Texting feature boosts CrimeStoppers tips and efficiency
CrimeStoppers will accept tips by text with anonymous origin and a 30 minute response window. The system aims to increase tips beyond the current 200 to 350 monthly calls, appealing to younger texters and enabling on scene conversations and photo submissions, even in low signal areas.
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Rogers
CrimeStoppers
Kevin Anderson
Anderson
Police Department
OPD
Sherrie Carruth
New Buses Bring Savings for ECISD Programs
Curtis Hayes notes buses may impact junior high later but could aid high schools by reducing reliance on yellow school buses and cutting costs. Morris says special activity buses are a district trend, with Crane and Kermit cited as examples, and assigns first use to varsity and long-distance teams before broader athletic and academic groups. ECISD maintenance added district logos to the buses after their summer arrival.
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Nator Curtis Hayes
Hayes
Morris
Crane
Kermit
ECISD
Underage marriages in FLDS case widen scope to 20 girls
Texas authorities probing the Yearning For Zion Ranch raid disclosed court documents showing at least 10 men married girls 16 or younger. About 20 underage brides, some as young as 12, appear in certificates and notes tied to jailed sect leader Warren Jeffs and followers. Authorities say evidence suggests more potential charges amid ongoing investigations and grand jury proceedings.
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San Angelo
Texas
Warren Jeffs
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jeffs
Schleicher
David Doran
Zion Ranch
West Texas
Department of Public Safety
Attorney General’s Office
Schleicher County
Grand Jury
FLDS
Utah
Arizona
Rod Parker
Church
Parker
State Supreme Court
CPS
Mark Shurtleff
Ari
Willie Jessop
List
Barbara Walther
Tom Green County
Inmates attempt escape at Tarrant County Jail Fort Worth
Three inmates tried to break from the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth injuring two jail staff and a maintenance worker. The attack via a shank occurred about 8:30 a.m as inmates were walked to a top floor recreation area. All three were subdued. two workers were treated and released. Inmates named include Erick Truman Davila, Herschel Jerome Hurd, and James Dwayne Edwards.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Terry Grisham
Grisham
Erick “Truman” Davila
Herschel Jerome Hurd
James Dwayne Edwards
Michael H. Thompson
Dee Anderson
Bomb squad destroys souvenirs of World War II veteran
Beatrice Satberry of Yoakum found a live grenade and other ammunition in a trunk once belonging to her father Refugio Garcia who served in World War II. Corpus Christi bomb squad disposed of the grenade a mortar and a tank-piercing round and returned two .50 caliber rounds to the family. Garcia was a prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. Satberry laments losing her father’s memories while recalling she and her family thought the items were merely memorabilia.
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Corpus Christi
Beatrice Satberry
Satberry
Refugio T. Garcia
Germany
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