Residential burglaries flood Odessa area with break-ins
Odessa police and the Ector County sheriff's department investigated 15 break ins Friday night incl eleven residential burglaries. Victims reported thefts of stereo systems, televisions, Christmas gifts, cash, rifles, and other items from homes and parked cars. Suspects used forced entry or broken windows in several cases.
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Odessa
Ector County Sheriff's Department
Andrea Boydson
Route 5
Sheriff's
Ellis
Patty Louise Sweden
Thomas Latham
Merrill
Mark Dewayne Norman
North Adams
North Bernice
Norman
David L. Haggie
North Bernice No. 10
Winter Arrives in Permian Basin Amid Gusty Winds
Old Man Winter officially arrived at 5 10 a m with colder air and gusty westerly winds 25 to 35 mph. The National Weather Service at Midland Airport predicts a warming trend this week with highs in the mid to upper 60s by Wednesday and a Friday high of 65 as records show 78 for Dec 21 and 18 for the record low. Separately, police report multiple home and vehicle burglaries across the area with entries via unlocked doors windows or force and thefts including a color TV a clock $250 cash a backpack a sleeping bag a pup tent stereo tapes a calculator a wallet a spare tire and toys.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland
The
Weather Service
Hobbs
Johnny Wayne Wright
James Michael Ballew
Branton Hotel
Grant
Bruce Lambdin
Burleson
38Th
Golder
Millard Otis Berglund
West Second No
Timothy Edward Riley
North Graham
Teresa Gay Pratt
North Adams
Lahouah Akeb
Oakwood No
Akeb
Weather forecast from Midland region airport
National Weather Service briefing expects partly cloudy conditions today and tonight with colder temperatures tonight and Sunday. Westerly winds 25 to 35 mph today and 20 to 30 mph tonight. Highs in the mid 60s today, near 50s tomorrow. Overnight low around 5 degrees, sunset 5 49 p.m. sunrise 7 46 a.m. Year to date precipitation 15.41 inches.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Odessa 911 line outage trains dispatch in emergency hour
An accidental cable cut at a Southwestern Bell building cut Odessa's 911 line for about ninety minutes late Friday. During the outage four injury crashes and multiple heart attack calls were logged. Dispatch relied on police and sheriff hot lines to relay alerts until service returned.
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Odessa
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Second and
Lee
Fire Department
Paula Goetz
Goetz
Damages Minor in Three Odessa Fires
Three small fires were quickly extinguished by the Odessa fire department on Friday. Grass fires occurred at 12:32 p.m. in the 4500 block of Maple and at 5:10 p.m. on Yukon Road south of Odessa Schlemeyer Field. A dumpster fire was reported at 6:21 p.m. in the 900 block of East Second.
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Odessa
Yukon Road
Odessa Schlemeyer Field
East Second
Fire at Plastic Applicators shuts Odessa plant for repairs
Odessa firemen fought a noon blaze in the compressor building of Plastic Applicators Inc at 300 West 61st. Hydraulic oil feeding the compressors fueled most damage to two of three units, delaying operations until extensive repairs could be made. Fire crews, with West Odessa volunteers, sprayed 1,000 gallons of water and chemical extinguisher. A separate fire at CPS Inc Pipe Supply yard at 6608 West 16th at 12:40 a.m. Friday damaged a portable air compressor. cause undetermined.
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Odessa
Plastic Applicators Inc
West 61St
West Odessa
CPS Inc
West 16Th
Three Midlanders die in Eden headon crash
A Midland couple Donald Moore and Linda Moore and their 6-year-old nephew Phillip Muntz died in a headon crash 14.4 miles north of Eden on U S Highway 87 Friday night. An 18 month old child, Shawn Moore, escaped unharmed while Kelley Streun 13 of Midland remained in critical condition and the truck driver James Eugene Smith 22 of Midland was hospitalized in good condition.
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EDEN
Here
Donald Wilson Moore
Linda Norman Moore
Phillip Benjamin Muntz
U.S. Highway 87
Justice of the Peace Tek Brusenhan
Shannonspital
San Angelo
Kelley Streun
Midland
Moore
Department of Public Safety
Shawn Moore
James Eugene Smith
Shannon Hospital
DPS
U.S. 87
Five injured in five city traffic accidents
Five people were treated at Medical Center Hospital after five separate traffic collisions Friday afternoon and night. The incidents involved drivers and passengers from Odessa and local addresses, with injuries ranging from cuts and lacerations to neck and leg injuries. Details were limited for the late Friday motorcycle incident.
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Medical Center Hospital
Armando Estrada
West 16Th
Estrada
David Allen Coats
West 12Th
Coats
Bellaire
Charles Gordon Adams
North Everglade
Colonial
Odessa
Medical Center
Andrews Highway
David D. Pitman
Alice
Phillip Wayne Keen
West 81St
Katsuichi Taira
West 39Th
Maurine Mitchell White
Oakwood No
East Seventh
Bobby Lynn Smith
Hillmont
Tamera Carol Smith
Century
Muskingum
David Lewayne Barrow
Tanglewood
Douglas Vanderburg
Tisdale
Man sentenced on pot charge
P J Fitzpatrick 35 of 1208 West 22nd was sentenced to 20 days in jail by 244th District Judge Joe Connally after pleading guilty to delivery of marijuana. He got credit for 20 days already served in county jail. Fitzpatrick was indicted on a felony charge but pleaded to a misdemeanor after plea bargaining by his attorney Jim Osborn with the DA's office.
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P. J. Fitzpatrick
West 22Nd
Joe Connally
Fitzpatrick
Jim Osborn
Death notices for Charline E Perr services set in Odessa
Charline Edwin Perry 46 of 2518 North Hancock will be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens after services at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home chapel at 2 p m Sunday. Born April 10 1933 in Burnett she came to Odessa in 1940 from Brownfield and worked as a waitress. Survivors include daughters Mary Long and Edna Pendergrass two brothers two sisters and two grandchildren.
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Charline E. Perr
Charline Edwin Perry
North Hancock
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Brownfield
Perry
Mary Long
Odessa
Edna Pendergrass
Abilene
Odell Henderson
Perry Henderson
Hobbs, N.M
J.D. Henderson
Perryton
Pete Henderson
Louisiana
Hollis Glass
Artesia
N.M
Ken Turner
Gertrude K. Bruce
Ector County Library
Midland
Bruce
South Hancock
Carter G. Woodson
Sherman
Denison
Fast Texas
Prairie View College
Prairie View
Paul Quinn College
University of Texas
Church of Christ
Andrews
William Dwight Lucas
Singleton Funeral Home
Chimes
Andrews Cemetery
Lucas
Exxon
Permian General Hospital
Springtown
Clara
F.R. Lucas
Denver City
Wanda Dishroon
la Vaughn Self
Odessa police probe nine thefts and vehicle damage
Odessa police and the Ector County sheriff's department investigated nine thefts including 15 pipe joints valued at 315 from Petro-Plex Brokers and Equipment and car parts from several residents. Vandalisms damaged windows and tires, and two nursing home pills were reported stolen. Obituaries note Gertrude Bruce death. services for Lucas and Bales scheduled in Andrews.
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Odessa
Petro-Plex Brokers and Equipment
West County Road
Velma Sanchez
East 11Th
North Grandview
John T. Osman
Amarillo
East Highway 80
Tape Town
East Eighth
Marianne Athria Butts
Amburgey No. 3
Debbie Thomas
Durango
Deerings Nursing Home
Andres F. Rayos
West Truman
Buck Hill
Boulder
Ector County
South Dixie
Bob McClure
East Century
Odessa High School
North Dotsy
Odessa man injured in accidental gun cleaning accident
Raymundo Saldana of 507 West 48th is in stable condition in the Medical Center Hospital ICU after an accidental discharge of a .22 caliber automatic rifle while he cleaned it in his living room. Two shots were fired, one hitting his upper left chest shortly before noon Friday.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Raymundo Saldana
507
West 48Th
Saldana
Odessa man held on bond for felony retaliation
A 27-year-old Odessa man, Leroy Gene Held, was freed on $5,000 bond after being charged with felony retaliation in connection with threats made by telephone against Tommie Elaine Quilodran on December 15. The charge was filed in Municipal Court before Judge Otis Moore who set the bond.
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Odessa
Leroy Gene Held
Barrow
Tommie Elaine Quilodran
North Dixie No
Otis Moore
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Billy Hobbs
East Eighth No
Ramona Sanchez
Sandra Sanchez
Henry Bargas
Central Fire Station
Police Department
Sheriff's Department
Midlanders
Eden Smashup
William D. Lucas
Tommy Bales
Tommy Brent Bales
First Baptist Church
Bales
Andrews High School
Kenneth G. Bales
Jeri Bales
Steven Bales
Levelland
Kenneth Dwaine Bales
Lubbock
Odessan
the Littlest Angel
Permian Playhouse
Odessay American
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