Taxpayers could pay $165,000 to clear records in K-Mart raid Hundreds of people were arrested in August for trespassing on private property. By The Associated Press (12/31/02- Houston) — City council members are considering hiring a law firm to help clear the records of hundreds of people arrested at Kmart and other businesses over the summer, a move that could stick taxpayers with a bill of as much as $165,000. The council was scheduled Tuesday to consider whether to hire Winstead, Sechrest & Minick to help expunge the arrests from the records of nearly 300 people arrested during an ill-fated...
