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Denton Record-Chronicle
Vol. 109, No. 186 / 14 pages, 3 sections
Monday, February 4, 2013
Denton, Texas
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Denton police turn to social media
Department posts information on Facebook about
most wanted fugitives; 15 people arrested so far
By Megan Gray
Staff Report
Officer Ryan Grelle doesn’t patrol
the streets as much as he patrols the
Web.
About a year ago, Grelle — public
information officer for the Denton
Police Department — started to post
photos of some of the individuals
sought on outstanding warrants on
the department’s Facebook page in
albums titled “Denton’s Most Wanted.”
One album is for warrants classified
as Class B misdemeanors and the sec-
ond is for felony warrants. Class B
misdemeanors include harassment,
prostitution, evading arrest, failure to
pay child support, indecent exposure,
minor drug possession and criminal
trespass charges.
“Everyone is on social media — when
you are looking for someone, what bet-
ter than posting to a place that is seen
by thousands?” Grelle said during an
interview Thursday afternoon. “I got
the department’s blessing, and that’s all
I needed to move forward.”
Since the postings began, there have
been 15 arrests — the last one just this
past week.
“To this day, nobody knows who is
turning in who,” Grelle said. “Every
tipster is kept anonymous.”
The postings are not ranked and are
just posted on an “as-needed” basis.
Grelle said he doesn’t want to saturate
the page with photos of the most-
wanted individuals, so he just posts
randomly with new updates.
Outstanding traffic tickets and
moving violations are not currently
posted on the department’s Facebook
page, but Grelle isn’t ruling that out.
“Right now, I just want to make sure
we get the more serious crime off the
street,” Grelle said. “People don’t real-
ize how crime evolves and just how a
few ounces of marijuana can start a
long chain of events that lead to seri-
ous felonies.”
See WANTED on 5A
Ensuring safety
Denton Record-Chronicle/David Minton
Off-duty Denton County Constable Precinct 3 deputy Billy Barnett watches as parents and students gather around in the pick-up area out-
side Liberty Christian School in Argyle at the end of the day Friday.
Area public, private schools take steps
to implement security improvements
By Britney Tabor
Staff Writer
ARGYLE — It’s Friday afternoon
at Liberty Christian School and stu-
dents are taking off for the weekend.
Elementary-aged students sit
along a sidewalk at a designated
school pick-up area. The sounds of
them laughing and talking with peers
echoes through the brisk air.
Silently off behind the children
stands an armed off-duty Denton
County deputy constable who keeps
watch over them as their names are
called on a speaker and teachers
escort them to the vehicles that will
transport them home.
Since the students returned from
Christmas break, off-duty uniformed
officers, hired by the Argyle private
school, have had a more visible pres-
ence on campus in an effort to deter
crime, said Michelle Simms, the
school’s director of advertising and
marketing.
“It’s really been a very valuable
addition,” she said. “Just their pres-
ence, just their automobiles out front,
See SECURITY on 5A
Iraq vet
charged
in fatal
shooting
By Christopher Sherman
and Jamie Stengle
Associated Press
STEPHENVILLE - A 25-year-old
Iraq war veteran charged with murdering
former Navy SEAL and
American Sniper author
Chris Kyle and his friend
turned a gun onto the
pair while they were at a
Texas shooting range,
authorities said Sunday.
Eddie Ray Routh of
Lancaster was arraigned
early Sunday in the deaths of Kyle, 38,
and Chad Littlefield, 35, at a shooting
range at Rough Creek Lodge, about 50
miles southwest of Fort Worth. He was
being held on one charge of capital mur-
der and two charges of murder.
Capt. Jason Upshaw with the Erath
County Sheriff’s Office said Routh used a
semi-automatic handgun, which authori-
ties later found at his home. Upshaw said
ballistics tests weren’t complete Sunday,
but authorities believe it was the gun used
in the shootings. Upshaw declined to give
any more details about the gun.
Routh has not made any comments
indicating what his motive may have
been, Upshaw said. Sheriff Tommy
Bryant said Routh was unemployed and
“may have been suffering from some type
of mental illness from being in the mili-
tary himself.”
“I don’t know that we’ll ever know. He’s
the only one that knows that,” Upshaw
said.
Routh
See SHOOTING on 5A
TODAY
IN DENTON
Scattered showers
High: 69
Low: 51
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COMICS
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CROSSWORDS
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DEATHS
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OPINION
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Concert to help newborn in need of transplant
concert to benefit an area new-
born who needs a heart trans-
^^mplant is scheduled to begin at 11
a.m. Saturday at Scooters Tavern, located
at 6481FM455 West in Sanger.
Raylyn Stenger was born Oct. 22 and
suffers from a heart disease that occurred
after her birth due to a viral infection,
event organizers said. She was listed on
the heart transplant fist Jan. 10.
At least eight bands have agreed to
play for “Ray Rock,” and a donation will
be requested for admission to hear the
bands, organizers said.
Also planned during the event are an
auction, a blood drive and children’s
activities, organizers said.
Proceeds from the event will help the
family with mounting medical expenses.
Although they have insurance, out-of-
pocket expenses have been substantial
and family and friends have planned the
fundraiser to help.
Numerous items, including a guitar
autographed by members of the band
Twisted Sister, have been donated for the
auction, organizers said.
Other donations include a large Green
Egg grill, limited edition Texas Ranger
Les Cockrell
OUT & ABOUT
coins and a pair of Texas Ranger Justin
boots, artwork and jackets, a football
autographed by Pat Summerall and gift
certificates and gift cards from a variety
of area businesses.
Organizers are still accepting dona-
tions. For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/RaylynsHeart.
Artist Diane Walker-Gladney to be
featured at VAST meeting
Contemporary painter Diane Walker-
Gladney will be the featured speaker for
the Thursday meeting of the Visual Arts
Society of Texas.
The group will meet from 7 to 9 p.m. at
the Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E.
Hickory St. in Denton. Admission is free
for VAST members and $3 for guests.
For more information about the artist,
visit www.dianewalker-gladney.com, or
for more information about the meeting,
e-mail ExecutiveDirector@VASTarts.
org.
Health Services of North Texas
Medical Center plans open house
Health Services of North Texas
Medical Center recently completed a
remodeling effort and will hold an open
house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
The event will feature local artwork,
appetizers, door prizes and an opportu-
nity to meet medical providers, accord-
ing to a press release.
Health Services of North Texas, a
nonprofit, primary care medical center,
is located at 4310 Mesa Drive in
Denton. It provides affordable primary
care for all Denton County residents
including, but not limited to, well-child
check-ups, immunizations, health and
sports physicals, well-woman exams,
chronic disease care, behavioral health
and much more.
For more information, visit www.
healthntx.org.
Dance company to offer two
performances at Lewisville theater
Simple Sparrow Dance Company will
present two performances of modern
interpretive dance Thursday and Friday
in the Black Box at Medical Center of
Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles
St. in historic Old Town Lewisville.
Show times for “The Collective” are
7:30 p.m. both days. Prices for tickets,
which will be available at the door, are $15
for adults, $12 for students and seniors.
Simple Sparrow is a modern dance
company formed in October 2010 that
provides dancers in Denton County and
the rest of North Texas with an opportu-
nity to perform and present new works,
according to a news release.
For information, please visit www.
SimpleSparrowDance.com.
Dogwood Estates retirement
community plans weekend events
Denton’s Dogwood Estates retirement
community is celebrating February with
special events planned Friday through
Sunday, according to a news release.
See COCKRELL on 5A
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