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Cooper Review - Page 2A
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013
For the Record
Submitted Report compiled
by Cooper Review
A month long extended
report of activity response calls
performed by the Delta County
Sheriff’s Office.
Nov. 1, 2013 - Nov,
30, 2013
• On Friday, Nov. 1 a call at
8:38 a.m. for loose livestock
located on FM 1529 at CR 4230
followed to CR 1052 where
livestock was secured until
responsible party was located. At
3:12 p.m. deputies responded to
harassment call to where deputies
offered additional patrols around
the area with a complaint the
subject was entering the attic
through the roof. At 4:44 p.m. a
reckless driving call was taken
of a silver Lexus on SH 24 north
to NW 1st Street. Deputies were
unable to locate suspect. At 4:50
p.m. two deputies responded
to a domestic disturbance call
on West Waco in Cooper. At
7:50 p.m. two deputies and a
state trooper were called to a
possible aggravated assault of a
store clerk involving a fist fight
and flashed a pistol. Authorities
watched video footage. At 8
p.m. Deputies Colton Spinks
and Brett Jones observed a black
cow and red bull on CR 3530.
The livestock ran out of sight
and due to inclement weather,
deputies were unable to drive the
patrol unit on the county road. At
10:36 p.m. Deputies Spinks and
Jones responded to a prowler
call with the caller stating a noise
was heard and saw an individual
running through the yard
towards SH 24 south. Deputies
were unable to locate anyone
and no items were missing. At
11:02 p.m. deputies responded
to a caller stating someone was
pushing in a backdoor yet was
unable to locate the suspect.
• On Saturday, Nov. 2 at 3:51
a.m. complainant stated someone
was on the roof with a flashlight.
Area was searched and no one
was located. At 6:52 a.m. a caller
reported a light moving by a blue
car. The deputy searched the tree
near the carport and cleared the
scene. At 10:25 deputies were
contacted regarding a theft of
two checks for $200 and $160.
At 1:30 p.m. deputy responded
to the Fannindel Elementary
School alarm sounding.
Deputy checked and secured
all windows and doors. At 1:50
p.m. deputy investigated a
suspicious person in the ditch
near Big Creek. Deputy made
contact with Michael Stuckey,
a transient minister with a clear
background check. At 6:22 p.m.
deputies responded to a reckless
driver of a grey dodge pickup
yet were unable to locate the
vehicle. At 7:29 p.m. during a
traffic stop it was discovered
driver had two warrants and was
taken into custody and booked.
At 8:30 p.m. on a reckless driver
call, deputies arrested the driver
of a Chrysler and arrested for
DWLI. At 9:31 p.m. deputy
arrested a driver on SH 24 for
DWLI/previous conviction
Class B misdemeanor. Vehicle
was impounded.
• On Sunday, Nov. 3 responded
to a disturbance call at 3:18
a.m. At 3:40 a.m. responded to
possible prowler call. At 1:30
p.m. responded to a harassment
call between two groups of kids.
At 1:39 p.m. patrols advised
the owner of two brown mules
which were in the road near Big
Creek. The mules were attended
to by the owner. At 3:03 p.m.
disturbance call at the apartments
located at 1301 West Dallas
Avenue in Cooper. At 6:07 p.m.
deputies advised caller of their
break-in concerns were civil due
to residence was that of deceased
person in Ben Franklin. At 9:01
p.m. deputies unable to locate
debris in roadway.
• On Monday, Nov. 4 responded
to suspicious vehicle at 12:37
a.m. At 9:14 a.m. was a littering
call. At 3:52 p.m. and at 9:20
a.m. stolen property incidents
reported.
• On Tuesday, Nov. 5 motorist
assist on SH 24 north at 12:08
p.m., driver requested no help. At
1:50 p.m. cow out and returned.
At 3:45 p.m. single car accident
on SH 24 south at FM 2980,
driver did not require EMS.
• On Wednesday, Nov. 6 animal
complaint call at 1:25 a.m., dog
had food and water at Austin and
8^ street. At 4:45 p.m. secured
loose livestock.
• On Thursday, Nov. 7 towed
an abandoned vehicle on SH 24
north and FM 1335. At 4 p.m.
deputy assisted owner returning
cows to fenced area. At 5 p.m.
caller was advised tire damage
was not due to criminal mischief.
At 1:15 p.m. responded to
possible theft of diesel from Mt.
Joy pump station.
• On Friday, Nov. 8 at 3:31
a.m. Deputy Spinks arrived on
scene of caller reporting her cat
was between a fence and a shed.
Deputy attempted to look for cat
and found it in the tree. While
calling for the cat, it fell into the
neighbor’s backyard. The cat
was attacked and carried away by
two dogs. At 6:10 p.m. deputies
were dispatched to SH 24 north
inside city limits of a car versus
deer accident without injuries
(DPS worked the scene).
• On Saturday, Nov. 9 reported
to suspicious person at SE
10th yet did not locate anyone.
At 2:06 p.m. was another
disturbance call. At 3:17 p.m.
deputies were called to reckless
driving by white Lincoln car on
SH 24 south. Driver was located
and found to be on his phone.
Citation issued. At 7:13 p.m.
deputies assisted with single
vehicle accident on SH 24 in
Lamar County.
• On Sunday, Nov. 10 called
to power line down near First
Baptist Church. At 9:38 a.m.
Deputy Ryan Brown notified
a Westowne resident of loose
dog report. Owner agreed to
comply and remedy situation
of her dog. At 2:10 p.m. Deputy
Brown was called to reckless
driving the wrong way on SH
24. No vehicle was located. At
10:27 p.m. dispatched to verbal
disturbance involving Facebook
and text messages of teens - it
was resolved.
• On Monday, Nov. 11
suspicious person call at SE
10th Street at 5:01 a.m., caller
said there were 12 people out
there trying to take things from
neighbors. At 7:26 a.m. deputy
responded to accident scene
at SH 19 of a vehicle pulling a
flatbed trailer and excavator.
The vehicle hit a power line and
hay bale causing power outage.
No driver was on the scene.
DPS worked the crash. At 4:32
p.m. Deputy Spinks received
radio traffic from Deputy Jacob
Watkins advising involvement
in an accident at FM 1529 and
FM 154. Deputy Spinks arrived
and observed a black Ford facing
northbound and patrol unit
111 facing south with damage
to both. No injuries and both
vehicles were towed. At 6:20
p.m. goats were reported loose
on FM 128.
• On Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 8:32
a.m. Deputy Spinks charged
Joshua Demidio with criminal
trespassing following an
ongoing issue. At 10:33 a.m.
another loose livestock call at
FM 128. At 11:30 a.m. deputy
worked scene - driver backed
into another vehicle.
• On Wenesday, Nov. 13 Estray
report information was taken for
three brown quarter horses near
intersection of FM 2675 and FM
128. At 11:20 a.m. owner called
claiming horses and issue was
resolved.
• On Thursday, Nov. 14
Sergeant Charla Anderson
reported to a criminal mischief
caller. Later that day deputies
responded to two civil matters.
• On Friday, Nov. 15 deputy
made contact with caller
reporting a subject ran into SH
24 with a knife. The incident was
results of a relationship depute
and parties were separated.
At 6:24 p.m. deputy assisted a
motorist with two flats.
• On Saturday, Nov. 16 Deputy
Spinks took a report at 8:58
a.m. on a vandalized house and
stolen copper. At 10:55 a.m.
deputy made contact with owner
of loose horses in Pecan Gap.
At 4:50 p.m. Constable Ben
Snow was assisted by deputy to
remove a snake from a residence.
The snake was carried out and
released back into the wooded
area south of the residence. At
7:43 p.m. Deputy Jones arrived
on scene of a yearling loose on
roadway in process of securing
it, it reentered the roadway and
caused a motor vehicle accident
on FM 1529. A female driver
made contact with the yearling
however she was not injured.
Deputy Watkins completed the
report and the vehicle was towed.
At 8:37 p.m. caller reported a
suspicious person on a bicycle.
• On Sunday, Nov. 17 Deputy
Spinks, First Responders, EMS
and Highway Patrol were all
dispatched to an accident on
SH 24. Northbound driver lost
control at the intersection of SH
24 north and NW 1st Street. Upon
overcorrection hit the west side
guard rail several times while
spinning around. Driver was
transported to Hopkins County
EMS. DPS worked the scene.
At 8:28 p.m. Deputies Jones and
Watkins reported to car versus
deer accident. The deer was not
found but damage to the Honda
Accord was present.
• On Monday, Nov. 18 deputies
along with First Responders
were on scene of accident at
10:33 a.m. atCR 1530. Two were
transported to Paris Hospital
and one was care flighted. At
6:43 p.m. responded to possible
burglary of business. Owner
stated nothing taken. At 10:26
a.m. complainant of theft of
check. Upon video investigation
suspect was in custody at Hunt
County.
• On Tuesday, Nov. 19
Dispatched advised of prank 911
calls received from Cooper High
School. Deputies investigated
the incident and were able to
identify the student. The student
was taken to DC SO and the
guardian of the student was
contacted. At 9:40 p.m. the
driver of a white Ford pickup
was involved in an accident with
a deer. The vehicle had damage
but the deer was not located.
The vehicle was not deemed to
be a road hazard, and the driver
continued to travel home.
• On Wednesday, Nov. 20
Deputy Jeremy Jones responded
to an alarm call at 5:11 p.m.
• On Thursday, Nov. 21 at
9:06 a.m. Michael Johnson was
arrested for parole violation
warrant. At 5:20 p.m. a report
was filed for a stolen chainsaw.
At 7:50 deputies reported along
with Cooper VFD to a fire. It
was extinguished.
• On Friday, Nov. 22 deputies
arrived at 12:55 p.m. to a one
vehicle accident on FM 1529.
The driver hydroplaned and hit
a tree. No injuries. At 3:35 p.m.
a possible structure fire at SE 8^
was disregarded as a dryer vent
steam in the cold temperatures.
• On Saturday, Nov. 23 one
vehicle rollover was worked
on SH 24 north and FM 2716
at 12:28 p.m. No injuries. At
5:15 p.m. Deputy Brown was
dispatched to CR 3560 off FM
128 in reference to an abandoned
vehicle. Caller stated the truck
had gotten stuck the night before
and owner had not removed it.
The deputy went on foot to locate
it walking half a mile to prevent
the patrol unit from getting
stuck. There was room to travel
around it and it was logged to be
checked on again later. At 5:49
p.m. responded to car versus
deer - only minor damage. At
8:03 p.m. deputies responded to
fireworks near Marshall Street
apartments.
• On Sunday, Nov. 24 Deputy
reported to alarm calls at 4:01
a.m. at 10:01 a.m. Deputies
Brown and Adam Hall were
dispatched to SH 24 south at
Jemigan Creek for a major
accident involving an 18-
wheeler and car. The northbound
car was in the ditch and engulfed
in flames. Good Samaritans
hunting nearby pulled the sole
occupant from the car. The
female driver was observed to
have severe leg injuries. The
driver of the 18-wheeler stated
he was having chest pains. Both
were transported by EMS to
hospitals in Greenville and Paris.
Later that evening deputies
responded to a disturbance call
at East Marshall on two different
occasions.
• On Monday, Nov. 25 deputies
reported possible break in - area
was searched.
• On Tuesday, Nov. 26 calls
were received for vandalism,
alarm and debris in the roadway
(which was removed).
• On Wednesday, Nov. 27
deputy filed a theft report for
items taken at property near FM
71. The owner was advised to
invest in game cameras to further
protect their property.
• On Thursday, Nov. 28
deputies investigated a noise
complaint at East Bonham at
10:32 p.m.
• On Friday, Nov. 29 at 9:49
a.m. Deputy Jones followed
up on an abandoned vehicle in
ditch. It was impounded.
• On S aturday, Nov. 3 0 deputie s
took two loose livestock calls.
TheDCSO took 197 callsfrom
Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, 2013 due to
the nature of the reports some
were edited or summarized.
On The River
With ET
Sheriff's Blotter
By Delta County Sheriff Ricky Smith
DEER SEASON AND
SAUCERED AND
SLOWED
When Ronny Glossup was in
Viet Nam I sent him an eleven
page handwritten letter about
the 1970 deer season. He said
it really helped his feelings
and was the next best thing to
actually getting to go hunting.
Back then most people made
copies with the messy, blue
ink, carbon paper. For my re-
cords I kept a copy and thought
I would dig down in my files
and go back forty three years.
Back then deer season was only
about ten days long and that,
coupled with the exuberance
of youth, made each day extra
special. Notice that back then I
freely used the term “wolves”
for what we now know are
coyotes. Brother Larry was not
married at the time and living at
our parents’ home.
Saturday, November 21,1970.
Deer season starts tomorrow so
Larry and I wanted to do some
last minute scouting. I stopped
by Tookie’s and got Larry then
headed for Charleston at 5:20
this morning. After parking near
Bluff Bank we walked west to
the “L Field”, an L shaped strip
Goebel Templeton had cleared
with bulldozers along his fence
line in his southwest comer.
Wolves howled nearby just
before sunup as we checked a
pile of com we had poured out
a few days earlier. No tracks
were near the corn and we were
disappointed.
Turning north we walked to
the Hemby Field and found
a lot of tracks around the soy-
beans but Dean Houchins is
planning to hunt there so we
will have to find somewhere
else. After getting back to our
car we drove to Tookie’s pasture
to check my wolf traps. In one
we found a coon, a possum foot
in another, and no wolves. Next
we drove to Troy Kern’s place
to check my cyanide “bombs”
but no luck there either. Larry
went home for a while.
Back home, loaded camp-
ing gear, and got to Charleston
about 2:00. Cousin Paul Trapp
at the store said I better go back
to my traps since he just saw a
bird dog caught in one. After
buying a few groceries for camp
and picking up Lester Worden
we drove back to the traps and
released the bird dog. He was
either lost or somebody had
dumped him out. We’ll keep it
until quail season and see if he’s
is any good. The tent was set up
southeast of Charleston south of
Ray Wilson’s hay meadow and
we went back home to get our
horses so we wouldn’t have to
walk so far in the mud the next
morning when season opened.
For supper Lester and I fried
weenies and potatoes. Randy
Wicks and Larry came to camp
at midnight. Before going to
bed we looked at Orion, Taurus
the Bull, Cygnus the Swan, The
Seven Sisters, and Sirius. Dur-
ing the night our tents were al-
most blown away by forty mile
an hour south winds.
Sunday, November 22. Up
at 4:30. Seven years ago to-
day President John F. Kennedy
was assassinated in Dallas.
South winds still strong and
sixty five degrees. Rode our
horses southeast to a levee and
spread out, watching over on
the other side. After seeing no
deer by midmoming we set up
a drive with two people sitting
to watch and two people walk-
ing through the woods near the
mouth of Morgan Creek. No
luck again so we walked back
to the horses and I could not see
mine. Getting closer we saw it
was laying down, tangled in
barbed wire. She was scratched
all over but thankfully none
were very deep.
Out to the Charleston Store
and ate sandwiches for lunch.
Back to camp and Larry brought
girlfriend Kelley down to hunt
with him this afternoon. Joe El-
more, Gary Don Chandler, and
Ray Elmore also came to hunt.
Larry and Kelley walked east
on the Delta County side and
crossed the river to sit near the
mouth of Morgan Creek. The
rest of us crossed south further
west and spread out, trying to
drive deer toward Larry and
Kelley. The woods near Mor-
gan Creek are about as pretty
as any I ever saw. Gary Don
jumped a doe that ran right
by the sitters and never saw
them. At Charleston we found
out Wendell Slakey had killed
an eight point buck near Lon-
gridge. Next week, more of the
1970 deer season.
Sunday we ate lunch with
Michael Williams and family
at San Remo Italian Restau-
rant in Sulphur Springs. The
talk shifted to table manners.
We remembered years ago
people pouring hot coffee out
in a saucer and blowing on it
to cool it before drinking. I told
them an old story about in the
1800’s a woman ordered coffee
while waiting on a stage coach.
No sooner than the coffee was
brought, the stage pulled up and
she had to leave in a hurry. A
well mannered cowboy across
the table offered her his coffee,
saying “Here, drink mine. It’s
done saucered and blowed.” I
don’t see many people saucer-
ing coffee anymore.
Many of our words and phras-
es come from other countries. A
paddy wagon is a slur against
the Irish people who are accused
of drinking a lot and hauled
off to jail. Paddy refers to the
Irish. Cop is another with Irish
connections as it comes from
“ceap”, pronounced “cop” and
means protector or leader. From
German we get “ouch” which
comes from “autsch”, mean-
ing “that hurt.” Chow, slang
for food, comes from Chinese
“ch’ao” meaning stirfry. Ten
gallon hat really doesn’t refer
to a unit of measurement such
as gallon, quart, or pint. It came
from the Spanish “tan galan”
meaning “so handsome.”
You might be a redneck if—
you don’t think baseball players
spit and scratch too much. Your
wife carries a can of Vienna
sausage in her purse. Your dog
has a litter of pups on the living
room floor and no one notices.
You have to dress up the kids to
go to Wal Mart.
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From November 22, 2013
- November 28, 2013, the
Delta County Sheriff’s Office
handled 44 calls for service,
423 telephone calls, and 83 9-
1-1 calls. Deputies made four
(4) arrests, and filed three
(3) offense/incident reports.
Of the 44 calls for service,
deputies were dispatched to
the following:
Precinct 1-6 calls, Precinct
2 -6 calls, Precinct 3 -2 calls
Precinct 4 -3 calls, City of
Cooper -27 calls.
Arrests
l - Aggravated assault w/
deadly weapon
1 - Court commit; driving
while intoxicated
l - Possession of controlled
substance PG1, <1G
1 - Possession of marijuana <
2oz
Incident Reports
1 - Aggravated assault w/
deadly weapon
1 - Burglary from a motor
vehicle
1 - Unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle
Citations:
1 - Driving while license
invalid
1 - F ailure to maintain financial
responsibility
1 - Speeding
If anyone has information
about any felony criminal
offenses occurring in Delta
County please contact the
Lake Country Crime Stoppers
Tip Line at (903) 885-2020.
Information leading to the
arrest of individual(s) involved
in the offenses may result with
cash for tips.
Telephone: 903-395-2175 Fax: 903-395-0424
Owners - Jim and Sally Butler
Publisher - Jim Butler
Jimb@Cooperreview.com
Editor - Cindy Roller
CRoller@Cooperreview.com
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