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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: fightingquaker13 on August 06, 2009, 03:06:29 PM
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Let me be the first to say don't try this at home kids. And EWWWWWW!
FQ13
Obese Houston inmate found with gun after 5 searches
By DALE LEZON Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
Aug. 6, 2009, 12:41PM
Harris County Sheriff's Department
George Vera, 25, is charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility.
An obese Harris County jail inmate turned over a pistol that had been hidden in the folds of his skin after he went through at least five searches upon his arrest and was booked into two different local lockups, authorities said.
George Vera, 25, is charged with possession of a firearm in a correctional facility. He also is charged with possessing or selling unlabeled recordings, the original reason for his arrest.
Authorities said he was caught with 439 compact disc recordings which did not have labels noting manufacturers or distributors.
Vera is free on a total of $10,000 bail. The Chronicle was unable to reach him at his home.
The Houston Police Department, which operates the city jail, and the Harris County Sheriff's Office, which operates the county jail, are investigating.
The case comes on the heels of the county jail passing a state inspection last week after the facility corrected problems found during a previous inspection in April.
"It's certainly troubling and that's why we're conducting an investigation to see what happened," said Christina Garza, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.
A spokesman for the Houston Police Department, Kese Smith, said that procedures call for a suspect to be searched upon arrest, twice at the city jail and once more upon his transfer. He said there's no special provision regarding obese people, but officers are trained to thoroughly search suspects.
Vera, who is 5-foot-10 and weighs more 500 pounds, was arrested by Houston police and booked into the city jail Sunday on suspicion of bootlegging compact disc recordings, said Donna Hawkins, spokeswoman for the Harris County District Attorney's Office.
By Monday, Vera was transferred to the county jail, where he was searched at least once. While he was in the shower that day, he told a guard that he had weapon on him.
Garza said officers found a 9-millimeter handgun beneath folds of his skin. The gun was not loaded and it was unclear whether bullets were found.
The incident comes after the troubled jail at 1200 Baker passed a surprise inspection last week by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The review found that all deficiencies cited during the April inspection had been corrected.
In April, the lockup failed inspection because of malfunctioning intercoms, broken toilets and crowding in holding cells, where inmates are placed before they are formally booked.
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Well that made me put down the Twinkie!
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There's only 200 pounds between me and concealed carry. You think I should go for it?
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talk about deep concealment...
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Umm, so are we talking about a Kahr or a Beretta 92F here? :o
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My wife used to be a nursing assistant, she found things much larger than a pistol... SHUDDER!
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wonder if he had a sandwich and snacks :o
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I hope that there was some skateboard tape on the
drip grip.
NASTY!!! :-X
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A new Dr. Seuss book......"The Gat in the Fat".
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A new Dr. Seuss book......"The Gat in the Fat".
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Now that funny ;D ;D
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LOL. Very clever Pegleg on the "Gat in the Fat". ;D
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A new Dr. Seuss book......"The Gat in the Fat".
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That is frickin hilarious. ROTFLMAO.
THANK YOU!!!
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I guess the COs will be checking more than one crack on the welcoming strip search from now on.
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I have read this here and on a news link... the question I had... Where was the metal detector? I can't get into the courthouse without passing through a metal detector and again to enter the visitor area of the local jail. How did a prisoner not go through a metal detector or get wanded? Searched 5 times? They need to change their techniques!
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I have read this here and on a news link... the question I had... Where was the metal detector? I can't get into the courthouse without passing through a metal detector and again to enter the visitor area of the local jail. How did a prisoner not go through a metal detector or get wanded? Searched 5 times? They need to change their techniques!
I suspect that they have. And if I were involved I would TRULY hope it involves the wand and not a physical "roll check" ugh.
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That is frickin hilarious. ROTFLMAO.
THANK YOU!!!
I guess the prisoner forgot he put ithe gun there? ;D
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probably kept his snickers bar up there too.
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probably kept his snickers bar up there too.
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