[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E30]
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                         TRIBUTE TO ROY STURGES

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                           HON. HENRY CUELLAR

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Roy Alonzo Sturges, a 
deputy in La Salle County which is in the 28th district of Texas, who 
served bravely in Southern Texas as a Chief Jailor
  Mr. Speaker, La Salle County commissioners voted unanimously in 
November to support the naming of the county detention center in 
Cotulla, Texas, the Roy Alonzo Sturges Law Enforcement Center, for his 
efforts to foil an attempted escape by a prisoner.
  On April 27, 1973, Mr. Sturges thwarted the attempt by a county 
prisoner but was injured in the process. Records indicate that Mr. 
Sturges was struck by the inmate with a wooden board, but the jailor 
was still able to get a door locked to stop the escape. After Mr. 
Sturges and his wife, who came to his aid after hearing the scuffle, 
secured the jail, they drove to the local sheriff's office. On the way, 
he reportedly suffered a fatal heart attack.
  Roy Alonzo Sturges was memorialized in Texas in 1994 as a fallen law 
enforcement officer. La Salle County is honored to have had such an 
outstanding gentleman serve the people of the 28th district.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to Roy Alonzo Sturges.

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