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Marissa Martinez Police: Traffic stop nets felon with Bowie knife, gun, drugs
A traffic stop on the morning of Feb. 20 ended in the arrest of two Beeville residents on possession of crack cocaine charges. Bee County Deputy Cecil Daniels stopped 28-year-old Robert Washington...
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Feb. 6 at 10:46 a.m. Patrolman Art Gamez was dispatched to the 500 block of Juarez Street after someone there reported a disturbance in the street. A 43-year-old man said an 18-year-old man had st...
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Feb. 4 at 10:49 p.m. Patrolman Jonell Cisneros was dispatched to the Wal-Mart Supercenter after employees called to report a theft. The officer met with a 23-year-old loss prevention employee who ...
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BEE COUNTY COURT Judge David Silva SENTENCINGS : Jan. 21, 2010 • Shawn W. McBride of Beeville, DOB 9-19-82, DWI , guilty. Final judgment $350 fine, $444 court costs, fine and fees to be ...
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Jan. 24 at 2:34 p.m. a 44-year-old man spoke to Patrolman Miller in the 1000 block of West Youst Street after the man called to report a theft. The victim said someone had stolen a power saw and s...
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• Jan. 17 at 12:50 a.m. Patrolman Victor Gonzales responded to a call from the River Bend Sports Bar, 1603 N. St. Mary’s St., after someone there called to report a fight. The officer stopped a Ch...
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BEE COUNTY COURT Judge David Silva SENTENCINGS: Dec. 10, 2009 Norma Perez of Refugio, DOB 12-11-66, criminal mischief over $500 under $1,500, guilty. Final judgment serve 6 days jail, credit 6 ...
Crime Stoppers seeks tips on debit card thief
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Bee County Crime Stoppers needs the public’s help in finding the person who used someone else’s debit card without permission. According to Beeville police, officers were sent to the home of a man...
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• Jan. 16 at 4:16 p.m. Patrolman Matt Miller met with a 48-year-old employee of the John C. Beasley Municipal Golf Course at Veterans Memorial Park to investigate vandalism. The employee said one ...
Fifth DWI gets Beeville man 12-year prison term
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A 40-year-old Beeville man with four previous DWI convictions was sentenced to 12 years in prison last week after a jury found him guilty of once again driving while intoxicated. The eight-man, f...
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• Jan. 7 at 7:41 a.m. Patrolman Patrick Mitchell was dispatched to the Wal-Mart Supercenter after a loss prevention officer at the store reported the theft of a television set. The 26-year-old sec...
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• Dec. 15 at 8:51 p.m. Patrolman Matthew Miller was sent to the 1300 block of South Tyler Street after a woman there discovered a broken window in her son’s bedroom. The 33-year-old woman who call...
national news
Lawyer rebuts doubts about runaway Prius driver (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a stuck accelerator deepened Sunday as the motorist's attorney dismissed a congressional memo that questions his client's version of events.


Sun Mar 14 21:33:22 -0500 2010
No word from woman freed in alleged plot, mom says (AP)
AP - A Colorado woman who says she is the mother of an American held and later released in Ireland over an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist said Sunday she does not know where her daughter or grandson may be.
Sun Mar 14 14:12:21 -0500 2010
Survey: Readers don't want to pay for news online (AP)
AP - Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.
Sun Mar 14 23:10:29 -0500 2010
Culture clash: European art provokes Muslims (AP)

Swedish artist Lars Vilks talks during an interview with the Associated Press in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday March 10 2010. The Swedish artist who angered Muslims by drawing the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog says he believes the suspects arrested in Ireland and the U.S. in an alleged plot to kill him were not professionals . (AP photo/Scanpix, Bertil Ericson)AP - With the West locked in conflicts across the Muslim world, why would anyone throw fuel on the fire?


Sun Mar 14 19:01:21 -0500 2010