NEWS
$200,000 in drugs seized during traffic stop
Anthony Duncan
By BARBARA GREEN
A late night traffic stop by Bowie Police Thursday night along U.S. Highway 287 discovered a Hutto, TX man transporting more than $200,000 worth of marijuana and THC vapor oil.
The stop was made by Officer Cody Stone about 11:45 p.m. on the southbound side of U.S. Highway 287 at State Highway 59 where police were running highway interdiction.
Stone saw a pickup exit the roadway and pull to the shoulder. The driver got out and walked around the vehicle with a flashlight, so Stone stopped to make a welfare check on the vehicle with Utah license plates.
According to the probable cause affidavit Anthony Jarrod Duncan, 37, was looking at damage to his back bumper, which Stone said was old enough it had dirt on it. The officer asked Duncan if he left the highway due to the interdiction sign and he said no.
After checking the man’s driver’s license and asking for consent to search, Duncan was reportedly “very hesitant,” which led Stone to call for a K-9 unit. The eventual probable cause search resulted in the discover of more than 30 pounds of marijuana and 3,600 vials of THC oil. Read the full story in the weekend News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
A 44-year-old Bowie man was arrested Monday morning at the lake next to Bowie High School after he was acting suspiciously and ran from police.
At 7:28 a.m. May 4 Lt. Bob Blackburn saw a man trespassing at the school lake. Nearby there was a vehicle parked on the service road belonging to the suspect, Zane Huntley. The license plate on the vehicle had been concealed using tape.
“My immediate first thought was someone was here to hurt my kids. Covering up your plates is something criminals do,” said the officer.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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