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Police Blotter 7/28/10

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:11:02 +0000

Wilkes-Barre City’s Viper Unit reported the following arrests for July: Miles Bannister, 20, was stopped on North Empire Street and found to be driving without a valid driver’s license.

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Daughter Of Coppell Mayor Shot From Behind & Midday Roundup

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:48:37 +0000

Autopsy reports show that Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters was several feet behind her daughter when she shot and killed the 19-year-old. Records released Tuesday by the Dallas County medical examiner and Coppell police said Peters shot herself in the forehead sometime after killing her daughter, Corinne Peters.

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Report: Mayor Shot Daughter From Behind

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:07:53 +0000

Autopsy reports show that Coppell Mayor Jayne Peters was several feet behind her daughter when she shot and killed the 19-year-old.

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Blotter: The week in crime

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:21:36 +0000

BLOTTER O’ THE WEEK: A man found passed out on a city park bench told officers he “was just trying to enjoy his time in Houston, and he wasn’t doing anything wrong.” by Greg Hambrick BLOTTER O’ THE WEEK: A man found passed out on a city park bench told officers he “was just trying to enjoy his time in Houston, and he wasn’t doing anything wrong.” He later told officers he “wished he was back in …

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Suspects in Dallas gunbattle that cause car crash were caught and released

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:32:42 +0000

A drug-related gunbattle through the streets of Oak Cliff this month ended in a five-car accident that injured seven people, including children and a 65-year-old woman whose neck was fractured.

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Suspects in Dallas gunbattle that cause car crash were caught and released

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:32:42 +0000

A drug-related gunbattle through the streets of Oak Cliff this month ended in a five-car accident that injured seven people, including children and a 65-year-old woman whose neck was fractured.

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’09 signee crop earns spotlight

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:43:07 +0000

Remember that monster 37-person recruiting class that Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt signed in February of 2009?

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McKinney passes ban on K2, salvia divinorum

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:49:04 +0000

With a unanimous vote from city council on Tuesday, McKinney became the latest North Texas city to ban the sale of K2 and similar synthetic marijuana products.

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Jack Tatum, N.F.L.s Assassin, Dies at 61

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:01:50 +0000

Tatum, a former Oakland Raiders player, earned the nickname the Assassin for his brutal hits, none of them more devastating than a blow that left New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley paralyzed in 1978.

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Arrest warrants issued more than a week after a rolling gunbattle injured seven in Oak Cliff

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:32 +0000

A drug-related gunbattle through the streets of Oak Cliff earlier this month ended in a five-car accident that injured seven people, including children and a 65-year-old woman who fractured her neck.

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