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Press Releases
April 8, 2004
According to Sheriff Bob Alford, a
Johnson County jail trusty walked away from a work detail about 3:30
p.m. April 8, 2004, west of Alvarado off Hwy 67, and has
not been located.
 Sheriff Alford led the search Thursday
evening for Benny Ray Pinson of Crowley, 37, who has been in jail
since March 10, 2004 on misdemeanor charges. The Department of Public
Safety, Alvarado PD, and Constable Brian Warren assisted in the
search, along with a DPS helicopter. The search will continue through
the night with a helicopter equipped with a thermal imager.
Pinson was wearing an orange shirt
and pants when last seen. He is 5’9” tall, 200 lbs, with blond hair
and green eyes
April 14, 2004
According to Sheriff Bob Alford, Johnson County deputies
arrested a man running a drug lab in South Loop Motel in Fort Worth,
after the man had failed to appear in District Court April 14, 2004
for Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Possession of a Controlled
Substance.
Alford stated that Mazin Obeidat, 26, refused to open the door to
warrants deputies Wednesday morning, and deputies forced their way
into the motel room, where they found Obeidat with a working drug lab
and a large quantity of drugs. Obeidat also was wanted on Johnson
County Misdemeanor warrants.
Deputy Bobby Arriola contacted the Fort Worth Police Drug Task Force,
who took Obeidat into custody, and then on to a Fort
Worth hospital after Obeidat complained that he was ill.
Obeidat is expected to be booked into Tarrant County Jail after he is
released from the hospital, and then he will be released to Johnson
County Sheriff’s Office. |
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