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NOMAAN MERCHANT, Associated Press
DALLAS (AP) —
Jurors on Tuesday began deliberating the intoxication manslaughter case against former Dallas Cowboys player Josh Brent, who is accused of drunkenly crashing his car during a night out and killing his passenger, who was a close friend and teammate.
The jury got the case after lawyers delivered their closing arguments to a packed courtroom. Among those watching were Stacey Jackson, whose son Jerry Brown was killed in the December 2012 wreck, and Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee. Jackson has publicly forgiven Brent, whose sentence could range from probation to 20 years in prison if he is convicted.
Brent and Brown, a linebacker on the Cowboys' practice squad who also played with Brent at the University of Illinois, were headed home from a nightclub where they had been partying with fellow Cowboys when Brent lost control of his Mercedes, causing a fiery accident. Officers who arrived on scene said Brent was seen trying to pull Brown's body from the wreckage.
Prosecutors say Brent was driving as fast as 110 mph at the time of the crash and that blood tests showed his blood alcohol content was 0.18 percent, which is more than twice Texas' legal limit to drive of 0.08 percent. Prosecutors allege that the burly, 320-pound defensive tackle had as many as 17 drinks on the night of the crash.
Brent's attorneys contend that the blood tests used by police were faulty and that Brent couldn't have drunk nearly that much alcohol.
Prosecutors Jason Hermus and Heath Harris called on the jury Tuesday to send a message about the serious nature of Brent's alleged crime, saying drunken drivers put the public in danger.
Hermus stood in front of Brent, hit the table and shouted: "They shouldn't be driving, no exceptions, no excuses!"
Hermus replayed police dash cam video of Brent losing his balance and stumbling as he tried to walk in a straight line. He referenced footage of Brent telling an Irving police officer that he was "buzzed" and nightclub security video that appears to show Brent holding up two bottles of Champagne.
"You can see with your own eyes, time and time and time again, that he is not normal," Hermus said.
Harris held up an undamaged glass bottle of unopened Cognac found in the wrecked Mercedes. He stood next to Brent, raised the bottle as if to chug from it and told jurors that on that night, Brent was "in the club, turning it up."
"This is almost like a poster child case for intoxication manslaughter," Harris said.
Brent's attorneys argued that prosecutors were misleading the jury. They cited a defense expert's testimony that the Dallas County crime lab had used expired fluid to process Brent's blood and came up with an incorrect result.
"In the history of mankind, there has never been created such a thing as an infallible machine," defense attorney Kevin Brooks said. "It doesn't exist. Has never existed. Planes crash. Computers don't boot up. Cars stop running."
George Milner, another of Brent's attorneys, told jurors they had sworn at the start to keep an open mind about the case and called on them to remain skeptical and acquit Brent.
"You will not then be able to go back in time and correct a mistake if you make it now," Milner said. "There is no going back in time."
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A.D. Ibarra
-Mall de las Aguilas
An Eagle Pass establishment for 65 years is closing its doors. Eagle Pass HIgh school students from the 50's, 60's and 70's fondly remember the Charcoal's original location on Del Rio Boulevard whose original hamburgers are still the apple of every restaurant goers palate in all its charcoal grilled glory with its shaved onions, tomatoes, pickles and shaved onions that make this burger a true original.
Broncos-Seahawks Super Bowl pits top 'O,' top 'D'
HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Pro Football Writer
Peyton Manning's Denver Broncos and Richard Sherman's Seattle Seahawks were the NFL's best all season, so it's fitting that they'll meet in the Super Bowl.
Nobody scored as many points or gained as many yards as the Broncos.
Nobody allowed as few points or gave up as few yards as the Seahawks.
And nobody won as many games as those clubs, either.
As reported last year in the pages of your Eagle Pass News Gram, Walgreen's Pharmacy will indeed be opening a new branch in our fair city across from Maverick County Lake and adjacent to IBC. The chain recently opened a branch in Uvalde. The Planning Department of the City of Eagle Pass approved the issuance of a permit for the construction of a Walgreens Pharmacy, according Brian Shea, Director of City Planning at the last city council meeting.
Press Release
The Eagle Pass Independent School District (EPISD) is committed to provide the highest quality of care and attention to every situation. The health of all students and staff within our district is our first priority and that is why we have contacted the Department of Health and Human Services for an evaluation of Eagle Pass High School.
EAGLE PASS, TX-
Yesterday afternoon, Danny Segura 29, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Maverick Co. Segura was wanted by the Minnesota Department of Corrections for a Violation of Parole. Segura’s original offense was 2nd Degree Murder. Segura was believed to have fled Minnesota with his girlfriend, Sage Ollerman 23. The Steele County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota opened a missing person investigation regarding Ollerman. The U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, working with the North Star Fugitive Task Force in Minnesota, developed information placing both Segura and Ollerman in the Rosita Valley area.
A.D. Ibarra
-Maverick County Showbarn
Organizers for the 2013 Maverick County Junior Livestock Show are busy making preparations for the approximately 275 projects ranging from steers, hogs, goats and lambs that will be shown this year.
A.D. Ibarra
-Commissioner's Court
An item which we recently ran in reference to the weather monitor at the Maverick County Airport was revisited at the recent Special Meeting of Commissioner's Court as County Commissioner Robert Ruiz presided over the meeting in the absence of County Judge David Saucedo.
Andy Valato of EagleMed LLC was on hand to inform Commissioner's Court that the internet connection at the airport was not adequate for the weather monitoring equipment presently being installed at the airport.
According to Valato an internet serviceman climbed the tower adjacent to the airport that will house an $11,000 antenna for internet service at the Maverick County Water Tower.
This equipment will provide 99.8% reliability which is required for equipment of this nature which is being installed to give the Air Evac Team when approaching and leaving Eagle Pass with our most precious cargo, loved ones in need of emergency medical care.
The item was approved pending the review of legal counsel.
Nuevo monitor de tiempo necesita más ancho de banda
Adrián Ibarra
Corte del Comisario
Un ítem que hace poco nos encontramos en referencia al monitor de tiempo en el aeropuerto del condado de Maverick fue revisitado en la reciente Reunión Especial de la Corte del Comisionado de Comisionado del Condado Robert Ruiz, presidió la reunión en ausencia del Juez del Condado David Saucedo.
Andy Valato de EagleMed LLC fue el encargado de informar a la Corte del Comisionado de que la conexión a internet en el aeropuerto no era adecuado para el equipo de monitoreo del clima en la actualidad se está instalando en el aeropuerto.
Según Valato un militar internet subió a la torre adyacente al aeropuerto que albergará una antena 11,000 dólares para el servicio de Internet en la Torre del Agua del Condado de Maverick.
Este equipo proporcionará la fiabilidad del 99,8 %, lo que se requiere para el equipamiento de esta naturaleza que se está instalando para dar al equipo de Aire Evac al acercarse y dejando a Eagle Pass con nuestra carga más preciada, los seres queridos que necesitan atención médica urgente.
El punto fue aprobado en espera del examen de los asesores legales .
Press Release
-Del Rio, Texas
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Eagle Pass South Station apprehended a convicted sex offender on Monday.
Agents working linewatch duties east of Eagle Pass apprehended Jose Bernal Barrientos-Mayorga, 32, an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. During processing, agents discovered that Barrientos Mayorga had been convicted in Carver County, Minn. for “Criminal Sexual Conduct- 2nd Degree-Sexual Contact” and subsequently deported.
Barrientos-Mayorga faces a charge of illegal re-entry – 8 USC 1326 – and his prior order of removal will be reinstated.
So far during Fiscal Year 2014, which began Oct. 1, 2013, Del Rio Sector agents have apprehended eight sex offenders. During FY13, Del Rio Sector agents apprehended 16 previously deported sex offenders.
Compared to the same time frame during FY13, Del Rio Sector has seen a 100 percent increase in arrests of criminal aliens who have been previously deported for sexual offenses. The Del Rio Border Patrol Sector is part of the South Texas Campaign, which leverages federal, state and local resources to combat transnational criminal organizations.
Police: Shooter warned some students away
RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated Press
ROSWELL, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say the 12-year-old boy who opened fire in a New Mexico middle school gym warned some students away just before the attack.
State Police Chief Pete Kassetas says the attack was planned in advance. But he says it appears the boy's victims, an 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl, were chosen randomly.
During a Wednesday press briefing, Kassetas declined to speculate on a motive or say when charges would be filed. But he said the boy got the shotgun from his family's home and had three rounds of ammunition.
Officials say the boy who was shot in the face and neck remains in critical condition at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas. The girl is in satisfactory condition with injuries to the right shoulder.
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