Chimene onyeri biography of williams
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Confidential records detail decision not to warn judges of threat
Investigators attempting to trace a possible threat against a judge thought, based on a tip, that the potential target was a male judge involved in a recent court hearing outside of Travis County, according to a confidential report obtained by the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV.
The caller identified Chimene Onyeri as the person threatening to hurt a judge, but investigators from the Travis County district attorney’s office learned that his case was in state District Judge Julie Kocurek’s court — not that of a male judge.
The informant also reported that Onyeri’s threat was the result of a court hearing two or three weeks prior, and the report noted that Onyeri hadn’t appeared in Travis County in two years.
Because of that and other evidence, “I do not believe that there is a credible threat to any Travis County district judge,” Sgt. William Beechinor, an investigator with the district attorney’s office, conclud
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Travis commissioners consider $500,000 payout for Judge Julie Kocurek
Travis County commissioners are considering a $500,000 payment to state District Judge Julie Kocurek over the handling of a threat that was made soon before a gunman opened fire on her in November 2015 outside her home, the American-Statesman and KVUE-TV have learned.
The award would settle any claims against the county Kocurek could seek in a lawsuit, including why the county didn’t do more to investigate the threat against an unnamed judge and why law enforcement didn’t act faster to protect her and her colleagues who preside over criminal courts.
Kocurek was never warned her life might have been in danger prior to the attack.
Statesman Investigates: Law enforcement agencies often fail to report threats against judges
County officials have been negotiating with the Kocurek family for several months and are expected to consider the payment at a meeting next week.
The Commissioners Court agenda for next we
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United States Penitentiary, Pollock
High-security United States prison in Louisiana
The United States Penitentiary, Pollock (USP Pollock) is a high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporatedGrant Parish, Louisiana.[1] It fryst vatten part of the Pollock Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Pollock) and operated bygd the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male offenders.
FCC Pollock fryst vatten located in central Louisiana, approximately 15 miles north of Alexandria.[2]
Notable incidents
[edit]2006 escape
[edit]On April 5, 2006, convicted murderer Richard Lee McNair escaped from USP Pollock.[3] McNair's duties in prison included work in a manufacturing area, where he repaired old, torn mailbags. He held this position for several months, during which he plotted his escape. McNair escaped bygd constructing an "escap