Image: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Captain Kevin Ray, who oversaw the East Montgomery County Patrol Division. Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson suspended Ray along with Captain Bryan Carlisle, the third highest officer in the Sheriff’s Office as Captain over the Executive Division. The suspensions occurred in the afternoon of March 22, 2018. BREAKING NEWS! Conroe, […]
Image: Left to right, Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson, former Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and former Graham County (Arizona) Sheriff Richard Mack. Sheriff Henderson sat down with The Golden Hammer yesterday to respond to the patrol officers’ letter critical of his Sheriff administration in the following complete interview. Conroe, March 15 – Sheriff Rand […]
Image: Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson (left) with corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport. Conroe, March 11 – Every citizen concerned about the future of our community should read the entirety of the letter at the end of this article. Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson has experienced a very rough first fifteen months in office. […]
Conroe, March 5 – The self-inflicted death of Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Captain Randy Eaves has raised questions and criticism among the law enforcement community about the closed nature of Sheriff Rand Henderson’s administration at the top level. “They failed him miserably,” a ranking member in the Sheriff’s Office told The Golden Hammer on the condition […]
Image: A parasite fish inside of a mackerel’s mouth eating its tongue alive. BEWARE: THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE IN THIS ARTICLE THAT MAY BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUNGER READERS. Conroe, November 7 – In Ayn Rand’s seminal novel Atlas Shrugged, the character Wesley Mouch began as a Washington lobbyist trying to assist businesses fend off new regulatory […]
Image: Some personnel from Precinct 5 Constable David Hill’s office, June 28, 2017, left to right: Deanne Riley (receptionist), Chris Jones (Chief Deputy), Billy Masden (Captain), and Rebecca Stauth (receptionist). Magnolia and Conroe, October 31 – Before the end of the year in 2016, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Charlie Riley realized he had to get […]
Image: Montgomery County government record produced, after redaction, in response to an Open Records Act request concerning fiber optic cable company Phonoscope’s business relationship with the County government, corrupt local political boss Marc Davenport, and others. At Phonoscope’s and Davenport’s demand, the County government only produced that information on September 26, 2017, and claimed that […]
Conroe, October 6 – A reader asked why The Golden Hammer, Montgomery County’s leading daily newspaper is sometimes so very negative and sometimes so very positive. The answer is the Great Philosophical Divide: there are some functions that government is great at accomplishing while there are other functions at which government is just plain terrible. That’s […]
Conroe, October 4 – On October 2, 2017, the Leadership Team of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office welcomed the twenty cadets of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Basic Police Officer Course (BPOC). This BPOC is unlike previous Peace-Officer licensing courses in that it is the first full-time law enforcement training academy class comprised of paid […]
Image: Conroe City Councilman Duane Ham, May 30, 2017. PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This story is the second part of our “redux” series running on Monday, August 28, 2017. The story, which we published on May 31, 2017, is the fourth most popular story in the history of this newspaper and began the celebrated series exposing the […]