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Federal jury finds robbery suspect guilty on pair of firearms charges
A man accused of the 2018 robberies of Ultimate Stop, Montague, and Doug’s Peach Orchard, Terral, OK, was convicted in federal court on Sept. 11 on two federal firearms charges.
District Attorney Casey Polhemus reported Melvin Mark Dewayne Bowling was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. In a one-day trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence Bowling possessed a firearm as a convicted felon, and knowingly transported a stolen firearm in interstate commerce. The jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts on both federal counts in less than 15 minutes.
The charges stem from the robberies of the two area businesses back in June of 2018. Bowling, 39 at the time of the incident, was from Nederland, TX.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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