Southside beer bandits sought by police
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      A reward is being offered for information on the men who bashed open the door of an El Campo convenience store and fled with cigarettes and beer. Around 12:55 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, at least three men broke into the Han-DPak Drive-In store at 1110 Palacios.
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Property Roger Ray Vernon, 52, of 1012 W. Second was arrested at 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, March 18 on a warrant for theft between $500 and $1,500. He was transferred to Wharton County Jail the next day. Rodrigo Garza Bazan, 38, of 57 Wanda Lane was arrested at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, March ...
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ECPD traffic stops follow city population trends
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      El Campo police officers made 9,801 traffic stops during 2007 for a host of reasons, but ethnicity was never a factor. Zero complaints were filed. Each of the incidents listed in the state-mandated 2007 Racial Profiling report were initiated by El Campo police - none involved a citizen first ca...
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COURT REPORTS
      Alleged drug deals and assaults have several Wharton County residents facing felony trials following March grand jury deliberations. Grand juries serve as a citizen review deciding whether a prosecutor has enough evidence to proceed with felony charges against an individual.
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EC man placed on probation after fleeing from police
      An El Campo man will spend three years on probation for running from police while a woman is prison bound after pleading guilty to theft charges. The two sentences were among those handed down in recent 329th District Court action in Wharton.
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