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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,675 calls were dispatched through the sheriff’s office from Feb. 8 through Feb. 14. Of that number 48 were dispatched to deputies; 32 to the Refugio Police Departm...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 110 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 25 through Jan. 31. The sheriff’s department responded to 32 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 30; state troopers four...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,102 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 18 to Jan. 24. The sheriff’s department responded to 50 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 20; state troopers two; med...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,043 calls went through dispatch from Jan. 11 to Jan. 17. The sheriff’s department responded to 38 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 20; state troopers six; med...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 1,411 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 28 to Jan. 3. The sheriff’s department responded to 30 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 25; state troopers eight; me...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 152 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 20 through Dec. 29. The sheriff’s department responded to 47 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 21; state troopers 5; me...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,256 calls went through dispatch from Dec. 13 through Dec. 20. The sheriff’s department responded to 51 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 21; state troopers, th...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 3,093 calls went through dispatch from Nov.30 through Dec. 13. The sheriff’s department responded to 71 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 29; state troopers 10; ...
County court dispositions
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The following sentences and dispositions were handed down during September in Refugio County Court, with Judge Rene Mascorro presiding. • Modesto Salazar Acosta of Houston was sentenced to 60 days...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported 2,509 calls went through dispatch from Nov. 9 through Nov. 22. The sheriff’s department responded to 97 calls; the Refugio Police Department, 65; state troopers 20; ...
Speeder caught tossing weed out his car window
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Three men were arrested on felony possession of marijuana charges and tampering with evidence last week during a traffic stop for speeding after a Refugio police officer saw the suspects tossing it...
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Sheriff Robert Bolcik reported calls went through dispatch from Aug. 10 to Aug. 16. The sheriff’s department responded to calls; the Refugio Police Department, ; state troopers; medics,; Woodsboro...
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Pa. suspect: Caretaker by day, 'Jihad Jane' online (AP)

In this June 26, 1997 booking photo released by the Tom Green County Jail in San Angelo, Texas, is shown Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose, the self-described 'Jihad Jane' who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden, is a rare case of an American woman aiding foreign terrorists and shows the evolution of the global threat, authorities say. LaRose is accused in an indictment filed Tuesday, March 9, 2010, of actively recruiting fighters, as well as agreeing to murder the artist, marry a terrorism suspect so he could move to Europe and martyr herself if necessary. (AP Photo/Tom Green County Jail)AP - Colleen LaRose spent long days caring for her boyfriend's father in a second-floor apartment in Pennsburg, a small town north of Philadelphia.


Wed Mar 10 20:25:55 -0600 2010
Calif. boy who called 911 thanks dispatcher (AP)

Carlos, a 7-year-old boy who called 911 during a home invasion robbery as armed robbers threatened his parents poses with the dispatcher, Monique Patino, who took his call at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's dispatch center, Wednesday March 10, 2010 in Norwalk, Calif. At a news conference Wednesday, the boy, identified only as Carlos, told reporters he remained calm during the ordeal because his mother used to make him practice dialing 911 in case of emergencies. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)AP - A 7-year-old boy who called 911 from a locked bathroom while armed robbers threatened his parents hugged and high-fived on Wednesday the sheriff's dispatcher who took his call.


Wed Mar 10 20:43:55 -0600 2010
NJ man accused of raping, beating 5 daughters (AP)
AP - A New Jersey man with apocalyptic visions is accused of years of terrorizing his family, raping his five daughters and impregnating three, beating his children with wooden boards and even moving at one point to avoid child welfare investigators.
Thu Mar 11 02:24:23 -0600 2010
Mass school closures approved in Kansas City, Mo. (AP)

In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2010, the Kansas City Board of Education building, located near the Sprint Center, is seen from McGee Street, in Kansas City, Mo. Sale of the building would help as the board tries to cut $50 million from next years budget. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)AP - Facing potential bankruptcy, the board that governs the once flush-with-cash Kansas City school district is taking the unusual and contentious step of shuttering almost half its schools.


Thu Mar 11 02:15:38 -0600 2010