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By Chris Edwards
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COLORADO – A Fred couple was killed in a crash in Colorado on the evening of Thursday, Feb. 16.

According to Sgt. Troy Kessler of the Colorado State Patrol’s Public Affairs Office, the accident occurred at 7:22 p.m. at milepost 357 on Interstate 70 near Limon, Colorado. Kessler reported the roads were dry with no adverse weather conditions. The crash claimed the lives of Calvin Wallet, age 47, and his wife Jessica, age 39, both of Fred.

According to the incident report, Jessica Wallet was driving a 2022 Toyota RAV4 westbound on Interstate 70 in the right lane behind a 2015 Freightliner semi-tractor trailer. Reportedly, the vehicle collided into the rear of the 18-wheeler. After impact, the SUV and Freightliner remained in contact until the 18-wheeler travel a short distance and pulled unto the right shoulder, dragging the SUV.

Jessica Wallet was transported to a nearby hospital where she later died. Calvin Wallet was pronounced dead at the scene.

Kessler reported that the Wallets were wearing seatbelts and that excessive speed is suspected as a factor in the crash. An eight-month-old infant, in a child-restraint seat, suffered minor injuries. The 46-year-old driver of the 18-wheeler from Dallas, was not injured.

A GoFundMe site was set up to cover the Wallets’ funeral expenses. That fundraising effort can be accessed at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-expenses-for-calvin-jessica-wallet.

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Presidential candidate – Floyd N. Petri, of Chester, and his wife Barbara. Photo courtesy of Floyd Petri

By Chris Edwards
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CHESTER – Floyd N. Petri, of Chester, announced on Wednesday, Feb. 22 that he officially registered as a candidate for President of the United States.

Petri, who formerly served as mayor of the City of Chester, registered his candidacy with the Federal Election Commission and announced his candidacy in the 2024 United States Presidential Election.

“I support the Second Amendment, and as mayor, made the City of Chester a sanctuary for the Second Amendment, guns, hunters and Christians,” Petri said. “I also made Chester exempt from Red Flag laws.”

Under Petri’s leadership, Chester was the first city in Texas to become a Second Amendment Sanctuary City and was honored by the state legislature with a resolution (HR 1040) honoring Petri and his accomplishments in the last legislative session.

“I support America First and Americans first, before anyone. I support veterans, law enforcement, the military, Medicare and building the wall. I also have about 45 other things that I support,” Petri said.

Prior to his experience in city leadership, Petri had a lifelong career in the military and in law enforcement and achieved many honors while serving.

 

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By Chris Edwards
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NoblesWOODVILLE – A Warren man was handed a 50-year prison sentence last week by District Judge Delinda Gibbs-Walker on two felony child pornography charges.

In the State of Texas vs. Jeremy Nobles, Nobles, a 47-year-old Warren resident, was charged with possession with intent to promote, as well as a possession of child porn, charges, a second and third-degree felony, respectively. Tyler County District Attorney Lucas Babin said that “justice was served,” and added that Nobles had refused a plea offer.

“Refusing a plea offer may cost them a lot more at a jury trial. A few years ago, criminals did not feel this pressure,” he said.

Nobles, who was represented by Timothy R. McDonough, was found guilty last Tuesday and handed the sentence. Babin said that promotion of child pornography carries with it a maximum punishment range of 20 years, and in preparing for the trial, he and first assistant DA Pat “Hawk” Hardy made it clear they would seek multiple enhanced sentences.

Nobles was arrested in 2021 when deputies with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office along with state officials executed a search warrant of his home regarding the possession and distribution of child pornography. According to the Attorney General’s office, the Child Exploitation Unit began the investigation when a CyberTipline report was received, and in the raid on Nobles’s residence, multiple devices were seized for examination by the AG’s Digital Forensics Unit.

Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford said that law enforcement working the case were able to recover evidence “involving an individual uploading and sharing an image of child pornography utilizing a social media application.”

The alert came from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which determined the geographic location where the upload had occurred and forwarded the information to the AG’s Internet Crimes Against Children division, which resulted in the search warrant.

“I’d like to thank the Attorney General’s office, Internet Crimes Against Children division. Without their efforts, this would not have been possible,” Babin said.

According to data available from the DPS Sex Offender Registry, Nobles was convicted in 2011 for Indecency with a Child/Sexual Contact, with the victims being a 6-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl.

Nobles remains in custody of Tyler County while awaiting transfer to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility.

 

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AdamsDOUCETTE – Deputies with the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office made a recent arrest in the Doucette area of a man who was reportedly seen walking down the road screaming and waving a knife.

According to Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford, deputies responded to a call referencing the subject and his behavior, on CR 2770, at 10 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 24. The deputies were able to make contact with the individual, whom they identified as 42-year-old Anthony Ray Adams, of Woodville.

Adams was, according to Weatherford, “extremely intoxicated and talking to himself,” and he “appeared to be under the influence of some type of narcotic drug.”

During a search of Adams, the deputies located a knife and a clear plastic baggie containing a crystalline substance, which field-tested positive for methamphetamine.

He was arrested and transported to the Tyler County Jail and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance. Pct. 1 Justice of the Peace Trisher Ford set Adams’s bond at $5,000. He has bonded out since then.