Inmate recaptured after Midland escape during trash detail
Midland County inmate Jose Lopez, 28, escaped during a trash detail when a jailer left to fetch a van. He was found minutes later after a woman reported suspicious behavior in 90 degree heat. Lopez was recaptured near Connell Street and may face a 10 year sentence. He had prior forging and theft warrants and remained in custody on a $10,000 bond. No reprimand for the jailer.
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el Paso
Man brings AR15 to road rage fight in Odessa
Police say Daniel Paul Daquino 42 wielded a loaded AR15 and threatened to kill another driver after a road rage incident on Rainbow Drive. Daquino was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and released on 25000 bond as two drivers fought leaving one with an 8 year old in a nearby Excursion. Witnesses say Daquino initiated the violence and was the aggressor.
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Rainbow Drive
Daniel Paul Daquino
Odessa
Ector County
Daquino
BMW
Fire destroys mobile home in West Odessa blaze
West Odessa Volunteer Fire Department fought a Sunday afternoon fire at the northeast corner of 20th Street and Moss Avenue. Two mobile homes on the lot burned, two cars were destroyed while two others were saved. No residents were present. the cause is listed as undetermined. Five units, including four from Odessa, battled the flames for several hours using about 10,000 gallons of water.
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West Odessa
Jimmy Ellis
Moss Avenue
Ellis
Liv
Odessa
New Mexico man dies in Ranch to Market Road rollover
Las Cruces resident Roberto Calzadillas, 30, died in a single vehicle crash on Ranch to Market Road 652 in Texas. Trooper Daniel Leyva said the 2006 Chevrolet 2500 pickup left the road while negotiating a left curve, oversteered, and rolled after an ejection from the vehicle at 6:25 a.m. local time.
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Las Cruces
N.M
Texas Department of Public Safety
Daniel Leyva
Leyva
Roberto Calzadillas
Calzadillas
Barrow Ditch
Officials extinguish apartment fire in Westview Apartments
The Odessa Fire Department extinguished a Sunday fire in a unit at Westview Apartments 1103 W University Blvd. at about 3 p.m. Fire Inspector Eugene Dominguez said the unit had heavy smoke damage and minor wall damage near the TV after an incense candle was left unattended. The single story cedarblock complex houses 24 units.
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Odessa Fire Department
Westview Apartments
W. University Blvd
Eugene Dominguez
Dominguez
Police arrest woman on meth possession charge
The Odessa Police Department arrested 46 year old Jenny Hofer also known as Jenny McCarty on a second degree felony for possession of methamphetamine. A search warrant in the 400 block of Midland Street in Goldsmith found syringes a marijuana pipe and methamphetamine. She posted bond and was released on 25 000.
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Odessa
Jenny Hofer
Jenny McCarty
OPD
Midland Street
Goldsmith
Ector County
Gavin Payne Pena
Pena
Former Jumburrito Employee Arrested for Theft in Odessa
Loretta Cheryl Marroquin, 52, was arrested July 2 by the Odessa Police Department on a third degree felony theft charge after an investigation found she took 19 deposits totaling about $29,000 from Jumburrito at 1927 E Eighth St. She admitted spending the funds, bonded at $15,000, and was released July 3.
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Jumburrito
Odessa
Marroquin
Ector County
Crash near Sterling City claims one life in head on collision
A head on crash five miles west of Sterling City killed Midland man Brett A. Riggle, 31, and injured 50-year-old Terry D. Campbell of Ballinger. Riggle died at the scene after a 2013 Nissan Altima collided with Campbell's 2014 Ford F-150 traveling the wrong way on SH 158. Both wore seatbelts. Campbell was hospitalized at Shannon Medical Center.
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Sterling City
Texas Department of Public Safety
Brett A. Riggle
Terry D
Campbell
Ballinger
SH 158
Riggle
Shannon Medical Center
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