Giddings Woman Run Over By Pickup, Police Investigate Murder

Giddings Times & News

• Lenora Craig, 33 years-old of Giddings, was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries after she was run over by the back tires of a dually pickup after a fight broke out in the Bernie’s Bar & Grill parking lot in the early morning hours on June 14. Daniel Segura, 36 years-old of Giddings, was determined to be the driver of the 2012 Ford F-350 pickup that ran over Craig. Segura allegedly claimed he did not know that a pedestrian was run over and left the area, but was located a short time later. Craig, who is a bartender at Bernie’s, was transported to Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin.

• On June 14 at 4:33 a.m. Giddings police officers arrived at Sun Valley Mobile Home Park in Giddings after a 911 call and found 44 year-old Julio Munoz dead of a single shotgun wound. After the initial investigation, Pamela Elmyra Ramirez, 37 years-old, who lived in the same residence was taken into custody and booked into the Lee County Jail. Ramirez was charged with murder and investigators are still interviewing witnesses to gather more details on the case.

• The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bryan Haynes, 34 years-old of Austin, for allegedly committing a double homicide on June 9. Deputies responded to the 4400 block of Tenney Creek Road near Tilmon, which is northeast of Luling, for a call of two subjects lying on the ground. Klayton Manning, 18 years-old of Luling, and a male juvenile identified as Manning’s cousin were found to be deceased. Two days later after the murder, Haynes was arrested and charged with capital murder in Bastrop County. Haynes allegedly told his brothers he was being chased by “aliens” in an ATV and indicated that he shot the two “aliens” with his gun, emptying two 17-round magazines and two 10-round magazines.

The Brenham Banner-Press

• The infection rate inside Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is coming down. According to the Washington County Joint Information Center, at least 86 people infected at the facility have recovered and only one active case remains. The data show 223 total tests were done at the facility. Of those, 87 residents and 24 employees tested positive and 24 died.

• Blinn College is currently sitting at a decrease of 30% in enrollment for the fall 2020 semester according to Chancellor Mary Hensley. Though this number is subject to change after the summer sessions, the college is reacting by decreasing the fiscal year 2020-21 budget by 20% as a proactive measure against loss in revenues from enrollment.

• The city is looking at a loss of revenue of more than $1 million according to Brenham City Manager James Fisher during the latest city council meeting. Fisher said as Texas, the country and the city have begun reopening from nation-wide closures in March, the city has accrued additional expenses. “I think they are good expenses in the aspect that it is helping us to move forward. There are some great things the community is excited about,” Fisher said.

• The subject of a statewide AMBER Alert was found safe in nearby Somerville. According to a Saturday, June 13 news release from the Royse City Police Department on the eastern edge of Dallas, 16 year-old Kylee Ann White was reported missing by her family as a runaway on Saturday morning. Later in the day, the family was contacted by an unknown subject who claimed to be holding White against her will. However, the next day, police found White safe in Somerville. Royse City Police Department and other authorities are still investigating the incident.

• Abigail Young, 44 yearsold, has been denied parole for the fifth time by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Young, a Brenham native, began serving a 20 year prison sentence in 2010 for her involvement in the death of her four year-old daughter, Emma Thompson in 2009. Authorities said the child was covered with 80 bruises, had a skull fracture and three broken ribs and showed signs of being sexually abused. Lucas Coe, Young’s boyfriend at the time, was charged with enhanced aggravated sexual assault in the case and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Young’s next review date is in June 2021.

The Moulton Eagle

• The recent spike in local coronavirus cases, both within the Moulton city limits and in nearby places like Waelder and Gonzales, might prompt some further actions. Moulton’s city leaders agreed to keep the city’s disaster declaration in place for at least another month, even as they also voted to begin reopening several city-owned facilities.

Hallettsville Tribune-Herald • A group called “The

• A group called “The Friends of the River” brought its case to the city council last week. The aim of the group is to restore aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife, restore the river and possibly have an entry to safely cross the Lavaca River via a footpath and bike path crossing. The project would start by having a $100,000 study provided by the Army Corps of Engineers. The council hesitated at approving a letter of support for the group until an assessment is done.

The Bastrop Advertiser

• A man has been charged with murder after an argument led to a fatal shooting in Bastrop County on Sunday night. Jesus Gauna, 24, fired 13 rounds at Chet Swift at 10 p.m. Sunday in the Camp Swift neighborhood, police say in his arrest affidavit. Bastrop County deputies responded to the shooting at 449 Foothill Road and found Swift with a gunshot wound to his stomach. Swift, in a dying declaration, told the deputy on scene that he had been shot by “the large Hispanic guy,” according to the affidavit. Deputies then found Gauna, who told them he and Swift got into an argument and he shot Swift with his 9mm pistol. Deputies found the handgun in his pocket and confiscated it. Gauna was booked into the Bastrop County jail Monday and was released later that day after posting a $100,000 bond. He is facing a first-degree felony charge punishable by five to 99 years in prison. Swift’s killing is the first murder recorded in Bastrop County this year.