Local defendants face prison terms in parallel cases
On page 1A, a man convicted of cocaine possession received five years probation before his revocation led Judge Bill McCoy to imposing five years in prison. Martinez and Moore remained jailed Monday at the Ector County Detention Center on bonds of $200,000 each. Separately, James Michael Organ and Candice Rochelle Pierce were indicted on three counts each of injury to a child in the Nathanal Clanton case, now Nathan Baker, from March 2009.
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Bill McCoy
Martinez
Moore
Ector County
James Michael Organ
Candice Rochelle Pierce
Nathanal Clanton
Nathan Baker
Organ
Offi
Detention for Martinez and Moore after child abuse reports
Witness accounts describe a child found unresponsive with a blanket around the neck. CPS lists more than 15 bruises and a fractured skull along with filthy conditions including broken glass and lack of clothing or diapers in the July 2008 home. Pierce had custody disputes over Nathan, regaining custody by December 2008. Memorial Garden Park’s cracked soil signals Permian Basin dryness.
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Cerson
Child Protective Services
Pierce
Nathan
Memorial Garden Park
River pond restoration plans eyed after water reuse move
Odessa Public Works will spend about 2600 to treat waste water at the city’s reclamation plant for irrigation, while an erosion project to shore up pond banks costs roughly 36000 from maintenance funds. Gabions will form retaining walls. wildlife concerns are acknowledged but the animals should recover after pumping water back in. Professor Susan Post of UT Permian Basin notes resilience of local wildlife.
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Odessa
Patton
Public Works Department
Matt Squyres
Squyres
Post
West Texas wildfires burn across counties amid containment efforts
Fire crews pressed to control major blazes in West Texas including Wildcat Fire near San Angelo with 125000 acres burned and 10 percent containment. Rockhouse Fire in Presidio and Jeff Davis 190000 acres total at 70 percent, Cannon Group in Pecos 63500 acres at 80 percent containment. A homeless arson suspect eyed for a weekend Austin campfire blaze scorched about 100 acres and 10 homes damaged. statewide, over 1000 square miles burned in the past week.
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Texas
C.J. Norvell
Texas Forest Service
Midland
TFS
San Angelo
Norvell
Rockhouse
Presidio
Jeff Davis
Cannon
Pecos County
Austin
Rhode Island
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Ector County Detention Center
Mark Sterkel
Britannica.com
Memorial Garden
Susan Post
University of Texas of the
Permian Basin
Cotton
West
Andrea Goodson
South
Washington Avenue
Goodson
42Nd & Jbs Parkway
Odessa, TX
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