The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 8

8-A Dvin FRIDAY, MARCH 1 1996 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS Four high school students charged with drug possession By STEVE MAYO The Daily News CLEAR CREEK The Sheriff's Department charged four Clear Creek High School students with-possession of a controlled substance Thursday. Three 17-year-old students were taken to the Galveston County Jail and a 16-year-old boy was taken to Galveston Astronaut's arrest leads to officer's suspension The Associated Press HOUSTON A police officer was suspended after a former astronaut accused him of twisting her wrist and slamming her to the ground during a traffic stop. Mae Jemison, stopped for making an illegal turn, was arrested on an outstanding war- Jemison pay an old speeding ticket. When told she was under arrest, Jemison threw down her car keys in disbelief, said her attorney, Rusty Hardin. As the officer started to handcuff her, she reached down to pick up the keys.

"When she does that, he grabs her left hand, knocking her wallet and paper out of it, twists her wrist and throws her arms up behind her back," forcing her to the ground, Hardih said. Jemison, who flew in the 1992 Endeavor shuttle mission, was the first black woman to fly in space. She complained about the' Saturday arrest in a letter to the Nassau Bay Police Chief Robert Holderi. "In nay opinion, there is absolutely no justification for an officer to treat the people he is sworn to protect in this highhanded and abusive manner," she wrote. The department announced Wednesday that officer Henry Hughes HE had been suspended with pay pending an investigation.

Neither Hughes nor Holden returned telephone calls from The Associated Press Thursday. Jemison remained in custody for about two hours before being released on bonds for both, traffic violations. Her lawyer said she thought she had taken care of the speeding ticket several years ago. State celebrates public schools From staff reports Texas Public Schools Week will be celebrated March 4-8 and area schools and districts may submit information on events held throughout the week, to The Daily News electronically on a disk in the following format: As regular text in the body of an e-mail document. Our e-mail address is GalvNews As a Microsoft Word file or a Word Perfect file.

If you are using Word Perfect, please use the "Save as" command and select one of the following options: 1) plain text; 2) Word Perfect, version or 3) Microsoft Word. plain text or ASCII file. All word processors will let you save a file in this format. 744-8811 988-7711 Circulation Department Mainland police Juvenile County Detention Center. Bond for the three 17-year- olds was set at $2,000 each.

According to a Sheriff's Department report, deputies recovered LSD. There was no report about how much LSD was recovered. Deputies made the arrest at 12:08 p.m. at Clear Creek High School, the report states. No other details were available.

Man hit by truck mirrors TEXAS argument over a cigarette lighter left a 24- year-old Texas City man with minor injuries Wednesday. According to a police report, the victim was hit by the side mirrors on a pickup truck after the argument at the Clique Bar at 3319 Loop 197 North. The victim refused treatment, the report states. The incident occurred at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, the report states.

According to the report, the suspect put the truck in reverse when the victim was hit on the right side of his body by the truck mirrors, the report states. No arrests had been made Thursday. Police have a description of the three people involved in the incident. Pistol stolen SAN LEON The Sheriff's Department is investigating a burglary in which a 9mm pistol and foot locker with $400 inside were stolen Thursday. The incident was reported at 6:41 a.m.

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