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Computer leads to child porn charges
By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com
      A Ganado man was indicted on numerous child pornography charges after an electronics store allegedly found suspicious files on a computer he'd rented. On April 1, a Wharton County Grand Jury indicted Scotty Russell McLain, 29, of 279 CR 239 in Ganado on 13 counts of possession of child pornograph...
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Alcohol, drugs Krystopher Todd Damian, 21, of 17004 Pleasant Road in Wharton was arrested at 9:14 a.m. Sunday, April 13 on charges of possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana and possession of a prohibited weapon - knuckles. He was a passenger in a car stopped for expired regi...
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COURT REPORTS
      Allegations ranging from drunken driving to drug offenses will have several Wharton County residents facing charges in felony court in coming months. The Wharton County Grand Jury handed down an assortment of indictments during their April deliberations.
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Train wreck kills one man in Jackson County
      Cody Zetka, a 22-year-old Edna man, was killed Friday, April 11 on CR 445 within the city limits of Francitas when he reportedly failed to stop for a train. A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman in Corpus Christi said the Jackson County accident occurred at approximately 5:59 p.m. Zetka w...
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