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Thursday, March 1,2012
Page 3A
Blotter
Sheriff Robert Bolcik
reported 2,238 calls went
through dispatch from
Feb. 20 to Feb. 26.
The sheriffs depart-
ment responded to 61
calls; the Refugio Police
Department, 34; DPS,
one; medics, 21; animal
control, four.
Drunk, suicidal
A Woodsboro resident
reported that his step-
son was drunk, acting
crazy and trying to set
his motor home on fire on
Feb. 23, at 6:57 p.m.
Deputy Shelly Haertig,
was dispatched to the res-
idence on Wood Avenue
in Woodsboro. Deputy
Haertig requested backup
and reported the subject
was attempting to hang
himself.
Deputy Jamie O’Reilly
and medics were dis-
patched. Deputy Haertig
cut the subject down and
tazed him. The suspect
was taken to Refugio
Memorial Hospital.
Dispatch requested a
detention warrant. The
subject was taken to a
care facility.
In another incident
on Feb. 23, at 2:18 p.m.
an employee with Crisis
Hotline advised of a
caller who was suicidal.
According to the report
the suspect allegedly
wanted to “blow up” the
Houston VA. He allegedly
told the hotline worker
he wants to go to the
Houston VA psych ward
and he knew how to make
a bomb. His daughter was
reportedly with him.
Deputy James Longoria
and Jeff Raymond were
dispatched to Luke Street
in Woodsboro. The sus-
pect was reported to be
upset because he did not
get his disability and
wanted to vent.
He told the officers,
according to the report,
that he is not a harm to
himself and was not going
to blow up the VA. Medics
transported the suspect.
On Feb. 22, at 10:10
p.m. a welfare check was
requested on a male sub-
ject who exited the back
door of Refugio Memorial
Hospital and was alleg-
edly suicidal.
Deputies Peter Silvas,
Shelly Haertig, and
Jamie O’Reilly were dis-
patch to a residence on
U.S. Hwy 202. The male
subject was going back to
the hospital.
Attempted break-in
A Tivoli man reported
that someone was trying
to break into his residence
on Feb. 20, at 1:33 a.m.
According to the report,
when he turned on the
light the noise stopped
and he did not see anyone
outside.
Deputies Amanda
Emfiner and Jamie
O’Reilly were dispatched
to investigate. Nothing
appeared to be unusual.
Suspicious activity
An Austwell man
reported seeing some-
one jumping up and
down looking through
peoples windows on Feb.
20 at 3:54 a.m. Deputies
Amand Emfinger and
Jamie O’Reilly were dis-
patched to Layton Lane
but did not locate any-
thing.
Burglary
On Feb. 20, at 1:26
p.m. a caller requested
an officer. According to
the report the subject
and his wife were moving
and came back to pick up
more of their belongings
when they noticed items
missing. Bullet holes
were also located in the
house and a bullet was
lodged in the bed.
Verbal argument
Officer Bill Schaefer
was dispatched to inves-
tigate a verbal argument
on Feb. 20 between two
adjoining business own-
ers.
According to the
report, an employee acci-
dently shoveled mud
onto the other’s proper-
ty. The owner allegedly
threw back the mud on
machines belonging to
the other owner.
Domestic disturbance
A Refugio woman
reported that her boy-
friend grabbed her by her
arms threw her down and
choked her on Feb. 23, at
4:33 a.m.
According to the reports
the male suspect left on
foot.
Disturbance
A caller requested an
officer at a business on
Alamo Street in Refugio
on Feb. 23, at 1:49 p.m.
According to the report
the owner was having a
trouble with a delivery
driver. Officer Danny
Beltran was dispatched.
The owner wanted the
Terroristic
threat
A caller report-
ed that he was
allegedly threat-
ened over the
phone by the boy-
friend of his ex on
Feb. 24, at 8:48
p.m.
According to
the report the
caller asked to
speak to the
mother of his chil-
dren and he was
told he could not
speak to her. The
caller stated that
he was called into
work and needed
to ask her where
he could drop the
children off.
The mother’s
boyfriend alleg-
edly told the call-
er again that he
could not speak
to her and that
if he didn’t like
it, he would have
him and his fam-
ily killed.
Deputy Jeffrey
Raymond was dis-
patched to the call
and case number
was given for ter-
roristic threat.
Physical distur-
bance
Deputy Jeffrey
Raymond and
Shelly Haertig
were dispatched
to a 911 call
on Feb. 25 at
12:59 p.m. on
Wood Avenue in
Woodsboro.
According to
the dispatch’s
report, yelling
and screaming
could be heard
from different
subjects in the
driver to leave and the
driver left.
Theft
A Refugio woman
reported her son had an
Ipod, phone and $20 sto-
len from the Refugio High
School Locker room dur-
ing athletics on Feb. 23,
at 5:03 p.m. Items were
valued at $520.
residence. The parties
were separated before the
Deputy’s arrived.
Female soliciting
Officer Duqualis
Farrow was dispatched to
the Stripes on Feb. 25, at
7:03 a.m.
initiated a traffic stop on
Jeter Street in Refugio.
Neither suspect would
claim the synthetic mari-
juana. Miltons Wrecker
Service was dispatched to
pick up the vehicle.
In another incident in
Woodsboro, on Feb. 23, at
4 p.m. a caller reported an
Ipod and money valued
at $310 was stolen from
her purse that was on the
bleachers while she was
playing softball at the
Woodsboro Little
According to the report,
several complaints were
made of a female solicit-
ing drivers. The female
was not located.
Burning in city limits
A caller reported a big
pile of wood and trash
burning in the city limits
on Feb. 25, at 4:21 p.m. on
Bayou Street in Refugio.
Raymond initiated a traf-
fic stop on U.S Hwy 1360
on Feb. 25, at 11:10 p.m.
a small bag of marijuana
was located during the
search. The male sus-
pect was taken to Refugio
County Jail. Milton’s was
requested.
Synthetic marijuana
Two male subjects were
taken to jail on Feb. 25, at
3:39 p.m.
Sgt. Jeremy Rowland
The suspect was issued
a citation for burning
trash in the city limits.
Possession of mari-
juana
Deputy Jeffrey
Criminal mischief
A caller reported that
her boyfriend broke all
the windows out in her
vehicle on Feb. 26, at
12:29 p.m.
According to the report,
she was asked to make a
written statement at the
police department.
League field.
Food orders running short as
competition grows for resources
Kenda Nelson photo
Ricky Piwet, board member of Good Samaritan Ministries, orders food
for the organization; however, orders have come up short as competi-
tion grows for resources.
The ministry is depend-
ing more on individual
donations and food drives
by local organizations.
“We purchase flour and
corn meal, spaghetti, ver-
micelli, rice, beans and
other dried goods like that,”
Piwetz said.
Once the organization
bought in bulk and broke
the goods down into plastic bags. That’s
not longer allowed.
“In ziplock bags, people can mistake
flour for sugar or for laundry detergent,”
Piwetz said. “Some people don’t see well
and others don’t read well.”
Several years ago when Piwetz began
volunteering at the local Good Samaritan,
the organization was ordering $2,800 to
$3,500 of food per month. The last few
invoices were for $541 and $648. The food
bank did not have the amount of food that
was ordered.
“We can buy from the food bank for 19
cents a pound which is much cheaper than
buying It anywhere else,” he said.
So the money doesn’t go as far.
“Our seniors like canned Vienna sau-
sages,” he said.
Unfortunately, the food bank was out.
Some things they once passed out are no
longer available, like disposable diapers.
Piwetz says that given the choice
between toilet paper, paper towels, dispos-
able diapers and food, the Good Samaritan
will buy food. Prioritizing becomes impor-
tant when food runs short.
“We serve 297 senior citizens and 442
families,” Piwetz said.
For more information or to make a dona-
tion, please call 526-5552.
By KENDA NELSON
Editor, County Press
“There’s so many organi-
zations out there needing
the food - we’re all com-
peting for it,” Piwetz said.
“The food bank and USDA
are being stressed out.”
More and more kitchens
are being opened in the area
that provide hot meals for
homeless and poor people.
Kitchens receive a higher
priority than organizations
like the Good Samaritan.
Ricky Piwetz at the Good
Samaritan Center is con-
cerned. The food ordered
from the Golden Crescent
Food Bank has fallen short
the last few months. The
USDA is providing less
food as well.
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