Judge Denies Change of Venue in Becerra Case Start Today
District Judge James Rush denied a motion for change of venue for former Odessa police officer Salvador Becerra, allowing the trial to begin today with jury selection at 9 a.m. Becerra faces six counts of improper sexual activity with a person in custody and one count of sexual assault related to groping and coercion during traffic stops. The ruling preserves venue across the process, with potential transfer if jurors cannot be seated, amid extensive local media coverage voiced by defense and family witnesses.
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James Rush
Odessa
Salvador Becerra
Becerra
Justin Low
244Th District Court
Low
Ector County
Dis
Trict
Michael Bloch
Lisa Borden
Bush
Ruben Becerra
Salvador
Midland
Bobby Bland
Homeowner Fends Off Burglary. Driver Later Injured in I-20 Crash
A homeowner on Rembrandt Ave. fired at a would be burglar who kicked his front door at 2:08 am. The burglar fled in a truck with Garcia reporting the gun battle left the intruder wounded and Garcia’s vehicle damaged. The intruder was treated at Medical Center Hospital for non life threatening injuries. In a separate incident, 86 year old Willard Forrest Gaston died when his 2003 Lincoln Town Car slid across the median on I-20 east of Monahans and was struck by a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Jaime Gonzalez. Gonzalez survived with injuries. Odessa police arrested Ivy Mendez for endangering a child related to sex abuse allegations against a 16 year old, with separate prior arrest of Pete Perez Jr. Perez remains jailed on sexual assault of a child charges with a $50,000 bond.
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Rembrandt Ave
CPD
Steve LeSueur
Hector Garcia
LeSueur
Garcia
Medical Center Hospital
Midland
Monahans
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Willard Forrest Gaston
Gaston
Jaime T. Gonzalez
Snowflake
Ariz
Pete Perez Jr
Mendez
Perez
Santa Monica Ave
Ector County
Traffic stop yields four million in meth in Texas
A Fayette County Sheriff’s Office narcotics canine unit stopped a blue Dodge truck around 1 p.m. on Friday in southeast Texas. More than 10 gallons of liquid meth were found inside a fuel tank. Mexican nationals Rodolfo Hernandez and his mother Francisca Hernandez were arrested at the scene and jailed. No attorneys were listed.
Baca trial set to begin in DPS chase case
The trial of David Edward Baca 36 indicted on two counts of aggravated assault of a public servant begins at 9 am in Judge John Smiths 161st District Court. The case stems from a 2013 high speed chase with Cameron Marson culminating in a shootout near the Ector Andrews county line.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
David Edward Baca
John Smith
161St District Court
Baca
Cameron Anthony Marson
DPS
Highway 385
Ector-Andrews County
Ector County
Marson
Medical Center Hospital
Andrews County
Timothy Mason
Mason
Melissa Williams
Chris Foster
Lawrence Barber
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