CRESCENT VALLEY – Deputies arrested six people suspected of cooking meth, after someone complained fumes around the house smelled like ammonia and seared their eyes.George Steven Kuhel, 38, Matthew Aaron Moore, 26, Joni Dial, 18, Christopher Heard, 33, Corey Bryant, 23, and Lorri Shelley Woodall, 28, were arrested at a house on the 100 block of Hilltop Drive early Thursday morning. An arrest report did not list addresses for the suspects, but Captain Herb Tucker said some of them lived in the house. All six live in Victoria County, he said. more >>
VICTORIA – A 25-year-old Victoria woman in a home in the 1600 block of E. Brazos Street on Wednesday, according to a police report. VICTORIA – A 19-year-old Inez man in a parking lot in the 2900 block of East North Street on Sunday, according to a police report. more >>
VICTORIA – A 31-year-old Victoria man in a parking lot in the 1700 block of Port Lavaca Drive on Monday, according to a police report. VICTORIA – A 24-year-old Victoria woman in a parking lot in the 2100 block of North Laurent Street on Sunday, according to a police report. more >>
EL CAMPO – A 20-year-old Wharton woman fell asleep at the wheel of her sports utility vehicle, clipped a telephone pole and rammed into two parked pickups before rolling over early Wednesday morning. more >>
Picking a death-penalty case jury typically takes longer than the trial itself. Jury selection for the shooting deaths of Edna residents Samuel Roberts, 24, Tiffani Peacock, 18, and Celso Lopez, 38, in August 2005, started for a third time Monday. more >>
VICTORIA – A 20-year-old Victoria man by officers Monday on suspicion of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. VICTORIA – Jason Alan Hull, 25, of Victoria, by deputies Monday on a warrant charging him with assault causing bodily injury and family violence. more >>
EDNA – A 41-year-old man from Mexico died after he was struck while walking on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 59 in Edna on Sunday. Martin Oscar Hernandez Ovalle drove a Chevrolet Suburban which pulled two other vehicles, said Craig Repka, investigator at the Edna Police Department. Ovalle and another man stopped their trucks half a mile north of state Highway 111 at 2:27 a.m. to check the tires. more >>
COST – A badly decomposed body has been found on a farm-to-market road about three miles west of this rural town of less than 100 residents. “Right now it’s classified as a suspicious death,” said Gonzales County Sheriff Glen Sachtleben. more >>
VICTORIA – A 40-year-old Victoria man by officers Sunday on suspicion of assaulting a public servant, theft with two or more previous convictions and two counts of harassment by a person in a correctional facility on a public servant. The man is accused of stealing a beer from a convenience store, then kicking, head-butting and spitting at officers who arrested him. VICTORIA – A 36-year-old Victoria woman by officers Sunday on suspicion of assault causing bodily injury and family violence. more >>
A 25-year-old Victoria man and a 21-year-old Victoria man by police Saturday on suspicion of possession of marijuana greater than 2 ounces. They are accused of having marijuana in their pickup on the 30 block of Northshire Drive. A 24-year-old Victoria man by police Saturday on suspicion of assault of a public servant. He is accused of punching a police officer several times, causing bodily injury at the 1600 block of North DeLeon Street. more >>
Clothes matching those worn by a suspected robber sitting in the truck seen speeding away from the crime scene led police to an arrest Friday. Police arrested Charles Milton Dowell Jr., 36, of Port Lavaca, on suspicion of robbery. Two other people riding in his truck were arrested on unrelated charges. more >>
VICTORIA – A 24-year-old Victoria man by officers Friday on a warrant charging him with possession of less than 28 grams of marijuana. VICTORIA – A 53-year-old Victoria man on the 2900 block of Wildwood Street on Tuesday, according to a police report. His identification card and $15 were reported stolen. more >>
New vehicles and personnel are in the future for the Victoria County Sheriff’s Office, the commissioners court announced Friday. The court approved a $12.3 million-plus budget for the sheriff’s office, a $1.4 million increase from 2008’s $10.9 million-plus budget. more >>
VICTORIA – Jason Collins Coppedge, 38, of Cuero, on Wednesday with property theft of between $20,000 and $100,000. VICTORIA – Delbert Andres Mills, 41, of Victoria, by officers Wednesday on a warrant charging him with assault causing bodily in jury and family violence. more >>
VICTORIA – Robert Anthony Gonzales, 34, of Victoria by officers Wednesday on a warrant charging him with engaging in organized criminal activity, violation of parole and on suspicion of failure to identity or giving false information. VICTORIA – A 27-year-old Victoria man by officers Wednesday on suspicion of assault causing bodily injury and family violence. The man is accused of hitting his live-in girlfriend and trying to choke her. more >>
The Victoria City Council supports prosecuting a group of people who said officers attacked them on April 11. “Our actions speak loudly that we want to protect our protectors,” Mayor Will Armstrong said Tuesday during a city council meeting. more >>
Victoria County Sheriff’s Deputies detained three suspected illegal immigrants on a train Tuesday morning. A fourth man is thought to have escaped. They were riding a northbound train on the main tracks leading from Victoria, Sheriff T. Michael O’Connor said. more >>
VICTORIA – A 23-year-old Victoria man by troopers Monday on suspicion of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. VICTORIA – A 20-year-old Goliad man by troopers Monday on suspicion of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. more >>
Three people accused in a string of December robberies have been indicted by a grand jury. Erick John Llorance, 40, of Houston, Sean Paul Llorance, 37, of Port Lavaca, and Monica Garcia, 28, of Victoria, were indicted on two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of robbery. more >>
