There would be no modern Texas Rangers if not for the men who came before them. I do not encourage any of the behavior I discuss in my videos. His courageous leadership ultimately resulted in the conviction of a notorious sheriff I prosecuted in East Texas. Oh, my goodness, was he crusty. David Eugene Maxwell, 50. He is stationed in Tyler: There are a handful of small-town police departments in the two rural counties I have that, from the chief on down, have never worked a homicide. But way, way back, there were some brutal things that happened. Several efforts to interview David Maxwell, the Ranger who interviewed Luedke, were referred to his commander in Austin, who refused comment. Why Does He Get to Make That Call? Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Division, Texas Attorney General's Office, Add a 'Social Icons' widget to Infobar sidebar, Ranger Instructor, Interviewing, Photography, Officer-Involved Shootings, Court Testimony; Head Instructor, Ranger CSI Training, Director's Citation (DPS) - Arrest and Prosecution of "The Railroad Killer" Rafael Resendez; Director's Award (ATF)- David Koresh Investigation, Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Division, Texas Attorney General's Office. The elderly and disabled do not have a lot of choices when it comes to resources and socialization. If you watch a John Wayne movie, hes got a belt that holds his britches up, and hes also got his gun belt. David Maxwell Senior oil and gas management executive with particular experience in gas/LNG, marketing, strategy & commercialisation Managing Director/CEO at Cooper Energy Limited The weather that morning was rainy and overcast, factors that helped carry the whine of the massive engines on the two OH-58 Kiowas and one UH-60 Blackhawk to the spot where Peeler and Jones were talking. He told Bob, Pains never really bothered me much.. DOYLE HOLDRIDGE was a Ranger from 1982 to 2004. SWASS Nite w/ Angelina, Graffiti Phallico, Touch Girl Apple Blossom, Cast of Thousands, Jad Fair & the Placebos, The Contemporary Austin: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el Relampago. And the neighbor said, Gosh, I didnt even know he plays baseball!. I didnt have any use for a computer. Love 0 Yet the two commanders denied for weeks after the botched raid that Rodriguez had warned them. He asked the Houston PD to review the. He was an old-time Rangera big, slow-moving, slow-talking, barrel-chested man. Maxwell has been at the attorney generals office since 2014 and in law enforcement for some 50 years. And so the bloodiest and most controversial event in American law enforcement history began a few minutes later, at 9:47am, February 28, 1993. I saw that happen when we first got computers. This was more than twelve years after the crime. At age 37, he was accepted into the oldest law enforcement group in the nation the Texas Rangers an elite group with only 134 members at the time. Eric Goodman's Austin FC column, other soccer news, All questions answered (satisfaction not guaranteed). He had repeatedly asked to go inside the undercover house that ATF agents were renting near Mount Carmel, only to be refused by the agents. FRANK MALINAK: You know, we look back now at the Rangers in the late 1800s as having old-fashioned firearms, but then, the Colt was cutting-edge technology. CAPTAIN GERARDO DE LOS SANTOS became a Ranger in 1989. One position all . So thats how we got started. Ranger Instructor, Interviewing, Photography, Officer-Involved Shootings, Court Testimony; Head Instructor, Ranger CSI Training, Awards and Citations They expect him to bat a thousand. They quit! CAPTAIN BARRY CAVER became a Ranger in 1989. Born on 11 Mar 1963. Love Island fans were sparing their thoughts for teacher Kai Fagan 's students after he spent some time getting close to Sanam Harrinanan during Friday's episode. Inside the Bro-tastic Party Mansions Upending a Historic Austin Community. The senior activity programs provided him with games, entertainment and nutritious meals. Jones sped back to the compound and alerted Koresh. Texas Highway Patrol; Narcotics, Post Ranger Law Enforcement He is stationed in Kingsville: One time I was in Eagle Pass helping a police investigator interview some people, and I will never forget how afraid this older Hispanic man was of me. I did that kind of check periodically, because, of course, the technology was still developing. 0000025747 00000 n Luedke repeated his denials in a sworn deposition given on October 8, 1996, in a lawuit filed by an ATF agent in early April against KWTX, the Waco Tribune-Herald, and the American Medical Transport ambulance company. We have tripped and stumbled, and weve had times that were not our finest hours. SERGEANT DAVID MAXWELL became a Ranger in 1986. 0000013254 00000 n Because were scattered across 254 counties, we have this networking ability. Death Certificate #87511 Diane was a Murder Victim profiled on Forensic Files. But the first five years she was a Ranger, I didnt speak to her. 642 p. 24 cm Addeddate 2008-01-30 15:28:46 Both had been on paid investigative leave for weeks in the wake of their roles vetting a complaint made by Nate Paul, a real estate investor and political donor to Paxton. "It's like a lot of other things that have occurred in this operation," said Stanley Rentz, a Waco attorney who represented Graeme Craddock, a Davidian who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the shootout and siege. Hes serving a life sentence now. Now, what exactly do you all do?, BROOKS LONG: The day I got the phone call from Austin that I was going to be made Ranger was a very proud day for me. David Wills iTrafton Robertson: NewsRobertson iTrafton Robertson . BROOKS LONG: I carry a SIG, and the reason I carry a SIG is that my life is not going to depend on tradition or history. The Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints: 2021 Edition. I was completely captivated. Text for H.Res.165 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Commemorating the bicentennial of the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the oldest State law enforcement agency in North America, and honoring the men and women, past and present, of the Texas Rangers. And if Cal Luedke was indeed the source of the leak, he could be in even more trouble than that. He heads Company D, in San Antonio: I was a narcotics agent for the Department of Public Safety in Alpine when I met Clayton McKinney, in 1980. Re: Nov. 4 article, 2 more aides fired from attorney generals office.. Clayton had an airplane, and he would fly us into Mexico and pinpoint airstrips that the traffickers were using. But our chief, Ray Coffman, has made it a priority to make sure that women know they are needed, welcomed, and wanted within the Rangers, and Im doing everything I can personally to make that happen. In the past fifteen years, DNA technology and fingerprint analysis have transformed the Rangers job, allowing them to close cases that would otherwise remain unsolved. He ripped most of her clothes off and tried to beat her to death. It also appears he could be subject to prosecution for obstructing justice because his actions contributed to the gunfight at Mount Carmel. Waco, David Koresh, Branch Davidians, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, David Jones, Jim Peeler, Robert Rodriguez, Cal Luedke, Dan Mulloney, Tommy Witherspoon, Janet Reno, Mike McNamara, Parnell McNamara, David M. Maxwell, Stanley Rentz, Jack Harwell, Dicky Grigg, K, Information is power. Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger in the 1990s children's TV show, has died aged 49. I think some of us felt that things were changing too damn much. David Maxwell and Mark Penley, top law enforcement aides at the agency, were fired after being on paid leave for weeks. Sometimes I kid the guys at the local agencies that I work with. And then, in 1969, my sister was murdered. The search to find culprits for both disasters got under way immediately. As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on members to help keep our stories free and our events open to the public. They thought the world had ended. On August 5, 1823, near the small town of San Felipe, located in Austin County, some of the first ten rangers were employed by Stephen F. Austin to protect settlers and ranchers. A n elite class of state officers, the Texas Rangers are probably best known for inspiring a long-running TV series and the name of a professional baseball team. Texas Purple Hull Pea Festival Is More Than an Event. The Chronicle welcomes opinion pieces on any topic from the community. Calvin was first seen when he . 0000008478 00000 n Maxwell family (Bezaleel Maxwell, b. I just want to know who killed Diane. So it was a good feeling that both my parents lived to see that day. He said, Keep your head down, do your job, and when it comes time, throw your name in the hat. And thats exactly what I did. In any given day, you may have to investigate anything from capital murder to livestock theft. David Monticello "Bud" Ballew (1877-1922) - A noted gunfighter and lawman. Paxton has said he was concerned that his staff had not sufficiently vetted Pauls allegations. Overseas charges may apply. Get the fuck out of here," he said, pushing Mulloney to the pavement. Hed say, Turn right here, and Id say, Good, good, like I knew where we were going. So the homicides I work are the whodunits, not the smoking guns. But I interviewed the boys father with Lewisville police, and we kept our cool and got down on his level. SERGEANT JESS MALONE became a Ranger in 1994. But it also helped spark further inquiry into the entire Waco controversy and forced Reno to reopen the matter to determine exactly what federal agents did before and after the 51-day siege. I asked my dad, Whos that man with the sheriff? And my dad said, Thats Charlie Moore. That is the spirit of the Texas Rangers. Weve had to change, and there have been some growing pains along the way. Maxwell: Later on, as my Dad was quite. That's not even the tip of the iceberg of his impressive achievements. BROOKS LONG: Its not an accident that our badges are made from cinco pesos, because we are attached at the hip to Mexico. trailer <<7C959F7A14A04616BD53E868FB9691BE>]/Prev 823575>> startxref 0 %%EOF 161 0 obj <>stream When Texas needed detectives, we became that. TONY LEAL: People are slow to change. It has been around for nearly one hundred years, and it is tried-and-true. But attitudes change, and as time went on, I accepted it. "I have formed the belief that facts may have been kept from you -- and quite possibly are being kept from you even now, by components of the Department," he wrote. At 57, I wasnt getting out the door as fast when I was being called out at two or three oclock in the morning. Senator John Danforth, whom Reno asked to head the new Waco probe, refused to comment on the Luedke matter. Modern Texas Rangers, like FBI agents, are highly trained investigators who assist local authorities on everything from homicides to public corruption cases. Thats what motivates you to sit there and deal with a monster like that in a humane way. July 24, 2021. It was an ironic statement, as it appears Luedke, one of Harwell's own employees, was responsible for the media's presence. Im just here to deal with the facts pertaining to the offense. They really respond to that. City Employees Are Heading for the Exits. But I also knew that Jim would have to get a confession because there was no physical evidence left. "If they saw the media or thought they had lost the element of surprise, they were supposed to stop and regroup. My father suffered with Alzheimer's for several years. And regardless of who tipped the media, the ATF has never satisfactorily answered questions about the overall security of the raid. 2 more aides fired from attorney generals office. He told me that people would resent it if I started making noise about wanting to be a Ranger when I was still a young trooper. Indeed, the ATF's abuse of the media began even during the agency's bloody retreat from the compound. He is now a major at the Webb County Sheriffs Department, in Laredo: You know, back then, most Rangers were just country boys like me. Its free. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LindseyOlson Follow me on Instagram: @lindzouzou Check out my Flickr: Lindsey OlsonEmail me (business enquiries only) zouzoulry@gmail.comDISCLAIMER: the stories and theories shared in this video are from information I have researched and collated together for entertainment purposes. Bill Torrey, Milam County District Attorney, Cameron. Houston, Richmond, Bay City, Ranger Specializations And yet Rangers have proved to be more skillful than ever in getting suspects to tell them about their crimes. While not being one to say it about himself, he embod- He is stationed in Waco: Al Cuellar could get a confession out of someone and they would thank him. Thats why the Rangers were put here originallyto secure the border. Rangers Academy full-back James Maxwell is set for a loan move to Ayr United as the left-back takes a path increasingly well-travelled by the club's brightest prospects. I said, Get one of those jailers to let him smoke a cigarette when hes working. In fact, the official report on the shootout by the U.S. Treasury Department found that the element of surprise was lost long before the heavily armed agents -- hidden in two cattle trailers -- headed up the long, muddy driveway to Mount Carmel. Id really like for you to show me. When Texas needed Indian fighters, we were Indian fighters. Penley is a well-regarded former federal prosecutor.. And Im in a murder trial that takes me back to the area where this crime happened, and I got to thinking about the woman who was attacked in Giddings. You know, there was a time when a Hispanic man or a black man couldnt think about being a Ranger. We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. He had no whiskey or tequila or nothing, and he didnt make a sound. Ive got this fear in the back of my mind that if I dont do this right, with one mistake I could ruin the reputation that has been bought and paid for by people long before me. The original Texas Rangers . It felt . The failure to punish Luedke angers state and federal law officers who believe that someone should be held criminally liable for the fiasco at Mount Carmel. Our history, our legacy, our traditions are tied up in the border. "What's the matter with you? I just didnt talk about it. Ive known and worked with David Maxwell both in his capacity as a Texas Ranger and as the Director of the Attorney Generals law enforcement for the past 25 years. William "Bill" Dudley Banks - U.S. Deputy Marshal commissioned in Oklahoma Territory and assigned by Marshal Evett Nix to the Cheyenne District on July 15, 1893. It was rudimentary compared with what we have todayit just searched fingerprints that HPD had in its filesand we didnt find anything. Daughter of: David M. & Nora(Adams)Maxwell TX. It is a complete stonewall. He is stationed in San Antonio: Our job is assisting local law enforcement agenciesparticularly smaller, rural agenciesthat dont have a lot of resources. I thought, If I ignore this, maybe this will go away, and thats what I did until I realized how big an ass I was being one time when she went out of her way to help me on a case. . (Henrich) Maxwell on May 23, 1986 in Harris County. My disabled granddaughter attends the Round Rock AGE because of a traumatic brain injury. Unless you had a suspicion of who had committed the crime, they didnt tell you much; you had to know which suspect to compare the prints to. You ought to send him to the dadgum Olympics trial! We chased him hard, and he stayed just ahead of us for fifteen and a half miles until we caught him. Perhaps it goes without saying but producing quality journalism isn't cheap. Jos R. Ralat is Texas Monthlys taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food. 0000002282 00000 n Deputy Director at Texas Attorney General Austin, Texas . Most manhunts are at night, and youre going through thick brush at a dead run, and you have to fight just to stay on your horse because your horse is following those dogs. I speak the language, I understand the culture, and these folks are my best friends. I asked another Ranger, Calvin Cox, to use his connections at the jail. 0000033295 00000 n 0000036387 00000 n LANE AKIN: I remember one Ranger up in Childress, Leo Hickman. David has 1 job listed on their profile. The firearms that were available back then werent as fast or as easy to load, so the Colt was a pretty revolutionary firearm. It's uncertain how we'll ever bridge the huge political divide in this country, after the most acrimonious election in modern history. They dont have any money, any equipment, any training, any experience. There is no finer law enforcement officer. At a time when newsroom resources and revenue across the country are declining, The Texas Tribune remains committed to sustaining our mission: creating a more engaged and informed Texas with every story we cover, every event we convene and every newsletter we send. His father was the son of David and Sarah Taylor (Hynson) Carson, the latter being the daughter of Charles and Sarah (Waltham) Carson. "I never told Mulloney who my source was," Witherspoon said last week. On the Hynson side the ancestry runs back through several generations to Thomas Hynson of England, who came to Maryland in 1650, settled at Kent in the then colony of Maryland, and became one of the commissioners in charge of the government of and holding of . CHANCE COLLINS: Jurors expect a lot more from us today because they watch shows like CSI, and criminals are getting savvier too. 0000063333 00000 n Ive got a pretty high confession rate, which just goes to show you that even a blind hog can root up an acorn every once in a while. Although Witherspoon has consistently refused to corroborate the source of his information, state and federal law enforcement officials involved in the investigation say they have evidence that Luedke leaked news about the raid to the media. The photographer shielded the camera between his legs to prevent it from being damaged. In the past we did not have the recruiting that we should have had when it came to women. We assist them on cases that they might not have the manpower or expertise to handle on their own. So it quickly found a scapegoat. An internal email obtained by The Texas Tribune showed the complaints had been examined by senior aides, who found them meritless. On another occasion, Jones refused entry to an ATF agent posing as a UPS delivery man who asked to use the bathroom inside the compound. David M. , Jr. Maxwell. They did it with brute force. I have a scrapbook of news clips from back then, and there is a cartoon that says something like Are the Texas Rangers going to have saddlebags made out of Tupperware now?. He is a 30 year veteran of the US Army retiring in 2011 as a Special Forces Colonel with his final assignment serving on the military faculty teaching national security strategy at the National War College. The Rangers saw a need for a reliable, well-designed, heavy-duty revolver that they could take out on remote patrols. The ATF went ahead with the raid on Mount Carmel even though Robert Rodriguez had told his ATF commanders, Charles Sarabyn and Phil Chojnacki, that Koresh was waiting and weapons were likely to be drawn. The coin has to be from 1947 or 1948, because after that, their silver content dropped, so they tarnish. He is stationed in Austin and heads the Unsolved Crimes Investigation Team: You cant do this job for very long without seeing the worst of what one human being can do to another. Bill took the podium and said, The captains been talking about putting a computer on my desk, so I think the time has come for me to go.. He heads Company F, in Waco: The cases are the same as they used to be, but the manner in which theyre solvedand the speed in which they are solvedhas changed. The evidence was gone, the crime-scene photographs were gonewe had nothing. "They were men who could not be stampeded." Sources close to the Texas Rangers confirm that the inquiry into the leaks was led by Ranger David M. Maxwell and that it determined that Luedke was the leaker. The bloodiest and most controversial clash in American law-enforcement history had begun. 120 0 obj <> endobj xref 120 42 0000000016 00000 n Nowadays we spend a lot of our time writing reports and documenting our investigations. We all knew women were coming next. GB jumps last 5 seasons Apr 2018 - Apr 2023. w. r. %. How you document the chain of evidence, how you protect the crime sceneeverything has changed. 15/09/15 06:32. Back then, heavy-handedness might have been used when you were trying to get a confession. Today's video will cover a case that went unsolved for 34 years until David Maxwell made the life changing decision to become a texas ranger and re-open his sister's case. SERGEANT DAVID HULLUM became a Ranger in 1998. MATT CAWTHON: A lot of us carry the Colt Model 1911 semiautomatic, .45-caliber handgun. He is now retired and lives in Helotes: You have to make a suspect like you; you have to make him want to tell you what he did. I was sitting in the front row, and so the barrels of those .45s kept passing over my toes as he was pacing back and forth telling this story about capturing some bad guys out in a rural cabin somewhere. LANE AKIN was a Ranger from 1987 to 2003. The boys crack open a few French brews and hear the tale Texas Ranger David Maxwell that refused to give up on finding his sister's killer. Con Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience, Mad Max: Fury Road), Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Peaky Blinders), Camila Morrone (Death Wish, Never Goin' Back), Nabiyah Be (Black Panther), Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse (The White Princess . In Austin they were wringing their hands: What are we going to do? It is not intended to be, but in effect it is. I never heard him raise his voice. There's too much traffic on the road." A young woman who was staying in actor David Harbour's (left) Manhattan apartment fell to her death from a window last night, according to police. Parr had ruled South Texas through the patrn system for decades, and he had enormous power; he could deliver votes and guarantee that a certain candidate would win the governors race or other state offices. West Texans Are Learning What It Means to Live in Bear Country, How Florence ButtNot Her SonLaunched the H-E-B Empire, H-E-Bs True Texas BBQ Restaurant Is Slipping. Overseas customers, please dial +1 (254) 750-8631. John Coffee Hays. Whatever it takes to battle the bad guys in the twenty-first century. He also violated other policies and has taken other actions that have left no choice but to terminate his employment, Prior said in a statement. But one question has never been satisfactorily answered : How did the TV cameraman and the other members of the media on the scene know the raid was going to happen? SERGEANT KENNY RAY became a Ranger in 2001. He died in the fire that consumed Mount Carmel 51 days later. Inside the Decades-long Effort to Commemorate a Notorious Waco Lynching. So if something happens here in Kerrville, and I need help from Lubbock, I just pick up the phone. At first glance it looked like two perpetrators had been in there, because there were two sets of shoes: tennis shoes and hiking boots. Moreover, he may have perjured himself when he was deposed in 1996 for the lawsuit brought against the media by the ATF agents. While my father suffered from Alzheimer's, he still had the awareness to thank the staff at AGE as he left each day. While he was surrounded, he raised a pistol and tried to shoot at the highway patrol. The accusation, says McLemore, "ruined my career. nfi"9?nm3}+ @))EG{ [ f Mt "e`HKib 20@+BliBPa @Fvxo `CT&0?L``4f~h"'`B'Xp{T.8XUp _5fb}!>rCWc 1)Jn Q : 0 t endstream endobj 121 0 obj <>>> endobj 122 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageC]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/TrimBox[0.0 0.0 612.0 792.0]/Type/Page>> endobj 123 0 obj <>stream Jim drove to Texarkana, and he interviewed the suspect, James Ray Davis. hb```kl@(ahe"pMkfCENHy7PEJa)A.< .M>/\{?f+l[['%p%xU756 [|bi)_0$,:1+7oQF> That would be KWTX's John McLemore, who was working with Mulloney. David Maxwell, the agencys director of law enforcement, and Mark Penley, the deputy attorney general for criminal justice, have been fired. But as I got to looking at it, I saw that the tennis shoe was consistently a left foot and the hiking boot was consistently a right foot. But the standards are different for peace officers. Every military strategist knows that maintaining the element of surprise is critical, particularly when resistance is expected. Because to me, I had just made Ranger like all these other guys. Paxton has denied the allegations and called the whistleblowers rogue employees., Prior said Maxwell was fired for violating agency policies, including making employment decisions without consulting the human resources department that have resulted in allegations of discrimination.. He is stationed in Bay City: When I was in college, my intention was to become an attorney. BROOKS LONG: Times have changed, okay? When I got back to Laredo, I used mine as a doorstop. But we live in a different society now. It is our job, as captains, to recruit those qualified people. He drug her into an abandoned building, tied her up, raped her, and stabbed her to death. We worked this case for years. He told me, I had nothing to do with that guys murder! I said, I know, I believe you. But the Texas Rangers have finally made peace with the modern world: Theyre more diverse, theyre more high-tech, and theyre more . Its a luxury were afforded that the other services are not. When DNA became the mainstay of law enforcement work, we got good at that. I asked him to pull the file, and he and I worked the case together. The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans and engages with them about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Ian Prior, a political spokesman for Paxton, confirmed the moves Monday. The hammer was back on both of them. DAVID MAXWELL: Jim Ramsey and some Rangers were able to locate the suspect in Texarkana. I mean, you could find Jimmy Hoffa and it would be no big deal because youre expected to do that. Diane Maxwell. He suggested that reporters working on the story were "just stirring the shit," and demanded that they leave him alone. David Allen Maxwell, Sr., was born March 7th, 1956, in Beaumont, Tx. I've known and worked with David Maxwell both in his capacity as a Texas Ranger and as the Director of the Attorney General's law enforcement for the past 25 years. All Info for H.Res.165 - 118th Congress (2023-2024): Commemorating the bicentennial of the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the oldest State law enforcement agency in North America, and honoring the men and women, past and present, of the Texas Rangers. However, Calvin got over his fear of driving when he saves the team at the end of the episode. He later entered the Texas Rangers and became a colleague of Walker in the first episode of the series, "One Riot, One Ranger in Fort Worth". When Texas needed someone to quell oil boom riots, we did that. Its daily. I would listen to my dad getting the horses and the dogs ready, and you know, its a very distinct sound those bloodhounds make when there is all that nervous tension in the air. Related To Jacqueline Maxwell, Jessica Maxwell, Frances Maxwell, Rachel Maxwell.