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COUNTY
CLERK
RECORDS
Marriage Licenses
filed Sept. 1 to Sept. 30,
2012
Laramie James Huddleston
of Decatur and Menda Brooke
Johnson of Oklahoma City
Rodney Joel Isbell and Rita
Carol Ridout, both of Rhome
Librado Luevanos and Elvira
De La Garza, both of Paradise
Kristopher Eugene Biediger
and Hannah Barnes, both of Alvord
Alexei Smith and Kristen
Danyel Laxto, both of Decatur
Brian Thomas Whatley of Alvord
and Katie Lee Montford of
Bridgeport
Evan Brody Hughes and Megan
Leigh Bosworth, both of
Decatur
Travis Michael Stoker and
Teah Elizabeth Martin, both of
Paradise
Jered Paul Hodgkins of Boyd
and Jinna Jean Wright of College
Station
Zachary Allen Lewis and
Amanda Dawn Caraway, both of
Chico
Joshua Blake Carter and Alexa
Rache Meadows, both of
Paradise
Christopher Michael Gaspard
of Spring and Tuffany Renea
Mings of Deer Park
John Pettit Franklin and Carole
Joyce Slack, both of Rhome
Steven Howard Trammell and
Judy Carol Bruster, both of Paradise
Hunter Ray Lamaster of Decatur
and Heather Wayne Harris of
Rhome
Bradley Glen Timothy Carroll
of Roan Mountain, Tenn., and
Catherine Gonzalez Chazarreta
of Newark
Rickey Eugene Peterson of
Fort Worth and Carolina Preston
of Marysville, Wash.
Rene Arellano of Decatur and
Maria de Lourdes Martinez of
Bridgeport
David Handley Bowen of Chico
and Dawn Rae Dorsey of Minden,
Nev.
Donald David Sanders of Sunset
and Linda Freeman Bailey of
Runaway Bay
Timothy Dewayne Hand and
Debbie Estelle Hand, both of Decatur
Taylor Lane Walker and Ava
Shanea Mathews Bryant, both
of Alvord
Matthew Ryan Hughes and
Jordan Blair Liggett, both of
Rhome
Omar Martinez-Garcia and
Maria D. Amador Sandoval, both
of Bridgeport
Trent Douglas Mills and Alyssa
Jaennine McLaughlin, both of
Bridgeport
Harold Lamar Thompson and
Reashia Ann Moody, both of Decatur
Charles Allen Barnett of Paradise
and Joyce Carolyn Wammack
of Bella Vista, Ark.
Tye Preston Ray and Wendi
Marie Hurta, both of Chico
Jimmy Tyle Rhine and Emily
Lynn Lang, both of Runaway Bay
William Travis Singleton of
New Fairview and Megan Leah
McLerran, of Granbury
James David May Jr. of Decatur
and Kari Gail Apeland of
Denton
Kelly Ray Workman and Cheyenne
Nicole Mears, both of Chico
Cody Mark Morganthaler of
Rhome and Claudette Nicole
Mears of Chico
Dylan James Davis of Haslet
and Jaylen Danielle Arthur of
Justin
Juan Francisco Dominguez
Aranda of Decatur and Martha
Hane Fox of Alvord
Luis Enrique Rodriguez and
Rachel Ann Milligan, both of Decatur
Justin Patrick Stanton and
Ashley Danielle Marie Burr, both
of Rhome
Moises Torres Torres and
Juana Torres Rangel, both of Decatur
Ross, Teague ...
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day and was released. His former
foreman, Roy Teague, was arrested
Friday on the same charge, which
is a state jail felony. Teague was
released Saturday after posting
$10,000 bond.
If convicted, Ross and Teague
could face 180 days to two years in
jail and a fine not to exceed $10,000.
Both were already awaiting trial on
previous felony charges stemming
from similar incidents involving
county property and employees.
“What are they going to indict
him for next? Allegedly stealing paper
clips?” said Ross’ attorney Barry
Green in an email to the Messenger.
According to the arrest warrant
affidavit, Ross brought his fatherin-law’s
grubbing plow to the Precinct
4 barn in December 2011 and
used it as a pattern to build three
new grubbing plows.
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Wednesday, October 24, 2012
One new plow was left at the
barn, but Ross allegedly gave one
of the new plows to his fatherin-law,
Billy Joe Shepherd, in exchange
for providing the pattern.
On Aug. 28, District Attorney Investigator
Wes Wallace confiscated
the plow at the county barn but did
not find the third plow.
On Sept. 4, Wallace interviewed
Teague, who confirmed that the
three plows were built at the Precinct
4 barn with material belonging
to the county and by county
employees on county time. He said
he took home one of the plows.
“Teague stated that the plow he
took home was on his property in
a ‘junk pile’ because it didn’t work
the way it should have,” the affidavit
says.
Wallace also interviewed Joe Michael
Shepherd, son of Billy Joe
Shepherd. The younger Shepherd
told the same story — that in exchange
for using his father’s grubbing
plow as a pattern, Ross built
his father a new plow.
The affidavit says Wallace
showed Joe Shepherd a picture of
the grubbing plow from the Precinct
4 barn, and “Joe Shepherd
advised that it looked like the
same plow that his father, Billy
Shepherd, had been storing on his
property.”
According to the affidavit, Joe
Shepherd did say that sometime
during the last three months, the
grubbing plow had disappeared.
At Wallace’s request, Elite Metal
Fabrications in Newark estimated
the cost to build a plow similar to
those built in the Precinct 4 barn
would be $850, which includes materials
and labor.
Wallace discovered the information
about the grubbing plows
while working on another investigation,
in which Ross is accused of
3A
theft by a public servant and abuse
of official capacity.
He was indicted on those charges
in May and was temporarily suspended
in August. His trial in that
case was scheduled to start next
week but has now been pushed
back to January.
This is the second theft charge
on Teague in as many months. He
was arrested Sept. 4 and charged
with theft of more than $500 and
less than $1,500 by a public servant,
which stemmed from the alleged
sale of a scrapped pneumatic
roller. He retired from the county
July 21.
When Wallace learned of the allegations
regarding the grubbing
plows, he notified Texas Ranger
James Hicks, who filed both arrest
warrants last week.
Email Kristen at ktribe@wcmessenger.com.
Pressing matter: Commissioners
purchase equipment for EMS
By KRISTEN TRIBE
County commissioners
last week approved the purchase
of five compression
units, one each for the Emergency
Medical Services ambulances.
The units will be purchased
from Physio-Control
WISE COUNTY
for $58,033.75.
EMS Administrator
Charles Dillard said the machines
perform automatic,
continuous chest compressions
on patients.
“You get a constant rhythm
and a much better consistency
for compressions,” he said.
Plus, it’s safer while transporting
patients because
paramedics “don’t have to
drive down the road and try
to do that at the same time.”
Dillard said they have
used compression units for
several years, but new ones
were needed.
“The old ones still worked,
but they’ve changed their
technology,” Dillard said.
“Now you can plug these in
or they run on battery power.”
He said they can also be
carried into the hospital
from the ambulance and
used in the emergency room
or cath lab.
Dillard had money in his
budget for the purchase.
In other business, commissioners
accepted an $800 donation
on behalf of the Public
Works and Parks Fund
from the Alvord Cemetery
Association.
Email Kristen at ktribe@
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