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A family sits shattered, after a brother stands accused of killing his sister, restraining his significant other and stabbing himself early last week. 

Photo: Montgomery County detectives work a scene where they say Jordan Boijseauneau, 19, beat his sister to death, tied his girlfriend up and stabbed himself several times. He was released from the hospital July 26 and is in the Montgomery County Jail on $500,000 bond. (Tribune Photo/Caleb Harris) 

Jordan Abel Boijseauneau, 19, of Hockley, is now in the Montgomery County Jail on charges that he beat his sister, Estephani Boijseauneau to death at their family home on Marshburn in the Glenwood area, July 24. 

Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies, Magnolia Police and Montgomery County Precinct 5 deputy constables all responded to a 911 call from a neighbor who said Jordan’s 15-year-old girlfriend had escaped the home by cutting through duct tape restraints. She told detectives she had been held for nearly three hours.  “The suspect’s girlfriend was in the house at the time,” Montgomery County Sheriff’s Lt. Bill Bucks said. “She escaped the residence and called police.” 

Officers found the body of Estephani Boijseauneau just inside the home’s front door. Detectives said she had been beaten throughout the house, by unknown objects. 

They made a quick sweep of the home and determined that Jordan had fled the scene. A short time later they found a man inside an abandoned home nearby, but determined it was not the suspect. 

After another search of the home, deputies found Jordan underneath a pile of clothes in a closet. He was suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds and was under the influence of some unnamed drugs, according to detectives. He was rushed to the hospital, treated and jailed on Thursday afternoon.  Family members sat at the scene in complete shock. “They’re obviously devastated,” Bucks said. “They lost one child to a murder and another who is in custody for it.”

Jordan Boijseauneau was recently released from the Harris County Jail, on charges of sexual assault of a minor. Police sources believe that the minor was the same 15-year-old who escaped from Jordan. 

According to Tomball detective A. Chambers, Jordan Boijseauneau was caught engaging in sexual activity by Tomball patrol officers, May 12. 

“The patrol officers drove up on a suspicious vehicle at Jeurgens Park, made contact and observed Jordan and a 15-year-old female in sexual activity,” Chambers said. “He lied about his age and told officers he was 16.”

Jordan was arrested at the scene and charged with Sexual Assault of a Minor and Failure to Identify. He later posted a $30,000 bond. 

Jordan’s Facebook page shows a smiling couple, who he says is his girlfriend, however some law enforcement sources told the Tribune that the pair had recently traveled to Mexico to marry, after Jordan was freed from the Harris County Jail. 

Notes from various friends and relatives posted to Jordan’s Facebook page, expressing sadness and also encouragement for the suspect. 

The following comment is one of several posted to his Facebook page and is not edited for content or grammar. 

“Hey cousin. (Our) family had been watching the news a lot lately (and) words getting out of the situation that occurred. I know this must be hard for you to wake up in the hospital and realize what you have done to Estephani, but like I said earlier today -- no matter what happens or happened we are family and we will stay strong (with our) head up for fighting for your sister and stand by you. That wasn’t you I know and the family and friends know the drugs (took) control,” the comment stated. 

Jordan Boijseauneau’s bond was set at $500,000. As of press time his first court appearance had not been set.

Montgomery County deputies have charged a Magnolia man after a drunken fight led to a stabbing at his home.

Police say that Benjamin Beasley, 31, stabbed Christopher C. Holliday during an early morning disturbance at Beasley’s home Aug. 17.

Deputies responded to Beasley’s home on Dobbin-Hufsmith Road around 4:30 that morning. When they arrived they found Holliday lying in the doorway and covered in blood. In an odd twist deputies say that Beasley was tending to the victim when they arrived.

Holliday had multiple stab wounds to his arms, throat and abdomen. His situation was critical at the time, but his condition has improved to stable, although he is still in an intensive care unit.

Deputies said the incident occurred after a night of heavy drinking at Beasley’s home.

“When Beasley’s wife and Holliday woke Beasley to move him into a bed, Beasley became agitated and threatened his wife with a knife,” a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office statement said. “She ran to a nearby home to call for assistance and could hear calls for help from Holliday.”

Beasley was arrested at his mobile home and taken to jail. He is being held on a $150,000 bond.

Deputies say that detectives are still reviewing evidence and investigating the case.

Detectives need help from the public in locating and arresting two people that are wanted for the exploitation of a disabled individual.

In mid-August 2012, deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office met with a disabled male victim in the Montgomery area who had hired two people as caretakers.  After terminating their employment the victim discovered that the suspects had stolen items from his home, some of which were sentimental to the victim that had belonged to his late wife. 

After completing an investigation investigators have charged two suspects with exploitation of a disabled individual, however the two suspects have not been located or arrested. The suspects are Theresa McElroy, 42 and Michael Wayne Brown, 40.

Anyone who can provide information to help capture these suspects should call Detective Shannon Spencer at 936-760-5876 during regular business hours, Communications at 936-760-5800 (24 hrs) or Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers will pay up to a $1000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest or indictment of a felony crime.   Call 800-392-STOP (7867). Anonymous tips can also be made through the Montgomery County Crime Stoppers Web Page at www.montgomerycountycrimestoppers.org.

UPDATE: Munoz-Verudes is now in custody, following his arrest last Saturday, according to detectives. He was due in court today.

ORIGINAL STORY: Tomball police are searching for a man they say lured a 17-year-old girl to his home with promises of a spiritual blessing and proceeded to rape her.

Mario Munoz-Verudes, 60, has been charged with sexual assault. Police say he claims to perform “black magic.” Police said that according to documents found in his home, the man is an illegal immigrant, according to a citation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The victim told police that Munoz-Verudes is a family friend and a member of their church. On Sept. 23 the man told her that she “looked sick and needed a blessing.” He invited her to his home and she accepted.

When they arrived at the man’s home, he took her into the bedroom where there who two mattresses, and a cooking pot on the floor. Statements say that the man lit incense in the cooking pot, then attacked the teen.

The victim said that Munoz-Verudes then placed his hand over her mouth and pushed onto the mattresses. He then raped the victim, according to police.

Afterwards, the man told the girl to get dressed and leave, warning her that he would put a curse on her if she told anyone about the assault.

Police said the victim did not tell anyone of the rape for a few days, that is until he attempted to lure her younger sister to his home as well.

“The victim came forward to her family when he invited her younger sister to his house for a ‘blessing’ as well,” Tomball police Cpt. Rickey Doerre said. “He was at a family gathering and the victim knew exactly what would happen to her sister if she went to his house.”

Investigators then went to the man’s home and found the items she described in the bedroom.

The man remains at large. Police are asking that anyone with information on Munoz-Verudes whereabouts contact them at 281-351-5451. Police have forward the man’s information to INS and Border Patrol. He will have a $60,000 bond upon his arrest.

Tomball Police Department personnel are investigating a tragic hit and run traffic collision that resulted in a pedestrian being transported, via Life Flight, to Memorial Herman Hospital where he remains in critical condition.

This morning at approximately 6:30am, a pedestrian (Earl Moore, 55 years of age, a Tomball resident) was walking westbound in the 800 block of James Street, (toward the HEB grocery store – his place of employment), when he was struck from behind by a vehicle also traveling westbound. The force of the impact caused Mr. Moore to be thrown into an open ditch located on the north side of James Street, where he laid unconscious and critically injured until Tomball Police Officer Rick Garza (at approximately 7:00am) passed the location and noticed Mr. Moore lying motionless on the ground.

Officer Garza immediately stopped to provide aid and realized that Mr. Moore had been the victim of a hit and run.

Paramedics from Northwest Emergency Medical Services responded, provided medical aid, and coordinated transportation via Life Flight, to Memorial Herman Hospital.

The suspect is still outstanding, and investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual who was driving what is believed to be a white, Ford sedan.
If you have any information regarding this case, please contact Detective Jimmy Harral, at (281) 290-1311, or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Tomball police have arrested a man suspected in an early morning hit and run which seriously injured a pedestrian Oct. 8.

Detectives obtained a warrant for Juan Carlos Romero, 32, of Tomball after evidence led them to a vehicle owned by the man. He was charged with a felony of Failure to Stop and Render Aid.

The events started when a Tomball police officer found Earl Moore, 55, lying in a ditch on James Street. The officer determined that Moore had been hit by a car. He was life flighted to Memorial Hospital where he is still being treated for his injuries.

Detectives pieced together a ford headlight from evidence left behind. After calling in representatives from Ford, it was determined that the vehicle was either a white Ford Ranger or a Ford Explorer.

Detective Harral decided to drive through a nearby apartment complex, Dartford Square Apartments, and found a Ford Explorer with damage that was consistent with debris left at the accident scene.

"I spoke with the defendant's wife who stated that she was a passenger in the vehicle the night of the accident," Harral wrote in the charging documents. "It was learned, through the passenger, that the defendant struck a pedestrian who was walking west on the north side of the roadway."

Romero's vehicle was taken into custody for forensic processing.

Romero was arrested at around 11 p.m. Oct. 17, at his apartment.

He is being held on $5,000 bond.

Tomball Police arrested a man suspected of robbing the local Auto Zone, thanks to information provided by a Tomball jail inmate.

Police arrested Justin Ross Hightower, 30, of Tomball, Nov. 9, following a Nov. 8 robbery at Auto Zone, where a suspect displayed a handgun and ordered the cashier to give him money from the register.

"The cashier complied and the suspect took the money and fled the location," a Tomball press release stated. "Officers, investigators and criminalists arrived at the scene and began their investigation."

Police sources stated that they received a break in the case the next day. A patrol officer arrested a suspect that appeared to be coming down from a drug high. The suspect told investigators that they knew who robbed the Auto Zone and gave detectives Hightower's name.

Police arrested Hightower that evening and found evidence, including a pellet gun that was used in the robbery. Hightower is also a suspect in other robberies and break in's in both Harris and Montgomery counties.

Hightower was charged with aggravated robbery. His bond was set at $30,000.

A woman is now sitting in the Montgomery County Jail, after being accused of putting a gun in the backpack of her boyfriend's son to try and salvage a relationship with the boy's father.

Heather Darlene Hodges, 26, of Anderson, was charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon on restricted premises and unlawful transfer of a handgun to a minor.

Deputies with the Montgomery County Pct. 5 Constable's Office, who provide security for the Magnolia school district, said the school received an anonymous call Nov. 5, that a student had a pistol in his backpack.

Upon arrival, deputies found that school administrators had already removed the student from class and found an unloaded 9mm handgun in the boy's backpack.

After taking the student into custody, deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office proceeded to question the boy for several hours. Upon realizing that he was telling the truth and had no prior knowledge of the weapon, deputies began to investigate further. The boy told deputies that Hodges might have put the weapon in the backpack because she didn't like him.

Pct. 5 deputies were able to trace the anonymous phone call to a pay phone located at a nearby Exxon convenience store.

"Security video from the store led investigators to identify the anonymous caller as (Hodges)," a Pct. 5 press release stated.

The video allegedly shows Hodges car pull into the parking lot, where she then exited the vehicle and proceeded to walk to the pay phone.

During questioning detectives say that Hodges initially denied even being at the convenience store. However, once she realized she was on video, she admitted to deputies that she had placed the gun in the boy's backpack to get him in trouble with his father.

Sources told the Tribune that the boy's father was planning to move away from Magnolia and told Hodges that she would not be coming with them.

Hodges initially agreed to turn herself in to investigators, however she instead reported to her probation officer, where deputies took her into custody.
She is on probation for a 2011 theft conviction in Conroe.

Hodges is still in the Montgomery County Jail on a total of $20,000 bond. The boy was cleared of all wrongdoing by police.

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Montgomery County sheriff’s deputies said a convenience store in the Pinehurst area was burglarized, during the early morning of Dec. 5.

Ken’s Bread and Butter store in the 34700 block of SH249, was burglarized and the suspects tried to get into the automatic teller machine.

Two males pried open the front door of the business and both were wearing dark colored clothing and had their faces covered, according to deputies.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is seeking assistance from the public to solve this crime.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Shannon Spencer of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 281-577-8942 or 936- 760-5800. 

Crime Stoppers will pay up to a $1000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest or indictment of a felony crime.  Call 800-392-STOP (7867).  Anonymous tips can also be made through the Montgomery County Crime Stoppers WEB PAGE at www.montgomerycountycrimstoppers.org.

A Tomball man was recently sentenced to three years of probation, after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting device fraud in federal court.
Troy Alexander Tipton, 21, was charged, after federal prosecutors said he sold Spring cellular phone customer data and access information to another man. Tipton was an employee of Modern Wireless at the time. Tipton pleaded guilty to the charges last August.
Prosecutors said that Tipton sold data from at least 400 customer accounts to Vernon R. Parker of Houston, from April through October of 2011. Parker then directed Lakreshia Shana Smith, 28 and Frederick Sears, 38, both of Houston, to make claims for replacement or additional cell phones using the stolen accounts.
Sears and Smith were arrested after U.S. Secret Service agents followed them around the Houston area and observed them picking up packages containing the cell phones.
"The conspirators had placed phone and internet orders for either replacement phones, or additional phones to be charged to unknowing customers of Sprint," U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson's office said in a statement. "The packages were mailed from Sprint locations outside of Texas to various hotels and apartments as directed by the conspirators. The total loss to Sprint is estimated at more than $136,000 attributable to the Parker organization."
Smith was given probation by Judge Lee Rosenthal, while Sears was ordered to serve 18 months in federal prison. Parker, the ring leader of the group, was sentenced to 51 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised parole.
Parker will remain in local custody until he is transferred to a federal prison in the near future.