Fort Hood Soldier Made Threats & Nightly Roundup

By KERA News & Wire Services

Dallas, TX –

Dallas police have detained a Fort Hood soldier a police spokesman says was absent without leave after making threatening comments.

Police spokesman Andy Harvey says that officers picked up the 21-year-old private in his vehicle Tuesday at the direction of military personnel and are holding him for military police.

Police say an unloaded shotgun was found in the vehicle. They're declining to release the soldier's identity because he hasn't been charged with a crime.

Maj. Chad Carroll is a spokesman for the First Calvary Division headquarters at Fort Hood. He said Dallas police were contacted about an AWOL soldier, but he said he was unaware of any threats.
He says the matter remains under investigation by Army personnel.

Fort Hood is located near Killeen, about 160 miles southwest of Dallas.

Ex-Dallas-area priest gets prison for child porn

A former Dallas-area priest who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.

Mathew Bagert was sentenced Tuesday to 51 months in federal prison without parole by U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay in Dallas. U.S. Attorney James Jacks of Dallas said in a statement that the 40-year-old Bagert also must register as a sex offender.

Bagert was the Rev. Mathew Bagert and pastor of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Grand Priarie when an associate pastor saw him viewing child porn on the rectory computer.

Grand Prairie police conducted a warranted search of the computer in February 2005 and found the images, for which Bagert admitted responsibilty.

Bagert has left the priesthood and married. He recently worked as a traveling installer for hotel energy management systems.

FDA cites unsafe conditions at Tyson Foods plant

U.S. health regulators have warned Tyson Foods about unsanitary conditions at a Fort Worth plant that makes
seafood soups. In a warning letter posted online today, the Food and Drug Administration says its inspectors found fish meat stored at dangerously high temperatures at the Texas plant.

Tyson stored fish and crab for about 18 hours between 40 and 55 degrees. The FDA said those products should be stored below 40 degrees to keep bacteria and toxins from growing on them. Inspectors in August also cited the company for not documenting procedures for stopping bacterial growth.

Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson said the problems deal with documentation, not actual product safety.

Charities defend asking for social security number

The Salvation Army is defending its practice of requiring at least one Social Security number for each family registering their children to receive Christmas gifts. Some had seen the practice as a way to check immigration status, but the charity says it's a way to avoid fraud.

Salvation Army Houston spokesman Juan Alines says the organization's work "is not to verify immigration status." The controversy arose after the Houston Chronicle reported that the Salvation Army and another charity, Outreach Program Inc., were requiring Social Security numbers or documents that indicate immigration status.

No comment yet from Outreach Program founder and executive director Lorugene Young.