From the Desk of Chief Ray Schultz,

It is once again Rodeo time in the Houston area and that means extra traffic throughout the area. We are seeing extra congestion along I-10 and near the Memorial City Mall. With the increased visitors to the area, that also means more criminals looking for easy targets such as unlocked cars and trucks. We just want to remind everyone to ensure that you lock your car doors whenever you leave your vehicle. Do not leave valuables in sight, take them with you or secure them in the trunk. Remain extra vigilant when stopping at ATM’s or banks and make sure that no one is following you as you leave the area. Let’s all have a great rodeo season. We also want to thank the resident who sent over 3 sets of upcoming rodeo tickets, we will be conducting an internal drawing with staff to determine who will get to go.

The Bridies Fore Blues Golf Tournament will be held this coming Thursday. A huge shout out to the Memorial High School Varsity Golf Teams for their participation once again in this years event and to MHS student Harrison Lee for keeping the fundraiser organized and on track. The best golf course in Houston, with one of the worse golfers (me). It is guaranteed to be fun and playing with these student athletes is truly an honor.

One month till the 4^th Annual Food Truck Rodeo. (See the attached Flyer) This year the event will include a new blow-up kids’ activity. The mechanical bull will be back, as will the “School of Rock”, and a car show. Plan on joining us for this fun community event.    

This Saturday and Sunday is supposed to be a Chamber of Commerce weather weekend, so get out and enjoy your community. The trees are starting to bloom, the walkways and paths are in top condition, there are new human and pet drinking fountains that have been installed, along with benches where you can sit down and just take it all in.  We will be out on patrol keeping everyone safe, so if you see one of us, give us a wave. We enjoy the opportunity to work in such a supportive community. Your smiles, waves and thumbs up are always appreciated.

Have a great weekend. Chief Ray Schultz rschultz@mvpdtx.org

Weekly Crime Report

Piney Point

2/24/23 at 1445 Hours. 8500 Block of San Felipe. Recovered stolen license plate.  Officers were alerted to a vehicle entering the villages displaying a stolen license plate.  Officers were in the area and were able to locate and stop the vehicle in question.  The driver stated that he had bought the vehicle from a car auction in Oklahoma approximately 2 weeks earlier and the plate was on the vehicle at that time. He had not registered the vehicle and was continuing to drive it.  The driver was issued several citations and the license plate was recovered.  

3/1/23 at 1500 Hours. 1 – 100 Block of Memorial Point. Public Intoxication. A resident called in reference to a guest who was heavily intoxicated and refusing to leave the property. Officers arrived and the guest agreed to leave via an Uber. The guest left in an Uber only to return a short time later, again refusing to leave. The 27-year-old female was placed under arrest and booked into the MVPD jail for public intoxication.  

Bunker Hill

2/25/23 at 0630 Hours. 600 Block of Strey. Driving While Intoxicated. Officers were dispatched to the area in reference to a vehicle being in the yard of a residence. Upon arrival officers located the car that was running and in gear with the driver passed out behind the wheel. The driver was awoken at which time officers observed several signs of intoxication.  The driver performed a series of sobriety test which he failed. The 37-year-old male was placed under arrest and transported to the Harris County Jail where a breath test showed his blood alcohol level to be twice the legal limit. The driver was booked into jail and his vehicle was towed.   

2/28/23 at 1030 Hours. 200 Block of Stoney Creek. Burglary from a Motor vehicle. The victim reported that while performing some work at an area residence an unknown person had entered his unlocked vehicle and removed a paint sprayer without his permission. A review of area surveillance systems located a gray Nissan pull up and stop alongside of the victim’s vehicle before leaving. A check of nearby ALPR cameras located the vehicle and captured an image of the temporary license tag on the suspect vehicle. Information about the crime was collected and provided to detectives for their follow up investigation. The suspect vehicle license plate was entered in the MVPD hotlist as a wanted vehicle.

Hunters Creek

3/1/23 at 1045 Hours. Beinhorn and Voss. Eluding. Hedwig officers had stopped a vehicle for traffic violations in the area of Voss and Beinhorn when several subjects fled from the scene on foot.  MVPD, Spring Valley and HPD assisted with searching the area for the subjects who ran on to nearby residential properties and were climbing fences in the area. A total of 5 of subjects were taken into custody at various locations in the area including one who had entered an unlocked door at a residence. Through investigation it was determined that the subjects were undocumented illegal immigrants who were being transported at the time of the traffic stop.  The subjects were turned over to Hedwig for their follow up investigation.