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RED OAK ARRESTS: March 20 – April 3

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 14:12
Fields, Kellie, 40, speeding, failure to appear.Lane, Jacob, 45, public intoxication, failure to appear.Holman, Robert, 40, theft prop >=$2,500<$30,000.Washington, Scottie, 37, theft prop >=$2,500<$30,000.Williams, China, 29, theft prop >=$2,500<$30,000.

WILMER ARRESTS: March 27 – April 2

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 14:11
Davis, Kary, 37, warrant arrest other agency.Carter, Aaron, 27, warrant arrest other agency, warrant arrest other agency, warrant arrest other agency.Juvenile, 16, apprehension by peace officer without warrant.Cabello-Gallegos, Jasmine, 24, DWI.Lopez, Ortiz, 31, DWI/open container.
Richard Austin Bisbing

Richard Austin Bisbing

Possessing child pornography gets Waxahachie man 20 years

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:57
WAXAHACHE – Richard Austin Bisbing, 62, of Waxahachie, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for 37 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a statement from Ellis County and District Attorney Ann Montgomery.The sentences for the offenses will run concurrently.

More inflammatory emails sent to the ECP publisher

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:46
In last week’s Ellis County Press, the paper outlined a recent offensive email chain to the publisher from Spat Capital Developer Heran Patel, who did not agree with an ETJ issue in the City of Wilmer, which the paper reported on several months ago.
City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides

City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides

Ellis County resident/ Duncanville city manager questionably terminated

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:27
ELLIS COUNTY – Ellis County resident and former Glenn Heights City Manager Aretha Ferrell-Benavides, who returned from a job on the east coast several years ago to take the role of city manager in the City of Duncanville, was terminated last week from her role in that city.

TASB THREATENS TO SUE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT LEAVE

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Wed, 04/05/2023 - 13:06
In the wake of Carroll ISD’s school board terminating its membership with the Texas Association of School Boards, the organization is  now threatening to sue schools that leave the association.