2/18/81 Pick-up truck kills 6 year old / Kirkwood Crime

Stories on the front page of the 2/18/81 Leader:

Services were held at Forest Park Friday for six-year-old Brian Warwick who was killed Wednesday when a pick-up truck collided with the Big Wheel he was riding on his block. 

Warwick is survived by his parents, John and Diane Warwock, 11330 Sagecountry, and his brother Todd. He was a first grader at Moore Elementary School.

He was stuck at dusk Wednesday by a pick-up truck driven by a teenage neighbor. Warwisk was taken to Clear Lake hospital where attempts to save his life failed. 


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A rash of burglaries and robberies have plagued the Kirkwood area during the past week, with Dobie High School suffering the largest loasses. 

Two Dobie students, ages 16 and 17, were arrested at school Monday in connection with a burglary which occurred at the school Saturday night. 

Approximately $15,000 in equipments, including 16 IBM typewriters, a computer, a microwave oven and coins taken from the library Xerox machine and the school's candy and soft drink machines were taken from the school.

Six of the school's door were damaged, and numerous ceiling tiles were broken.

Houston police were able to apprehend the pair through an unusual turn of events. The pair had apparently tried to fence the merchandise taken from Dobie to two other young men who decided to steal the merchandise from the home of one of the Dobie youths while he was at school. However, the other two young men, ages 19 and 20, were caught in the act of the robbing the boy's Kirkwood home. A neighbor saw suspicious activity at the Kirkdale residence and reported it to the police. Police were nearby investigating another burglary and were able to get to the Kirkdale home in a short time.

Houston police have been investigating as many as 15 burglaries that have occurred in Kirkwood during the past week. 

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The Shake-up in Coaching Staff Continues: Four more coaches have announced their resignations from Dobie. 

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Thompson Intermediate, built in 1972, to relieve overcrowding at Beverly Hills Intermediate (built in 1964) is already overcrowded. PISD Board is expected to approve construction of portable buildings to help ease the problem.