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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2002
Page
18
Travis County attorney Ken Oden seeks disclosure forms to extend an ethics probe beyond Sen. Jeff Wentworth and Rep. Rick Green. The inquiry centers on 2001 efforts to derail a health department warning label for products with ephedrine and whether legislators lobbied privately for clients.
A former Midland police officer, Chris Martin, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, relinquished his peace officer’s license, and paid a $300 fine following a deal with District Attorney Al Schorre. The case stemmed from December 2000 when he allegedly offered immunity from arrest in exchange for a sexual favor to a 19 year old college student at a loud party.
A 21 year old Dallas man seriously injured by a Washington DC pipe bomb on July 12 prepares to return home. He spoke of relief at being in his own bed after multiple surgeries and months of rehab. Authorities seek his missing half brother Scott Sigmund on wire explosive charges. America’s Most Wanted will feature the case with a November segment.
Dallas County Probate Judge Nikki DeShazo ruled that Tyrone R. Hooker Schiffron Taylor Brown and Bessie Fonda Bryant are each entitled to one ninth of Johnnie Taylor estate. DNA evidence showed a 99.9999 percent probability Taylor was their father. The six previously acknowledged children share the remainder as the estate's final value remains undetermined. Taylor once topped the charts with Disco Lady.
Chief financial officer Chet Lewis said the city would not need budget cuts or a tax increase despite July Guadalupe River flooding. August sales tax recovered nearly flat versus last year with a 9 percent rise from two years ago, aided by diverse economy and tourism rebound despite flood damage.
A mistrial was declared in the molestation and sexual assault case against Joseph Mangone, 45, of Fort Worth, with a January retrial date set after the jury could not reach a verdict. The alleged victim was 24 at the time of the incidents in her parents' Euless home, and Mangone disputed the charges from the witness stand.
Dallas based man argues prosecutors excluded Black jurors in his trial, calling the experience racist and akin to a Ku Klux Klan meeting. The Supreme Court agreed in February to consider his appeal, asserting his innocence amid ongoing prison interview remarks.
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