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Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Friday, October 13, 2006
Xmas lighting ceremony adds fireworks show
A fireworks display is being planned along with the Annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Maxey Park next month, Pecos Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors were told during their monthly meeting, held Tuesday at the Senior Citizen’s Center.
“The community Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony for this year is planned for Tuesday, Nov. 28, at the park,” said board member Nancy Martinez.
She said that this year promises to be even more spectacular.
“The students from Austin Elementary School participate every year in singing, but this year, there will also be a very large fireworks display,” said Martinez.
She said that the Rotarians do an excellent job of putting this on every year.
“People in the community will get to see this fireworks display, along with the usual program,” said Martinez. “The fireworks display will be a big expense, but that will be in a separate account.”
She said that there would also be a sign erected at the park that will be there permanently.
Board directors also approved the chamber banquet awards nominations guidelines.
“We want to make sure everyone knows that anyone in the community can make a nomination,” said board president-elect Venetta Seals.
To get a copy of the guidelines individuals can request them at the chamber office. Nominations are due at 5 p.m., the last Friday in December.
Under presidential announcements, Seals told the group that there would be a job fair in El Paso on Oct. 17 and one at nearby Fort Bliss on Oct. 18.
Seals said that they are trying to recruit individuals for the local hospital, but noted that there are other areas that need to be filled.
“I know we need another dentist in town, teachers, construction workers, electricians, plumbers and that the prison is in need of employees,” she said.
“We need to go into this as a partnership. It’s hard to recruit to a rural community,” she said.
RCDC III Warden Martin McDaniel said that the prison had held a job fair on Sept. 23.
“Only five turned out and we kept three of them,” said McDaniel.
He said that they would be attending the job fair in El Paso and that they would get a list of available housing to show to prospective employees.
“As gas goes down, maybe we’ll see the applicants come in,” said McDaniel. “Hopefully, things are turning and everything will get better,” he said.
Board member John Grant talked to the group about the housing problem.
“Lack of affordable housing seems to be one of the major problems in recruiting individuals to stay in Pecos,” said Grant. “Bad credit and low income are some of the major concerns, but there are still some lenders out there that will take a risk on someone who has held a job for a length of time,” he said.
“You cannot have a healthy stable economy without a healthy real estate market,” said Grant.
Debbie Thomas reported that the Art of the Wall exhibit of Texas High School artwork, held in conjunction with the Reeves County Fall Fair was a huge success.
“It was wonderful and we had a lot of local people come to it,” she said. “We still have the high school art work at the museum.”
Thomas said that they were going to try to have this event every year.
“We hope to stay on their tour and have them come out every year,” she said.
Red Bluff board weighs lake lot lease changes
Red Bluff Water Power Control Board members discussed changes in the rules on lot leases at Red Bluff Lake, during their regular monthly meeting in Pecos on Tuesday.
Managing director Randall Hartman told the board they were having problems with the conditions some of the people leasing lots at the lake were living in, which he said was due in part to the low cost on lot leases set by the district.
“I’m not saying they’re bad people, but we’re having some problems,” Hartman told the board. He said the main concern was for a family that includes a young boy, which is living in a dirt floor shack with no water , sewer or electricity.
“I think word of mouth got around that it’s a cheap place to live,” said district secretary Robin Prewit. Board members were told three of the families moved down to the lake from Carlsbad, N.M. and that one was found to be stealing electricity from the utility line to a neighboring lot, whose lease-holder is only a part-time lake resident.
The district current charges $150 a year to lease a lot at the lake, and Prewit said about 60 lots currently are leased. The leases are five-year agreements, and Hartman said the ones the district is concerned about was just signed earlier this year.
Board members discussed possible increases in the lease rate to solve the problems but Ava Gerke said anything other than a major rise in price wouldn’t change the current situation.
“I say make them put in a sewer,” she said. “You’re at least supposed to have a porta-potty there.”
“One of them said they were just going to use your porta-potties,” Hartman said, referring to the portable toilets the district has set up at the lake.
Hartman said they could change the lease agreements to require some sort of waste disposal system, but that would have to wait for lease renewals or new leases. “We can change things for future leases, but we can’t go back,” he said.
“There’s always going to be someone trying to take advantage of it,” said board member Clay Lee. He added that he wanted a chance to look at the lot lease contract, and then discuss the situation at the district’s November meeting.
Council makes emergency buy of trash trucks
Town of Pecos City Council members approved the purchase of two used garbage trucks from the City of Midland, during their regular meeting Thursday morning at City Hall, after being told the new trucks ordered may not be ready in time for the city to assume control of the landfill at the end of November.
Council members agreed to pay $25,000 for the two vehicles, which city sanitation department director Martin Arreguy described as 12- and 14-year-old diesels with 172,000 and 200,000 miles on their odometers.
“We wanted to have a contingency plan, if we don’t get the trucks on time,” Arreguy told the council, explaining that the city had worked out the deal with Mark Phillips, who is in charge of Midland’s sanitation department.
“They made us an offer and we agreed to the offer,” Arreguy said.
With the construction of a new trench at the landfill, the city decided earlier this year to end its contract with Duncan Disposal for handling trash disposal. But the change, which takes effect Dec. 1, requires the city to supply its own trash hauling trucks, and Arreguy said production back-ups have made it unlikely the new vehicles bought earlier this year would make it to town in time.
He added that it was Duncan officials who tipped the city off to the impending problem, as part of plans to negotiate an interim deal after Dec. 1.
“Duncan came back and said ‘You’re not going to get the trucks on time’,” Arreguy told the council. “When they said that, a light went off in our heads. We didn’t want to be left to their whims.”
“We pay Duncan $40,000 a month. These will pay for themselves in 15 days,” he said.
Council members asked about the condition of the trucks, and were told by Arreguy that he and other city workers had gone to Midland to inspect the vehicles.
“I don’t think it’s a risk. We’ve got good mechanics here,” Arreguy said. He added the trucks came with no warranties, “but if you went to the (Midland) shop and saw the high-tech way they’re maintaining these, you wouldn’t need a warranty.”
“If you look at the (trade) magazines, they normally go for about $65,000-$70,000 used,” he said. “The City of Midland has seen fit to give this to us at great savings.”
Council members then voted to approve the purchase, using funds still available from a 1995 bond issue. They said the vehicles can be used as back-ups, once the city gets its new trash disposal trucks.
In other action, the council voted to set Saturday, Oct. 28 as the day for Halloween trick-or-treating. Council members said they had received calls from residents in favor of both setting the recommended date for a Saturday and scheduling it on the official Halloween night, which falls on a Tuesday this year.
“If we do go with Tuesday, I would like to set a time,” said councilman Michael Benavides, who favored the Saturday date. “Six o’clock to hit the streets and at 8 o’clock, that’s it … I don’t want people knocking on doors at 10 o’clock at night when it’s a school night.”
Council members made the decision after being told both the Austin Elementary Halloween Carnival and the Mother Goose Parade already had been scheduled for Saturday. The end of Daylight Savings Time at 2 a.m. the following day was also a factor in the decision.
Carrasco faces new problems over payments
Former Reeves County Attorney Luis U. Carrasco will be heading back to court after he was arrested for violating terms of his probation last week.
Carrasco, 41, who served as Reeves County Attorney from 2001 through October of last year, was arrested following a traffic stop, which revealed that he had warrants charging him with violating terms of his probation.
Carrasco was received probation in August in 143rd District Court, after pleading guilty to three of five counts of theft and misappropriation of funds.
On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Carrasco was stopped on a traffic violation.
According to the police report, after the officer making contact, Carrasco received a written warning for the offense of speeding, but was then placed under arrest for active warrants.
The warrants included, a motion to adjudicate guilt and two motions to revoke. Court documents indicate that Carrasco failed to pay his probation fees and failed to report. He is scheduled to go before the judge next Friday. Bonds have been set at $25,000 each.
In August, Carrasco was given three probated sentences ranging from five to eight years, and was ordered to repay over $75,000 in connection with the thefts from accounts belonging to Reeves County and Carrasco’s private clients.
Carrasco was first indicted in February by a district court grand jury on nine counts, and five additional counts were filed against the attorney in June. According to 143rd District Court records, two of the five counts were dismissed as part of the plea deal.
The indictments followed an investigation, which led to his office being raided on Oct. 26, 2005, by Texas Rangers and Reeves County Sheriff’s Department officials, in which both private and county records were seized. The action led to his resignation as Reeves County Attorney five days later.
In the three plea deals, restitution in the first case was assessed at $28,785; in the second case, $33,718 and the third case, $4,591. Carrasco was also ordered to pay $10,009 to the Reeves County Attorney Pre-Trial Diversion Fund.
Animals, people claim awards from judges at shows
Exhibitors from around West Texas competed this past Saturday at the Reeves County Fall Fair Livestock Show, with contestants from Wink, Kermit and Alpine taking most of the top awards.
The stock show was one of many that were part of the 62nd Annual Fall Fair, which also included a dog show following the regular livestock events.
Garrett Floyd of Wink won Grand Champion honors in the Heifer Division with his Hereford; with Max Henson of Kermit was reserve champion with a Shorthorn, and Nathan Box of Pecos was third with his Charolais. In the English Steer Division, Briana Bugg of Odessa won with an Argus, while Shelby Walls and Max Henson of Kermit were second and third with their Herefords. In the Exotic Steers category, there were 11 entries, with Floyd taking Grand Champion honors with his Limousine, and Celesta Turnbo of Kermit the Reserve Champion, with an AOB steer.
In the Lamb Show, Tyler Vick of Alpine had the lone two entries in the Southdown category, while he also earned the Breed Champion and Grand Champion honors out of the Medium Wool category. Kersten Criddle of Alpine won over Sterling Crooks of San Angelo in the Finewool category, and she also won the Cross division, and took Reserve Champion with her entry in that group.
The Meat Goat category had the largest number of entries this year, with 46 entries, which were up from a year ago, according to Reeves County Extension Agent Tommy Dominguez. Grand Champion there was Baily Nickerson of Snyder for his 73-pound goat that placed first in its division, while Reserve Champion went to Victoria Barksdale of Melvin, who won with her 80-pound goat in the next level weight class.
Barksdale also won first in the lowest weight class with a 66-pound goat, while Nickerson won in two other divisions, with a 68-pound goat and at 86 pounds.
A variety of dogs were on hand for the Dog Show held in conjunction with the Reeves County Fall Fair, along with a vast array of entries in other categories.
In the Dog Show, the small dogs division, winners included: a Maltese, owned by Crissy Zuniga; a dashund, owned by Cielo Ornelas and a pom, owned by Carrie Shores.
In the big dogs division: a black lab, owner Lenora Blanchard took first place; second, an Anatolian dog, named Annie and owned by Morgan Taylor and a boxer, owned by Peter Harrison.
First place for the smartest dog, was a westie, owned by Bryce Salcido; a black lab, owned by Lenora Blanchard and third place, a terrier, owned by Cyann Gordon.
Best All Around went to the black lab, owned by Lenora Blanchard.
Other fair judging involved crafts and foods, with awards going to people in the following categories:
In the small items, first place, multi-colored scrubber wipe and pot scrubber, by Janet Prewit; first blue thread cross; second, pink cross and pink prayer flower and third place, a purple sachet, all by Janet Prewit.
Best of Show, first places, camouflage tissue holder, hat, open weave, camouflage hanger and a hangar, all by Janet Prewit.
Third place a lucky horseshoe, by Ella Sue Johnson; second, Mr. and Mrs. Snowman; first, Fruit Loops art rainbow layer and what you need to make it; first, autumn leaves art; first, two layered candle art pieces; Best of Show, dry flower art; first place, class room scene art and first place, jewelry box art, all by Ella Sue Johnson.
In the Food Show: baked goods, breads- quick, first, cream cheese banana nut bread, Laura Teal; second, pumpkin roll, Calvin Howard.
Breads - yeast, first cinnamon rolls, Calvin Howard.
Cakes: first, Elfida Howard, a jam cake; second, Catherine Travland, an apple-raisin cake; Catherine Travland and third, fresh orange cake, by Catherine Travland.
Candy: first, Elfida Howard, fudge candy; cookies: first, Doris Tillery, melting moments cookies and second Doris Tillery, while you sleep cookies.
Pies: first, Rose Mitchell, pecan pie; miscellaneous, first, David Teal, spicy crackers.
Best of Show: Elfida Howard, Jam Cake.
Food Show - Canned Goods:
Soft spreads - first, Calvin Howard, clear grape jelly; second, blueberry jam and third, apple jam, by Calvin Howard.
Fruit: first, apples, Margie Williamson and second, applesauce, Calvin Howard.
Vegetables: first, Margie Williamson, hot pepper sauce and second, candied carrots, Margie Williamson.
Pickles: first, Calvin Howard, corn relish; second, Margie Williamson, beet pickles and third, Calvin Howard, green tomato relish.
Best of Show: Calvin Howard, clear grape jelly.
Pecos KG traffic signs up; city seeks Cedar St. lights
New school zone traffic signs were going up around Pecos Kindergarten on Thursday, as part of an effort between the Town of Pecos City and the Texas Department of Transportation, and city council members plan to have further talks with TxDOT about traffic control problems along South Cedar Street.
Pecos Kindergarten Principal Robert Garrett talked with city officials earlier this year about placing new safety zones around his school, due to vehicles that were failing to slow down while passing the West 10th Street campus. Plans were drawn up by the city for new signs, warning lights and street markings, but action was delayed after the estimated cost could not be fit into the 2005-06 budget.
However, council members were told by city street supervisor Martin Arreguy on Thursday that new signs were being put up along 10th and 11th streets.
“The state donated signs for the Pecos Kindergarten school zones,” he said. “Larry Levario (supervisor for TxDOT’s Pecos office) helped us out.”
He said the city also plans to use its new street painting machine to put in new crosswalks, and that they would contain reflective materials so they will be visible to drivers at night.
The city eventually plans to put new crosswalks and school zone signs around all of the campuses in the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD.
Following the discussion of the Pecos Kindergarten work, council member Danny Rodriguez asked Arreguy if the city could look into improving speed controls along South Cedar Street (U.S. 285), which he said has become a problem due to higher speed limits on the road outside the city limits.
“You get trucks coming through at high speeds,” he said. “They get off 285 at 75 mph and get used to it. Then they get around Wal-Mart still doing 45 mph and when they get to Town & Country (East 13th Street), they’re still going fast.”
Rodriguez said he would like to see TxDOT install traffic lights at locations coming into town, to help slow traffic down. “I’ve been to places like Andrews, and they have traffic lights at both ends of town to slow the traffic.”
Pecos has only three traffic lights, on Third Street (Business I-20) at Cedar, Oak and Eddy streets that are maintained by TxDOT. Other similar cities, like Andrews, Monahans and Fort Stockton, have between 6-8 lights along their TxDOT-maintained streets, and officials with the state agency said earlier this year it was looking into placing more traffic lights in Pecos, including on at Walthall and Eddy streets.
“I have asked about it, and they (TxDOT) said if they get a letter from us asking for stop lights, they would look at it,” Rodriguez said.
“I can talk with them. We have a good relationship with them,” Arreguy said.
Council member Frank Sanchez also asked if the city could talk with TxDOT about extending the 30 mph speed limit zone along Cedar Street further south from the downtown area. Speed limits currently are 45 mph from I-20 to just past Walthall Street, 40 mph from Walthall to 13th Street and 35 mph from 13th to Eighth Street.
Ewing, Sparkman announce engagement, wedding plans
Mr. and Mrs. Steele Ewing, of Pecos, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Savannah Lee Ewing, to Patrick Devine Sparkman.
Sparkman is the son of Wally and Tammy Moon and Wayne and Alma Sparkman, also of Pecos.
Grandparents of the bride elect are Mr. and Mrs. John Murphree of Lubbock and Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ewing of Midland. Grandparents of the groom-to-be are Mrs. Frances Esparza and the late Curtis and Ann Burke. Great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Acosta of Pecos.
Ewing is a Pecos High School graduate and currently attending UTPB in Odessa.
Sparkman is a 2001 Pecos High School graduate and is currently employed with Badger BMB Services of Pecos.
The couple plans to make their home in Pecos.
Police Report
EDITOR’S NOTE: Information contained in the Police Report is obtained from reports filed by the Pecos Police Department, Reeves County Sheriff’s Office, or other officers of those agencies. The serving of warrants by an officer for outstanding fines of either traffic citations, animal control violations or other court costs are considered arrests and will be printed as such unless indicated that the fines were paid. In such instances we will indicate payment and release.
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Zair Granado Estrada, 26, 509 S. Irene St., was arrested by police on Oct. 9 on a charge of assault under the Family Violence Act, a Class A misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place at the home, and Estrada was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Roland Frank Baca, 20, 404 Magnolia, was arrested by police on Oct. 7 on warrants charging him with evading arrest or detention and a warrant out of the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office for burglary of a habitation. Baca was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Cynthia Perea, 37, 2006 Wyoming St., was arrested by police on Oct. 6 on warrants out of the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office charging her with resisting arrest and failure to appear. Police said the arrest occurred after they were called to Perea’s home on a report of a disturbance and a records check revealed the outstanding warrants. She was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Carmillo Martinez, Salcido, 62, 1515 S. Almond St., was arrested by police on Oct. 5 on a charge of public intoxication. Police said the arrest took place in the 700 block of East Sixth Street after they received a call on a man breaking a beer bottle in the 600 block of East Sixth Street. Salcido She was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Alfredo C. Lopez, 52, 1205 E. Fifth St., was arrested by police on Oct. 5 on a charge of public intoxication other than alcohol. Police said the arrest took place at 10:08 a.m. in the 600 block of Mulberry Street, and Lopez was also charged on a parole violation warrant off an original burglary of a building charge. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Luis U. Carrasco, 41, 506 S. Ash St., was arrested by police on Oct. 5 on a charge of speeding, along with warrants charging him with motion to adjudicate guilt and two motions to revoke issued out of the 143rd District Court’s office. Police said the arrest took place at 8:49 p.m. in the 600 block of South Hickory Street. Carrasco was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Erek Randall Brown, 26, 411 S. Sycamore St., was arrested by police on Oct. 4 on a warrant charging him with motion to revoke probation. Police said the arrest took place at 11:16 p.m. at 1122 S. Mesquite St., and Brown was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Antonio Muniz Jr., 46, W. County Road 331, was arrested by police on Oct. 4 on a warrant charging him with motion to revoke on a charge of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Police said the arrest took place at Allsup’s, 708 S. Cedar St., and was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center, where bond was set at $25,000.
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Beverly Yazzie, 37, 815 S. Cedar St., was arrested by police on Oct. 3 on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place in the 800 block of South Cedar Street, and Yazzie was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Osvaldo Garcia, 43, 505 E. Sixth St., was arrested by police on Oct. 3 on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest occurred at Garcia’s home, and he was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Delfino Lujan Jr., 54, 311 s. Mulberry St., was arrested by police on Oct. 3 on a charge of public intoxication a Class B misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place after Lujan was found lying on the ground in the 1400 block of South Oak Street. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Robert Dwight McCartney, 17, 1906 Iowa St., was arrested by police on Sept. 27 on a charge of possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) within 1,000 feet of a school. Police said the arrest occurred after they were called to Pecos High School, 1201 S. Park St., by officials about a subject believed to be in possession of marijuana . McCartney was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Gabriel Lara Huertas, 22, 318 Olive St., was arrested by police on Sept. 30 on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place at 1:30 a.m. at the Suavacito Club, 900 S. Cedar St., after they were called about a man trying to get into the women’s bathroom. Huertas was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Irma Jimenez Rodriguez, 40, 310 S. Elm St., was arrested by police on a warrant charging her with public intoxication, which carried a fine of $215. Police said the arrest was made following a traffic stop in the 100 block of East Second Street. Rodriguez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Victoria M. Renteria, 45, 207 W. 14th St., was arrested by police on Sept. 29 on warrants charging her with expired motor vehicle inspection sticker, having a child under 15 unrestrained by a seat belt and having a child between the ages of 4-14 unrestrained by a seat belt. All three violations are Class C misdemeanors, carrying total fines of $584. Renteria was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Ramiro Brito Pando, 44, 2245 Lindsay Rd., was arrested by police on Oct. 1 on a charge of public intoxication a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place at the Suavacito Club, 900 S. Cedar St., and Pando was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Daniel Ivan Punzovillegas, 25, of Lovington, N.M., was arrested by police on Oct. 1 on a charge of public intoxication a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place at the Suavacito Club, 900 S. Cedar St., and Punzovillegas was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Luis Lara Licon, 38, 1121 S. Willow St., was arrested by police on Oct. 1 on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place at 10:39 p.m. following a disturbance in the lobby of the Pecos Criminal Justice Center, 172 Raul Florez Blvd. Licon was then placed under arrest and turned over to the jail staff.
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Elidia Hernandez Munoz, 37, 8690 Ranger Junction, was arrested on Oct. 1 on a charge of public intoxication, Police said the arrest took place following an accident outside the Pecos Criminal Justice Center, 172 Raul Florez Blvd. She was then taken inside the Criminal Justice Center and turned over to the jail staff.
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Angela M. Villalobos, 21, 1115 E. Sixth St., was arrested by police on Sept. 27 on a warrant charging her with theft of service. Police said Villalobos was arrested at her home and was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Francisco Salcido Menchaca, 33, was arrested by police on Sept. 24 on a charge of public intoxication. Police said the arrest took place at 4:27 p.m. in the 700 block of East Ninth Street, and Menchaca was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Agapito Rodriguez, 38, 700 S. Hackberry St., was arrested by police on a warrant for failure to pay a fine on a charge of child under 4 unrestrained by a seat belt. Police said the arrest took place at 12:20 p.m. outside Pecos High School, 1201 S. Cedar St., and Rodriguez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Emilio Acosta Jr., 26, of Monahans, was arrested by police on a warrant for no driver’s license. Police said the arrest took place at 10:45 p.m. on Sept. 23 outside Saragosa Hall, 6th and Peach streets. Acosta was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Jorge Navarette, 18, 901 S. Plum St., was arrested by police on Sept. 23 on warrants for minor in possession of alcohol and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. Police said the arrest was made at 11:11 p.m. outside Saragosa Hall, at Sixth and Peach streets, and Navarette was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Rene Leonard Dominguez, 19, 2384 Madera Rd., was arrested by police on Sept. 23 on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest was made t 2:23 a.m. after they were called to 2412 S. Cactus St., on a report of a disturbance. Dominguez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Javier Ramirez, 54, and Susie Yazzie, 54, both of 330 W. 13th St., were arrested by police on Sept. 23 on charges of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor for Ramirez and a Class B enhanced charge for Yazzie. Police said the arrest took place at 12:29 a.m. in the 200 block of East Eighth Street, after officers received a report a female subject had fallen in the roadway. Ramirez and Yazzie were then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Jacob Navarette Corralez, 20, 1816 Mimosa St., was arrested by police on Sept. 18 on charges of evading arrest or detention while in a motor vehicle, driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Police said the arrest was made after police were called about a theft of beer. Police said they chased Corralez’s vehicle from Cactus and Yucca streets along Daggett, Olive, Lincoln and Eddy streets until Corralez crashed his vehicle in the 1800 block of Eddy. He then ran from officers on foot, before being apprehended in the 900 block of South Plum Street. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Rhonda Madrid Renteria, 24, 1212 S. Cherry St, Space No. 67, was arrested by police on Sept. 22 on warrants charging her with possession of a controlled substance (heroin) and possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said the arrest was made outside Allsup’s, 708 s. Cedar St., at which time they said the defendant threw two syringes on the ground on the store’s south parking lot. Renteria was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Cynthia Chabarria Cobos, 30, of Monahans, was arrested by police on Sept. 22 on a warrant charging her with theft by check, a Class B misdemeanor, issued out of Ector County.
Police said the arrest was made at the Texas Department of Public Safety office, 148 Raul Florez Blvd., and Cobos was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Christopher Lee Hodges, 224, 314 Concho Rd. in Barstow, was arrested by police on Sept. 21 on a warrant for no insurance, which carries a fine of $107. Police said the arrest was made at 7:16 p.m. in the 900 block of East Second Street, and Hodges was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Ruben Villegas, 27,1614 Morris St., was arrested by police on Sept. 21 on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon (club). Police said Villegas’ vehicle was stopped in the 1100 block of Yucca Street after reported it had been involved in a disturbance and an accident earlier in the evening. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Crystal Lee Rubio, 717 S. Walnut St., was arrested by police on Sept. 18 on charges of failing to pay fines for no proof of liability insurance and unrestrained child under 4 in a vehicle. Police said the arrest took place at 2:49 p.m. at the intersection of Plum and Walthall streets, and Rubio was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Jaime Morales, 2211 Cactus St., was arrested by police on Sept. 18 on a warrant for disregarding a stop sign, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest was made at 8:11 p.m. at Cedar and ‘D’ streets, and Morales was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Mary Margaret Gonzales Argumaniz, 24, 202 W. Eighth St., was arrested by police on warrants charging her with no seat belt and possession of a open container of alcohol, both Class C misdemeanors, and for unpaid judgments on a $146 fine for speeding and a $221 fine for no proof of liability insurance. The arrest was made following a traffic stop at 7:56 p.m. at 1700 S. Plum St., and Argumaniz was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Luis F. Rodriguez, 61, 1200 E. Third St., Apt. 4, was arrested by police on Sept. 15 on a warrant charging him with possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said the arrest was made at 11:30 p.m. in the 400 block of South Pecan Street, and Rodriguez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Jaime Orona Gomez Jr., 22, 408 S. Pine St., was arrested by police on Sept. 115 on warrants for failure to pay fines on charges of failure to control speed and no driver’s license. Total cost of the judgments was $460. The arrest was made following a traffic stop in the 200 block of South Peach Street, and Gomez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Chris Dominguez Machuca, 31, 2117 Country Club Dr., was arrested by police on Sept. 17 on a warrant for motion to revoke probation on an original charge of possession of cocaine, issued out of the Reeves County Sheriff’s Department. Police said the arrest was made at Machuca’s home, and he was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Antonio Rodriguez, 25, 221 N. Cedar St., was arrested on Sept. 16 on a warrant charging him with public intoxication. Police said the arrest took place in the 600 block of East Fourth Street, and Rodriguez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Amy Katrina Ortiz, 26, 612 S. Pecan St., was arrested by police on Sept. 16 on warrants for default payment on charges of possession of an open container, expired motor vehicle inspection sticker, child under 4 unrestrained by car seat, no proof of liability insurance and failure to appear on that and the open container charges. Total cost of the fines was $1,213. Ortiz was arrested at 6:43 p.m. in the 700 block of South Oleander Street, and she was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Charles Brown, 67, 714 S. Hackberry St., was arrested by police on Sept. 16 on warrants for non-payment of judgments on charges of no driver’s license and driver unrestrained by seat belt. Total cost of the fines was put at $299. Police said the arrest was made at 7:18 p.m. in the 800 block of South Eddy Street, and Brown was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Cara Elaine Alligood, 41, of Barstow, Chris Kelly Wolfe, 32, of Sayre, Okla., and Janet Lynn Drane, 1949 S. Missouri St., Apt. 2, were arrested on Sept. 9 on charges of public intoxication. Police said the arrests occurred in the 1200 block of South Cedar Street. All three were then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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David Argumaniz, 28, 202 W. Eighth St., was arrested by police on Sept. 17 on a charge of possession of marijuana under two ounces, a Class B misdemeanor, aggravated assault and a warrant for failure to pay a $399 judgment on theft under $50. Police said the arrest was made at Argumaniz’s home after he was reported to have stabbed another person, and he was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Ramon Daniel Leos, 21, 1320 S. Oak St., was arrested by police on Sept. 17 on warrants charging him with theft by check out of Reeves and Ector counties, and possession of marijuana under two ounces. Police said the arrest was made after officers were called to Leos’ home on a report of a disturbance. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Julio Vega Navarette, 58, 901 S. Plum St., was arrested by police on Sept. 9 on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Police said the arrest occurred outside the Club Suavacito, 900 S. Cedar St., and Navarette was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Oscar Garcia Archuleta, 23, 1519 Hackberry St., was arrested by police on Sept. 7 on a warrant out of the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office for driving while license suspended. Police said the arrest was made in the 1500 block of Monroe Street following a traffic stop, and Archuleta was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Eric Vasquez Florez, 27, 21219 Hackberry St., was arrested by police on Sept. 8 on a warrant charging him with motion to revoke probation on a charge of possession of marijuana, and resisting transportation. Police said the arrest took place at 2200 Missouri St., and Florez was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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Aaron Medrano 401 Pecos St., in Barstow was arrested by police on Sept. 10 in the 200 block of East 10th Street on a charge of public intoxication, a Class C misdemeanor. Police said the arrest took place in the 200 block of East 10th Street, where Medrano was a passenger in a vehicle being driven by a male juvenile. He was then transported to the Pecos Criminal Justice Center.
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