NEWS
2 chases, 1 fight keep lawmen busy last Friday
A pair of high-speed pursuits in southern Montague County Friday netted a carjacking and stabbing suspect out of Austin and a stolen vehicle out of Wichita Falls.
Pursuit one
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said a morning pursuit was brief with a reckless driver suspect, while an afternoon chase began with a “armed” suspect out of Austin seen on U.S. 287, chased briefly into Bowie and stopped on Lawhorn Lane.
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Aug. 21 the sheriff’s office received a call of a reckless driver in the area of Farm-to-Market Road 174 12 miles out of the county, but heading toward Montague County. Deputy Chase Pelton responded and observed what he believed to be the suspect vehicle.
The driver came into Bowie on FM 174 and local police deployed tire spikes in the area of Matthews and Wise in an attempt to stop the vehicle. The driver finally came to a stop in the parking lot of the post office at Mason and Wise in the center of downtown Bowie.
The second pursuit began shortly after 2 p.m. when Deputy Pelton heard radio traffic about a possible carjacking/stabbing suspect driving on U.S. 287 from Alvord in a silver Mustang. The suspect, Richard Camilo Vela Jr., 53, Austin, was listed as “armed and dangerous.”
A disturbance at Selma Park last Friday evening ended with the arrest of three people and two police officers receiving minor injuries as they attempted to arrest a suspect.
The incident involved officers from both the Bowie Police and Montague County Sheriff’s office as they responded to a disturbance near the Blue Dock at Lake Amon G. Carter in Selma Park.
Read the full story on these incidents in your mid-week Bowie News.
A Wednesday morning rollover on State Highway 59caused a vehicle to catch fire but had no injuries.
Montague County Public Information Officer Sgt. Aaron Randle said the call came in around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of SH 59 and Nobile Road. When Montague Volunteer Fire Department firefighters arrived, the 2008 Chevy pickup had rolled over and was fully enguled in flames. The17-year-old adult driver was out of the vehicle.
Brandle said the fire was under control at 8:06 a.m. Bowie Emergency Medical Services was also on the scene.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The City of Nocona has been nominated as a rural Opportunity Zone by Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Mayor Christopher Nunneley said they will begin “pitching” this federal tax angle to potential businesses.”
At a Tuesday afternoon press conference Nunneley, Donna Culpepper, executive director for the Nocona Economic Development Corporation and Michelle Page of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce announced the nomination and offered a brief overview of the federal tax incentives that can become available.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Remember Sept. 11 2001, 25 years later
While history will remember Sept. 11, 2001 among the darkest days in America’s history, it also is a day marked not only by tremendous heroism and bravery by first responders, but also every day Americans from all walks of life who showed the world our country would not be intimidated by terrorism.
There were 2,996 people killed during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 including 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York city police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers. Tens of thousands more suffered in the aftermath due to exposure to chemicals and industrial debris.
The Bowie News editor asked some local lawmen, firefighters, a pilot and two retired FBI agents their memories of this tragic day and how their jobs were impacted by the events. We thank them for sharing their reflections.
Read the full feature in your Thursday Bowie News.
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