RED OAK ARRESTS: December 7 – 12

Castle, Tatianna, 23, forgery financial instrument >=$750<$2500, theft prop >=$2,500<$30,000. Miller, Shannon, 30, poss CS pg 1 >=4g<200g. Holloway, Samuel, 39, poss CS pg 1 <1g. Prewitt, Travis, 26, fail to identify fugitive intent/ give false info, parole violation.

WILMER ARRESTS: December 7 – 20

Parral Barboza, Javier, 21, evading arrest/det w/veh. Barboza, Omero, 17, tamper/fabricate phys evid w/intent to impair. Fernandez, Alexander, 17, public intoxication. Rodriguez, Fabian, 24, warrant arrest other agency. Williams, Ceandrea, 24, warrant arrest other agency.

DPS seeking information in Refugio County cold case

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) continues to seek the public’s help in identifying a woman and solving her 1992 killing.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: November 30 – December 6

McGauhey, Tearsa, 22, theft prop >=$100<$750. Morgan, Garry, 28, drug test falsification. Payne, Mark, 63, parole violation, fail to ID fugitive intent/give false info. Manriquez, Joshua, 19, unauth use of vehicle, engaging in organized criminal activity.

FERRIS ARRESTS: December 2

Balderas, Jose, 24, assault family violence.

RED OAK ARRESTS: November 30 – December 6

Eugia, Maria, 67, agg assault date/family/house member w/weapon. Kozak, Raymond, 39, poss CS pg 1 >=1g<4g. Smith, Dorychiawn, 39, DWI 2nd. Juvenile, 14, theft prop >=$2,500<$30,000. Gonzalez, Jacquelinee, 28, DWI. Remmer, James, 39, DWI.

DNA legislation continues solving crimes

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety announced House Bill 1399 assisted in the closure of more than 250 unsolved criminal investigations during its first year of implementation.

IRS urges data protection for holidays, upcoming filing season

DALLAS – With the approach of the holidays and the upcoming tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation’s tax industry are promoting the 5th annual National Tax Security Awareness Week from Nov. 30 through Dec.

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (December 3, 2020)

LOCAL STUDENT UPDATE: December 3, 2020

John Mathews of Waxahachie was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Mathews was initiated at The University of Texas at Arlington.