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8 Roswell (N M I DaiIy Record Sunday December 21 1975Artesian chargedA 2 S - y e a r o 1 d ' i n d e pendent ■ fundamental ' minister was in the Chaves Count\ Jail under $10,000 bund tor more than 12 hours Saturdayfollowing his arrest on three felony charges before any information was released by law enforcement officialsRoswell police said Michael E '!’tmmasson of Artlt;*sia was arrested at ~t4 a in Saturday and charged w ith era vat ed assault, kidnaping and - .sauit with intent to commit rape Thomasson was charged in con-nection wit h a report filea concerning a 14 vear-old Roswell girl He is the minister of a newly formed “independent-fundamental Baptist church in Artesia and former youth d i r ec t or o f a nother church, the Cent re Avenue Baptist Church, in that city Neither church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention He was arrested in Artesia following an investigation which involved both city and Chaves County sheriffs deputies.Authorities in Artesia. said the teenM Halla breakage girl \yas abducted at gunpoin.t. Friday afternoon from her Roswell yard and taken to Bottomless LakesState Park, east of Roswell, wherebetween 3 and 4 p.m. the alleged incident occurred Thomasson was arraigned before Magistrate L 0 “Tommy Thompson and bond was set at $10,000.As of Saturday morning, neither agency would release any information on his arrest.Roswell Police Chief L. said. “It looks like we had down in communications.Asst Hist A tty Morris Stagner had asked that no information be released Friday afternoon during the investigation. Chief Hall said.“Apparently he did »ot call back to release the information and it stayed on the detectives' reports. Hall said.At 10 a. m. Saturday. Roswell police officials refused to release any information on the case Lt. Bill Schwartz, officer on duty, said he did not know anything and had orders not to release any information on the case Bill Carpenter, chief deputy at the Chaves County sheriffs office, also said Saturday morning he could release no information on the case When asked about the arrest, he said he had “no information Yet a visitor t.o the jaiI cont ro 1 room could see the name “ Thomasson” on the jail blackboard.Magistrate Thompson, when contacted Saturday, confirmed that he had arraigned someone on those charges and had set bond at $10,000.“I don’t remember his name, Thompson said.When contacted at 2:30 p m Saturday. Asst Dist. Atty Stagner said that he had not authorized any hold on the release of the man's name • ' I had just told them not to release the name of the victim, the juvenile who was involved. he saidMilwiF la r tan pouALBl'Ql I million fedeattorney glt; wiretaps \ vestigation lor CitizerjJ3U4AJexaSOUTHWEST INDIAN JEWELRY1108 West 2nd WILL BE OPENFriday. Saturday, Monday A Tuesday Dec. 19, 20. 22 23NIGHTS ’TIL 9 P.M.30% OFF ON ALL JEWELRYSepplies For The Silversmith 623-4560LAST-MINUTE .0BARREL STOOL
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Roswell Daily Record
Roswell, New Mexico, US
Sun, Dec 21, 1975
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