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Undercover Operation Results
in Three Arrests
Special to the Free Press
Comanche Co. Sheriff’s Office
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The Comanche County Sheriff’s Office
started an investigation in August 2008 of illegal use and sale of
narcotics in the DeLeon area. The investigation continued for the
next 10 months with the arrest of three suspects on June 3, 2009.
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WEDNESDAY DRUG BUST
DPS narcotics
investigators and troopers, Sheriff’s deputies and DeLeon police
took part in the drug raid. |
Comanche County Sheriff’s Narcotics
unit had made a purchase of methamphetamine in the past from the N.
Travis St. residence. Comanche County Sheriff’s Office along with
DPS Narcotics had made a deal with the occupants of the residence to
sell a large quanity of methamphetamine. On June 3, the occupants of
the residence said the methamphetamine would be brought in and it
could be picked up.
Comanche County Sheriff’s office, DPS
Narcotics, DPS Troopers and DeLeon Police Department secured the
residence and served a search warrant.
Six children ranging from age 7 years
to 15 years of age were in the home along with five adults.
A total of 88.5 grams of
methamphetamine was seized during the search. Officer’s said this
was a
large quanity of methamphetamine for a small community such as
DeLeon. The street value is estimated
at $ 18,000.00.
The search and undercover operation
resulted in the arrest of two DeLeon women and a Gorman man. All
three are being held in the Comanche County Jail. …
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Christella Marie
Blanco |
Norma Jean Estrada |
Gustavo Cruz |
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County Road Bridges Get Good
Inspection Report
By JERRY MORGAN, Reporter
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COMANCHE -- The Commissioners Court of
Comanche County met in regular session on Monday, June 8, in the
County Courtroom.
The first order of business was the
presentation of the annual inspection of bridges on county roads by
Cathy Griffin, of the Texas Department of Transportation. Griffin
described the report she handed out to the Commissioners as the
regular safety inspection of county road bridges (referred to in
TxDOT nomenclature as “off system bridges”) completed every 24
months. Griffin noted that there were a few signs that were down and
others incorrectly posted, incorrectly worded or missing altogether.
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Relay for Life Celebrates
Survivors
By TIM WHITE
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SURVIVOR. State Representative Sid Miller, pictured above,
spoke about his battle with cancer during the Comanche County
Relay for Life last Friday. |
They have looked the monster in the
eye. And yet they have survived.
They didn’t volunteer to face the
monster. They were not selected as the biggest, bravest or
strongest. It just happened to be them. Why them? They cannot answer
that. Would they choose to face the monster
again? Never.
But now they stand, and walk, to show
all of us that you can face the
monster, and then enjoy a satisfying life.
“There are times in our lives we will
always remember,” Texas House Representative Sid Miller, and a
DeLeon native, told the group of survivors and walkers at the Relay
for Life in Comanche last Friday night.
“When you graduate, when you
propose to your wife or she
proposes to you. I’ll never forget when my wife said she was
pregnant, …
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DELEON VOLUNTEER
DEPARTMENT
BBQ FUNDRAISER.
The DeLeon Volunteer Fire
Department’s annual barbecue fundraiser is scheduled for this
Saturday, June 13, 2009, beginning at 5 p.m. at the DeLeon City
Hall auditorium. Take-out order can be ordered by calling
254-842-4618. Pictured above, back row, are DVFD Chief Doyle
Rone, Kiley Abbey, Richard Owen, Jackson Jobe, Mark Nowlin and
Heath Matteson. Front row, left to right, Josh Smith, Byrl
Cogburn, Matthew Iley, Joe Burnett and John Quade. Not pictured,
Cloyd Teague, John Spencer, Jack Abbey, Shalor Nowlin, Cody
Hodges, Arthur Beck, Dan Moss, Todd Morris, Lance Lampman and
Jeremy Sparger. |
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SURVIVORS LAP
The Survivor’s Lap kicked
off the 2009 Comanche County Relay for Life last Friday, June 5,
at the Comanche High School track |
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Danny Owen, the Mayor of De Leon,
has a personal website.
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website by Clicking Here
Scott Hall has
creating an Internet website with history & photos of our town.
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to visit his website
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