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Crime of the Week Archives:
FEMALE SUSPECT IN LEAGUE CITY STABBING!
The suspect is described as a white female with a muscular build, age possibly late teens to early 20's, 5"4"-5"6" tall. This suspect is wanted for questioning by League City Police Department in the stabbing of a local woman. The local woman was stabbed while standing in her driveway. She was life-flighted for emergency medical care and survived the attack. If you have any information about the identity of this suspect, please call Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS or the League City Police Department at (281) 332-2566. You can remain anonymous!!
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Riley Ann Sawyers, 2 years old
ARRESTS MADE IN CASE OF BABY GRACE. MOM & STEPFATHER JAILED.
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11/30/2007 - DNA results confirm Baby Grace is Riley Ann Sawyers.
The Galveston County Sheriff's Office has announced the identification of the child known to us as "Baby Grace" as 2 year old Riley Ann Sawyers of Mentor, Ohio. The child's mother and stepfather have been arrested and jailed in Galveston County on charges of Endangering a Child and Tampering with Evidence. It is believed that Riley moved to Spring, Texas in May of this year. She has not been seen since July 2007.
Our thoughts and prayers are with her father, grandmother and extended family in Mentor, Ohio as preparations are made for Riley to go home.
Riley, through her passing, brought attention to other children who may need our help. Investigators received hundreds of tips in this case and, as a result, personally checked on 65 other children to insure they are safe.
Our thanks to all of the Detectives, FBI and Galveston County community who adopted Riley as their own and vowed not to let this case go unsolved. She has touched our hearts forever and will forever be "our Baby Grace".
F.B.I. OFFERS $20,000
TRAGIC ACCIDENT OR HOMICIDE?
UNIDENTIFIED BABY GIRL
Actual box containing body of little girl is blue with a black handle.
Tragic accident or homicide? Either way, it is a sad ending to the life of an innocent little girl. She didn't deserve this. And, no matter what happened, she deserves a decent burial and a name marking her headstone.
Galveston County Sheriff's Detectives are asking for help from our community in helping to identify this little girl. She is described as being approximately 2 -5 years old with long blonde hair. The girl was wearing a pink, pullover shirt with a drawstring across the chest and sleeves that extended over three-quarters of each arm. She also wore a pink, broom-style skirt and the tennis shoes, which were child’s size 8 1/2. The shirt and skirt were both Cherokee brand.
These shoes are identical (except for size) to the shoes worn by the little girl.
Her shoes are pink and white. They have plastic flowers on the side and both the flowers and the heel light up/flash.
If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the Galveston County Sheriff's Office at 409-766-2322, or Galveston Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS. Remember, you can remain anonymous. If you don't want to call, but have information that you want detectives to know or investigate, please click our online tips tab and leave your tip. Our online tip form was designed so that Galveston Crime Stoppers appears as the sender. Your name and email address are not identified.
If her death was a tragic accident, please call. Galveston County Sheriff's Investigators and Galveston Crime Stoppers want to help. It is understandable that a parent or caregiver could panic at the unexpected death of a child and we all want to help. If you have information about the death of this baby girl, you don't have to handle this all alone.
Please don't be afraid to speak up for this little girl. Even if you just have a suspicion. Maybe a neighbor who said her daughter went to live with relatives, a little girl that unexpectedly did not return to school or daycare, a friend who has been saying for some time that her little girl is sick and can't come outside or have visitors. There are all kinds of things that might help solve this mystery if you just listen to your intuition. MAKE THE CALL. No one is going to laugh at you! No one is going to think you are silly! Every tip is important and detectives are asking those people who may know something, to please call them at 409-766-2322 or call Galveston Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
ARMED ROBBERY - August 22, 2007
The latest in a series of armed robberies occured August 22, 2007, around noon, at the Citgo located at 602 Broadway. Galveston Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward for information leading the the arrest and grand jury indictment of these or any other fugitives wanted for the commission of a felony crime. You can remain anonymous by calling our tip line at (409) 763-TIPS or by sending an from this website.
Photo 1- white male, light colored hair, approximately 5'6" tall, approximately 17-19 years of age.
Photo 2 - white male, approximately 5'10" tall, approximately 155-165 lbs., thin build with dark hair.
February 01, 2007-ROBBERY/HOMICIDE
At approximately 6:50 a.m. this morning, two men wearing dark clothing and carrying an assault rifle entered Luke's Supermarket in the 8200 block of Stewart Road in Galveston. Holding the clerk at gunpoint, the gunmen emptied the cash register. As the gunmen were leaving they encountered a customer entering the store. The customer, Carlos Baeza, 38 years old, of Galveston was shot and killed. The incident was captured on video tape. Crime Stoppers is asking for your assistance in capturing these two very dangerous individuals. If you have any information at all, please call Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-8477. You CAN remain anonymous. Crime Stoppers is currently offering a cash reward of $2,500.
January 14, 2007 -
HOMICIDE-$5,000 reward
On Sunday, January 14, 2007, at approximately 3 a.m., taxi driver Raneshia Lyshaun Kelly was found bleeding to death by a passing motorist at I-45 and Century Boulevard in LaMarque. Raneshia Kelly was only 28 years old and leaves behind three young children. She worked for Jeffs Cabs of Galveston.
The passing motorist saw the maroon colored taxi weave on the road, go across the grass median and hit the guardrail Ranehsia Kelly was dead by the time police arrived.
Earlier that same night, at approximately 2:15 a.m., Ms. Kelly was dispatched to the corner of 18th Street and Strand in Galveston. She was to pick up a passenger and take him to an unknown location in LaMarque. Evidence suggest Ms. Kelly was shot inside her van somewhere the night where the van came to rest. No cash or belongings are believed missing from the taxi.
Because the last passenger was picked up in Galveston, Galveston Crime Stoppers is asking for your help in this case. If you have any information about the passenger picked up in Galveston, any information about the shooting or any information about the LaMarque destination of the passenger, we are asking for your help. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers. Do the right thing and make the call.
Anyone with any information is asked to call La Marque Police Investigators at 409-938-9241 or 409-938-9234 or La Marque Crime Stoppers at 409-938-TIPS.
November 01, 2006 -
HOMICIDE - $5,000 reward
The body of 16 year old Terressa Vanegas was found in a remote field behind Dickinson High School in Dickinson, Texas. Terressa was last seen Halloween night 2006 hanging out with some friends. Terressa had originally planned on staying at a friend's house that night, but those plans feel through and she was last seen walking home. Terressa's parents were not aware of the change in plans and did not realize whe was missing until the following day. The Galveston County Medical Examiner has ruled that her death was caused by blunt force trauma to her head.
LaMarque Crime Stoppers has announced that it is offering an additional $4,000 in reward money for information that may solve this case. Coupled with the $1,000 reward offered earlier by Crime Stoppers of Southeast Texas, the total reward offered by Crime Stoppers Organizations is $5,000.
If you have any information, no matter how minor you think it might be, please contact the Dickinson Police Department at (409) 337-0476 or Galveston Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS(8477) or online at www.galvestoncrimestoppers.com to leave an anonymous online tip.
December 11, 2006 - HOMICIDE-CAPTURED!
Galveston Homicide Investigators are asking for the public's help in locating a person of interest in connection with a Sunday morning shooting death.
Lt. Joe Pena said that police were called to the 4400 block of Ball (Ave H) early Sunday morning and found 35-year old James Earl Moore dead from gunshots to his torso. During the investigation Pena said that detectives learned that another Galveston man may have some involvement.
WANTED
37-year old Cleveland Theo Dennis is considered a person-of-interest in the death of Moore. He is also wanted on an outstanding felony warrant charging him with Retaliation.
Dennis is a black male, 6'-3" tall, 210 lbs. and goes by the street name "Snake". A $200,000 bond has been set on Dennis. He is to be considered armed and dangerous.
Police ask that anyone with information as to the whereabouts of Cleveland "Snake" Dennis to call Lt. Joe Pena; (409) 765-3784 or Detective Fred Paige (409) 762-3766. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS. Reward! - STORY COURTESY OF GULF COAST POLICE NEWS @ WWW.GALVESTONPOLICENEWS.COM
October 30, 2006 - FATALITY
Fatal Hit-and-run - Bolivar
On Friday, October 27, 2006, Ellen Roxburgh was walking home on Highway 87 when a vehicle hit and killed her. She left a nearby nightclub at approximately 11:45 p.m. The victim was walking west, but in the eastbound lane of the Hwy. 87. Roxburgh's body was spotted at approximately 12:15 a.m. Saturday, however, the vehicle that struck her had left the scene. The victim died from a severe head injury when she landed on the road's surface. Anyone with information is asked to contact State Trooper Sherwin Sanders at (409) 933-1125 or Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS. Galveston Crime Stoppers is offering a reward in this case.
December 12, 2006
On December 12, 2006, a citizen reported a theft of home windows valued at $16,000. The citizen advised that 40 white frame windows had been stolen from a job site located at 99th Street and Schaper Drive (Evia Subdivision) in Galveston. The theft occurred between December 11th-12th, 2006.
December 11, 2006
On December 08, 2006, a citizen reported the burglary of a motor vehicle in the area of 50th Street and Avenue Q in Galveston. The citizen advised he had parked his car in front of his home at approximately 9:00 p.m. on December o7, 2006. When he returned to his vehicle on December 08, 2006, at approximately 5:20 a.m., he found the driver's window had been broken and a wallet was missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Lt. Pena at 409-765-3760 or 763-TIPS.
November 17, 2006
On November 16, 2006, at approximately 8:56 p.m., the complainants were walking on 22nd Street and Avenue D in Galveston. A male hispanic approached the complainants and advised them that this was a "hold up". The subject grabbed the purses of both complainants and fled the area. The suspect is described as a male hispanic, approximately 5'8"-5'10" tall, slender build with brown hair and blue eyes. Please contact us immediately is you have any information about this crime.
November 07, 2006
On November 07, 2006, at approximately 8:45 p.m., an armed robbery occurred at 4825 Avenue J (Church's Chicken) in Galveston. The Reportee advised that 2 black males walked in, one pulled out a silver handgun and demanded money. The Reportee complied. Both subjects then fled the business. The suspects are described as black males, both approximately 5'6" tall. Both suspects were reported to be wearing gray pullover hooded jackets, blue jeans and black bandanas covering their faces. Anyone with information is asked to call Lt. Pena at 409-765-3760.
ROBBERY: 10/30/2005
On October 30, 2005, at approximately 5:24 p.m. a robbery took place in the 800 block of 35th Street in Galveston. The victim advised that he was riding his bicycle when he was assaulted. Witnesses advised that they saw the victim riding his bicycle when three black males jumped and assaulted the victim. The victim advised that his wallet had been taken during the assault. The only available description is: three young male blacks wearing dark clothing. Anyone with any information about this crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers, or Detective Gomez at 409-797-3760, immediately.
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY: 11/20/2005
On 11/20/05 at 1:00 p.m. an aggravated robbery occurred at 56th & Avenue R 1/2 in Galveston. A cab driver for Yellow Cab picked up a fare at 12th & Seawall. The cabbie transported the fare to 56th & Avenue R 1/2 in Galveston. On arrival, the subject stepped out of the cab, pulled a handgun and demanded money. The cab driver drove off and struck a parked vehicle while fleeing from the suspect. The suspect then fled the area on foot. The suspect is described as: male, black, 5'8" to 5'10" tall, 135-140 pounds, short black hair, wearing a green hood jacket. (no age est.) Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers or DetectiveGomez at 409-797-3760.
THEFTS - NOVEMBER 2005
The Galveston Police Department reports that there have been several thefts of golf carts, personal watercrafts (such as Seadoos), water skis and jet skis stolen in the areas from the Sea asIsle Subdivision to Terramar Beach Subdivision. The thefts have been ongoing since early November. These cases are currently under investigation. Sgt. Millican with the Galveston Police Department Burglary Task Force is asking anyone with any information about any thefts in these subdivisions to contact him at 409-797-3760.
December 11, 2005
On 12/11/2005 (Sunday) at 1:00 a.m. an aggravated assault occurred at the Turf Club at 2402 Market Street. A large disturbance broke out and two individuals were stabbed. Fortunately, the injuries were not life threatening. The suspects are described as male whites and male hispanics, approximately 20-28 years of age. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Gomez at 409-797-3760.
January 1, 2006
On January 1, 2006, at approximately 5:50 a.m., the complainant was walking out of her home located in the 1600 block of Avenue L when a suspect approached her. The suspect engaged the complainant in a conversation and then grabbed her purse. The suspect fled the area on foot. The suspect is described as a male/black, 6 feet tall with a slim build. He was wearing a dark T-shirt and jeans. Anyone with any information is asked to call the Galveston Police Department and speak with Detective Gomez at 409-797-3760.
January 22, 2006
On 01/22/2006 at 4:45 p.m., an individual reported an Aggravated Robbery. The victim is a cab driver. He advised that he picked up a fare at the 7000 block of Lasker street. The fare asked to be taken to 4400 and Avenue N. The cab driver advised that while stopped at a red light on 45th and Avenue Q the suspect put a knife to his throat and demanded money. The suspect took the cab driver's money and then fled on foot in an unknown direction. The suspect is identified as a male black, 5'10", medium build, wearing a gray Nike T-shirt. Anyone with any information is asked to call Galveston Police Department at 409-797-3760 and speak with Detective Gomez.
February 03, 2006 - LOTTERY SCAM
On 02/03/06 a citizen filed a report that she had been scammed out of $5,000. She advised she was in front of the Walmart check-out lanes when a Mexican female (6'2", 150 lbs., 30-35 years of age, wearing a head bandana) asked her for directions to the unemployment office. This suspect was with another Mexican female (5'2", 150 lbs. with short straight black hair). The citizen gave her directions. The suspects then asked for a ride to the CVS store on 61st Street and Avenue S. The suspects pulled out a Lotto ticket and pretended to call the number on the back and said that they had won 38 million dollars. The suspects hit the speaker phone and the citizen heard the conversation. The person on the phone told the suspect that she needed a valid Texas ID and $25,000 in order to claim the winnings. The suspect then advised the citizen that they did not have any identification cards and asked the citizen for help. The suspects convinced the citizen to withdraw $5,000 from her personal account. The citizen then gave the cash to the suspects. The suspects then asked her to stop at HEB on 61st Street so that they could get some stamps. The suspects went into the store and the citizen lost sight of them. She then realized she had been scammed. Anyone with information is asked to call DetectiveChide at 409-797-3760.
July 3, 2006 - Assault
On Monday, July 03, 2006, at approximately 8:23 p.m. in the 500 block of 21st street, an assault occurred. The complainant was was walking in the area when the subject approached him and assaulted him with a wooden board. The subject then fled the area. The complainant received a laceration to the head and lip, and a possible broken left arm. The complainant was transported to JSER. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
July 17, 2006
On July 17, 2006, approximately 10:22 p.m., the Galveston Police Department was dispatched to a report of a prowler at 3428 Cove View Boulevard. On arrival the complainant advised that she came home and entered her apartment when she saw the suspect in her living room. The suspect fled through the apartment patio doors. The complainant advised that the only item taken was a diamond ring. The suspect is described as a male Hispanic with his hair in a pony-tail, and wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
July 3, 2006
On Thursday, June 29, 2006, the severed head and shoulders of a young gray cat were found in Galveston. A necropsy conducted Friday by a Houston forensic veterinarian confirmed the legs and head of the cat were severed "by someone with an instrument or instruments.", according to the complainant. You can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
July 24, 2006
On 7/26/2006 Galveston Police Department was dispatched to a robbery at 6711 Stewart Rd (Dollar General). The suspect approached the cashier displayed a weapon and demanded money. The clerk complied and the suspect ran out of the store east bound on Stewart road. The suspect is described as a male/white in his late forties or early fifties, 6 foot tall, wearing a black cap, sunglasses a yellow raincoat and blue jeans.
August 27, 2006
An aggravated robbery occurred on August 27, 2006, at approximately 11:54 p.m., in the 3700 block of Avenue N in Galveston. A Busy Bee taxi cab driver was flagged down at 3700 Avenue N. The individual flagging the cab driver pulled out a gun and demanded money. The cab driver complied and the actor then fled in an unknown direction. The suspect is described as a Male Hispanic, approx. 5'07" with a slim build and spanish accent. Please call if you have any information about this individual.
September 02, 2006
On September 02, 2006, at approximately 11:50 a.m., the Galveston Police Department responded to an attempted robbery call at 51st Street and Avenue L. The victim advised he was walking west on Avenue L traveling from 57th Street. A black male and a hispanic male approached the victim and demanded money. The victim refused. The black male then used a broken bottle to assault the victim and, as a result, the victim sustained a cut to his left hand. The suspects then fled south on 57th Street. The victim advised that none of his property was taken. The victim was unable to offer any other information/description of the suspects. If you have any information about this crime, please call (409) 763-TIPS.
September 25, 2006
On September 25, 2006 an auto theft occurred in the 1100 block of 30th Street.The vehicle, a gold Honda CRV TX, license plate # S89-SGJ, was parked in front of a residence at this location. The vehicle was still parked at this residence at approximately 7:00 p.m. on September 24, 2006, however, the owner discovered the vehicle missing the next day. If you have any information about about the theft or present location of this vehicle please call Officer Blackwell at 409-765-3760 or call Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
September 13, 2006
On September 13, 2006 a burglary occurred in the 1000 block of 44th Street in Galveston. The complainant came home and found her window broken and realized her home had been burglarized. The complainant advised the following items missing: 1 DVD player, 2 watches, jewelry and a Game Cube. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Millican at (409) 765-3770 or Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
October 04, 2006
A burglary of a building was reported on October 04, 2006 at approximately 3:20 p.m. The burlary occurred in the 4400 block of Avenue K in Galveston. The complainant advised that his garage had been broken into and that his lawn mower had been stolen. The lawn mower is described as a Toro lawn mower, red in color and valued at $400.00 Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Millican at (409) 765-3760 or Crime Stoppers at (409) 763-TIPS.
October 19, 2006
On October 17, 2006 at approximately 1:45 p.m., a robbery occurred in the 4100 block of Avenue R 1/2 in Galveston. The complainant was in his backyard and putting his trash cans away in the alley. The suspect was walking in the alley and said hello to the complainant. The complainant turned back toward his home and began walking. The suspect followed the complainant, grabbed him and demanded money. The suspect stated he had a gun. The complainant complied and the suspect then fled north on 45th Street. The susect is described as a white male in his late twenties, approximately 5'7" with a thin build, short brown hair and no facial hair. The suspect was wearing a gray shirt and gray pants at the time of the robbery.
October 12, 2006
On October 11, 2006, between the hours olf 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., a place of business located at 4328 Avenue H in Galveston was burglarized. The owner discovered that forced entry had been made and some money had been stolen from the business. Anyone with information is asked to call Sgt. Millican at (409) 765-3760 or (409) 763-TIPS.
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