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Man gets 45 years for murdering brother in law
A Spring Branch man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted of murder for gunning down his brother-in-law after a scuffle, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Thursday.
Jordan Jamal Alvarado, 27, was convicted by a jury of fatally shooting 33-year-old Keith Johnson in a parking lot of a northwest Harris County apartment complex on July 20, 2018.
“It happens all too often that someone gets mad, grabs a gun and starts shooting and, like in this case, murders someone in their own family,” Ogg said. “Instead of just walking away and staying away, this defendant destroyed a family.”
Assistant District Attorney Chadwick Scott, who prosecuted the case with ADA Michael Abner, said family members mourned the loss of “two brothers.”
“These two families kind of grew up together,” Scott said. “They were very close. One witness testified that it was like he was losing two brothers.”
Scott said the two men got into an argument that turned into a physical fight in the parking lot of the complex at 10580 Hammerly Blvd. After a brief scuffle, Alvarado walked away. He returned minutes later with a gun and shot Johnson once in the chest.
“Simply losing a fistfight doesn’t give you the right to kill someone,” Scott said.
Houston Police investigated the crime
Alvarado was convicted after a four-day jury trial that ended Wednesday. A visiting judge sentenced him to 45 years. He faced a maximum of life in prison.
“We thank the jurors for their service to the community,” Ogg said.
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Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee’s Statement on Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order Banning Coronavirus Vaccine Mandates
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee issued the following statement.
“The Governor’s latest executive order banning private businesses from keeping their employees and customers safe is shameful. And we know that this is mostly a political bluster designed to create confusion and subject businesses to burdensome lawsuits, which can only slow down our economic recovery.
I encourage Texas business owners who believe in science and the rule of law to sue Governor Abbott and join Harris County and other cities and school districts fighting back against his overreach. We must keep pushing these cases forward so the Texas Supreme Court can rein in Governor Abbott’s illegal executive orders.”
About the Harris County Attorney’s Office
Christian D. Menefee was elected as County Attorney for Harris County in November 2020. His office represents the largest county in Texas in all civil legal matters, including lawsuits.
Huracán “Pamela” deja árboles caídos y sin servicio eléctrico a 4 municipios de Sinaloa
El Consejo Estatal de Protección Civil informó que no se registraron grandes afectaciones a la infraestructura de carreteras ni pérdidas humanas, solo se tienen árboles caídos, postes, desprendimientos de techos de lamina, crecientes en arroyos e inundaciones.
El huracán “Pamela”, categoría uno, que tocó tierra en la parte sur del estado dejo sin servicio eléctrico a pobladores de cuatro municipios, interrumpió el tránsito de la maxipista Mazatlán-Durango por la caída de un talud, provocó la caída de árboles, estructuras, palmeras, techos de restaurantes, casas de madera e inundaciones y paralizó el transporte aéreo.
La fuerza del fenómeno natural, que entró a tierra por el municipio de San Ignacio y se degrado a tormenta tropical, tuvo vientos de hasta 120 kilómetros por hora y fuertes lluvias, por lo que en Mazatlán 260 personas fueron evacuadas por inundaciones en los sectores de Jacarandas, Toreo, López Mateo y Sánchez Celis donde el agua subió medio metro.
El Consejo Estatal de Protección Civil informó que no se registraron grandes afectaciones a la infraestructura de carreteras ni pérdidas humanas, solo se tienen árboles caídos, postes, desprendimientos de techos de lamina, crecientes en arroyos e inundaciones.
Se hizo notar que con las medidas de prevención que se asumieron 48 horas de anticipación que se tomaron en el seno del Consejo Estatal de Protección Civil que presidió el gobernador Quirino Ordaz Coppel y la coordinadora Nacional de Protección Civil, Laura Velázquez Alzúa, los efectos de “Pamela” fueron mínimos.
El huracán categoría uno generó lluvias de 138 milímetros principalmente en Mazatlán, donde se tuvo viviendas inundadas, caída de árboles, vidrios quebrados de negocios y edificios, postes de energía eléctrica derribados, desprendimientos de techos de tabla roca, entre otros.
Pobladores del medio rural y urbano de los municipios de Cosala, Elota, San Ignacio y Mazatlán sufrieron durante la madrugada la suspensión del suministro de energía eléctrica, al caer varias líneas de conducción y postes por la fuerza del viento que alcanzó los 120 kilómetros por hora.
El centro de la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes notificó el cierre temporal del tránsito en la maxipista Mazatlán-Durango a causa de deslaves y derrumbes sobre la carpeta asfáltica a causa de las fuertes lluvias que arrastró el fenómeno natural, en el tramo de Villa Unión-Lázaro Cárdenas.
ASTROS WIN THE ALDS: Houston defeats Chicago 10-1 to advance to American League Championship Series
It was Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Alex Bregman once again.
Led by their October-tested stars, the Houston Astros are going back to the AL Championship Series for the fifth straight year.
Altuve hit a three-run homer, scored four times and stole a base, and Houston eliminated the Chicago White Sox with a 10-1 victory in Game 4 of their AL Division Series on Tuesday.
Correa and Bregman each hit a two-run double as the Astros bounced back from Sunday night’s 12-6 loss with their usual relentless brand of baseball. Michael Brantley had three hits and two RBIs.
Next up for Altuve and company is Game 1 of the ALCS against former Astros bench coach Alex Cora and the Boston Red Sox on Friday in Houston. The Red Sox eliminated Tampa Bay with a 6-5 victory in Game 4 on Monday night.
“They know how to play the game,” Altuve said of Boston. “They’ve been in the playoffs before, so it’s going to be fun.”
It’ll be Houston’s second ALCS under 72-year-old manager Dusty Baker, whose club got the best of 77-year-old Chicago skipper Tony La Russa. Baker replaced A.J. Hinch, who was fired in fallout from the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal that also resulted in a one-year ban for Cora.
Gavin Sheets connected for Chicago, becoming the third rookie in franchise history to homer in a postseason game. But Carlos Rodón was knocked out in the third inning of his first start since Sept. 29, and the AL Central champions left eight runners on base.
The White Sox also lost in the first round of the 2020 playoffs, dropping two of three in Oakland. Before this year, the franchise had never made consecutive postseason appearances.
The Astros are looking for the franchise’s second championship after winning it all in 2017, a title that still evokes a strong reaction around the game after the team was punished for using electronics to steal signs.
The crowd at Guaranteed Rate Field chanted “Cheater! Cheater!” at times during the two games in Chicago, and White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera implied late Sunday night that Houston may have been stealing signs in Games 1 and 2.
But the Astros, used to dealing with boos ever since the scandal came to light, brushed it all off. Asked about Tepera’s comments after Game 4 was postponed Monday because of rain, Bregman responded: “It’s all good. We’re focused on winning games. That’s it.”
No kidding.
Correa put Houston ahead to stay with his two-out double in the third, pulling Rodón’s high 0-2 fastball into left. The Astros loaded the bases on two walks and a fastball that hit Altuve, drawing a round of cheers from the crowd of 40,170.
Correa pointed to his left wrist and then pounded his chest and yelled “It’s my time!” as he stood on second after the big hit in his 67th career postseason game.
“Disrespectful words without facts,” Correa said of Tepera’s charge.
That was it for Rodón, who was limited down the stretch because of shoulder soreness and fatigue. Running his fastball into the upper 90s again after another extended break, the left-hander was charged with two runs and three hits in his first career playoff start.
Houston added three more in the fourth for a 5-1 lead. Kyle Tucker singled and swiped second and third — the latter without a throw — before coming home on Martín Maldonado’s first hit of the series.
Bregman drove in Maldonado and Altuve with his two-out double on a 3-0 pitch from Garrett Crochet. The left-handed reliever then struck out the lefty-batting Yordan Alvarez, ending the inning.
The big hits by Correa and Bregman supplied more than enough offense for Lance McCullers Jr., who worked four effective innings after pitching Houston to a 6-1 victory in Game 1 on Thursday. Yimi García got three outs for the win.
Altuve punctuated Houston’s big day with his 19th career postseason homer, a three-run shot off All-Star closer Liam Hendriks in the ninth.
“We’ve been here five times,” Altuve said. “And we just try to pass it on to the guys who are getting here for the first time.”
Sheets’ drive in the second bounced off the top of the wall and over. Astros center fielder Jake Meyers crashed into the wall trying to make a leaping grab, and then departed with left shoulder discomfort.
The White Sox lost their center fielder when Luis Robert left with right leg tightness before the Astros batted in the seventh.
Source: www.click2houston.com