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Oklahoma car pursuit ends in Montague County; five jailed during incident

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
An early Sunday morning pursuit that began in Jefferson County, OK, came to a relatively quick end in Montague County, but along with that arrest came two additional traffic stops and four arrests.
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said his office received a call from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office at 2:38 a.m. May 5. Deputies were in pursuit of a suspect driving south in a 2006 Nissan Altima fleeing at 115 mph heading south into Texas. It was driven by Jessie Gene Buckley, 37, Oklahoma.
Montague officers Corporal Andrew Miller and Investigator Ethan Romine drove toward the state line along U.S. 81 and successfully deployed the stop sticks, which deflated the front two tires of the Altima as it came into Texas.
Thomas said the car finally came to a stop near Dutton Road north of Stoneburg after it lost power as the tires and rims were shredded. The pursuit had gone from 115 mph to about 40 on the damaged tires.
The driver reportedly jumped out and ran. Cpl. Miller attempted to deploy his taser, but it was unsuccessful and Buckley continued to run. The Jefferson deputy, Phillip Wolfenbarger and Romine caught up to him in a pasture and took him into custody.

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Bowie Council meets June 23

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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on June 23.
The agenda includes both old and new business items.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will make his report on the 2026-27 budget process, bid opening for the Glenn Hills lift station on July 16 and the bid for Rock and Pillar repairs.
In new business a pair of planning and zoning committee recommendations for replats at 107 E. Nelson and 412 Green will be reviewed. An ordinance adopting an office of emergency management amending a present ordinance will be offered.
Old business will see the second reading of the pickleball court reservation fee ordinance and the ordinance prohibiting drilling and mining or the reopening of an abandoned well or mine in any public park in the city limits.

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City of Bowie reports heat advisory today

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A HEAT ADVISORY will be in effect from noon until 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Please plan accordingly.

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Sheriff confirms human remains found in Sunset area

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Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has confirmed human skeletal remains were recovered on June 13 in the Sunset area, and they could possibly be those of a flight attendant believed to have been murdered almost a year ago in the Fort Worth.
The murder suspect, Dennis William Day, 66, admitted in June 2025 to strangling Rana Soluri, 47, an Envoy flight attendant who lived with Day during that last year. She was reported missing by a co-worker on June 11 and had not been seen or heard from since March 2025.
Day initially denied any involvement, but later admitted to the murder and indicated he dumped her body somewhere in the Montague County area. Lawmen have scoured the areas in questions in both Montague and Wise County, but found nothing.
Sheriff Thomas said on June 13 the SO received a call of possible skeletal remains in the Brushy Creek area north of Poss Dyer Lane on Farm-to-Market 1749. A deputy went to the scene and confirmed it was human remains.
Investigators responded and kept the scene secure overnight until staff from the University of North Texas Forensic Anthropology Center could arrive and made the recovery on June 14. A Texas Ranger and staff from the Fort Worth Police Department also were on scene.
“There is no determination made yet on how long it has been there,” said Thomas. “The anthropologist was pleased to recover most of the skeleton in these conditions. Heavy rains previously made the past searches difficult. We are working jointly with Fort Worth to make an identification and if it is the victim in their homicide.”

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