{"id":13960,"date":"2015-11-08T11:18:48","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=13960"},"modified":"2015-11-08T11:18:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:18:48","slug":"note-from-the-police-blotter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=13960","title":{"rendered":"Note from the police blotter&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t make note of this yesterday, but I was running from sunrise to midnight: first, hanging out with family at <a href=\"http:\/\/wurstfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WurstFest<\/a>, then diiner with friends and hanging out watching creepy stuff.<\/p>\n<p>(Seriouly. I like to think I have a high tolerance for creepy, but <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005D0RDNY\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B005D0RDNY&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=stainles-20&#038;linkId=OWAB2QJ2SYAGVPJE\">Island of Lost Souls<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=stainles-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B005D0RDNY\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/strong> got under my skin. I may have more to say about this later, but I do commend the Criterion blu-ray to your attention.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this is kind of a local story, but it may have broader implications: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/local\/sources-shooting-of-judge-julie-kocurek-might-have\/npJJL\/\" target=\"_blank\">somebody tried to kill a local judge late Friday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The judge in question, Julie Kocurek, is a district judge and is heavily involved with criminal prosecutions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/local\/sources-shooting-of-judge-julie-kocurek-might-have\/npJJL\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230; it was Kocurek who, in July, unsealed the 75-page search warrant affidavit that for the first time linked former Austin police officer VonTrey Clark to the conspiracy to kill Samantha Dean, an Austin-area crime victims counselor shot to death in February.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying it was Clark or his buddies that were behind this, but the speculation is that this was some form of retaliation, and not just a robbery gone bad. She was with other people, and:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/local\/sources-shooting-of-judge-julie-kocurek-might-have\/npJJL\/\" target=\"_blank\">When she returned home, a bag of trash or a garbage can had been placed in front of the security gate into her driveway, requiring the driver of her car to stop the vehicle to remove it.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Judge Kocurek is currently in stable condition, according to reports. We hope she makes a full recovery, and we&#8217;ll be watching this story with great interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t make note of this yesterday, but I was running from sunrise to midnight: first, hanging out with family at WurstFest, then diiner with friends and hanging out watching creepy stuff. (Seriouly. I like to think I have a high tolerance for creepy, but Island of Lost Souls got under my skin. 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