Month: May 2019

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND CEREMONY AND MEMORIAL DAY CEMETERY SOLEMN CEREMONY.

SOUTH ECTOR COUNTY/ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 28, 2019-ON FRIDAY, MAY 24TH AT 10:54AM TROOPERS FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ODESSA RESPONDED TO T A 2 VEHICLE CRASH ON WEST APPLE STREET AND BONANZA, 10 MILES SOUTH OF ODESSA. A JUVENILE MALE OF ODESSA WAS OPERATING A 2013 CADILLAC ESCALADE AND THE PASSENGER OF THE 2013 CADILLAC ESCALADE WAS IDENTIFIED AS A MALE JUVENILE ALSO FROM ODESSA. THE OPERATOR OF A 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE WAS IDENTIFIED AS HILARIO L MEDIAN, 62 YEARS OF AGE. THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION INDICATED THAT THE 2013 CADILLAC ESCALADE WAS TRAVELING WEST ON APPLE STREET. THE 2004 CADILLAC ESCALADE WAS TURNING EAST ONTO APPLE STREET BROM BONANZA AVENUE WHEN THE 2013 ESCALADE CRASHED INTO THE 2004 ESCALADE. HILARIO L MEDIAN WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY THE ECTOR COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER ON SCENE. THE JUVENILE MALE DRIVER OF THE 2013 ESCALADE WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. THE WEATHER CONDITION WAS CLEAR AND THE ROAD CONDITION WAS DRY. THE CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS IS DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS.

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 23, 2019-ON MAY 23RD AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30AM, ODESSA POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 2700 BLOCK OF NORTH HANCOCK IN REFERENCE TO A HOME INVASION. THE COMPLAINATS REPORTED 3 UNKNOWN MALE SUBJECTS KICKED OPEN THE FRON DOWN AND HELD THEM AT GUNPONT DEMANDING THEIR CELL PHONES , CASH AND 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE 3 SUSPECTS THEN FLED THE SCENE WITH VICTIMS CASH AND LISTED VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED ON MAY 23RD AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30AM, ODESSA POLICE RESPONDED TO 40TH AND GOLDER IN REFERENCE TO A VEHICLE TAKEN IN A ROBBERY THAT OCCURED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MAY 23RD IN THE 2700 BLOCK OF NORTH HANCOCK . WHILE OFFICERS WERE ON SCENE AT THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST 40TH STREET, CORPORAL TEDDY YELLEY OBSERVED A MALE SUBJECT MATCHING THE SUSPECT’S DESCRIPTION, INSIDE OF THE STOLEN 2018 JEEP CHEROKEE. THE SUSPECT LATER IDENTIFIED AS IAN JACOB COLLINS, 22 YEARS-OF-AGE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO FLEE THE SCENE ON FOOT. (STEVE LESUEUR, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT) DURING THE INCIDENT A SECOND OPD OFFICER RESPONDING TO ASSIST WITH THE CALL ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK CORPORAL YELLEY WITH HIS VEHICLE. PARENTS WERE EN ROUTE TO BURLESON ELEMENTARY TO ATTEND 5TH GRAD GRADUCATION, BUT WERE NOT ABLE TO GO ON CAMPUS DUE TO THE STREETS BEING BLOCKED OFF FROM 38TH AND GOLDER PAST 40TH AND GOLDER. BURLESON ELEMENTARY WAS IN SHELTER IN PLACE. UNTIL THE AREA WAS CLEARED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SCENE. (ANDREA MAYORGA, BROTHER ATTENDS BURLESON ELEMENTARY ) A RESIDENT OF THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST 40TH NEAR GOLDER SAID SHE PLANS TO MOVE DUE TO THE DRUG TRAFFICING IN THE AREA,, AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES. (RAINYE BONDS, RESIDENT OF AREA) CORPORAL YELLEY WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND IS CURRENTLY LISTED AS BEING IN FAIR CONDITION IAN JACOB COLLINS IS CURRENTLY WANTED FOR A PROBATION VIOLATION WARRANT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THE WHEREABOUTS OF COLLINS CONTACT THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ODESSA CRIME STOPPERS AT 432-333-TIPS. FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, DANNY BARRERA

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 21, 2019-ON MAY 18TH AT APPROXIMATELY 3:02 AM, ODESSA POLICE AND ODESSA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 42ND AND TANGLEWOOD IN REFERENCE TO A MAJOR CRASH. A WHITE CHEVROLET SILVERADO, OPERATED BY DANIEL TREVINO, 34 YEARS OF AGE, OF ODESSA, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON 42ND STREET ATTEMPTING TO TURN SOUTHBOUND ONTO TANGLEWOOD. A BLACK CHEVROLET EQUINOX, OPERATED BY DANEL LOPEZ, JR., WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 42ND STREET. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT LOPEZ WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 42ND STREET AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND SWERVED ACROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES BEFORE STRIKING THE SILVERADO. TREVINO WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. DANIEL LOPEZ JR., WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO THE MAJOR CRASH AND CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION ASSAULT CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY 3RD DEGREE FELONY. ON MAY 17TH AT APPROXIMATELY 10:31 PM, ODESSA POLICE AND ODESSA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 42ND AND TANGLEWOOD IN REFERENCE TO A MAJOR CRASH INVOLVING A MOTORCYCLE. A YELLOW SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE OPERATED BY MCKAY VALDEZ, 36 YEARS OF AGE, OF ODESSA WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 42ND STREET. A BLUE BMW 328i, OPERATED BY BENJAMIN RAMOS, WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON 42ND STREET AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN SOUTHBOUND ONTO TANGLEWOOD. RAMOS FAILED TO YIELD THE RIGHT OF WAY AND STRUCK THE MOTORCYCLE,, CAUSING VALDEZ TO BE EJECTED. VALDEZ WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND LATER AIR-LIFTED TO LUBBOCK WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. RAMOS WAS FOUND TO BE INTOXICATED AND WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BMW HAD BEEN REPORTED STOLEN. BENJAMIN RAMOS INITALLY GAVE OFFICERS A FALSE NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH AND FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT HE HAD A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE. BENJAMIN RAMOS, 35 YEARS OF AGE, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION ASSAULT CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY “FELONY 3”, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE “STATE JAIL FELONY”, FALSE IDENTIFICATION “CLASS B MISDEMEANOR”, POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA “CLASS B MISDEMEANOR” AND DWI “CLASS B MISEMEANOR” ON MAY 17TH AT APPROXIMATELY 10:24 PM, ODESSA POLICE AND ODESSA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO UNIVERSITY AND GOLDER IN REFERENCE TO AN AUTO-PEDESTRIAN CRASH. A BLACK JEEP LIBERTY, OPERATED BY JOSE MANUEL SANCHEZ, 48 YEARS OF AGE, OF HOUSTON, WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND IN THE 800 BLOCK OF WEST UNIVERSITY. A 60 YEAR OLD MALE ATTEMPTED TO RUN SOUTHBOUND ACROSS UNIVERSITY BEFORE BEING STRUCK BY THE JEEP LIBERTY. THE PEDESTRIAN WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND LATER PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL. NEXT OF KN HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

MIDLAND, TEXAS/MAY 20, 2019-ON SATURDAY, MAY 18TH, AT SECURITY BANK BALLPARK, DURING A ROCKHOUND BASEBALL GAME,TXDOT LAUNCHED “SHARE THE ROAD: LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES”. THIS CAMPAIGN IS SUPPORTS NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY. THIS MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CAMPAIGN URGES DRIVES TO EXTRA CAUSTIONS SINCE MOTORCYCLISTS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND LESS PROTECTED. (GENE POWELL, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, ODESSA DISTRICT-TXDOT) MOST COMMON CRASHES BETWEEN MOTORCYCLISTS AND DRIVERS OCCURS WHEN DRIVERS MAKE LEFT TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS, DUE TO MOTORITS’ DIFFICULTY JUDGING THE DISTANCE AND SPEED OF MOTORCYCLES. (GENE POWELL, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, ODESSA DISTRICT-TXDOT) SAVANAH TURNBOW LOST HER HUSBAND TO A CARELESS MOTORIST IN A VEHICLE-MOTORCYCLE CRASH. (SAVANAH TURNBOW, HUSBAND LOST HIS LIFE DURING A VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE CRASH) SAVANAH TURNBOW IS NOW AN ADVOCATE FOR THE LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES CAMPAIGN. TXDOT REMINDS MOTORIST TO ALWAYS CHECK THEIR SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, BEFORE SWITCHING LANES, AND GIVE MOTORCYCLISTS PLENTY OF SPACE WHEN PASSING TO AVOID DEADLY CRASHES OR CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS, DANNY BARRERA

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 19, 2019-THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ODESSA FIRE RESCUE ARE INVESTIGATING FATAL FIRE THAT OCCURED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:51AM IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF 44TH STREET IN NORTH EAST ODESSA NEAR SHERWOOD PARK. (MICHELLE CERVANTES, FIRE MARSHAL-ODESSA FIRE RESCUE) THE SUBJECTS THAT WERE LOCATED INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE WERE PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY THE ECTOR COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY OTHER INJURIES. (MICHELLE CERVANTES, FIRE MARSHAL-ODESSA FIRE RESCUE) SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE 1300 BLOCK OF EAST 44TH STREET HEARD FROM FIRE RESCUE OFFICIALS THAT THE CAUSE COULD BE A FAULTY VALVE ON A GAS HEATER. (MICHELLE CERVANTES, FIRE MARSHAL-ODESSA FIRE RESCUE) A PERSON LIVING AT THE RESICENCE WAS NOT AT THERE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THAT PERSON IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS HOMELESS. THE RED CROSS WAS NOTIFIED AND WERE AT THE SCENE TO GIVE ASSISTANCE. (TRACY AUSTIN, AMERICAN RED CROSS) BOTH DECEDENTS WILL BE SENT TO TARRANT COUNTY FOR AN AUTOPSY. FOR DRB MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS DIGITAL NEWS DANNY BARRERA.

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 17, 2019-THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE ALONG WITH THE MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MIDLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HELD THE TEXAS MEMORIAL SERVICES AT SUNSET MEMORIAL GARDENS AND FUNERAL HOME. THIS SOLEMN AND SACRED EVENT HONORS THE OFFICERS THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT AND SERVE OTHERS. (POLICE CHIEF MICHAEL GERKE, ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT) POLICE OFFICERS FROM LUBBOCK AND FROM AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS WERE PRESENT. COMMUNITY LEADERS AND RESIDENTS OF MIDLAND AND ODESSA WERE AT THE CEREMONY. AN ECTOR COUNTY PROCLAMATION WAS DILIVERED BY SHERIFF MIKE GRIFF’S AND THE CITY OF ODESA PROCLAMATION WAS GIVEN BY MAYOR DAVID TURNER. OFFICERS FROM THE ODESSA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MIDLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PLACED YELLOW ROSES ON A WREATH DURING THE END OF WATCH ROLE CALL HONORING: SHERIFF’D DEPUTY THAD WEST, OPD CORPORAL GORDON “G.T.” TOAL, OPD OFFICER SCOTT SMITH, PATROLMAN RODNEY KENDRICKS, OPD CORPORAL ARLIE JONES, OPD CORPORAL JOHN GARDNER, OPD CORPORAL ABEL MARQUEZ, MIDLAN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CORPORAL NICHEL NAYLOR, MIDLAND POLICE OFFICER NATHAN HEIDELBERG. (POLICE CHIEF SETH HERMAN, MIDLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT) K-9’S WERE ALSO REMEMBER AND HONORED FOR THEIR SACRIFICE. (SGT. GARY DEUSLER, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER- ECTOR COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE) THE ODESSA POLICE HONOR GUARD PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS POLICE EVENTS DURING THE NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL WEEK.

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 16, 2019-ON MAY 16TH AT APPROXIMATELY 9:37AM, ODESSA POLICE AND ODESSA FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO 5TH AND DIXIE IN REFERENCE TO AN AUTO-PEDESTRIAN CRASH. A FEDEX TRUCK, BEING OPERATED BY CARLOS CHAPARRO, 22 YEARS OF AGE, OF MIDLAND, WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON 5TH STREET AND TURNED SOUTHBOUND ONTO DIXIE. A PEDESTRIAN, IDENTIFIED AS SAMANTHA FLEMING, 37 YEARS OF AGE, OF NEW MEXICO, WAS ATTEMPTING TO WALK EASTBOUND ACROSS DIXIE, WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE FED EX TRUCK. FLEMING WAS NOT AT A CROSSWALK. FLEMING WAS TRANSPORTED TO MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND LTER AIR-LIFTED TO LUBBOCK WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY OTHER INJURIES.

ODESSA, TEXAS/MAY 15, 2019-REPRESENTATIVES OF PHILLIPS 66 VISITED A SCIENCE CLASSROOM AT OCTECHS TO SEE WHAT THE COMPANY’S GENEROSITY PROVIDED THE SCIENCE STUDENTS. (CARL BAKER, MAINTENANCE TRUCK DRIVER-PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE) A $10 THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM PHILLIPS 66 PROVIDED THE CLASSROOM WITH 16 MICROSCOPES, SLIDES, A ROLLING CART TO STORE THE MICROSCOPES AND OTHER SCIENCE MATERIALS. (STEPHANIE MARIN, BIOLOGY TEACHER-OCTECHS) THROUGH THIS GRANT DONATION FROM PHILLIPS 66, AND THE ACQUISITON OF SCIENCE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS, STUDENTS IN MISS MARIN’S BIOLOGY CLASS ARE GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD AROUND US. (EMMA EMILIANO, SOPHAMORE-OCTECHS) REPRESENTATIVES OF PHILLIPS 66 ENCOURGE TEACHERS TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT FUNDS BY GOING TO THE PHILLIPS 66 WEBSITE. (CARL BAKER, MAINTAINANCE TRUCK DRIVER-PHILLIPS 66 PIPELINE) STUDENTS IN MISS MARIN’S SCIENCE CLASS EXPRESSED THEIR APPRECIATION TO PHILLIPS 66