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ANGLETON (AP) — State Sen.
.E. “Buster” Brown apologized
esterday to a 20-year-old former
mployee who complained he
ad made unwanted sexual ad-
ances toward her, Brazoria
ounty District Attorney Jeri
'enne said.
Brown, the top-Ranking Repub-
ican in the Senate, delivered the
pology to Tiffany Black in a face-
o-face meeting, Yenne said.
“Basically he delivered a letter
apology indicating he was sor-
y and requesting that his apolo-
y be accepted,” Yenne said.
Based on the admission, ac-
aowledgement and apology, and
!n deference to (Black’s) wishes,
e will do nothing further with
lis matter.
“An apology was significant,
and she’s satisfied that this is an
appropriate resolution.”
Brown also indicated he would
be willing to take “any necessary
corrective measures, including
counseling,” the DA said.
Neither Black nor the district
attorney’s office requested that he
do so, Yenne said.
Lake Jackson police, who
looked into the matter as a case
of possible official oppression —
a Class A misdemeanor — con
cluded their investigation with
out filing charges, the district at
torney said.
The alleged incident occurred
Sept. 2 in Brown’s Lake Jackson
office where Black, a student at
Brazosport College, had worked
for about a year. She filed a com
plaint with police the same day
and later quit her job.
The Facts newspaper of Brazo
ria County and the Houston
Chronicle cited sources as saying
Black alleged the senator touched
her breasts and buttocks and tried
to kiss her during an impromptu
golf lesson.
Brown, who is married, said
last week he was “working dili
gently to clear up this matter.”
Brown, 57, did not return phone
messages left yesterday after
noon at his Lake Jackson and
Austin offices.
Black, who previously said she
the incident was too personal to
discuss, also could not be reached
for comment.
udge delays Davidian trial
'government requires more time to produce evidence
WACO (AP) — A federal judge yesterday delayed
ext month’s trial in which surviving Branch Davidi-
ns have sued the government for wrongful death,
aying it will take longer for federal officials to pro-
Iduce the evidence he has demanded.
U.S. District Judge Walter Smith, who has battled
the Justice Department in recent weeks over the
scope of his demand, acknowledged
that the department intends to com-
ply with his order to transfer to his
court all documents and evidence
related to the 1993 siege.
“However, the physical transfer
of control of all of this evidence will
take longer than originally antici
pated by the court,” the order states.
“Therefore, the current trial setting
of Oct. 18, 1999, will be impossible
to maintain.”
Smith will set a new court date af
ter the logistics of the transfer of the
evidence has been resolved. But, he said the govern
ment’s earlier request for a fall 2000 date was “unre-
jJjs/ic’’ and he will not postpone the trial for a year,
j believe the judge appropriately recognized
inaf gathering all these materials would take longer
"That [decision]
allows us more
time to dig for the
evidence we need”
— Jim Brannon
Branch Davidians’ lawyer
than Oct. 1,” Justice Department spokesperson My
ron Marlin said.
A lawyer for the plaintiffs, Jim Brannon of Hous
ton, called Smith’s decision “wonderful news.”
“That [decision] allows us more time to dig for the
evidence we need,” Brannon said. And, with con
gressional and independent inquiries under way in
Washington, “we can possibly take
advantage of some of that now.”
Smith’s order comes a day after
the Justice Department announced it
had removed the federal prosecutor
who first raised concerns about a
cover-up at Waco from further in
volvement in the case, saying he and
his colleagues are potential witness
es in the independent inquiry into
the government siege.
On Feb. 28,1993, U.S. Bureau of Al-
cohol. Tobacco and Firearms agents
raided the rural home of Branch Da
vidian leader David Koresh and his followers. Four
agents and six cult members died in a gun battle after
the Davidians were tipped to the impending raid. Fol
lowing a 51-day siege, Koresh and nearly 80 others
died after a fire consumed the compound.
Sheriff speaks on ‘shockathons’
I DENTON (AP) — Sheriff Wel-
lon Lucas said Tuesday that 35
peers from law enforcement
gencies statewide regularly
ook part in illegal fishing trips
oLake Texoma prior to his com-
ng into office.
Lucas’ comments followed com-
nissioners agreement to pay a civ-
I judgment to Johnny Glass, a for-
ner patrol sergeant who claimed
le was fired for reporting the fish
ing trips and other possibly illegal
activities to federal officials.
Lucas did not comment earlier on
the fishing trips, known as
“shockathons,” because of Glass’
lawsuit. But on TUesday Lucas told
the Denton Record-Chronicle that
law enforcement officers “from all
over the state” took part in the trips.
But Lucas claims he played no
role in the trips. Glass and county
investigator Paul Scott were the
only employees from Lucas’ de
partment who went on the trips,
Lucas said.
"There was no way it ever hap
pened after 1991,” he added.
Sheriff’s department employees
have testified in federal depositions
that officers used a lead wire to
transmit a radio signal into the wa
ter. The lead wire made the catfish’s
float fill up, and the catfish rose to
the surface.
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