Midland and surrounding area blotter reports crimes and arrests
A roundup of incidents includes a murder charge against a 19 year old Midland man and a 17 year old, bond set at 15000 each. stabbing near Midland Memorial Hospital. a drive by in Odessa parking lot. a Llano robbery arrest of Burt Eddie Blackwood. cocaine found in an Odessa vacant lot. heroin and cocaine bonds for two Odessa residents. a sexual assault report in Odessa looking back club. a rollover near Pecos injuring three Abilene residents. a fatal hit by car in Big Spring. The list also covers thefts and burglaries in Odessa and related property losses, and commercial property damages in Odessa rooftops and boiler rooms.
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Midland
Midland Detention Center
Jason McClelland
Tanner Drive
Tommy Raines
Cimmaron Ave
Keith Jobe
James Poole
Midland Me
Austin Considers Campground Plan to Address Homelessness
At a city council meeting Austin considers an ordinance to ban camping in public spaces with fines up to 500 dollars. A council resolution to identify city land for a campground with housing and services passed 6 to 0, forming a task force to report by August 31.
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Munity Action Network
Austin
Nofziger
Mitch Weynand
Austin Area Homeless Coalition
Jackie Goodman
Dallas
Retired nurse foils carjacking by teens in Tyler
Marcelene Hardy, 65, remembered safety tips from a sheriff and thwarted a carjacking when three teenage girls ambushed her at a store lot. She honked, held onto her purse, and twisted the gun from the assailant's hand. Two 15 year olds and a 14 year old were arrested for aggravated robbery and detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TYLER
Marcelene Hardy
Smith County
Hardy
Spanish aristocrat dies at seventy in Marbella lifestyle saga
Ja ime de Mora y Aragon the flamboyant Marbella figure and brother of Belgiums dowager queen Fabiola died of a heart attack at age 70 at Costa del Sol Hospital. He settled in Marbella in the 1960s and became its unofficial PR head escorting celebrities and oil barons to high profile events including a Cannes party with mayor Jesus Gil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marbella
Spain
Jaime de Mora Y Aragon
Mora
Costa del Sol
Fabiola
Belgium
Adnan Kashoggi
Jesus Gil
Cannes
France
Death notices span Pecos to Odessa in July 1995
A sequence of obituaries from Pecos to Odessa Texas dated July 1995 notes multiple deaths. Helen Ilene Smith 63 of Pecos died July 27 with graveside service in Toyah Cemetery. Janice M Snyder 57 of Odessa area died July 27 with service in Fort Worth. Euna Jumper 90 of Sulphur Springs died July 26 with burial in Como. Additional notices list Billie Jo Berry 83 of Odessa, Jackie Neil Coleman 67 of Coleman, Kenneth Golightly 82 of Granbury, Florencio Castillo 57 of Midland, Billy Heath Richardson 21 of Midland, Shy Marie Ballard 13 days, Minnie Pearl Slaughter 81 of Odessa, and other brief notices with services pending or forthcoming.
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PECOS
Helen Ilene Smith
Hamilton
Toyah
Bill Parkey
Pecos Funeral Home
Carlsbad
N.M
Janice Mathins Snyder
Fort Worth
Toda
First United Methodist Churc
Phillip Royal
Carlsbad Cemetery
West Funeral Home
Odessa
Kim Tyler
Linda Murphy
Arlington
Valerie LeMay
Jerome D. Matkins
Albuquerque
Euna
Murray-Orwosky Chapel
C.E. Bosarge
Michael Coker
Como
Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
Dike
Assembly of God
Juanita Shreves
Nora Bell Quinn
Lucy Kizer
Winnsboro
Mariam Mayfield
Arlene Brown
Pickton
F.H
Hank’’ Johnson
Hardy Carpenter
Granbury
Kenneth
Ken”’ Golightly
Wiley Funeral Home
Bob Holloway
Holly Hills Memorial Park
Stephenville
Acton
Acton United Methodist Church
Midland
Florencio
Roy”’ Castillo
Medical Center Hospital
Ellis Funeral Home
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Fairview Cemetery
Carmen Castillo
Billy John Heath Richardson
Benchmark Research and Technology
Brownwood
Marie Ballard
Cook Medical Center
Greenleaf Cemetery
Davis-Morris Funeral Home
Obituary Notice Policy For Odessa Area Deaths
The Odessa American accepts death notices for residents and certain relatives, with length limits. Paid obituaries may include life history and pallbearer names, and must come from an established funeral home or be confirmed by one. Photos accepted only with paid obituaries. notices by 4:30 p.m. publish next day.
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Odessa
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Poole
South County Road
Memorial Hospital
Penbrook Street
Llano
Burt Eddie Blackwood
Fitch Avenue
Gilberto
Selena Minjarez
Zacatecas St
Eighth St
Abilene
Reeves County Hospital
Big Spring
Ozie Calvin Miller
Fourth Street
Rafaela Solis
Alma Parras
Eighth St. No. 63
Joe Ornelas
Terry Marker
Sun Country
Randy Illips
Mike Ellis
Cimarron Ave
Cpl
Jo Kelley
Joel Lezoma
Sunset Cleaners
N.W. County Road
Erineo Vallejo
Quinton Todish
Sam’s
James Blair
Irving
Vickie Housouer
Richardson
Charles Osborn
John Osborn
Joe Osborn
Jim Osborn
Jack Osborn
Tom Osborn
Humble
Dan Osborn
Anderson
Jay Walker
Weatherford
Billie Hughes
Billie Jo Berry
Lewisville Medical Center
Lewisville
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Natchitoches, la
Cathey Burton
Decatur
Coleman
Jackie Neil Coleman
North Coleman 'S Church
Bill Roberts
Walker Funeral Home
Olton
Betty Coleman
Lysa Bean
Jeanna Waltrip
Jack Beatley Coleman
San Antonio
Wava Barrick
Abernathy
Essie Lee Sluder
Curtis Coleman
Tulsa
F.B. Coleman
Kenneth Golightly
Glendene Golightly
Kenneth Ronald Golightly
Jynna Kay Guice
Carrollton
el Paso
Larry Richardson
Bartlesville
Okla
Lee Ann Elam
Alleson Richardson
Ann
Johnnie McCallister
Koppers
Pauline Moore
Amarillo
Anna Walker
Katherine and
Jason Ballard
April D’ann Ballard
Susan Anita Ballard
Jesse Allen
Ethel Marie Ellis
Gaylen Burl Ballard
Anna Marie Holland
Troy
Gloria Davidson
Presse
Ethel Olland
Anges
Estella Davidson
Minnie Pearl Slaughter
Ernest Holdridge
Leonard Banks Jr
Tinez Funeral Home
Charles Lough
Mattress Outlet
Englander
University & Dixie
East Coast Connection
Sherwood Center
Town & Country
Cellular City
Rolebyl
N. Grandview, Odessa
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