Houston area Amber Alert

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED PEOPLE DESCRIPTIONS
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
DICKINSON POLICE DEPARTMENT
RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
133 AM CDT TUE JUL 22 2003

...AMBER ALERT...

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DICKINSON
POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CHRISTOPHER DEVON ALAN BYERLY, 5 YEARS OLD, ALSO CALLED BUBBA, WAS
ALLOWED TO GO WITH A FAMILY FRIEND, DARRELL RAY SHAVER, AT 8 AM
MONDAY (7/21) AND HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE. SHAVER TOLD CHRISTOPHER'S
PARENTS HE WAS GOING TO PASADENA. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SHAVER IS A
CRACK COCAINE ADDICT AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR DRUGS.

CHRISTOPHER IS 3 FEET 6 INCHES TALL, 40 POUNDS, WITH BLOND HAIR AND
GREEN EYES. HE WAS WEARING A GREEN T-SHIRT WITH A PICTURE OF A
MONSTER TRUCK, BLUE JEAN SHORTS, AND BROWN SANDALS. HE IS MISSING
TWO FRONT TEETH.

DARRELL RAY SHAVER IS A WHITE MALE, 29 YEARS OLD, 6 FEET 3 INCHES
TALL, 180 POUNDS, BROWN HAIR, HAZEL EYES. HE WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A
GREY T-SHIRT AND KHAKI SHORTS. HE IS DRIVING A BLACK 1985 CHEVROLET
S-10 BLAZER, TEXAS LICENSE 4MW-Y23.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT THE DICKINSON POLICE
DEPARTMENT AT 281-337-4700.

[Colin]

I hope they find the poor kid soon! :o

[GalvestonDuck]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mp ... an/2005883

July 22, 2003, 9:36AM

Dickinson boy found safe, but family friend questioned
By S.K. BARDWELL
Copyright 2003 Houston Chronicle

A 5-year-old Dickinson boy was found safe in Alvin, and the man who failed to bring him back home Monday is being questioned by police.

Christopher Devon Alan Byerly accompanied a family friend, Darrell Ray Shaver, 29, on a trip to Pasadena about 8 a.m. Monday, authorities said.

The boy was reported missing Monday evening. Police issued an Amber Alert about 1 a.m. when they learned Shaver may be using crack cocaine.

Acting on a telephone tip, Alvin police found Shaver's car at an Alvin apartment complex early this morning and discovered Shaver leaving an apartment with a gun.

Devon was found asleep on a couch inside the apartment. Police said the apartment belonged to Shaver's grandmother, but that he broke in and will be charged with burglary.

Devon was reunited with his parents and taken to an area hospital to be examined.

[southerngale]

Thank God he was found alive!!! That poor kid...that jerk had no business taking a 5 year old little boy with him on a drug run!! Lock him up so nothing worse happens to the next little kid! I think we're way too easy on criminals.