Hudson pleads guilty as jurors weigh punishment in Odessa rape case
18 year old Benny Ray Hudson Jr pleaded guilty to a sexual assault charge in a case that includes a March 2 home invasion and robbery of a 79 year old Odessa woman. A six member jury heard evidence as they determine punishment and assess the crime's details from confessions and testimony.
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Benny Ray Hudson Jr
Odessa
Hudson
Ada
Preston Stevens
Stevens
County Opts Not to Renew Sperry Contract Amid Transition
The county plans not to renew the Sperry computer lease costing $205,176 annually, risking staff reductions in the six person data processing unit. The Software Group and IBM proposals differ on staffing needed during the six month transition to a new system, with officials stressing the urgency of keeping trained staff ready. Commissioners also filled two animal shelter and district attorney positions, despite a hiring freeze tied to a $4.8 million revenue shortfall and a reduced tax-supported budget.
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Sperry
Ector County
Jan Fisher
Lea Taylor
Bob Brown
Plano-based Software Group
Franell
Fisher
IBM
Odessa
District Attorney’s Office
Burglary reports from Odessa police blotter
Multiple burglaries reported across Odessa between Friday and Monday. Items include tools, vehicles stereo equipment rifles jewelry televisions and firearms with totals up to 5550 dollars, from addresses on Kermit Highway Jackson Street Crane Avenue 35th Street and Lemonwood Lane. Officers Woods Hancock Hammerman Holt Woody Alexander investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arturo Lujan Ontebros
Sanderson Trucking Co
Kermit Highway
A. Woods
Juan Belen Torres
S. Jackson St
M.L
Omar Galindo
S. Crane Ave
Cpl
R.J. Hammerman
Joe Albert Salmon
Penbrook St
B. Holt
Darrell Craig Peabody
E. 35Th St
C. Woody
Kay N. Wood
Lemonwood Lane
R. Alexander
Odessa council approves sign code amendment and budget plans
The Odessa City Council unanimously passed the proposed portable sign code amendment amid opposition from Jerry Gentry owner of Gentry Window and Wall Coverings. The 1986-87 budget discussion saw no public input, with final approval expected August 26. The council granted a five year taxicab franchise to Yellow Checker City Cab and approved several demolition orders and a $125,200 civil engineering contract for an effluent reuse study and pipeline designs. A canopy was approved for attorney John Hoestenbach’s office at 403 North Texas Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Gentry
Gentry
Eighth St
John Harrison
B.G. Lee
Landgraf, Crutcher
John Hoestenbach
Texas Ave
Grand jury challenged over use of summaries in indictment
The motion claims the government improperly presented its case to the grand jury by using witness and document summaries instead of originals. Rhodes argues the presentation, with other improprieties, made the indictment resemble the prosecutor’s case. Brock faces three counts including an undisclosed loan interest, a $12,500 kickback, and profits from a third loan. he pled innocent July 14.
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Grand Jury
FBI
Rhodes
Brock
FNB
Testimony Details Blood Alcohol in 1985 Ector County Death
Witness says officer delayed arrest due to injuries. Blood test showed 0.12 BAC. French charged Sept 12 1985 with criminally negligent homicide a Class A misdemeanor and driving while intoxicated after DA declined felony. Gomez family protest cited alleged racism. DA denied involuntary manslaughter.
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French
Burgess Cook
Department of Public Safety Crime Lab
Ector County
Gomez
Eric Augesen
Shooting Victim Stabilizes After Early Morning Job Area Shooting
A 22 year old Odessan shot early Saturday is upgraded from critical to stable by a hospital spokeswoman. Lional Porras Loya of 706 S Lincoln Ave remains in ICU at Medical Center Hospital after being struck once in the upper back around 3 am, per Odessa police reports.
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Lional Porras Loya
S. Lincoln Ave
Medical Center Hospital
Loya
Odessa
Jury selection begins in capital murder trial
Midland jurors start selecting for the capital murder and robbery trial of James Robert Chambers 25 accused in the June 9 1982 slaying of 45 year old furniture salesman Wylie R Wilson of Midland. He faces five to 99 years on murder and two to 20 years on robbery. The trial is before 142nd District Judge Pat Baskin.
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Midland
James Robert Chambers
E. Hamby
Wylie R. Wilson
Chambers
Elroy McKee
Wheelchair-Strike Fatality In Kermit On Pine Street
A 42-year-old Kermit man died Monday night after his wheelchair was struck by a northbound truck on Pine Street. Tommy Davis was declared dead about 10 PM at Winkler County Memorial Hospital. Truck driver Bobby Maisel, 65, faced no citations per police.
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Kermit
Kermit Street
Gary Mohr
Tommy Davis
Pine Street
Bobby Maisel
Mohr
Davis
Winkler County
Justice of the Peace
Lee Rutledge
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Midland air traffic controller pleads guilty to FAA lie
Sentence controller at Midland Regional Airport pleaded guilty on July 14 to lying to an FAA review board about an incident where two aircraft came within 22 miles. His attorney notes no prior trouble and says the case shifted from FAA handling to indictment, with potential penalties up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The controller erased 56 minutes from an FAA taped record fearing job loss and later lied to the FAA board. The planes involved were a small company plane and a military aircraft.
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Midland
FAA
Eliason
Cunningham
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Westside
Doreen Klower
MCH
Klower
70Th District
C.K. Jones
Hancock
Council
Odessa Reprographics
Robert
Gareth Pollard
A.G. Sims & Assoc
Sherwood Christian School
Frank W. Wilson
North Jackson Odessa, TX
Leroy
Jackie Dorn
Wilson
County Road
Pat Baskin
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