Sheriff’s Report Number 479- Lady calls from IH- 45…Out of gas…But since she says she “has no idea” where she is at…Somewhere between Dallas and Galveston….She’s a little out of luck, too. But eventually she was located and Triple A took her the gas. FEMS to Boyd unit, Inmate with head trauma. TxDOT to Mile 202, windshield laying in middle of pavement.

Lady calls from Teague, wants a certain female arrested….. Sorry, Ma’am, you’re too late….She’s already been arrested. Loose Hosses, FM- 3059, owner to check on same. TPD Reed and Howard, plus Deputy Robertson to shattered Domestic Bliss on N. 3rd. one arrested Assault Family Violence plus Limestone County Warrants. Deputies Elom and Robertson to another Family Row on Calloway in Donie. THDEMS to US-84, chest pains.

More calls on loose cattle, Mile 188. TPD Howard to unlock vehicle at CEFCO. Also to more Family Problems on Spruce, assisted by Deputies House and Harrison. Game Warden John Thorne arrests man on Warrant for Illegal Possession of a Doe Deer. Man calls, has cow in mud up to her neck. Deputy Shipley to theft of 14 rolls of hay, Ward Prairie.

Woman reported laying face down, US-84 at FCR- 301, caller stopped and she took off….Poof, gone in a flash, search of surrounding area netted zero. DPS Zotz to accident, FM-488 at FM-416. FPD john Kindon arrests motorist on Traffic Warrants. DPs Sandifer arrests DWI out of an accident, FCR-731.TPD Sykora to MLK, Lady arrived home to find windows broke in house. Deputy Travis Robertson to DeSoto, mental transport.

Call comes in to check welfare of folks on FCR- 930….Deputy Robert Elom to same….Robert advised everything at that residence looked wonderful….They were sittin’ at the table….Eatin’ Dumplin’s! Loud Music, FM- 1580, but turned down before Dep. Robertson departed. Deputies Howerton and Aultman to Donie, one man pulled a gun on another. Man reports bull just went through fence, FM-2547. TPD Cox to S. 8th, storage building broken into.

Panic Alarm alert in Teague, when man contacted… Yep, it sure happened…He sat on it! FEMS to Meadowbrook Lane, back hurts bad, can’t move. Loose cows, FCR-866. Worthamite calls, fearful one of the wheels on passing train might be loose. DPS Zotz arrests driver on Navarro County traffic Warrants. DPS Kindon arrests another, outstanding Hot Checkin’ Warrant out of Anderson County. FEMS makes high speed run to Palestine with Lady 32 weeks toward childbirth.

TPD Travis Martin to Jail with man, Assault Family Violence, Ash Street. Man turns self in to Deputy Cory House on Probation Warrants. Thank you, sir! FEMS to N. Steward Lane, mother-in-law very ill. Also to local Vet Office, Lady ill, passed out. THDEMS to East Main, 10 year old just fell down steps, possible broken rib. Deputy Shipley arrests Lady on Warrant for Evading Arrest. Young man turns self in on Parole Warrant.

Little donkey loose, Mile 200, picked up, impounded, lookin’ for a home. Was told that Deputy Aultman deeply involved in this operation and certainly bonded well with the four footed protagonist. Especially with the tiedown strap that was finally attached to the donkey. Was told it was a lop-sided tug of war, the donkey wanting to go one way, John Aultman the other. Our own local version of Robert Redford….Instead of The Horse Whisperer….It was the Donkey Whisperer with Aultman whispering reassuring words into those two big old ears. A shame Norman Rockwell wasn’t present to create an illustrated picture for Saturday Evening Post! Young Lady, age 15, causing problems, refusing to go to school, took a bunch of pills. Wreck near Hwy. Dept. on Hwy 14, Limestone County S.O. advised. Complaint of speeding truck, FCR-1171, Dep. Harrison to same. FEMS and Butler VFD to breathing troubles, FM-489. FEMS to Moody, wife passed out, is breathing. THDEMS and Doctor Chopper assist Lady after falling, getting bunged up, west 84.

DPS Purnell and Jones to accident, FCR-601. THDEMS to what appears to be an allergic reaction, welts all over body of 34 year old, Maple, Teague. Wortham VFD to grassfire, FCR-1021. Man arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Arson, an attempted insurance fraud deal. Drunk person leaving residence on FCR-890 backs into a vehicle, drives off. Deputy Shipley to FCR-1090, missing Hydrocodone. Southern Oaks VFD and FEMS to severe stomach pains. East end of Fairfield Traffic Light out of order, FPD to same.

Dew VFD to Mile 188, trailer load of wood on fire. DPS Zotz and Deputy McGowan to cow/car accident, East 84. Fairfield VFD to grassfire, Mile 196.Loose cattle, Mile 205, Deputies Robertson and Elom to same, owner arrived. Cell phone 911 advises of chest pains on Love Street, Oakwood, call transferred to Leon County S.O. More chest pains on East Commerce, FEMS to same. More loose cows, FM-1366, probable owner contacted.

Tragedy with suicide by self-inflicted gunshot, FCR- 1092, JP Shirley Mays, Deputies Barrentine, Robertson, Elom and House to same. Deputy Robert Elom arrests motorist on Main, Limestone County Warrant. FPD Kindon to accident, youthful driver arrested, DWI. FEMS to breathing problems on Travis. Deputy Aldrich to IH-45, report of School Bus belonging to Parochial School going down the highway with kids hanging out the windows from the waist up. Three girls reported missing in the Kirvin area….Nope, never mind, found ‘em. Bicycle reported stolen, Teague Library, TPD Howard to same. Also to unwanted spray painting on Poplar.

Dew and FEMS to FCR- 481, Lady fell. FPD to Family Problems on Renee Street. TPD Howard to missing pistol report on Chumney, car left unlocked. TPD Reed on stolen credit card, N. 2nd. Southern Oaks VFD to grassfire, April Cove. Deputy Harrison to Family Troubles, west 84. More spray painting reported on Oak Street, on a car. And this reached epidemic proportions as yet more calls came in; Cotton St., 9th, 10th and 11th Streets, all with same problem. Southern Oaks VFD, FEMS and Doctor Chopper assist Lady, possible stroke. Loose Hoss, Old Airport Road, TPD Howard to same.

Mister Bud Whatley, longtime friend, has passed away after a long and good life. Health had been a problem the last few years. Another one of our World War II vets. Their numbers shrink daily. Bud had a wry sense of humor and quick wit. He was the type that when he spoke, others listened. I can picture him now, a shock of white hair, cowboy boots, a Silver Belly hat, black framed glasses, always a gentleman. This is the way I will remember him. Our Condolences to the family.

WPD Carter to S. 4th in Wortham, young men hollering through fence that they are going to kill another. FEMS to FCR-1092, young man with chest pains, has history of heart troubles. DPS Zotz arrests Speeder at Mile 206, intoxicated plus lied about his name, in Jail now. One woman has another’s keys, Dap’s, TPD Reed and Martin to same. Also to complaint boyfriend struck girlfriend in head with can of soda pop.

Southern Oaks VFD, FEMS and Doctor Chopper to assist man in woods, age 46, blacking out. DPS putz to Jack In Box on report one vehicle chasing another, a collision occurred. Fairfield VFD and Deputies Elom and Harrison to van on fire, FCR- 540. THDEMS to breathing troubles on Spruce. Lady calls from Groesbeck, man at her residence in our County, trying to kick in the door, scaring her roommate to death, it is her Ex-Husband, Deputies Diana Willis and Rick Howerton to same.

Red light out, 75 and 84.Runaway 14 year old Juvenile girl reported 1 AM on Saturday. Second time she had pulled this stunt in two weeks. Turns out that she slipped off with her new male friend that she met on the InterNet who resides in Colorado…..Also it turned out that this young computer whiz is a Registered Sex Offender, out of both Colorado and Nevada, but that information was not immediately known. Information started coming in after daylight, a bit here, a fragment there. I won’t go into detail, but we traced her and her Goodtime Joe Computer Buddy to Kansas City, Kansas, Wichita, Ks., then to McPherson County, Kansas. GoodTime Joe’s family members lied in Colorado about his location, said he was at work. Nope, he was burning up the roads crossing multiple State Lines with a Juvenile Female. More snooping revealed a Motel Reservation for the following night in Oklahoma City….Now if you know a little geography, you know that I’ve just listed a very circular path in the Midwest, that really don’t make sense, but that is the way it was. I won’t reveal how we were able to compile and gather the information, but it all worked out. The Kansas State Highway Patrol were able to get the vehicle stopped, and I understand he did attempt to flee, but now he is in Jail due to the good efforts of all involved. And the 14 Year Old? Carried to a Detention Facility until her relatives can arrive. Good work by all involved….Kansas State Highway Patrol, Adams County, Colorado S.O., Deputies Shipley, Hendrix, Barrentine, Howerton and Dispatcher Noll, FBI John Truehitt, and a list of others whom I can not reveal. Our charge will be Unlawful Restraint for the State, believe there will be another on the Federal side.

Deputy Travis Robertson to East 84, residence burglarized of TV, computer, camera, watch and coins, while attending funeral out of County. Deputy Elom to South FM-80 on vacant house burglarized. Deputy Barrentine receives confessions in Crockett on previous burglaries.

Until Next Week . . . RALPH BILLINGS