Thursday, August 21, 2008

Morning Sky 1.2


Morning Sky 1.2, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Another in this set.

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Morning Sky 1.1


Morning Sky 1.1, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Taken yesterday morning before the rain moved in to our area.

Exposure: 1/2500 sec
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

SIUE Ride this evening

There was only two of us tonight as it was not a GORC event. We rode 13.70 miles this evening.

Over half was on the MTB trails and the other half was on the Madison County biking system. They have over 100 miles of county trails that used to be rail road tracks that the county acquired. The paved most of them and they are going to be connected to our town by this fall. It was a very good and fun ride.


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Senor Bill's Raided in Jasper Texas

New Details From Senor Bill's Raid,

Police Say Fed Ex Driver Involve

08/20/08


by
Steve W Stewart

















Over 7 pounds of marijuana, and over $40,000 dollars in cash were
seized by Jasper Police in Tuesday's raid. Photo by Steve W Stewart.


New
details are emerging after Jasper police conducted a drug raid at the
popular roadside barbeque stand, Senor Bill's shortly after 4:00 on
Tuesday afternoon.


Police
now say that they recovered a total of 7.23 pounds of marijuana, along
with $41,100 dollars in cash, and the case may qualify to go federal.

Detective
Mike Poindexter said that in addition to the marijuana and cash, they
also discovered explosive devices. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms out of Beaumont responded to assess the
explosives. Captain Gerald Hall said the agent deemed the devices to be
military practice grenades. The agent said that although the grenades
did not contain shrapnel, they were still considered dangerous.

Poindexter
said on Wednesday that this all began when police received a tip that a
driver for Federal Express had been buying marijuana at the business on
a routine basis. Poindexter said Sergeant Garrett Foster observed the
Fed Ex driver


Police
say the driver if this Federal Express delivery truck was arrested
after buying marijuana at Senor Bill's. Photo by Steve W Stewart.
at the business during the noon hour, and conducted a traffic stop on the Fed Ex delivery truck after it left Senor Bills.


According
to a report filed by Foster, he and Officer Keith Billingsley
discovered a bag of marijuana hidden inside the truck, and later found
a sealed Fed Ex package that contained marijuana.


Police
arrested the Fed Ex driver, later identified as 45 year old Gary Neal
Roccaforte of Port Arthur. The report said that Roccaforte cooperated
with police and implicated Senor Bill's as the location where he bought
his marijuana.

Roccaforte was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Ronnie Billingsley on Wednesday
morning. Roccaforte was charged with possession of marijuana, his bond
was set at $10,000 dollars, and he was released from the Jasper County
Jail at about 9:30 Wednesday morning after posting bond.

Meanwhile, the owners of Senor Bill's, whose names have not yet been released
pending formal charges and arraignment, remained in the Jasper City
Jail on Wednesday, awaiting transfer to the Jasper County Jail. Police
say they expect the couple to be moved to the county jail, and possibly
arraigned later Wednesday afternoon.












Police Raid Senor Bill's,

Drugs, Explosives

Discovered




08/20/08
By
Steve Stewart









Officers
of the Jasper Police Dept continued to pile up bags and containers of
marijuana and other paraphenalia for several minutes.
Photo by Michael Love


Jasper police conducted a raid at Senor Bill's, a roadside restaurant on North
Wheeler Street. Officers arrived at the business shortly after 4:00 on
Tuesday afternoon.

Detective Mike Poindexter said that in addition to a very large amount of
marijuana and paraphernalia, they also discovered explosive devices.
Police also say they discovered approximately $40,000 dollars in cash.

An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms out of Beaumont
responded to assess the explosives. Captain Gerald Hall said the agent
deemed the devices to be military practice grenades. The agent said
that although the grenades did not contain shrapnel, they were still
considered dangerous.

Police have confirmed that two people, the owners of Senor Bill's, were taken
into custody at the scene. Their identities have not been released
pending formal charges and arraignment.











Captain Gerald Hall inspects a suspicious item which was later determined to be a military explosive device. Photo by Michael Love









The
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives out of Beaumont was
called in to handle the military practice grenades and other
explosives.
Photo by Michael Love
















DSC09037


DSC09037, originally uploaded by RMStringer.

I was over by the Post Office today and had my camera. i saw these wonderful blooms and parked my truck and got out to take a few photos. I love the deep, dark tones of this flower. I have a very shallow DOF on this photo bu using a low f/stop.

Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 210 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Night Lights...


Night Lights..., originally uploaded by RMStringer.

Just a little fun last night! I thought that it was a neat photo. It was very dark and i was using BULB mode for the photo.

Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 90 mm
ISO Speed: 100

Ambient Massive - There Is Grace In Their Feelings

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