NEWS
Family pours their pain out in courtroom as guilty plea is made in murder
Scott Cambre
In an emotionally charged hearing Monday, Scott Cambre pled guilty to the Oct. 31, 2014 murder of Wesley Brooks and was sentenced to 45 years in state prison.
Dressed in jail black and white stripes, and shackled hand and foot, Cambre, 29, quietly entered the plea confessing he shot the 28-year-old Bowie man and then attempted to dispose of the body in a burn pit behind his house.
District Attorney Paige Williams said the sentence was suitable for the case considering all the factors adding, “it is my job to seek justice not just confinement.”
The DA said the defendant had no criminal history and was a veteran, which were other contributing factors. Williams said the late Lt. Rick Beckham of the Bowie Police Department built a strong case, but it also would have been difficult to move forward without the lead detective as the key witness.
“Taking it all into consideration, 45 years is appropriate. He will have to serve a minimum of half his time before he is considered for parole, which would be about 22 and a half years, including the time served credit,” said Williams.
Wesley Brooks
The reading of the victim impact statements was heart-wrenching as anger, pain and loss poured from Brooks’ sisters, wife and mother.
Angela Garcia, Brooks’ oldest sister and one of three siblings, broke down several times during her statement, “we were three and now we are two, thank you Scott,” said Garcia.
Paula Terry, mother of Wesley Brooks, walked to the witness stand carrying a framed photo of her son and glared out to Scott Cambre, exclaiming he had taken her only son.
“It is inconceivable what you did. You have no compassion. You knew what you were doing, it was a horrific and gruesome act.”
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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