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Sheriff’s staff investigates robbery suspect who eludes officers
A far-reaching two-day search for a suspicious male subject who allegedly made threatening actions to a pair of residents in the Silver Lakes area last week took many different twists and turns, but eventually led to the man being arrested in Abilene.
Montague County Sheriff Marshall Thomas said on Feb. 8 they received two complaints about a male subject. At 4:21 p.m. a female subject on Silverleaf Drive said a man in a black Suburban with military-style license plates had followed her and pulled up behind her when she got to her residence. He reportedly told the woman he was told to follow her and said his phone was dead so he could not talk to that alleged person. He then got back in the vehicle and left.
Later that same evening a man called 911 reporting a vehicle with the same description pulled up close next to his vehicle. The man had a black bandana over his face.
“The victim thought he was needing directions or something like that, but then he allegedly made a motion that he wanted money. The victim thought the man had a gun pointing at him, noting there was a white covering on his hand with something sticking out. He thought it was a gun. The man was able to pull away and get around the black vehicle.
The search for the suspect went into Wise County and then back into Montague County, and the man was eventually arrested in Abilene. Read the full story in the weekend Bowie 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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