Federal attorney seeks to exclude Hirsch evidence
Four people charged in a mortgage fraud scheme face trial with no date set. Odessa Realtor Cynthia Gayle Hirsch and Midland officers Berta Laura McFaddin along with real estate firm owners Michael Duraine Cowan and Stephen Hilliard are indicted on conspiracy to commit bank fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors seek to bar evidence of repayments and bank blame, arguing such evidence would mislead jurors and obscure elements of the offenses. Defense counsel says motions will be filed in response. no hearings scheduled yet. Assistant U.S. Attorney Austin Berry filed the motions.
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Cynthia Gayle Hirsch
Odessa
Berta Laura McFaddin
Midland Title Company
Michael Duraine Cowan
Stephen Hilliard
Midland
Cowan
Hilliard
McFaddin
Hirsch
Austin Berry
Berry
Jason Leach
Hobbs man arrested after high speed chase and seizure
Hobbs police say 30-year-old Antonio Acosta fled from a traffic stop on East Midwest Drive, wrecked at Jefferson and Snyder, and was captured. A bag of methamphetamine, a stolen handgun, drug paraphernalia and cash were found. Acosta faces four fourth degree felonies and a misdemeanor with bonds set at 73,840 dollars.
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Hobbs
N.M
HPD
East Midwest Drive
Antonio Acosta
Jefferson and
Snyder Streets
Acosta
New Mexico
Deaths in a Field and a County Crash in West Texas
A man in his 40s was found fatally stabbed in a field near JBS Parkway and I 20 after a night search. The death is ruled a homicide with an autopsy planned in Tarrant County. An Odessa man died in a Glasscock County crash at FM 2401 and FM 1357 after failing to stop, with Giovanni Castelazo 61 of Odessa pronounced dead at the scene. Joe Thornton of Midland survived, in stable condition at Midland Memorial Hospital.
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Interstate 20
Ector County
Mark Donaldson
Tarrant County
Annie
Odessa
Glasscock County
Garden City
Department of Public Safety
Elena Viramontes
Giovanni
Castelazo
Joe Thornton
Midland
Thornton
Justice of the Peace
Kay Machicek
Midland Memorial Hospital
Explosion at Loving County facility kills two workers
A Wednesday morning explosion at a production site five miles northeast of West Road 652 near Orla, Loving County, left Amos B. Ortega of Artesia and Roberto Magdaleno of El Paso dead. Nine other workers were treated on site for injuries as authorities investigate a possible well head pressure event. RKI Exploration & Production says independent contractors were on site and no company employees were present.
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Loving County
RKI Exploration & Production
Oklahoma City
Carlsbad
N.M
RKI Exploration
Jeremy Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
RKI
Orla
Chris Busse
Amos B. Ortega
Artesia
Roberto Magdaleno
el Paso
Busse
Pecos Ems
Billy B. Hopper
Loving County Sheriff’s Office
Lubbock County
Reeves County
Pecos County
Hopper
Burleson Man Dies After Upton County Collision
A Burleson man died in a late Wednesday collision on U S Highway 67 five miles east of Rankin in Upton County. Tim othy Campbell, 32, was westbound in a 2008 Ford Taurus when he crossed into the eastbound lane and struck a 1999 Peterbilt semi driven by William Mills of Lubbock. Campbell was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:15 am Thursday.
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Upton County
Department of Public Safety
Rankin
DPS
Elena Viramontes
Timothy Campbell
Burleson
Highway 67
William Mills
Lubbock
Campbell
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