Group exposes lawbreakers Lwin
Former Odessa College basketball standout Johnsons jersey was stolen from the OC Sports Center five months ago. Police recovered the jersey and arrested two OC students after a Crime of the Week segment aired on local TV. Odessa Crime Stoppers receives 10 to 15 daily tips and operates in several countries.
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Odessa
Johnson
OC Sports Center
Odessa Crime Stoppers Inc
Odessa Crime Stoppers
Susan Johnson
Jersey
Odessa Street Crimes Unit nets 160 arrests in 4 months
The Odessa Police Department's six officers in a Street Crimes Unit hired April 4 have logged more than 160 arrests, forced a known drug dealer to flee, and tightened controls on drug sales. By mid July they recorded 60 felony and 107 misdemeanor arrests, 76 warrants, 180 traffic citations and 118 field interview cards, reflecting high productivity and impact.
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Odessa
OPD
James Jenkins
Federal grant funds 4-month-old unit
The Odessa Police Department's Street Crimes Unit, funded by a federal grant of 312,938 dollars, will expire in three years. Police Chief James Jenkins says the city council would need to appropriate extra funds to keep the bicycle patrol, as the grant covers 75 benefits for five new officers. The grant specifies standard mountain bikes with gear bags and police markings.
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Odessa
James Jenkins
Jenkins
Temperatures Tie Record In Odessa Midland Heat Wave
Temperatures in the Odessa Midland area reached 105 to 106 degrees tying records for the week. Forecasters expect relief as a tropical low mood moves from the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas and Louisiana with possible showers Monday. Nearby cities urged water conservation amid the heat and several fatalities were reported from heat related causes in Tyler and other towns.
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Odessa-Midland
Gulf of Mexico
Susan Griffin
National Weather Service
Midland
Griffin
Texas
Tures
del Rio
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
Mission
Donna
Tyler
Snyder
Weatherford
Louisiana
Galveston
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Ed Rappaport
Associated Press
Del Rio Border Patrol HQ Project Put On Hold
The planned $2.6 million Border Patrol sector headquarters in Del Rio is paused as higher priority projects in San Diego and El Paso absorb new agents. About 50 new sector agents were added. officials say space is running out and walls are being reconfigured. Construction began Oct 1, 1996, but funding and allocation shifts threaten completion.
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McIntosh
San Antonio Express-News
Clinton
San Diego
el Paso
Dan Kane
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
Kane
Laredo
McAllen
Parole angst as killer on death row tests stay
Jim Kumpf, father of Toni Kumpf, confronts possible parole for Clarence Lackey, the man convicted of abducting, raping, and killing his daughter in 1977 near Lubbock. Lackey sits on death row amid appeals arguing long confinement violates the Eighth Amendment. Supreme Court justices urged study of cruel and unusual punishment claims, signaling ongoing legal uncertainty.
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Clarence Lackey
Toni Diane Kumpf
Lubbock
Jim Kumpf
Kumpf
Lackey
U.S. Supreme Court
Ing
Rita Radostitz
John Paul Stevens
Stevens
Stephen G. Breyer
High Court
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