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Michael Andrew Parades Pot found in glove box, two Refugio men arrested
Conflicting stories and a plastic bag full of marijuana found in the glove compartment of a white Ford Taurus led to the arrest of two Refugio men Saturday, Feb. 26, at 9 p.m. Christopher Lee, 20,...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,675 calls were dispatched through the sheriff’s office from Feb. 8 through Feb. 14. Of that number 48 were dispatched to deputies; 32 to the Refugio Police Departm...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 110 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 25 through Jan. 31. The sheriff’s department responded to 32 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 30; state troopers four...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,102 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24. The sheriff’s department responded to 50 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 20; state troopers two; med...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,043 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 11 to Jan. 17. The sheriff’s department responded to 38 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 20; state troopers six; med...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 1,411 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. The sheriff’s department responded to 30 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 25; state troopers eight; me...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 152 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 20 through Dec. 29. The sheriff’s department responded to 47 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 21; state troopers 5; me...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,256 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 13 through Dec. 20. The sheriff’s department responded to 51 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 21; state troopers, th...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,093 calls went through dispatch from Nov.30 through Dec. 13. The sheriff’s department responded to 71 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 29; state troopers 10; ...
County court dispositions
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The following sentences and dispositions were handed down during September in Refugio County Court, with Judge Rene Mascorro presiding. • Modesto Salazar Acosta of Houston was sentenced to 60 days...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,509 calls went through dispatch from Nov. 9 through Nov. 22. The sheriff’s department responded to 97 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 65; state troopers 20; ...
Speeder caught tossing weed out his car window
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Three men were arrested on felony possession of marijuana charges and tampering with evidence last week during a traffic stop for speeding after a Refugio police officer saw the suspects tossing it...
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Karry Hoganson lays sandbags, Monday, March 15, 2010, behind his home in Fargo, N.D. His neighbor's home was demolished earlier this month to make way for the clay dike next to his home. Hoganson bought the home in 2002. (AP Photo/The Forum, Michael Vosburg)AP - Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags and the National Guard prepared to build clay dikes to help protect nearby homes from the fast-rising Red River.


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Brian Witthoeft, left to right, Joel Witthoeft and Neil Dyer prepare Brian's south Moorhead, Minn. home  for flooding as the Red River rises on Monday, March 15, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)AP - With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.


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AP - An Arkansas woman who drove into a lake during a late night thunderstorm, killing her three children, has pleaded guilty to three felony counts of child endangerment.
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AP - A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the beach, officials said Tuesday.
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