Alert man helps nab grass thief
By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com
      Competitors watching out for each other lead to a Needville man's arrest for the alleged theft of a trailer load of sod from a Wharton County based grass farm. The incident started with a call to the sheriff's department at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday.
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New Wheels
      El Campo Police Sgt. Sonny Gonzalez is show here with the department's new sport-utility patrol unit, which took to the streets this week. The Tahoe was purchased for $29,126.95 from Holiday Chevrolet. The department in September got the go-ahead from City Council to purchase of two Ford Expeditio...
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Violence, weapons Benito Trevino Jr., 23, of 418 E. Hillje was arrested at 12:39 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13 on a charge of assault bodily injury - family violence. He remained in custody at presstime. Other Mary Darlene Kansteiner, 41, of 1415 E. Jackson was arrested at 11:55 a.m....
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COURT REPORTS
      Allegations of cattle rustling and drug possession prompted action from the Wharton County Grand Jury as it gathered for December deliberations. A grand jury true bill or indictment does not mean a person is guilty of the crime they stand accused of in court. Instead, the indictment is a citizen ...
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Money For Gear
      El Campo Police Chief Jim Elliott, far left, accepts a grant for $4,000 from Rhonda Moorman, public information officer for the Texas Department of Transportation's Yoakum office and Bryan Bell, a project coordinator for the Texas Municipal Police Association.
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