Still, I couldn’t resist a recent invitation to Judge the Third Annual “One Pot Showdown” at the (new location) St. Arnold’s Brewery in Houston.
In fact the get-together has a lot more to do with food than drink.
Anyway, let’s not make this blog entry a federal case… I was a judge in the food competition… along with my wife. Other more skilled judges included Doak Procter, Jake Rainey, Chris Shepherd… and Katharine Shilcutt (of the Houston Press… here’s her article)
Doak is a certified beer expert and a lawyer. Jake is general manager of the Flying Saucer. Chris is owner of Catalan on Washington.
We tasted a lot of different stuff that day… most of it heavy, involving sausage and varying degrees of beer. Most of it was pretty good… although you might get a different opinion from the real experts who judged with us.
When it all came down to it… actually the winner was a cheesy soup, made with root beer. We all liked it best. Congrats to Team “One Man & A Monkey” (they came in last, last year says Shilcutt. What a come back!)
A decades old murder case appears to have been cracked by HPD Cold Case Squad.
A Houston woman, who was only 7 when her father was murdered… got the ball rolling with a single phone call.
Sgt. Mike Peters worked the case for months… and tracked down the suspect in the 1984 murder. He saw an extensive arrest record for the guy in South Carolina. U.S. Marshals then picked up the investigation and physically located and arrested the man.
Ferrufino was wanted for felony injury of a child. Investigators say he shook his baby boy hard enough to cause a brain injury. Bond is set at $30,000.
He was featured on the Wheel of Justice one week ago. Harris County investigators (HCSO Criminal Warrants Division) found Ferrufino at a Southeast side home this afternoon.
As of 12/2/09, Ferrufino has been charged, not convicted of this crime.
We featured 28 year old Anthony Jackson in early November.
Days later, a tip came in. Jackson was in Atlanta.
Harris County Sheriffs investigators brought him back today. We happened to be in the area.
In the video, Jackson says he turned himself in, investigators say that is not true… they had to hunt him down acting on a tip.
Jackson is accused and charged with “promotion of child pornography” (taking inappropriate photos of a minor and posting them on the internet). Jackson is also accused and charged with sexual assault.
His bond is set at $200,000.
Jackson has been charged not convicted of these crimes.
South Houston police said Byron Q. Brown, 37, was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon. He remains jailed on a $240,000 bond.
Investigators said Brown hit three stores in South Houston in broad daylight from Sept. 16 to Oct. 2, and he may be connected to as many as 13 in the Houston area.
Police say Brown is the same man who appeared as the “Hobby Shell” Robber on the Wheel of Justice on 9/9/09.
HPD Robbery South tells me Brown was nabbed after a reliable Houston Crimestoppers tip.
"Hobby Shell Robber" ID'd and Caught as Byron Brown