Pigeons fall to con games in three-card monte
Odessa police warn of three-card monte pigeon drop schemes preying on seniors. Victims are enticed by a fake inheritance and companionship, then coerced into cash withdrawals. In two weeks five locals lost thousands. suspects flee, leaving victims financially ruined. Officials urge caution and awareness.
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Odessa
Bianca Brister
Permian Basin
Police Department
Brister
Midland
Big Spring
Sterling Allen
San Antonio
Mark
Tommey Morris
Morris
Court Report Monday Nov 28 10-year terms and fines
Court records show Robert Erber 27 pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon and received 10 years probation and a $500 fine. Sandra Searcy 33 received no year probation and a $500 fine for unlawfully carrying a weapon. Lorrie Duncan 21 was fined $500 after pleading guilty to reduced misdemeanor theft. Ricky Willis 25 was sentenced to 10 years in the Texas Department of Corrections and a $2,000 fine for burglary of a habitation. Anita Loftin 30 and Jerry Loftin 32 faced six years probation and a $500 fine for possession of marijuana after guilty pleas.
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Robert Erber
Joe Connally
Sandra Searcy
Penbrook Drive
R.L. McKim
Lorrie
Carrier Alert program to monitor elderly residents
Odessa American Red Cross promotes Carrier Alert. Letter carriers will watch for signs of distress at elderly or homebound patrons on routes. If issues arise, Red Cross is notified. National Carrier Alert Week runs December 4 through 10. For details call Odessa Red Cross at 332-5641.
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Red Oss
U.S
Ramon Hinojos
Ector County
Redross
Red Cross
Hindjos
Odessa
Fire damages home on Hackberry Street in Ector County
A frame house on Hackberry Street Route 5 in Ector County was heavily damaged by a fire that broke out shortly before 2 p.m. and left the home unoccupied. Fire Captain Eddie Boles said an electrical short likely started the blaze in the attic, and owner J C Evans was away at the time. Firefighters took about 15 minutes to extinguish the flames.
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Autheast
Ector County
Tre
Hackberry Street
Eddie Boles
J.C. Evans
Boles
Democrats plan fund-raisers in Houston stop
Four Democratic presidential contenders Reubin Askew John Glenn Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson will appear at a $500 plate lunch in Houston as part of a two day swing through five cities to raise about 400 000 for the party s national committee toward a 1 9 million goal.
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Houston
Washington
Chicago
Atlanta
Albuquerque
Reubin Askew
John Glenn
Gary Hart
Jesse Jackson
Texas
Mark White
Minor sues City Council over retaliation firing
Former Municipal Court Administrator John Minor filed a lawsuit against the city of Odessa and the City Council claiming retaliation for reporting alleged violations by city officials. He alleges termination, ridicule, and mental anguish after filing charges against City Manager John Harrison and Fiscal Services Director Frank Muser. The suit seeks reinstatement with back pay, damages, costs, and attorney fees. The FBI is investigating the Warrant Division and may present findings to a federal grand jury in January.
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John Minor
Minor
Bob__ Bryant
John
Harrison and
Muser
Warrant
Police
Harrison
Miner
Ector County
Mike Holmes
FBI
Weather delays annexation hearing in Midland County
A TEA appeal hearing on the Ector County Independent School Districts bid to annex part of Midland County was postponed by fog and weather. The 4000 acre area north of US 80 lies along the east Ector County border near the Odessa Midland corridor.
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Austin
Ector County Independent School District
Midland County
Texas Education Agency
Ridgewood Subdivision
HBF Corp
Mission Coun
Try Club Estates
Ector County
Midland
TEA
Odessa
Auto Burglary at Permian Mall Reported
Police Beat notes an auto burglary from a pickup parked at Permian Mall 4200 E 42nd St with power tools valued at 866 taken between Nov 25 and 5 30 p m Officer F W Garcia reports the incident. Burglary entry also logged for Caroline Antonio Rosato Jr 2737 E Eighth St No 33 with TV radio and brass scale valued at 677 taken between 8 30 and 11 45 a m Friday Officer J Gilbert handles the case.
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Jesse Soza
Permian Mall
42Nd St
Ficer F.W. Garcia
Caroline Antonio Rosato Jr
Eighth St
J. Gilbert
Corrections In Report On Odessa Elementary Incident
The Odessa American corrects two Wednesday and Thursday stories. An 18-year-old Odessa woman was not raped on Magnet Elementary grounds. The alleged attack occurred at Blackshear stadium on Washington Lane and Wabash Avenue. Also corrected: two KUFO-FM radio broadcasters in a Crime Stoppers mock arrest benefit were Ben Ray and Scott Sharman, not Ben Scott and Ray Shar man.
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Odessa American
Odessa
Magnet Elementary
Blackshear
S. Dixie Blvd
Blackshear Stadium
Washington Lane
Wabash Avenue
Kufo-Fm
Benefit
Ben Scott
Ray Sharman
Ben Ray
Scott Sharman
Funeral and death notices reveal multiple Odessa area services
Matter of Record lists services for Katie Mae Arnold 90 of 1204 W 25th St at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with Revs Wood and Hutton officiating. Burial in Sunset Gardens follows. Also notice for Bill Feeler Sr 84 and Virgil F Young 75 with services in Hubbard Kelly Odessa and Resthaven Lubbock respectively. Includes births marriages and listings of survivors and officials.
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Katie Mae Arnold
25Th St
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral
Joe Wood
Glen Hutton
Sunset Gardens
Bill Feeler
Wedgewood Ave
Hubbard- Kelly
Leonard Hartley
Odessa
Feeler
Medical Center Hospital
Baird
Annie C. Feeler
Jack Feeler
Johnnie Feeler
Lufkin
Virgil Young
Young
Lubbock
National Farm Life Insurance Company
Life Underwriters Association
Broadway Church of Christ
Dale Young
Amarillo
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Keely Emerine
Gail Burke
Holmes
Katie Arnold
Lampasas County
Women’s & Children’s Hospital
Roselio Molinar
Pine St
Danny Riker
Merrill Dr
Leon Gonzales
Honeysuckle Ave
Tony Burton
Sandra Lane
Jerry Harrold
Oakwood Dr
William Higgins
Country Club
del Holman
Blackstone Ave
Willie C. Orrantia
Frank Roman
Paradise
Raymond Taylor
Madera Ave
Jeffrey Thomason
E. 47Th St
Booker T. Ross
Lois T Johnson
Fritz Gann Burt
Laura Susan Garrett
Roger Winfred Rogers
Sandy Denise Nance
Vernon Lee Foster
Norma Gail Foster
Scott Davis Spracley
Carol Jo Gresham
Kevin Wayne Waggoner
Donna Lynn Matney
Steve Richardson
Debra Lynn Fellnbaum
Homer Lee Hawkins
Maggie Louise Joy
Ronald Scott Upchurch
Tammy Marie McQueen
Richard Lee Powell
Sandora June Utz
Esteban M. Alvarado
Elizabeth G. Rodriguez
Anthony Olen Bulkley
Nancie Lamoine Miller
Danny Lee Orwell
Debra Perkins
Royce L. Eades
Carolyn Wail Evans
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