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I C10TTER Neighborhoods may unknowingly have paroled sex offenders Price of Odessa; brother, Ronald D. Weber of San Francisco; and four grandchildren. bvamf IHmmmI COMANCHE Bobby Warren Couch, 67, a retired jeweler, died Saturday, May 17, 1997, at his residence. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Hall Sons Chapel in Comanche.

Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Gustine, Texas. Arrangements by Hall Sons Funeral Home. He was a bom in Gustine and a resident of Odessa before returning to Gustine. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and a Methodist.

SURVIVORS: Wife, Billie Couch of Gustine; son, Curtis W. Couch of Odessa; daughters, Quatia D. Wright of Odessa and Debra N. Noel of Rogers, brothers, T.J. Couch and Ernest W.

Couch, both of Gustine; sister, lone Denson of San Antonio; and four grandchildren. SvwS laMaMTLaaaawP ODESSA Gene Hiltbrunner, 67, a former Sheriff's deputy, died Friday, May 16, 1997, at Medical Center Hospital. Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Jack Watkins officiating. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.

He was born in Shamrock, Texas, and was a resident of Pampa before moving to Odessa in 1954. He was a Baptist. SURVIVORS: Wife, Loretta Hiltbrunner of Odessa; daughter, Julia convicts released early from prison on parole or mandatory supervision. In social work parlance, these homes are often called "three-quarter houses" because they are the first stop after a convict makes it out of a halfway house. Those, especially sex offenders, move to such houses because they either lack a family home or face landlords who are reluctant to rent to them.

"A lot are trying to get their feet back on the ground and be tax-paying citizens," said Robert Lambert, 45, a Fort Worth mean released early from a prison sentence for a drug conviction. Now, he is the live-in manager of the group home near the Hernandez family. "They've served their time and have to come out of prison sometime and live somewhere." It is unclear how many such homes there are in Houston. "These homes pop up in communities without any licensing, public notification or prior warning to neighbors," said Andy Kahan, director of the Houston Mayor's Crime Victims Office. "It's like moving an entire cell block from prison to a neighborhood without anyone taking the responsibility to notify the neighborhood," he said.

Tarrant County had a higher percentage of out-of-county sex offenders 141 of 253 but some dated to before the county tightened its acceptance rules. Odessa; and three ODESSA Gladys Pauline Scheriger Lacy, 68, a retired medical transcriptionist, died Friday, May 16, 1997, at Medical Center Hospital. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Robert Fletch-ing officiating.

Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. She was born in Centralia, and was a resident of Odessa. 111. SURVIVORS: Husband, Kenneth Lacy of Odessa; son, Michael Andrew Scheriger of Comanche; daughter, Connie Sue Hart of Odessa; brother, Charles Stoafer of Las Vegas, sister, Alice Mae Farris of Kingman, 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

SAN ANTONIO Robert Swann Lee, 68, a retired general manager for Analysts, in Houston, died Friday, May 16, 1997, in San Antonio. Graveside services will be held at 12 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio with the Rev. Suzanne Steves officiating. Arrangements by Porter Loring Mortuary.

He was born in Roscoe, Texas, and was a resident of Odessa for 38 years before moving to Houston and then to San Antonio. SURVIVORS: Dell Walker Lee of San Antonio; sons, Robert Earl Lee of Dayton, Ohio, and David Ryan Lee of Miami, daughter, Virginia Lee Alford of San Antonio and two grandchildren. the time of her husband's disappearance. The statement says Kosciukiewicz first attacked Wilson with a hammer before Wilson wrestled the hammer away. The statement says Wilson, after asking who impregnated Kosciukiewicz's wife, len attacked Kosciukiewicz with the hammer, beating him into unconsciousness.

"His breathing got really heavy Retirement Planning Simmons of grandchildren. The following is a list of injury accidents and felony criminal activities reported to the police. Information is from local sheriffs or police reports. Numbered addresses of crime victims' private residences and locations where crimes occur are rounded to the nearest hundred block Traffic Fatality FORT STOCKTON A 17-year-old Fort Stockton teen-ager died and four others were injured in a one-car rollover at 9 p.m. Friday, one mile north of Fort Stockton on Stone Road.

The five teens were traveling southbound al a high rate of speed on Stone Road in a 1988 Ford driven by Joseph Lee Franco. 15, of Fort Stockton when the driver swerved to avoid two motorcycles in front of the Ford. The vehicle then left the roadway, overturning several times and coming to rest on lis top. Jose Vislar Garcia, who was thrown from the vehicle, was taken to Pecos County Memorial Hospi-. tal.

where he was pronounced dead shortly after 10:30 p.m. Franco was listed in stable condition Saturday with a concussion at Pecos County Memorial Hospital. Thomas Jason Riggs, 16, of Fort Stockton was listed in stable condition with a fractured left hip at Odessa Regional Hospital. Two others were treated and released from Pecos County Memorial Hospital Friday night. Fire MIDLAND One section of the Abbey Court Apartment Complex, 4303 Andrews in Midland was destroyed by fire Saturday night.

The Midland Fire Department re: s'ponded to the structure tire at the apartment complex shortly after 1 I p.m. Saturday, after a witness saw a reflection of (lames coming from the building and called 911. Officials are not sure what caused the blaze, said Stuart Sherman, fire investigator with Midland Fire Department. "We think it may have originated in the middle part of the building," he said. Sherman said that no was injured in the incident, adding that, "residents didn't really have time to take anything with them.

The building is a total loss." Sexual Assault A 36-year-old Odessa man was in Ector County Jail Friday on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Albert Pena. 6608 N. Dixie was being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond. A 26-year-old Odessa man was in Ector County Jail Saturday on a -charge of sexual assault of a child.

Alonzo 225 Barrow Drive, was being, held lieu of a $7,500 bond. Aggravated Assault A 53-year-old Odessa man reported someone chased him with a steak knife threatening to kill him at 6 p.m. Friday in the 1700 block of North Lee Avenue. A 27-year-old Odessa woman reported someone hit her in the face with a car stereo at 10:10 p.m. Friday in the 1200 block of South Fall Avenue.

Odessa Police Thelt: A 29-year-old Odessa man reported someone took a portable gasoline welder, valued at $2,000. Irom trie bed of his truck sometime between 7 p.m. Thursday and 7:20 a Friday while the truck was parked in the 3100 block of North Tom Green Avenue GIFT BASKETS Especially For You 550-5007 SEND A BASKET TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY BASKETS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Odessa's ewest garden center Come see our new22acre OAtDIN CINTIt 4400 1 adorn facility HOUSTON (AP) State laws requiring public notification when a sex offender is released into a community aren't as airtight as the public might think, the Houston Chronicle reported. The law covers only those sex offenders convicted after September 1995. Many being released from prison now committed their crimes earlier, the Chronicle reported Sunday.

And odds are better that a convicted sex offender lives in a halfway house or group home in Harris County, where there are fewer restrictions about what convicts can move into the county, State law requires parolees to be returned to their home counties when released from prison. There are exceptions in cases where special services, such as those provided by halfway houses, are unavailable in the home county. A 1996 state parole division analysis showed that 285 of 728 sex offenders on parole or mandatory supervision in Harris County had committed their crimes in another county. That's upsetting to Renaldo Hernandez, 2 1 whose son often plays within 100 feet of a Houston house that 10 convicted sex offenders call home. "As soon as they planned to move in, somebody should have told us," Hernandez said.

The home near Hernandez' is one of several private rental properties in the county that house groups of Corpus Christi. Kingston, whose bike and congested. He bled buckets," the court document states. "I stood over him with the hammer for a long time. When his breathing stopped, I got a hanger and wrapped it around his throat." According to the statement, Wilson then cut up the body of his friend, who was an analyst at Amoco Eurasia in Houston.

He placed body parts in bags and tried to freeze them before putting them ERNEST LYNCH. CL.U. Oinnered Financial ComaluM CO LIP. I in ODESSA Andrews, 29, a television camera man for Channel 28 in Lubbock, died Saturday, May 17, 1997, at his residence. Services will be held at 3 p.m.

Tuesday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnny Storz officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. He was bom in Odessa and was a resident of Lubbock.

He was a Protestant. SURVIVORS: Son, Ryan Michael Andrews of Odessa; father, Harvey Andrews, of Odessa; mother, Jeanene Lee of Bronte; grandparents, Tyra Hamilton and Myrtle Hamilton, both of Lubbock; brother, Harvey Andrews, of Odessa; and sister, Kathy Crispin of Alamogordo, N.M. ANDERSONVILLE, S.C. Lorraine Champion, 74, died Saturday, May 17, 1997, in Lithonia, Ga. Memorial services will be held at 12 p.m.

CST, today at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Snellville, with the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Strachan officiating. Private burial will be at Andersonville National Cemetery in Andersonville, S.C.

Arrangements by Tom Wages Funeral Service. She was a native of San Francisco and a resident of Lithonia, Ga. SURVIVORS: Husband, John C. Champion, of Lithonia, sons, Wayne D. Champion of Snellville, and Steven Champion of Stateboro, daughter, Pamela Accident claims life of Odessan Odessa American A 33-year-old Odessa man died Friday night after he was hit by a truck at the intersection of 42nd Street and Gotder Avenue in Odessa.

Erackio Palacio Bernal was crossing 42nd street against a red light when he was hit by a 1997 Chevrolet pickup driven by Timothy Dee Dyer of Midland according to an Odessa Police department release. The pickup had been traveling eastbound in the inside lane of 42nd Street approaching Golder Avenue on a green light, the release said. Bernal was taken to Medical Center Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1 1 :37 p.m. by Dr. Art Johnson.

Ector County Medical Examiner, B.J. White ordered that an autopsy be conducted on Bernal. It was performed Saturday morning in Lubbock, according to the release. Police still are investigating the accident. Committee approves gun bill AUSTIN (AP) A Texas Senate panel has approved legislation with provisions to clarify specific mental conditions that would disqualify an applicant for a concealed handgun permit.

The Senate Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-2 Sunday night io approve the bill and sent it to the full Senate. It has passed the House already. The bill by Sen. Jerry Patterson, R-Pasadena, is aimed at clarifying language from the 1 995 law that gave Texans the right to carry concealed handguns. Finding language under the 1995 law too vague when classifying a person under the "unsound mind" disqualification, bill sponsors spelled out what specific mental conditions would disqualify an applicant.

Under the 1 995 Jaw, depression, post-traumatic stress syndrome and manic depression were included under the "unsound mind" category. The measure deletes the catchall category of "unsound mind" and replaces it with "incapable of exercising sound judgment." The conditions listed under that category include: schizophrenia, delusional disorders, bipolar disorder, chronic, dementia and dissociative identity disorder or anti-personality disorder. Depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome were not included in the list. A person who had suffered from any of the other listed conditions could apply for a permit if a physician certified the condition is in remission. iagbiiai Robert Kingston hangs out in his hammock Wednesday at Cole Park in first time he has used his hammock this year.

Canadian faces extradition, Texas murder charge AP photo is behind him, says this is the his car and statement says. heading north, the The statement said Wilson stopped near Muskogee, to dispose of the body in a creek. However, he panicked when he found the creek to be too shallow, threw Kosciukiewicz's remains into nearby brush, then continued his trip to Calgary, the statement said. For Your Sympathy Arrangements The Shoppe Unique for Flowers Gifts 337-5468 16 East 8th Odessa Major Credit Cards Accepted or; it fs- Lump Sum Rollover Mutual Funds Annuities The Associated Press A Canadian man has confessed to beating a college classmate's husband with a hammer before killing the Houston man and disposing of his dismembered body in Oklahoma, Canadian authorities said: Court documents in the case against Gary Daniel Wilson includes a statement in which the 30-year-old Texan purportedly details how he brutally murdered Marek Kosciukiewicz. Wilson now faces extradition and a murder charge for the alleged June 15 homicide in the Kosciuk-iewicz's northwest Fort Bend County home, near Houston.

But his attorney, Don MacLeod of Calgary, said he is not conceding that his client wrote the confession nor that it reflects what happened to Kosciukiewicz, whose whereabouts remain a mystery. Canadian authorities are holding Wilson based on a fugitive warrant issued by a U.S. magistrate last year, which accuses him of one count of murder. If convicted, Wilson could spent between five and 99 years in prison. Wilson is scheduled to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench in Calgary Wednesday for scheduling of bail and extradition hearings.

According to the statement, dated five days after both men disappeared, Wilson had helped Kosciukiewicz move to Houston from Calgary just six months before, then fell in love with Kosciukiewicz's wife, Alicja. Kosciukiewicz was in Poland at ERNEST LYNCH ASSOCIATES 3800 E. 42nd, Suite 603 367-9144 Registered Representative of Conseco Financial Services. Inc. 1 1816 N.

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