Posts Tagged crime
Narcotics sting in Alpine nets 19 suspects
February 2nd, 2012
UPDATE: Eric Keith Payne, Robert Molinar Ramos, and Christopher Michael Quesada are no longer fugitives as they have either been captured or turned themselves in, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
By MARK GLOVER
ALPINE – A total 19 people suspected of being part of a “cocaine trafficking organization” were arrested in a pre-dawn raid in …
Public concern escalates over break-ins; investigation continues
October 20th, 2011
By EMILY JO CURETON
MARFA – Six Marfa households have reported home invasions to the Presidio County Sheriff’s Department since mid-September. In four of these cases, residents discovered light-colored stains left on personal items, a potentially sordid detail that has sparked public interest in the ongoing investigation.
An El Paso crime lab is currently analyzing the stained …
Prowling/burglary reports continue in town
September 29th, 2011
MARFA – Three more prowler break-ins were reported in Marfa last week.
This brings the total number of reported trespasses to homes in the past two months to seven. In several incidents, the suspect, or suspects, entered the premises when the residents were out of town and apparently ejaculated on articles of clothing.
Last Tuesday afternoon between …
Prowler break-ins under investigation
September 22nd, 2011
MARFA – Two Marfa women in the last month have reported break-ins to their homes. In both cases the suspect, or suspects, entered the premises when the residents were out of town and apparently ejaculated on articles of clothing.
The Presidio County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incidents, the most recent of which likely occurred last …
‘Kill buyer,’ once arrested in Marfa, now on the run from more charges
September 15th, 2011
FORT WORTH, MARFA – Special Rangers with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) are looking for a man on the run charged with stealing cattle from auction barns and individuals in Erath, Gillespie, Rains and Johnson counties worth an estimated $165,000, according to a TSCRA news release.
Warrants have been issued for Trenton …
Creek behind Presidio stock pens an illegal ‘dumping ground;’ pens under state investigation
August 18th, 2011
By BENJAMIN WERMUND
PRESIDIO COUNTY – The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Presidio County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the alleged illegal dumping of livestock carcasses in a creek on private property near the Alvarado stock pens on the eastside of Presidio.
The sheriff’s department has been working with the TCEQ since May in an ongoing …
Former PISD employee charged with improper relationship with student
April 7th, 2011
By ALBERTO TOMAS HALPERN
and ROBERT HALPERN
PRESIDIO – A former Presidio Independent School District employee is free on bond after being indicted on a charge of an improper relationship between an educator and a student, according to court and jail records.
Manuel Caballero Garcia Jr., 23, of Presidio was booked into the Ector County Jail in Odessa …
