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Missing child found in Venus
Law enforcement officials retrieved a 3-year-old child in Venus on Feb. 8 without incident, Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said.
The child, who was reported missing out of Indiana since September 2007, was in fine condition and has been remanded to the care of the Texas Department of Child Protective Services, Alford said.
Police arrested the child’s mother, and noncustodial parent, Amber Dawn Stonestreet on a no-bond felony warrant for interference with child custody. Stonestreet remains jailed at the Johnson County Corrections Center.
Officers with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Warrant Division worked with Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Intelligence Service investigators on the case.
JCSO began the investigation on Nov. 25 based on information received from the Allen County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Texas Department of Public Safety began assisting JCSO on Dec. 12.
Both agencies developed the case through investigation, confidential informants, long hours and numerous leads, Alford said. By Feb. 8, sufficient information had been collected to prompt both agencies to set surveillance up at a residence in the 300 block of Ridge Hollow Trail in Venus, Alford said.
Information indicated that Stonestreet left home at about 9 a.m. each Sunday to attend church. Deputies spotted Stonestreet’s vehicle traveling southbound on U.S. 67 and conducted a traffic stop. Police made two other arrests at the time.
John Morris Haynes, 56, was arrested on charges of tampering with a government document and theft of service. His bonds were set at $15,000 and $301 respectively. Haynes bonded out of jail on Feb. 9.
Sherrie Deann Haynes was arrested for warrants out of Johnson, Tarrant and Hockley counties. She remains jailed.
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Hewlett files for mayor
Justin Hewlett, owner of Hewlett Office Systems, filed for the mayor’s seat in the May Cleburne City Council elections on Monday. Single Member District 4 Councilman John Warren filed to seek re-election to his seat on Monday as well.
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Educating through the arts
Her résumé is impressive. An educator, therapist, dancer, minister and actor, Bonnie Hawkins-Jordan seems the kind of person who might live in Hollywood. But she doesn’t. She lives in Cleburne, sharing her ministry with those around her any way she can.
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Challenger seeks to oust Precinct 4 incumbent
Johnson County Precinct 4 voters have a choice this year between re-electing incumbent Commissioner Don Beeson, or electing his challenger, Bart Basham.
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Park and ride lot to be discussed
Cleburne City Council members will vote Tuesday on P.E.T. Construction’s $171,704 bid to construct a park-and-ride lot at the Cletran location.
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Pete Kendall: Home phonelessness more blessing than curse
In a 1916 interview in the Chicago Tribune, the self-anointed World’s Greatest Newspaper, Henry Ford said, “History is more or less bunk. It’s tradition. We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker’s damn is the history we made today.”
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Medina brings campaign to Cleburne
Several hundred area residents attended a Saturday Burleson Tea Party rally held at Forrest Auto Group in Cleburne.
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2/8 Felony arrests
The following felony arrests are taken from public records at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office. All individuals should be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Fire destroys home, occupants OK
A Wednesday morning fire resulted in no injuries, but destroyed a home near Burleson.
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Showers put lake level above spillway
With showers continuing through this morning, Lake Pat Cleburne lake level was reported at 734.1 feet, about six inches over the spillway, said local weather watcher Gayle White.
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Schools collect funds for Haiti
Students at two Cleburne ISD campuses have collected more than $1,400 for agencies involved in assistance for earthquake victims in Haiti.
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