NEWS
Montague County Sheriff’s files charge in local robbery
UPDATE 11:15 A.M. June 20, 2018
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas has just reported he has filed a robbery charge on Melvin Bowling in connection with the robbery of the Ultimate Stop at Montague on June 14. Justice of the Peace Karen Reynolds set a bond of $250,000 in the case plus a condition that Bowling must wear a GPS tracking unit if he is released on bond.
Thomas said officials from Jefferson County will be coming to the sheriff’s office this afternoon to question the suspect in connection with the robbery at The Peach Orchard on June 12.
Watch for further updates in your weekend News.
By BARBARA GREEN
A 39-year-old man from Nederland has been detained as a suspect in a pair of robberies that occurred last week outside Montague and in Jefferson County, OK.
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said Melvin Mark Dewayne Bowling was arrested Sunday by the Cooke County Sheriff’s Office as they watched for a suspicious vehicle based on an alert sent out by Thomas’ office.
“He was arrested on a complaint of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and he had multiple firearms. We are working on search warrants for all his vehicles and residence,” said Thomas.
Sheriff’s deputies were called to the Ultimate Stop, 10343 State Highway 59, at 9:30 p.m. on June 14. The clerk was threatened by a man outside by the ice machine. He said he was there to rob the store and had a gun.
Two days earlier a robbery struck at Doug’s Peach Orchard, just across the state border in Terral, OK. Sheriff Thomas said they talked with officers in Jefferson County and believed there were enough similarities in the cases to possibly be the same suspect. The investigation is continuing and Bowling was arrested in Cooke County Sunday after an extensive search in Montague County.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
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)
No action was taken on a legal issue after members of the Bowie City Council met in a called closed session at 4 p.m. on July 12.
City Secretary Sandy Page said the council met for almost one hour for “consultation with attorney – Midwest Waste Services LLC vs. City of Bowie.
This lawsuit goes back to August 2019 when Midwest sued the city for its action requiring those who receive city water outside the city limits to use the designated waste collector, which is Waste Connections. This was shortly after the city signed a new long-term contract with WC.
The suit was dismissed in June 2020 on two points in the suit, but City Manager Bert Cunningham said a third point remained in mediation.
The Department of Public Safety has provided information on an auto vs. motorcycle accident that reportedly occurred on July 4.
James Lee Hilton, Nocona, was driving a 2019 Harley-Davidson motorcycle and Daniel Parra, Chico, was driving a 2018 Ford Fiesta. Both vehicles were north on State Highway 101 outside Sunset with the motorcycle behind the car.
Parra was attempting to turn left on Farm-to-Market Road 2265 when the motorcyclist attempted to unsafely pass to the left states the report. The bike struck the left side of the Fiesta. Both vehicles came to rest off the roadway on the northwest corner of SH 101 and FM 2265.
Hilton was transported to Denton Medical City with
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