http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4615745.html
How 'bout where the children being molested are in jail?
How 'bout where the children being molested are in jail?
Looks like someone finally got off the snide.AUSTIN, Texas A Texas Ranger told lawmakers he tried in vain for two years to get prosecutors to look into evidence that employees at a youth prison in West Texas had repeated sexual contact with the young inmates.
He took the results of his 2005 investigation of the West Texas State School in Pyote to federal, state and local prosecutors, but none would pursue the case, he said.
"I promised each one of those victims that I would do everything in my power to ensure that justice would not fail them, the Rangers would not fail them," Brian Burzynski told a legislative committee Thursday, his voice quivering. "I can only imagine what the students think about the Ranger who was unable to bring them justice."
But maybe its too lateThis week, state leaders dispatched law enforcement officials to all 22 state youth facilities and the commission's headquarters to investigate as the sexual abuse scandal became public.
Investigators on Thursday converged on a halfway house in San Antonio after getting a tip that the superintendent had been shredding documents. Executive Director Ed Owens had previously ordered that no document be destroyed at any of the facilities.
"They conducted a search of her office, vehicle and residence with her consent and they seized state-issued computers as well as a shredder and its contents," said Ted Royer, a spokesman for Gov. Rick Perry. "She was immediately escorted off the facilities and Ed Owens has ordered that she be suspended immediately while this investigation moves forward."