Justin Broomhall took a Sunday fishing trip to Lake Cherokee with his father and his son. Little did he know they would make the catch of a lifetime. The Longview, Texas resident hooked a massive alligator snapping turtle on Father's Day, the biggest he's ever seen. "My dad was like 'Holy smokes, look at the size of that!'" Broomhall said. "My three-year-old son started panicking. He thought it was a dinosaur and kept saying, 'Let it go. Let it go. Put it back!'" Broomhall was using dough bait in hopes of reeling in a catfish, he said. However, "from [the turtle] being so old and going blind, he's using his smell to find bait," he said. "I guess he felt it, thinking it was some other dead fish and he ate it." The enormous creature weighed in around 200 lbs and was likely between 100 to 150 years old, estimated Broomhall, who works at Whitaker Plumbing in Carthage, Texas. "I do a lot of lifting. I was a bodybuilder in high school and 200 lbs to me is pretty easy to pick up," he … [Read more...] about Texas man catches massive alligator snapping turtle, then releases it back into the wild
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Exclusive: Bucks County Man Traveling To Uvalde To Review Police Response To School Shooting
WARRINGTON, Pa. (CBS) — A Bucks County man is traveling to Uvalde, Texas. He is reviewing the response effort following last month’s mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. “When the call did come in from the Department of Justice I had no second thoughts,” Mark Lomax said. READ MORE: Portion Of Schuylkill Expressway Shut Down As Police Investigate Potential Road Rage Shooting Lomax is a 27-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police and tactical operations expert serving oversees for the U.N. in Liberia and Western Africa. The Warrington native was recently tapped to be part of a nine-member team traveling to Uvalde to review the response effort following last month’s mass shooting. “The purpose is to do an after-action report that would include those things that were in place prior to the incident, meaning policies and training and understandings between departments, the actual event that occurred, and then post,” Lomax said. Uvalde authorities have … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Bucks County Man Traveling To Uvalde To Review Police Response To School Shooting
Where Texas teachers carry guns, a community feels more secure
UTOPIA, Texas - Three months before a teenager opened fire on fourth-graders in Uvalde, school administrators in Utopia, a 45-minute drive north, called a lockdown. A man who had been pulled over and arrested suddenly escaped police custody and tore through campus. In the dark, quiet classrooms, one teacher handed out lollipops to keep students quiet. Older students piled desks in front of a classroom door. Another teacher told the children not to flush the toilet, fearing it would make too much noise. And, unbeknown to their colleagues, a cadre of armed school staffers readied themselves to act. After the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012, this tiny Texas school system began worrying about what would happen if a shooter attacked the sun-scorched campus, where fewer than 200 students attend classes. It takes 30 minutes for a sheriff's deputy to reach the town, even in an emergency, and the district cannot afford to hire a police officer. So, in 2013, the school board … [Read more...] about Where Texas teachers carry guns, a community feels more secure
Parents Unload on Texas School District That Banned Hoodies, Dresses, and Denim
Livid parents and students in Texas have accused their school district of implementing an “asinine” dress code for the upcoming year that bans hoodies, skirts, and dresses. Forney Independent School District held a special board meeting Monday at which members could discuss the new dress code adopted the previous week. The new code bars students above the fourth grade from wearing dresses, skirts, or skorts. All students, no matter their grade, are barred from wearing a long list of items including sleeveless shirts, T-shirts, anything with visible designs, spandex and nylon, anything made of denim, and any jackets or sweatshirts with hoods. “Extreme” hair designs are also off the table. According to San Antonio local radio station Q101.9 , district officials said the change was needed to boost the confidence of students, especially those coming from more disadvantaged financial backgrounds. “The use of a school dress code is established to improve student self-esteem, … [Read more...] about Parents Unload on Texas School District That Banned Hoodies, Dresses, and Denim
Man High on Meth Among Those Arrested in Texas Human Smuggling Tragedy, Report Says
Three men have been arrested in connection with the horrific human-smuggling tragedy in Texas that killed 51 people and sparked fears of cascading death and misery at the Mexico border this summer. According to a report by the San Antonio Express-News , among them was a driver believed to have abandoned the ill-fated truck, which was found in a field near the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. “He was very high on meth when he was arrested nearby and had to be taken to the hospital,” the outlet reported, citing a law-enforcement source. Police also found two other men—Mexican nationals identified as Francisco D'Luna-Bilbao and Juan Claudio D'Luna-Mendez—at an address linked to the truck and have charged them with possessing weapons while residing illegally in the U.S, NBC News reported . It was not clear if any of the three men had lawyers. The arrests came as authorities sifted through the identities of the victims and survivors in a humanitarian nightmare. … [Read more...] about Man High on Meth Among Those Arrested in Texas Human Smuggling Tragedy, Report Says
Man gets life in prison in fatal shooting of Texas officer
This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 9 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A man was sentenced to life in prison in the 2018 fatal shooting of an undercover Fort Worth, Texas, police officer, prosecutors said. A jury on Wednesday gave Timothy Huff, 36, a life sentence without possibility of parole in the death of Garrett Hull, an officer who was promoted to corporal after his death. The Tarrant County jury found Huff guilty of capital murder Monday. Huff didn't shoot Hull, but he was one of three men officers were pursuing after a robbery at a bar when Hull was killed, prosecutors said. The group had been robbing bars and police had staked out the area that night, prosecutors said. After robbing customers, Huff, Dacion Steptoe and Samuel Mayfield ran in different directions when they saw the officers, prosecutors said. Steptoe fatally shot Hull and another officer killed Steptoe. Huff … [Read more...] about Man gets life in prison in fatal shooting of Texas officer