Police turn deadly robbery case over to district attorney
Odessa Police Department investigators have sent the deadly AutoZone robbery case to the district attorney for review. Officers found 37 year old Andrew Mayweather dead from a gunshot wound after he allegedly robbed 59 year old Don Avant at gunpoint and sprayed him with pepper spray. Avant is not charged. District Attorney Bobby Bland said charges are not often brought in similar cases but would not comment on this one. Continuous review by the DA is expected.
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Odessa
District Attorney's Office
Steve LeSueur
OPD
LeSueur
AutoZone
Eighth Street
Andrew Mayweather
Mayweather
Don Avant
Kwik Kash
Avant
Bobby Bland
Bland
Odessa man arrested in Tanglewood hit and run
A 29 year old Odessa man Marcos Garcia Gomez was arrested on false identification fugitive from justice driving while intoxicated and four misdemeanor warrants after a hit and run at Tanglewood Lane and Oakwood Drive. Investigators say a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse ran a stop sign and hit a black 2007 Ford F-150 then fled on foot. Gomez was later found, identified, and arrested for DWI after failing field sobriety tests.
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Odessa
Ector County Detention Center
Tanglewood Lane
Oakwood Drive
Marcos Garcia Gomez
Cpl
Steve LeSueur
Odessa Police
LeSueur
Fifth person identified in Brewskies brawl in Odessa
Odessa man James Lonnie Render III, 30, of 4212 Waverly Ave., is named as the fifth person charged in the Brewskies bar fight that preceded the fatal shooting of Jevon Calaway in the parking lot. Render faces aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second degree felony, with bond set at 100,000. Other defendants include Andre Boyd, Bryant Alexander, Aubrey Smith, and Anthony Hunt. Calaway died at Medical Center Hospital. Police continue seeking Smith and Alexander as the investigation proceeds.
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Odessa
James Lonnie Render III
Waverly Ave
Ector County Detention Center
Render
Brewskies
Jevon Martell
Calaway
Anthony Hunt
Bender
Andre Boyd
Bryant Alexander
Aubrey Smith
Medical Center Hospital
Brown
Hunt
Clifford St
Boyd
Tanglewood Lane
Steve LeSueur
Smith
Alexander
LeSueur
Standoff Ends As Odessa Man Arrested After Choking Wife
A 22-year-old man identified as Trinity Joshua Ornelas barricaded inside a Hancock Avenue home after choking his wife and a four year old boy during a disturbance. Odessa police SWAT forced entry with a flash bang, arresting Ornelas on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of injury to a child. He remains in the Ector County Detention Center with bond pending.
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Hancock Avenue
Trinity Joshua Ornelas
Ornelas
Odessa
OPD
LeSueur
Ector County Detention Center
Movie Camp at Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Movie camp Planes Fire and Rescue for kids 5 and up runs 9:30 am to noon or 1 to 3:30 pm at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum Midland admission 5 dollars per child includes film activity popcorn and le. Storytime at Ector County Library offers free craft for ages 2 to second grade at 10 am. Family Science Night details follow.
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Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
West
Midland
Ector County Library
W. Fifth St
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