Red River County Politics
Editorial Opinion

Response to Appointed Sheriff Reed's E-Mail Opinion
                                                                                                                                                 Ernest Henslee
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Mr. Reed-thanks for your comments, but I question your sincerity. You have been in office for almost a year and what new "moving forward" changes have you implemented?  You say that you want a professional & progressive SO dept, and you want "opinions and ideas" from Red River citizens to make a positive difference; THEN I would suggest that you investigate the following few cases to determine whether criminal conduct has occurred (and, if a present/future grand juror is reading, you as a member of the grand jury, have the power to institute such an investigation--see my link Grand Jury Handbook), to wit:

 

     1.) The common knowledge of many RR citizens (see my link Read John Lorance Statement) that the former sheriff Conway and some of his deputies allowed Steve Peek (son of our county judge) to destroy a meth lab at his residence.  The statement that was taken by Ranger Roger Lough, and he can verify that he took it (see my link Go to Pg. 92 Line 13  through Pg. 109 to read the Testimony)  from Steve's girlfriend at Jimmy Townsend's home with Jimmie, Charlie Clegg and Jimmie's wife all present needs to be reviewed.  Then take statements from Jimmy Groves (who told me that the chemical's that were poured out were so strong that they had to water down the place, they did this before Jimmy Got There), Larry Spangler, Conway and Jason Meredith (inmate at RR Co jail that was taken to the lab location and provided the physical labor to destroy it)--THEN if you have the courage, talk to Jimmie Townsend--he lives in RR Co now after being paroled) to get the REST of the story. You will get plenty of probable cause to submit to the Grand Jury.   It is a felony to destroy evidence of a crime and to fail to report a crime.

 

     2.) The actions of your CI002--Shon McCullough--and your deputy Booker. Did all of his "more than 40 cases" that CI002 was used in against RR Co citizens have sufficient corroborating evidence, OR do you even care as long as the VV Express can get indictments--looks like 2 more were indicted with this new Grand Jury.  I bet that CI002 did not even appear before any of the Grand Juries.  Did the video and audio really verify CI002's allegations of dope dealing and selling OR did Deputy Booker just take the easy course and tell you that CI002 was always up-and-up and truthful?  Did you ever "check and balance" Booker's cases involving CI002?  This could be another Tulia, Tx problem for RR Co.   Are you familiar with the CI problem that occurred in Tulia in the last 5 years that led to Governor's pardons and huge civil rights lawsuit settlements that came from that "dirty" CI?  This has occurred on your "beat" and you can't pass this off on Conway or those before him!

 

     3.) The actions of your "good 'ole boy" buddy who prepares all your search warrant affidavits, search warrants, arrest warrants, etc. Mark Perkins, the investigator at the county atty. VV Express office, who SOMEHOW obtained the 1970 offense report concerning Mr. Abbott AND THEN used RR Co computer equipment and time to E-mail this to 17 other buddies (YOU being one of this group) that then disseminated this document to many--probably 100's--of other folks--ALL FOR OBVIOUSLY POLITICAL PURPOSES!!!!  You get this E-mail (see my link Perkins E-mail header  ) from Perkins and now have proof from Garland PD that it was not provided to him by a legal request (see my link Letter from City of Garland Attorney).   How did Perkins know that Garland PD had the document?   Who got into the Texas state computer NCIC system and found this information? YOU, of all people, know that it is a crime and illegal to do what was done.  What have you done to investigate these crimes as found to be illegal in the Tx Gov't. Code?  Shame on you for allowing this to also occur on your "beat".

 

     4.) Others: How about falsely accusing a prominent citizen's relative that he sold drugs to CI002 and then be unwilling to allow the video/audio to be seen to verify these allegations.   What happened to that case?   Case OR no case?  How about CI002/Booker loosing drug evidence and failing to send to the crime lab for analysis on time?   How can this happen with modern evidence protocols surely in place in even RR Co?   Was this evidence really lost or was it never received?   I am talking about the Tracey Reeves case (see my link Tracy Eugene Reeves Court Transcript).   Come on Sheriff Reed - you know, or should know, that CI002 is DIRTY and that Booker is right beside him. Has Booker received any discipline for loosing these drugs supposedly bought from Reeves?   I bet NOT. All of these were on your "beat". 

 
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