Grocery cart leads to arrests
      By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com Three people were arrested after reportedly trying to steal a cart of groceries. According to El Campo Police, two women went to H-E-B grocery store, 306 N. Mechanic, shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday and filled a cart with meat, beer and other merchandise.
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Avoiding This
      Increases in public intoxication and driving while intoxicated arrests are a holiday norm, but Wharton County hasn't had a Christmas or New Year's auto fatality this decade, and ongoing enforcement crackdowns are designed to keep anyone from becoming a sad statistic.
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Police Blotter
      County Incidents Property Douglas Leroy reported theft of a cellular phone from Louise High School, 408 Second, between noon and 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Glen Rod reported theft of an $8,000 36-foot by 8-foot Donahue trailer from 3598 CR 456 in El Campo between Aug. 15 and Nov. 1.
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COURT REPORTS
      Prison and probationary sentences were ordered to those pleading guilty to felonies ranging from drug possession to deadly conduct during late December action in the 329th District Court.
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