Michael Berry, a former Houston City Council member and a conservative talk show host on 740 KTRH has declined to comment to Local 2 Investigates, emailing that he does not respond to such things.
Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland was also tight-lipped Thursday, saying, 'Until we have a named suspect or are ready to charge someone, it would be inappropriate for me to mention any possible suspect.' The DA's office would not comment about the case. I mean that's corruption at its best,' he said. Police officers assigned to the case told Local 2 Investigates that prosecutors from the Harris County District Attorney's Office declined to file hit-and-run charges against Berry, saying that no one could positively identify him as being behind the wheel. Bennett told police he rushed up to the SUV that hit his car right after impact and flashed the beam of his flashlight into the window. The video shows him ordering a beer and walking down a hall to the restroom on two trips.īennett told police he saw the crash and wrote down the license number, and he also told police he could positively identify Berry as being the man behind the wheel.
