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August 2, 2001 Port Arthur, Texas
- Texas Game Warden Michael Charles Pauling, 47, was killed in the
line of duty when he stopped to help a woman apparently involved in a
domestic dispute along Highway 73 just east of Highway 82. Warden
Pauling instructed the woman to take refuge in his truck while he
checked on the welfare of her two children in her vehicle.
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The driver of the vehicle,
Dennis Mouton III, 33, sped from the scene dragging Mr. Pauling down
the highway. Pauling was eventually thrown to the highway and
subsequently run over by two vehicles, one his own that was being
driven by the woman he stopped to help. Mouon was later convicted of
aggravated assault on a public servant; he received 55 years in
prison and a $10,000 fine. Mr. Pauling had been a Texas Game Warden since 1996 and left
behind a wife and two sons ages 15 and 12. |
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Related Articles & Resources
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ESPN Article on Warden Pauling
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Texas Game Warden Memorial
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