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Athens man sentenced to 14 years for cocaine

District Attorney’s Office press release

Marcquis Deevermont Utley, 34 of Athens was sentenced to 14 years and also to a month at the Medical Insurance Rehab to get clean before entering jail, the sentence was in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after pleading guilty to the second degree felony offense of Possession of a Controlled Substance on July 9 in Judge Carter Tarrance’s 392nd Judicial District Court.

Utley was arrested on Feb. 4 of last year after Trinidad Police Officer Cody Speak attempted to pull Utley over for speeding on State Highway 31. Utley did not pull over at first and instead proceeded to a gas station.

Speak followed Utley to the gas station and attempted to make contact with him. Utley was uncooperative, and eventually a struggle ensued which resulted in Speak using his taser on Utley. After Utley was arrested and placed in handcuffs Continue reading “Athens man sentenced to 14 years for cocaine”

Bulletin Board — Thursday, July 18

GARAGE SALES

— Garage sale, Friday and Saturday … 7222 Dogwood Trail, Athens … 7 to 1 Friday and 7 to noon on Saturday.

— Multi-family yard sale! 14978 FM 59, on the right past Cafe in Cross Roads. Lots of clothes (kids-adult), household items, bunk beds, etc. Too much to list. Friday and Saturday, 7-?? (NO EARLY SALES)

HELP WANTED

— I am needing to hire someone part time for deliveries, etc… or to go on deliveries when needed. If interested please come by Harris Furniture. East side of square downtown, next to Verizon. 903-675-5202.

— WANTED: Looking for someone with 18 wheeler to haul hay. 903-348-2150.

FREE

— Adorable German Shepherd/Black Lab cross puppies, free to good homes. I have 5, males and females. These will make excellent family pets. Dad is a large, long haired, German Shepherd, very active and affectionate. Mom is a wonderfully loyal and gentle Black Labrador. Puppies include 2 who are long haired like dad (1 male 1 female). All healthy and really cute. Call 903-802-7170 or 402-418-1692 or email [email protected]. We are in Gun Barrel City. Thanks.

FOR RENT

— Commercial building for rent, downtown Malakoff 111 S Terry St. Call Rhonda at (903) 386-9323 and leave a message.

FOR SALE

— Sofa — Large brown microfiber sectional sofa for sale. Sofa is 2 1/2 years old and is in great condition in a non-smoking home. $500 – If interested, please email [email protected] with any questions or to request pictures, etc. Thanks!

— Filing cabinet — Three drawer filing cabinet. White crackled with turquoise $50 in Eustace. Call Ashley 432-599-2949.

SERVICES

— Bungee Jump Trampoline — Your event or party will be even more fun with our Bungee Jump Trampoline. We are located in Gun Barrel City but will travel anywhere. Our 4 place Bungee Jump will accommodate weights from 30 to 200 pounds and you can jump up to about 20 feet in the air, a real blast! Great for festivals, outdoor markets and parties. Fully insured and we will provide proof on request. Call or email today to reserve your dates: Kelly Murph, 903-802-7170 or 402-418-1692, [email protected].

— Paradise Party Rentals — Paradise Party Rentals is proud to announce that we are growing with the help of many loyal customers. To help this company keep growing please head over to their page and let’s help this new local company grow. They serve many cities and counties and prices are remarkable due to the size of their products, wonderful customer service, and amazingly they drop off setup pickup and clean all their products for you so there’s no hassle on your part, just plan the party and enjoy the outcome! www.facebook.com/paradisepartyrentalsinc

Around Malakoff: Trust your home town pharmacist

By Loretta Humble/Around the Town

I have two pieces of medical advice for you this week. The first one is this: Trust your home town pharmacy to do you right. Don’t be so sure the big chain pharmacies can do as well.

I still don’t understand why or how this happened, but this is what I experienced this weekend:

Someone who has no money, that I’ve been trying to help, got his hand hurt and it got infected. Even though I paid for him to go to ETMC’s Emergency Clinic, it continued to get worse. Sunday he had to go back to the real emergency room. They lanced it for the second time, and gave him a prescription for some powerful antibiotics and pain medicine. I was out of town. All the regular pharmacies were closed except one of those big pharmacies, and they were about to close. He called me, and I called somebody back home, and asked them to call to find out what the prescriptions would cost and loan him the money. She was told it would be $32, so she loaned him that. When he got to the store, they told him the antibiotic was $92 and the Continue reading “Around Malakoff: Trust your home town pharmacist”

Trinidad man convicted of Theft from Elderly

District Attorney’s Office press release

It took less than 15 minutes for a Henderson County jury on Tuesday to find Brian Keith Fugett, 36, of Trinidad guilty of Theft From an Elderly Person in the 392nd District Court. The case was prosecuted by District Attorney Scott McKee’s Office.

Fugett, along with his girlfriend Brandi Melton, were arrested in August 2012 by the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office for the offense.

According to Sheriff’s reports and testimony at trial, Fugett and Hyde were hired by an 84-year-old woman’s daughters to help care for their elderly mother who was also suffering from Alzheimer’s. Continue reading “Trinidad man convicted of Theft from Elderly”

Obituary: Joseph Keenan

A requiem mass for the happy repose of the soul of Joseph Keenan,74, Trinidad will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, Tyler with The Very Rev. Anthony McLaughlin, JCD, celebrant.

A recitation of the rosary will be 6 p.m. Wednesday at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel. Burial will be 3 p.m. Thursday in Mary Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Malakoff.

Mr. Keenan died July 13, 2013 in Tyler.

He was born Aug. 5, 1938 in Washington D.C. to the late Joseph Aloysius Keenan, Jr. and Frances O’Conner Becker. After earning a PhD in Nuclear Chemistry from Clark University in Worcester, Mass., he had a 30-year career with Texas Instruments while living in Richardson. He retired as a Senior Member of Technical Staff. Mr. Keenan spent the past 15 years in Trinidad. In his retirement he loved to research and build model planes and ships in impressive detail and historical accuracy. Continue reading “Obituary: Joseph Keenan”