NEWS
Dangerous situation averted by talking suspect out of RV
Gary Carlson
April Henefield
A potentially dangerous situation was averted Friday night as law officers attempted to talk with a man who locked himself in a RV parked at the Star Travel Center along U.S. 287. After 90 minutes of talking to the man on the loud speaker he came outside.
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said the man, Gary Leroy Carlson, 51, Greeley, CO, was arrested on a felony warrant out of Colorado, along with two drug complaints.
This convergence of events began earlier in the evening around 7:30 p.m. when Bowie Police Officer Paul Magers made a traffic stop in the 1000 block of Decatur Street. Police were responding to a disturbance at Murphy Oil at Walmart, where a woman was “acting impaired” and left the scene. The woman was later stopped by Bowie Police.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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