They have also banned certified process servers from delivering any kind of court document, ( at least in east Texas ). This is so ludicrous. It takes the county constable weeks, what I should be able to do in 15 minutes. It is bad, because it often involves rush court orders involving child-custody cases. But it just hurts my pocketbook more than that.
Below are some future campfire stories: I was twice in a jail cell, once in a paddy-wagon, once kidnapped by rogue undercover cops and taken to an interrogation cell and probably some other stuff where I was unfortunately at the scene as a bystander. First time, I was a businessman model wearing a tie posing with a skinhead-biker in a jail cell ( for a lawyer ad/photo-shoot in The Houston Yellowpages ). The attorney probably slipped the judge something of value to use a closed abandoned jail. The ad was apparently effective and they later paid me fairly for doing it. The ad ran in Houston for about 10 years. I was afraid it would be on billboards, as it was a good photo. The second time around 1994 was helping my ex-girlfriend's teenage son get transferred from Matamoros prison in Mexico to a USA prison in El Paso, Texas. The dumb*** American teen spoke no Spanish and shared a tiny cell with 9 Mexican men for about 2 years. I had to go in his cell and check on him. No telling what they would have done to her, but they would have let her in after the security guards had their way with her. He slept in the concrete floor with no screen on windows with just a tiny piece of foam and a cheezy blanket. Part of the unpleasantness was dealing with the judicial system which was so retarded. Most of the clerks were male cops who could only type with one index finger ( on an old 1950's style typewriter ) I know the teen got released from El Paso about a year later, and allegedly lived a normal life. I never saw either of them again. The paddywagon story I have told many times, lost in the Sierra Madres at night. But the story of the rogue undercover cops was a case of mistaken identity. They were looking for someone else - a private investigator for some nefarious law firm that I did not work for, and I had nothing whatsover to do with their issue. It had something to do with their 9-11 stress level as it happened about 3 weeks after the attack, and all the officers I was dealing with then were pumped up on 5-Day Energy drinks with little sleep. But my worst situation ever, was one time I served papers on a dirty cop from the backseat of his patrol car the day before Christmas Eve. He was just being a real ***wipe, but never even bothered to cuff me. I deal with officers a whole lot and I used to know about a hundred on first name basis. The one I was most friends with shot himself inside of his patrol car. I had just invited him out for tacos about 2 weeks before. I imagine the City of Houston Chief has a very vague idea who I am. I have emailed him a few times and sent him a Facebook message. His secretary is as tired of my emails as you all are, as I have emailed her dozens of times. She does help me once in a blue moon. The FBI interviewed me at work around 1985, after a person walking on a path was allegedly found stabbed in Yosemite Village. There must have been 2,000 people just in that part of the park. I do not recall every seeing the story in the news. But it happened again a few years later and they allegedly caught that second perpetrator. I have no idea if the cases were related. Sometime around 2000, I was stranded in a cheezy motel in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico traveling by bus and decided to go for a walk after midnight to find a taco. That was a really bad idea, as there was not a soul on the streets. 2 cops pulled up to me and interogated me in a dark area for nearly an hour. I was exhausted and never found a taco. I think that was a trip that I was coming back from Charles Fromen's beach-house in Zihautanejo, Guerrero by bus. The memories are all so blurry now. I have had about six other similar unpleasant incidents with Mexican cops - mostly the "transitos." They all are bad. And some have even been jailed or worse in some cities. I do not think Reynosa has had a municipal police force for 5 years. Just this week, The State Dept. issued new travel warnings for Mexico which include the town my daughter spent the week after Christmas without me. I can probably dig thru my repressed memories and find other police stories. I saw cops drag my 2nd grade teacher out of the classroom in 1972. It was my first black teacher and she was female. I just remember she was yelling Ebonic curse-words at us in a mean tone that I had never heard a teacher use before. And I probably have a story about a relative getting arrested, that I should keep stored very deep in repressed memories. The A.S.S.( with me ) had an unpleasant police encounter in New Braunfels on 1987 Spring Break. I think I have told that story here on Cavetex. I regret that trip. Now that my repressed memories are all dug open, I think there are more stories. I just want to go only on uneventful road-trips from here on out. To be continued someday ...
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