NEWS
Ex-chief indicted forabuse of official capacity: Grand Jury issues Class B misdemeanor indictment
Former Bowie Police Chief David Scruggs was indicted by the Montague County Grand Jury Monday for a Class B Misdemeanor, abuse of official capacity $20 to $500.
The 55-year-old Scruggs was processed through the sheriff’s office Monday evening after the sealed indictment was handed down according to the district attorney’s office. The indictment carried a $1,500 bond and he was released a short time later. The allegations stem from three incidents where Scruggs reportedly provided his son a police department pump key to pump gas into his personal vehicle. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The BOIL WATER NOTICE for the area of Miller, Nina, & Roach Streets has been cancelled
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 26, one day later than its regular session moved due to the Memorial Day holiday.
Items on the agenda include: Proclamation for June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month; consider master lease agreement for copier with Kyocera Document Solutions America and the county clerk; review data access memorandum of understanding between the county sheriff’s office and Sheriff’s Association of Texas in association with Appriss Insights, LLC and OCV, LLC; credit application to MHC; precinct two request to enter a lease purchase agreement with American National Leasing to buy a 2024 Case tractor; precinct for line-item budget adjustment of $8,750 from sale of property to gravel; precinct four to accept a check from Government Capital for $97,200 and deposit it into machinery and equipment line item and budget workshop.
The Bowie City Council has cancelled its May 26 meeting due to a lack of agenda items that have discussion.
The next regularly scheduled meeting is on June 9.
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