Charges filed in fatal truck rollover
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      The alleged driver in a fatality crash outside El Campo last weekend is now facing criminal charges in the case. Ismael Escobar-Sanchez, 19, of 703 Tennie in Wharton was booked into Wharton County Jail at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday on a charge of intoxicated manslaughter and held on $300,000 bond.
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Collision With A Cow
      Two people were taken to El Campo Memorial Hospital Thursday night around 11 p.m. after this pickup collided with a cow on FM 1162 near CR 422 with non life-threatening injuries. El Campo firefighters closed the roadway briefly as they worked to help those involved.
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Property Danny Henderson, 48, of 807 E. Calhoun was arrested at 6:16 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19 on three warrants for issuance of a bad check, after police went to investigate a wreck in which he was a driver. He was released the same day after paying $979.73 in fines.
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COURT REPORTS
      Allegations of hurting the elderly as well as accusations of drunken driving will have several people facing felony trials following February deliberations of the Wharton County Grand Jury. All of those indicted by the grand jury remain innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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