From the Houston Chronicle:
Harris is no stranger to violent crime, police say.
Records show Harris has been arrested several times in Louisiana on charges ranging from disturbing the peace to murder. However, he was never convicted of any serious crimes.
But Texas is a brand new world to the Louisiana criminal element! Read and enjoy!
Brian Harris said Ivory Harris probably will be tried in New Orleans before hecomes back to Texas. He said Texas authorities will provide information to Louisiana prosecutors to assist during the punishment phase of his trial. Or, he said, the situation could be reversed if he is tried in Texas.
"We certainly know, according to New Orleans detectives, that Ivory Harris doesn't want to come back to Texas," Brian Harris said.
Ivory Harris and Hampton were among 16 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans who were targeted by HPD in recent months for violence that stemmed from rival housing projects' gangs. They are accused of slayings, robberies and drug-related offenses, authorities said.
"If you look at the very beginning of all the people who were wanted, we know it's down to quite a few," Brian Harris said.
He credited that with HPD's strategy of relieving witnesses of the fear of retaliation.
"Evacuees here didn't have to fear being intimidated or killed," said Brian Harris, whose squad was formed in January to address slayings in southwest Houston.
"What happened in New Orleans is they would arrest someone and in a couple of weeks he was released. People would say why should I be a witness if I had to live in the same (housing) complex with this guy."
He said that people eventually found out that there was a different justice system in Texas and that "you really do some time in Texas jails."
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