Who else remembers the summer of '99 being absolutely chaotic in
Who else remembers the summer of '99 being absolutely chaotic in
Who else remembers the summer of '99 being absolutely chaotic in Kingwood/ Humble ISD?
I was actually falling down a rabbit hole looking up the "Queens of Armed Robbery" story (another local classic 😆) and ended up back at the Elm Grove Elementary fire. It's wild to think that between 1997 and 2001, it felt like some of the local kids were on a total tear. An arsonist set fire to Elm Grove Elementary in the early morning hours of Monday, June 7, 1999. Firefighters were on the scene in minutes. Sixty-six firefighters fought the blaze for two hours. The fire destroyed classrooms used by fifth-grade language arts/social studies teachers, two second-grade classrooms and five third-grade classrooms. Smoke and water damage was sustained in other parts of the building. To rebuild the structure, nine classrooms had to be completely demolished, and most of the rest of the structure had to be gutted. The damage exceeded $3.5 million. Two other Humble ISD schools had incidents of arson during that same month. A fire set at Riverwood Middle School was quickly contained, but still suffered in excess of $40,000 worth of damage. At Deerwood Elementary the playground equipment was set on fire.
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sandykw : I remember well the girls that robbed the stores. I don't remember the fires though.
Who else remembers the summer of '99 being absolutely chaotic in Kingwood/ Humble ISD? I was actually falling down a rabbit hole looking up the "Queens of Armed Robbery" story (another local classic 😆) and ended up back at the Elm Grove Elementary fire. It's wild to think that between 1997 and 2001, it felt like some of the local kids were on a total tear. An arsonist set fire to Elm Grove Elementary in the early morning hours of Monday, June 7, 1999. Firefighters were on the scene in minutes. Sixty-six firefighters fought the blaze for two hours. The fire destroyed classrooms used by fifth-grade language arts/social studies teachers, two second-grade classrooms and five third-grade classrooms. Smoke and water damage was sustained in other parts of the building. To rebuild the structure, nine classrooms had to be completely demolished, and most of the rest of the structure had to be gutted. The damage exceeded $3.5 million. Two other Humble ISD schools had incidents of arson during that same month. A fire set at Riverwood Middle School was quickly contained, but still suffered in excess of $40,000 worth of damage. At Deerwood Elementary the playground equipment was set on fire.
sandykw : And the boys that did it got caught because the younger one found out about the reward and turned his older brother in for it even though he was there ! Lol, no reward was paid. 
donnatella : I remember those and the cheerleader mom. Idk whatever happened to those. I dont remember the fires, but I moved here in 2003.
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sandykw : My husband and I didn't purchase a home here until 2001, so I wasn't aware of all of this, but we heard about some of it later on. Pretty wild stuff!
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Who else remembers the summer of '99 being absolutely chaotic in Kingwood/ Humble ISD? I was actually falling down a rabbit hole looking up the "Queens of Armed Robbery" story (another local classic 😆) and ended up back at the Elm Grove Elementary fire. It's wild to think that between 1997 and 2001, it felt like some of the local kids were on a total tear. An arsonist set fire to Elm Grove Elementary in the early morning hours of Monday, June 7, 1999. Firefighters were on the scene in minutes. Sixty-six firefighters fought the blaze for two hours. The fire destroyed classrooms used by fifth-grade language arts/social studies teachers, two second-grade classrooms and five third-grade classrooms. Smoke and water damage was sustained in other parts of the building. To rebuild the structure, nine classrooms had to be completely demolished, and most of the rest of the structure had to be gutted. The damage exceeded $3.5 million. Two other Humble ISD schools had incidents of arson during that same month. A fire set at Riverwood Middle School was quickly contained, but still suffered in excess of $40,000 worth of damage. At Deerwood Elementary the playground equipment was set on fire.
sandykw : Thanks for the history lesson. We moved here the week of Thanksgiving in 1997 so were new to the area and I knew about the "Queens of Armed Robbery" but did not know about the fires. I did not realize Riverwood Middle School was even there back then.
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donnatella : I remember those and the cheerleader mom. Idk whatever happened to those. I dont remember the fires, but I moved here in 2003.
Txbutterfly : I don't know about the cheerleader mom. What happened with that?
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sandykw : Oh wow I don't remember the fires at all but I do remember the Queens of Armed Robbery! Crazy!! It seems like eons ago.
Txbutterfly : I don't know about the cheerleader mom. What happened with that?
TEXASGIRLMAMMA : Maybe Wanda Holloway? That incident was in Channelview.
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA : Didn't they make a lifetime movie about cheerleader mom and the Queens of Armed Robbery?
TEXASGIRLMAMMA : Didn't they make a lifetime movie about cheerleader mom and the Queens of Armed Robbery?
Weathergirl5 : They definitely made one about cheerleader mom, maybe more than one.
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www.houstonpress.com /news/nice-girls-wit h-guns-6566673/?utm_ source=Kingwood Here is the original article I read 
it's an interesting read.
icare and Kittle reacted it's an interesting read.
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA : Maybe Wanda Holloway? That incident was in Channelview. en.wikipedia.org/wik i/Wanda_Holloway
buffaloglenn : WOW! That is really messed up and totally insane.
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TEXASGIRLMAMMA : Didn't they make a lifetime movie about cheerleader mom and the Queens of Armed Robbery?
Weathergirl5 : I know about the Queens of Armed Robbery movie but not sure of the other. « Back to Chat
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