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U.S. NEWS Saturday 25 November 2017
Suspect charged in Texas trooper’s on-duty shooting death

By CLAUDIA LAUER with a rifle after the trooper No bond had been set as
Associated Press walked back to his vehicle. of early Friday afternoon,
DALLAS (AP) — The suspect Allen died at the scene, but officials said a bond
in the fatal shooting of a DPS officials said. He had hearing would likely be
state trooper in East Texas been with the department held later in the day.
during a Thanksgiving Day since 2002 and was mar- According to court and jail
traffic stop was charged ried with three children. records, Black has a his-
Friday with capital murder DPS said Black, of Lindale, tory of evading arrest and
of a law enforcement of- Texas, fled the scene in a violent run-ins with law en-
ficer. car and was spotted about forcement officers.
Dabrett Black, 32, was three hours later more than Smith County court re-
being held in the Brazos 100 miles (160 kilometers) cords show Black was in-
County jail in Bryan, Texas, south of Fairfield, in Waller dicted last month after
about 100 miles (160 kilo- County. Waller County he led police on a chase
meters) northwest of Hous- sheriff’s officers posted on and rammed his car into
ton. He is accused in the Facebook that deputies a police cruiser in July.
shooting death of Trooper were attempting to take Court records show he was
Damon Allen on Thursday. Black into custody when charged with aggravated
The Texas Department of shots were fired. It was not assault of a public servant
Public Safety said in social clear from the statement and evading arrest or de-
media posts late Thursday who opened fire. tention with a vehicle. Jail
that Allen initiated a traffic Black fled on foot and was records show that he was
stop shortly before 4 p.m. taken into custody after out on bond on those
This Nov. 24, 2017 photo shows Dabrett Montreal Black who was on Interstate 45 near Fair- being found in a nearby charges and that the bond
charged Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, with capital murder of Trooper field, about 90 miles (145 field. He was treated for had been recalled as in-
Damon Allen during a Thanksgiving Day traffic stop in East Texas. kilometers) south of Dallas. non-life-threatening inju- sufficient due to the new
(Brazos County Sheriff’s Office via AP) DPS said Black shot Allen ries. charges.q

Texas woman accused of mailing bombs to Obama, Abbott

By EMILY SCHMALL a court document from a she did not receive support 2014. According to court she just didn’t like Obama.
Associated Press Nov. 17 detention hearing. from her ex-husband when documents, Poff’s applica- Katie Hill, a spokeswoman
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) It says a similar device was Abbott served as Texas At- tion for social security ben- with the former president’s
— A woman accused of sent to Obama and that torney General, before he efits was denied. The agent private office, declined to
mailing potentially dead- “the same” device was was elected governor in also testified that Poff said comment Friday.q
ly homemade bombs to sent to the Social Security
then-President Barack Administration. The device
Obama and Texas Gov. sent to Abbott came in a
Greg Abbott in 2016 was package still bearing an
arrested, in part, due to cat “obliterated shipping la-
hair, a cigarette box and bel” addressed to Poff, the
an almost-destroyed ship- court document said. The
ping label bearing her ad- cigarette box used in the
dress. device bore a Texas to-
Julia Poff, 46, mailed the bacco stamp that identi-
devices in October 2016, fies the store where the cig-
along with a third package arettes were bought. Poff’s
that she sent to the Social bank card records showed
Security Administration, a purchase of cigarettes at
near Baltimore, according that store. The two incen-
to an indictment. Of the diary powders in the box
three packages, only Ab- matched materials found
bott opened his. It did not in Poff’s home, federal
detonate because “he did court documents showed.
not open it as designed,” Investigators traced Poff
court documents said. to the package sent to
A grand jury indicted her Obama because of cat
this month on six counts, hair found under an ad-
including mailing injurious dress label, according to
articles and transporting the detention hearing court
explosives with the intent to document. An FBI crime lab
kill and injure, according to compared the hair to some
documents filed this week from two of Poff’s cats and
in district court in Houston. found it “microscopically
Federal investigators said consistent” with the hair of
the improvised explosive one of those animals, ac-
device sent to Abbott con- cording to the court filing.
tained a cellphone, a cig- At the hearing, a federal
arette packet and a salad agent testified that Poff was
dressing cap, according to angry with Abbott because