shirt, a tie, and a jacket, depending on the occasion. 0000008478 00000 n The weather that morning was rainy and overcast, factors that helped carry the whine of the massive engines on the two OH-58 Kiowas and one UH-60 Blackhawk to the spot where Peeler and Jones were talking. A native of Beaumont, David. But I interviewed the boys father with Lewisville police, and we kept our cool and got down on his level. Now, Id known Jim since he was eighteen years old, when he was a cadet and I was a highway patrolman, so wed been friends for thirtysomething years. TRACY MURPHREE: People expect a lot from the Rangers. Moreover, he may have perjured himself when he was deposed in 1996 for the lawsuit brought against the media by the ATF agents. The Davidians knew of the raid in advance because a Koresh associate and U.S. Mail carrier, David Jones, had run into Jim Peeler, a cameraman for Waco's KWTX-TV, on a rural road near Mount Carmel shortly before the raid. And Ive gotten to work with Marrie, and Ive got nothing but the highest regard for her. JOAQUIN JACKSON was a Ranger from 1966 to 1993. Patricia Sharpe writes a regular restaurant column, Pats Pick, for Texas Monthly. According to federal statutes, a law enforcement officer who leaks news about a raid may be charged with disclosure of confidential information. And another thing: You cant go in there on an empty stomach, because you dont want to tire out before they do. 0000013254 00000 n KENNY RAY: I had a case where a guy was raping his own little girl. Those same sources say that Luedke, the former head of the McLennan County Roadrunner Drug Task Force, has even confessed that he provided details on the raid to the media and that his confession was forwarded to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno's office in Washington for possible action. BROOKS LONG: Its not an accident that our badges are made from cinco pesos, because we are attached at the hip to Mexico. That would be like asking me to respect the views of a Republican after seeing Mein Kampf in their library, white hoods in their closet and and the heads of endangered animals on their walls. A spokesman for former U.S. He had a criminal record as long as your arm. 0000001136 00000 n But what, we wondered, is it like to be a Texas Ranger today? Indeed, although nine Davidians were sent to prison, not a single law enforcement officer has ever faced criminal charges for the events at Waco in 1993 -- though more allegations about government malfeasance will undoubtedly emerge over the next four weeks during the civil trial before U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr. John Coffee Hays. She called out and no one answered, so she cracked the door open to see who it was. Company status Active Company type Private limited Company Incorporated on . While they were talking, both men heard the three National Guard helicopters that began warming up their engines at Texas State Technical College, a few miles to the west, over an hour before the raid began. "It's a story that I encourage you to do what ever you can on," he said. The ATF didn't do theirs. Mike Cox, a spokesman for the DPS, which oversees the Rangers, also refused to comment. If I had been told, Okay, youre going to make Ranger, but you have to wear a dress and high heels every day, I would have said, No thanks., RAY MARTINEZ: Some Rangers in the early days did not have badges, so they would take a knife and cut a five-pointed star out of a cinco peso silver piece. After killing several men, he was shot down by Wichita Falls, Texas Police Chief on May 5, 1922. But you could screw it up in a heartbeat, and thats where the pressure comes in. Paxton has denied the allegations and called the whistleblowers rogue employees., Prior said Maxwell was fired for violating agency policies, including making employment decisions without consulting the human resources department that have resulted in allegations of discrimination.. Anyway, they issued all of us laptops and sent us to a weeklong computer school so we would know what a cursor was and where the power button was. CAPTAIN KIRBY DENDY became a Ranger in 1987. The press team for the office of the attorney general did not return requests for comment. I asked my dad, Whos that man with the sheriff? And my dad said, Thats Charlie Moore. It led to retirements because the older guys just refused to change. investigators said the officers' attempts to cover their tracks was "extremely troubling and reflects a lack of judgment. Finally we got to a ravine and he said, We dragged him all the way out , and he looked down and the body was lying right in front of him. DAVID MAXWELL: Four years ago I contacted a good friend of mine, Jim Ramsey, who was a homicide detective with HPD. Thats what the Rangers who came before us carried, and were continuing that tradition. Buried in Henderson, Texas, USA. Still, there have been far more successes than failures, and the Rangers remain one of the states most enduring icons. Although Johnston insists that he is limited in what he can say about the matter of the media leak, it's clear that he wants to see the truth brought into the open. It is our job, as captains, to recruit those qualified people. 0000009154 00000 n David Maxwell, the agency's director of law enforcement, and Mark Penley, the deputy attorney general for criminal justice, have been fired. The way I see it, the Colt is a link to the past. Calvin was first seen when he . Other aides have been put on leave or resigned. Viewer discretion is advised as I often cover topics that mention murder, abuse, violence etc. He is stationed in Eastland: I probably have more training hours than all the officers in a small, rural police or sheriffs office combined. SERGEANT MARRIE ALDRIDGE became a Ranger in 1993. He is stationed in Kingsville: One time I was in Eagle Pass helping a police investigator interview some people, and I will never forget how afraid this older Hispanic man was of me. One position all . "I have formed the belief that facts may have been kept from you -- and quite possibly are being kept from you even now, by components of the Department," he wrote. Although he stayed on the payroll for six months after he sent it, the letter put an end to Johnston's career with the federal government. 0000009416 00000 n The problem is, they don't want to admit they made a mistake.". Two other top aides who accused Paxton of criminal violations Blake Brickman and Lacey Mase were fired last month. Maxwell reconsidered his plan to become a lawyer after his sister died and instead joined the Texas State Highway Patrol and later the Texas Rangers. The Houston Police Department was able to lift his prints, so we had them on file. He is now a private investigator in Alpine: Charlie Miller started out as a Ranger around 1920. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. The earliest news reports from Waco by the mainstream media show that the ATF wanted to blame the media. I remember he was wearing not one but two Colt .45s with ivory grips decorated with small, gold Longhorns. He is now a major at the Webb County Sheriffs Department, in Laredo: You know, back then, most Rangers were just country boys like me. The failure to punish Luedke angers state and federal law officers who believe that someone should be held criminally liable for the fiasco at Mount Carmel. Sources close to the Texas Rangers confirm that the inquiry into the leaks was led by Ranger David M. Maxwell and that it determined that Luedke was the leaker. Then again, in some cases, we dont have any DNA evidence or fingerprints to work with, and the investigation still takes the same legwork and effort that it did a hundred years ago. A . in his 61st game of the season, connor mcdavid . If you watch a John Wayne movie, hes got a belt that holds his britches up, and hes also got his gun belt. Jim was one of their premier homicide detectives. By 1841, at the tender age of 23, he was a Ranger captain. Jones sped back to the compound and alerted Koresh. In 1982 a woman was staying at a hotel in Giddings, and she was on the phone with her business partner up in Dallas when someone started knocking at her door. FRANK MALINAK: Years later, Ive left the sheriffs office, Ive been through my tour of duty in highway patrol, Ive spent seven years as an investigator in DPS auto theft, and Im a Ranger in Midland. Paxton ultimately hired an outside attorney to look into the matter, sparking a staff mutiny during which top aides accused Paxton of using the agency to serve Pauls financial interests. After this man killed her, he stole her car and abandoned it several blocks from the crime scene. Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival Is More Than an Event. Customer Service: 1-502-227-8697 Telephone Orders: 1-800-718-1866 International Fax: 1-502-227-9484 I thought, If I ignore this, maybe this will go away, and thats what I did until I realized how big an ass I was being one time when she went out of her way to help me on a case. I. Forrest Wilder writes about politics and the outdoors. The blame game started just after the last body bag was zipped up. Maxwell trained regularly with Rangers' first-team squad under previous gaffer Steven Gerrard between his loan stints at Palmerston and Somerset. Oh, my goodness, was he crusty. My goal was to become a Texas Ranger, and try to solve my sister's murder. The 29-year-old woman died at . Now you need to document who located it, who it was turned over to, who retained custodythose kinds of things are crucial. 0000036387 00000 n The ATF, said Rentz, wants to "contain the problem as much as they can. I just want to know who killed Diane. So it was a good feeling that both my parents lived to see that day. I had a case where a guy had stabbed a man more than twenty times, and before he left the victims house, he turned the thermostat all the way down. DOYLE HOLDRIDGE: There are a lot of expectations on a Rangers shoulders when he walks into a room to question a suspect. The angels at AGE also gave my mother a break in her caregiver responsibilities, making her life much easier. Indeed, the ATF's abuse of the media began even during the agency's bloody retreat from the compound. So why are we blamed for them violating that standing order? Jackson profiles as a true dynasty manager's dream, showing . CAPTAIN CLETE BUCKALOO became a Ranger in 1987. And yet Rangers have proved to be more skillful than ever in getting suspects to tell them about their crimes. Even back then, I knew I wanted to be a Ranger. 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He is now retired and lives in Helotes: You have to make a suspect like you; you have to make him want to tell you what he did. Calvin "Cal" Maxwell is Ninja Steel Yellow, the Yellow Ranger of the Ninja Rangers. 0000011493 00000 n He had an ankle injury, so he was wearing a hiking boot on one foot to support his ankle. Despite Luedke's denial, sources confirm that he was interviewed by both the Texas Rangers and the ATF about the leak. So it quickly found a scapegoat. Thirty years ago a Ranger could pick something up at the crime scene, tell the jury, I found it, and that was good enough at trial. I didnt think a Ranger should be tied down to an office. Finally, the boys wrap up with Brower giving everyone a death row quiz and then the story of a man getting into a fist fight with a Beaver. Get a recap of the Texas Rangers vs. St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. Leo made up his mind that hed been a Ranger long enough without a computer. 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