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.
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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