Family wins 3.3 million in nursing home death case
A Texas City jury awarded Orbie and Billie Harris 3.3 million in actual damages after ruling Bay Brook Villa nursing home lax security led to the death of their son Jim Harris 35 who wandered away and baked to death from heat exposure. Harris disappeared July 28, 1995 and was found in a vacant lot a week later.
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Texas City
Orbie
Billie Harris
Bay Brook Villa
Jim Harris
Texas Health Enterprises Inc
Texas Health Enterprises
New Horizon Nursing Center
Odessa
Peter C. ‘“Woody
Kem
Regulators
Seabreeze
Kern
Wall Street Journal
Harris
Jim Beeton
Beeton
Nursing Home Company
Midland officers reassigned after shooting incident
Midland police shift two officers to training division after they fired one shot each at Loretta Goodman during a March 13 confrontation at 500 North Cowden Avenue. Goodman, 26, was treated for a chest wound and charged with aggravated assault.
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Midland
John Urby
Loretta Goodman
Tina Sanders-Janz
MPD
North Cowden Avenue
Sanders-Janz
Goodman
Urby
Sanders-Jauz
Video tape may back assault claim in Midland probe
Texas Rangers probe a Midland officer and two other men accused of sexually assaulting a 23 year old Midland woman Sunday night. The victim says a video exists and has been seized. The officer remains on paid administrative leave as the case heads to a Midland County grand jury with no arrests likely at this time.
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Midland
Texas Rangers
MPD
Tina Sanders-Janz
Texas Ranger
Barry Caver
Caver
Midland County Grand
Presidio Officers Nab Biggest Marijuana Bust Ever
U S Customs at Presidio Port of Entry confiscated 762.6 pounds of marijuana in a tractor trailer valued at 762000 dollars. A drug dog named Bokkie alerted to narcotics in 20 of 24 tires. The 31 year old Chihuahua Mexico driver was arrested.
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Presidio
U.S. Customs Services
Presidio Port of Entry
U.S. Customs Service
Chihuahua
Mexico
Gas leak from Texas well forces mass evacuations
About 175 families evacuated in Redwater Texas after a blowout released toxic gas. Firefighters burn gas to ease pressure near the Bowie County town as two more firefighting companies were en route. State officials said the three attempts to cap the well failed, leaving residents unable to return home overnight.
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Texas
Bowie
Texas Dept of Public Safety
Aime
Randy Hall
Five Odessa and Midland Residents Arrested on Heroin Charges
A joint state federal and local probe led to five arrests in Odessa and Midland connected to a street level heroin distribution operation. Elidia Keles Pineda 56 home near Travis Elementary is cited as base. Pineda held without bond along with Maria Carrera Iveros 49 Juan Munoz 36 Anthony Gutierrez 18 and David Salazar Gamboa all from Midland or nearby. Investigative agencies include DPS FBI Odessa Police and Drug Enforcement Agency.
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Odessa
Midland
Texas Department of Publicity
Gop
Elidia Keles Pineda
Travis
S. Lee
Neda
Midland County
Maria Carrera Iveros
Juan Munoz
Anthony Gutierrez
Isa
David Salazar Gamboa
Odessa Man Held in Two Arson Fires on North Sonar Green
A 32-year-old Odessa man was jailed on two arson charges after investigators linked him to two attic fires in one night at a North Sonar Green Avenue home. No bond was set. The fires occurred at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Saturday. The homeowner reportedly found the suspect setting the second blaze while he had been hired to repair the residence.
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North
Hancock Avenue
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Ector Coury
Sonar Green Avenue
Garyeek
Odessa autos stolen in multiple theft reports
A 69 year old man reports his granddaughter and her friend stole his 1995 Ford Escort worth 10000 from the 900 block of East 14th overnight. A 43 year old woman says someone stole her 1988 Cadillac Seville valued 4000 from Esmond Drive between 9 am and 10 45 am Friday. A 67 year old man reports a theft of his 1987 Cadillac Seville from Custer Avenue between 11 30 pm Sunday and 7 am Monday. A 28 year old woman reports her 1988 Pontiac Bonneville stolen from Esmond Drive between 6 pm Sunday and 7 45 am.
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Odessa
East 14Th
Turday
Esmond Drive
Custer Avenue
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Ectors
Betty Turner
Turner
Kim Smith
Associated Press
N. Dixie Blvd
Tanglewood Drive
Uated
Redwater School Ee
DPS
FBI
Odessa Police and Drug Enforcement Agency
Dr. Tarvin
Health Sciences Center
The
department of OB/GYN
Charles T. Tarvin
FACOG
N. Washington
William G. F. M.D
Steven C. Riley
M.D
Richard L. Duke
PLSC
Kamal N. Tolia
Stephen's Furniture, Inc
Gandy
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