NEWS
Bowie business owner arrested on 3 warrants alleging fraud
By BARBARA GREEN
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A Bowie businesswoman was arrested March 26 in Hood County on three state jail felony warrants for tampering with government documents, allegedly falsifying her date of birth.
Tawni Jones Ledbetter, 58, Bowie, was jailed on arrest warrants obtained by a state police investigator with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts criminal investigation division.
The warrant affidavits were presented to 97th District Judge Trish Byars on Tuesday. Bonds of $10,000 were set on each warrant and Ledbetter was released from jail on Wednesday.
Ledbetter bought The Rack Pub and Eatery, 210 Mason in the summer of 2015, and later purchased with a business partner The Brick in the former Heard’s building, operating it for a brief period of time.
The arrest affidavits were prepared by Daniel Doss, state police investigator with TCPA-CID and they center on allegations Ledbetter falsified
documents used to obtain a Texas driver’s license and in filing for political office as she ran for Bowie mayor, all stemming from falsifying her date of birth.
The specific charge on each warrant is tampering with a government record/defraud, which is a state jail felony.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
This hay hauler had some trouble as the made the curve on Mason Street near Orchard Friday afternoon as multiple round bales fell off. Someone was back on the scene quickly to get the hay out of the street and away from its edge. (Photo by Barbara Green)
After a handful of days with rain chances, this upcoming work week will be dry and hot. Afternoon temperatures will rise back into the 90s and 100s, with heat indices between 100-110 by midweek. (U.S. National Weather Service)
By BARBARA GREEN
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Judges have been named for the two cases involving 97th District Attorney Casey Hall, including the indictment for theft and a petition for removal as DA.
On July 11, Judge David L. Evans, presiding judge for the Eighth Administration Region of Texas, assigned E. Lee Gabriel to handle the indictment case against Hall. The judge then named Bruce McFarling for the removal petition case.
The two-term DA Hall was indicted by the Montague County Grand Jury July 15 on a charge of theft of property $2,500 to $30,000, a state jail felony. The allegations stem from reported misappropriation of state grant funds.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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