Kingwood woman says here enormous breast implants saved her life.

A Brazilian model, actress and former record holder for the world’s largest fake bosom has credited her enormous assets with saving her life.

Sheyla Hershey, of Kingwood, Texas, said her size 38KKK chest cushioned the blow from a post-Super Bowl car accident when her airbags failed to deploy.


“I’m so lucky to be alive right now,” Hershey told Houston TV station Fox 26.

Hershey said she was on her way to visit family Sunday when she lost control of her vehicle and slammed into a tree.

Authorities have charged Hershey with a DWI, though she said she wasn’t drinking and passed a breathalyzer test. Hershey takes medication for bipolar disorder and depression but that had never impaired her driving before, she told Fox 26.
“I just think it was a bad day,” she said.

Asked whether she truly believed her breasts saved her life, Hershey said, “they definitely did because they’re very sore right now.”

Hershey is a former Guinness World Record holder, but reportedly lost the title in 2010 after removing her size MMM breast implants because of a life-threatening infection.


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Kingwood teen dies in truck wreck ...

Fatal Pickup Tuck-Flatbed Truck Crash: MyFoxHOUSTON.com

KINGWOOD, Texas - A teen has died after the pickup truck he drove crashed into the rear of a flatbed truck in the Kingwood area.

The Isuzu flatbed truck was traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 59, the Eastex Freeway, near the North Park Plaza exit when the Isuzu driver determined one of the tires was flat. He began to decrease the speed of the Isuzu to move it to a shoulder lane.

The Toyota Tacoma following behind the Isuzu was traveling at a high rate of speed when the crash took place around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

A rescue crew removed the teen driver, later identified as 18-year-old Eduardo Garza, from the crashed Tacoma and he was taken to LBJ General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Garza was a resident of Splendora.


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Kingwood DWI initiative

By STEFANIE THOMAS

Houston Police Department Kingwood officials urge area motorists to put down one of two things: the cocktail, or the car keys.

Effective immediately, HPD Kingwood officers are engaging in an overtime program dedicated to seeking out impaired drivers, said spokesman Officer Dwayne Ulrich.
“The initiative was not necessarily prompted by a surge of drunk driving in the Kingwood area,” Ulrich said. “It’s a concern everywhere, and the Houston Police Department is making a push for DWI enforcement across the city. Harris County leads the nation in alcohol-related vehicle deaths, and Houston leads the county.”

The DWI initiative - a precursor to the upcoming annual HPD March on Crime program, which will also focus on the prevention of building and vehicle burglaries - will last at least until April, with police officers strategically placed around the Kingwood area for the sole purpose of pulling intoxicated motorists off the road.


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“Don’t drink and drive. Have a designated driver,” Ulrich said. “If you drive under the influence, you not only endanger others but yourself as well.”
Texas legislature recently imposed tougher penalties for DWIs. As of Sept. 1, first-time offenders with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher are facing a class A misdemeanor - which carries a fine up to $4,000 and possible jail time of up to one year - instead of the previously customary class B misdemeanor, which is now reserved for first-time offenders with a BAC of 0.08-0.14.

Motorists who think just a drink or two may be okay before getting in the car - think again. According to Chapter 49.01(2)(a) of the Texas Penal Code, intoxication is defined as “not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug, a combination of two or more of those substances, or any other substance into the body; OR (b) having an alcohol concentration of .08 or more," meaning that a drunk driver doesn’t necessarily have to meet the 0.08 BAC threshold to be legally considered intoxicated.

Severe weather expected today in Houston area

KRPC: You can see a wall of heavy rain," KPRC Local 2 meteorologist Anthony Yanez. "From 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock is the time to watch for these dangerous storms."

"Do not take these warnings lightly. Typically, whenever we get these and see a pattern like we had this morning, we'll see a handful of tornadoes," Yanez said.

Gusty winds and scattered showers moved through the area at 2 a.m., knocking out power to 30,000 CenterPoint Energy customers. As of 6:30 a.m., approximately 18,000 people remained without electricity.

"Earlier this morning, we had wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph," Yanez said. "That's what knocked down some of those trees and power lines. We could still see some 60 mph straight-line winds, hail and lots of lightning."

A low-pressure system is responsible for strong storms in central and northern Texas, which are expected to drench the Houston area most of the day.

"There's a couple of lines that we're tracking. The strongest one will arrive in Houston around noon. It's a concern for this morning until early afternoon. The radar is picking up a lot of twisting winds," Yanez said. "It's going to be wet from 8 o'clock all the way through 2 o'clock. By 5 p.m., this storm system will be in our eastern counties."

Yanez said south of Interstate 10 is not expected to see the strongest storms.

"It's a lot more scattered and not as well put together," Yanez said.

Power outages caused problems for some southwest Houston businesses.

Whataburger on the Southwest Freeway near Weslayan had to turn away customers when employees could not prepare food for the morning rush.

"Their lights just came back on (at 6 a.m.), but they weren't ready to serve yet," customer Carol Bennett said.

Many Houstonians were worried about flooding after severe weather left its mark on Jan. 9.

Houston firefighters performed about 140 water rescues when people became stranded in high water.

Officials warned drivers to "turn around, not drown" if they approached rising water.

Flooding is the most common hazard in Houston and many times, individuals are not able to judge the depths of water along roadways and find themselves in perilous conditions.

Officials said 6 inches of water can cause tires to lose traction and begin to slide, and 12 inches of water can float many cars. Two feet of rushing water will carry off pickup trucks, SUVs and most other vehicles.

Water across a roadway may hide a missing segment of road or a missing bridge, officials said.

In flash floods, waters rise so rapidly they may be far deeper by the time you are halfway across, trapping you in your vehicle.

Be especially cautious at night, when it's even more difficult to gauge the amount of water in a roadway.

The safest option is to simply avoid driving over water and find an alternate, safer route, or wait until the danger has passed.

Identity thieves sentenced

Two men who, along with other conspirators, used the personal information of dozens of victims to obtain fraudulent credit cards have been sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson has announced.

United States District Judge Melinda Harmon sentenced Richard Gaylon Conatser, 47, of Corpus Christi, Texas, and Geoffrey Michael Wentzel, 34, of Kingwood, Texas, to 124 and 65 months without parole, respectively. Conatser and Wentzel both previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft along with Troy Jay Bird, 43, of Corpus Christi, who will be sentenced on Feb. 10, 2012.

Officers with the Houston Police Department (HPD) arrested Conatser and Wentzel at Wentzel’s home in Kingwood on Oct. 8, 2010. Officers had recognized Conatser from the surveillance video of a Best Buy, where items had been purchased using a credit card obtained in the name of a victim. At the home, police seized multiple laptop computers, flash drives, laminating machines, credit card magnet readers and other equipment used to make fraudulent forms of identification. Police also discovered the personal identification information of dozens of victims on the laptop computer and in credit applications from Kingwood Air Conditioning & Heating, which were also seized during a search of Wentzel’s house. Wentzel is a former employee of Kingwood Air Conditioning & Heating.

Conatser and Wentzel used the personal information and fraudulent forms of identification to open credit accounts in the names of at least 45 different individuals at more than a dozen different retail stores in the Houston and Dallas areas, including Kohls, Sears, Dillard’s, Home Depot and Bass Pro Shops. After being approved for credit in the victims’ names, Conatser, Bird and other conspirators purchased thousands of dollars of merchandise, often being captured on video surveillance in the process. In some cases, Conatser then sold the fraudulently-purchased items to Wentzel, who in turn sold the items within days using his eBay account.

Law enforcement agents connected Conatser and Wentzel to Bird, who was previously arrested on July 15, 2010, during a traffic stop in Coppell, Texas. Police in Coppell discovered several items related to identity theft in Bird’s vehicle and a hotel room where Bird and other conspirators were staying. Among the items discovered by police were fraudulent identifications and other person information belonging to victims whose information was later discovered at Wentzel’s home.
In addition to their sentences, the two men were ordered to serve supervised release terms of three years following their release from federal prison. They were also ordered to pay restitution to victims totaling $142,197.88. Conatser has been in custody since his arrest where he will remain pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility in the near future. Previously released on bond, Wentzel was allowed to continue on bond and voluntarily surrender.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service, the Houston Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Assistant United States Attorney David Searle is prosecuting the case.