DA's task force finds cocaine, gun in home
By BARRY HALVORSON news@leader-news.com
      Members of the district attorney's drug task force backed up by special units from the Wharton County Sheriff's Office and Wharton Police Department recovered 7 grams of crack cocaine while executing a search warrant at a Hungerford home late Wednesday night.
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Fire department's command unit arrives
      The El Campo Volunteer Fire Department now has an SUV in its fleet of vehicles. Although the city of El Campo has supplied the volunteer department's command staff with vehicles for more than 10 years, this is the first time a new unit has been purchased.
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Alcohol, drugs A 16-year-old El Campo boy was arrested at 11:42 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12 on charges of possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and walking on the wrong side of the road. He was released the next day to a relative, who was cited because the boy also v...
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COURT REPORTS
      Probationary terms were handed down in Wharton County's 329th District Court during mid-January plea bargain agreements. Judge Randy Clapp heard the following guilty plea: • Sherri Smith, 35, of 704 Ave. K in El Campo for forgery. She was placed on four years deferred probation and ordered...
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