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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2010
Page
2
Midland's John Madura conducts the string section of the Midland-Odessa Symphony as they perform Nutcracker selections for sixth grade ECISD students at Bonham Junior High auditorium on Monday.
John Dana Bailey 34 was indicted on capital murder charges in the death of 5 week old Dustyn Bailey Wright. The March 16 2008 case involved Bailey seen flipping the infant in a car seat before mother Tamara Dietrick intervened. Dustyn died after medical transport to El Paso. autopsies cited blunt force trauma to the head.
Judge Stacy Trotter said he plans to step down from the 244th District Court leaving an empty bench. Appointed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2004 to succeed Gary Watkins, he later won a special election over Mike Holmes and was unopposed for reelection in November.
The Department of Public Safety reports five people died in a head on collision near San Augustine. Sr. Trooper Greg Sanchez said the crash Saturday night on FM 2213 likely had no factors from weather or alcohol. Toxicology results are pending.
An Odessa man, 27, received eight years probation for injury to a 2 year old by omission and injury to a child. Police say Henry Polen Poland and Lana Mae McCleery moved into an apartment Feb 3 2009 after motel living tied to drug trafficking. The couple allegedly harmed the boy by beating him and starving him and one of them held the child by the neck. McCleery faces the same injury by omission charge and bonded out in April. District Attorney Scott Layh prosecuted. Dusty Gallivan defended Poland.
Convicted former state Rep Kino Flores, 52, will receive five years of probation after a Travis County jury found him guilty on 11 counts of record tampering and perjury. Judge Bob Perkins noted the damage to his reputation and rejected prison time, as Flores’s family wept and hugged him.
Ricky Lee Duralia, 31, of West Odessa, was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the Feb 13 2006 crash at FM 1936 and FM 2020 that killed Blanca Aragonez 42. The case lagged 58 months from arrest to conviction. Defense noted dialing down plea options during negotiations.
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