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Traffic stop results in meth arrest

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By Chris Edwards
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TOWN BLUFF – A traffic stop along FM 92 in Town Bluff last Thursday afternoon resulted in a pair of arrests after the discovery of drugs and a warrant.

According to Pct. 3 Constable Tony Reynolds, he was patrolling the area and observed a vehicle with “multiple violations.” The driver, 49-year-old Troy Lee Bohler, of Woodville, had no driver license, no proof of insurance “and multiple other vehicle violations,” Reynolds said. Christopher Allen Bohler, a 47-year-old Woodville resident, was the other occupant of the vehicle, and Reynolds said he had an active warrant out of Tyler County for possession of a controlled substance.

Reynolds searched the vehicle and discovered a clear plastic bag containing a crystalline substance, which field-tested positive for methamphetamine, along with two glass pipes, both of which had a white residue in them.

“Christopher Bohler admitted that the substance I found in the vehicle belonged to him and he identified it as meth,” Reynolds said.

Both men were taken into custody and transported to the Tyler County Jail. Troy Bohler was charged with no driver license and Christopher Bohler was charged with the active warrant and felony possession of a controlled substance.

Troy Bohler was released, while Christopher Bohler is still in custody.

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Draining of Steinhagen scheduled

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Steinhagen Lake DrawdownA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aerial photo showing Dam B after drawdown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

By Chris Edwards
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DAM B – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced last week that it will commit a near-complete drawdown of B.A. Steinhagen Lake for needed repairs.

The repairs, according to the USACE (Fort Worth District Water Management), must be done to the Robert D. Willis Powerhouse. The drawdown began on Monday, and the target elevation is 58 feet above mean sea level (msl) by Monday, July 17. The lake’s normal elevation is 82.5 feet above msl. According to the timetable provided by the Army Corps of Engineers, the lake level should be back at its normal elevation by early August.

Although the schedule calls for the lake to begin filling up by July 26, the “rate of rise will depend on inflow from the Neches River, Sam Rayburn Dam releases on the Angelina River through hydropower

generation, and what the downstream flow requirements are at that time,” according to a statement from the USACE.

The drawdown will eliminate access to the lake, as all of the boat ramps will be dry. The USACE estimated the repair work to take from three to 10 days, all depending on the conditions at the site and the weather.

A statement from USACE noted that “every effort will be made to return the lake to a usable elevation as quickly as possible.”

All of the public access to the east end day use area, the Town Bluff Dam spillway, fishing platforms at the powerhouse and the east side of the floodgates will be closed.

Another factor in the returning levels of the lake are water requirements from the Lower Neches Valley Authority, which will partially dictate the Town Bluff dam’s release rate.

According to USACE, the public access should be restored in time for the Labor Day holiday weekend.

The last time Steinhagen was drained for repair work was in the summer of 2019, when repairs were made to the spillway.

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Dallas fugitive added to Most Wanted list

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MUGSHOT Most wanted 6 2023AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has added Leonard Lamar Neal, of Dallas, to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List and $10,000 in reward money is being offered for information that leads to his arrest. Both Texas Crime Stoppers and North Texas Crime Stoppers are each offering cash rewards of up to $5,000 for information leading to Neal’s arrest. All tips are guaranteed to be anonymous.

Leonard Lamar Neal, 41, has been wanted since June 13, 2023, when the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office issued warrants for his arrest for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault of a child and kidnapping.

Neal is identified as the suspect in the kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl and 9-year-old boy that prompted an AMBER Alert in south Dallas on June 11, 2023. Both children were later located. Neal has prior arrests for violent offenses including aggravated robbery and aggravated assault.

Neal is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He has tattoos on his neck, right ear and left arm. In addition to Dallas, he also has ties to DeSoto. For more information or updates in the event of his arrest, view Neal’s wanted bulletin.

Texas Crime Stoppers, which the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division funds, offers cash rewards to any person who provides information that leads to the arrest of one of Texas’ 10 Most Wanted Fugitives or Sex Offenders. So far in 2023, DPS and other agencies have arrested 19 Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders. In addition, $71,000 in rewards has been paid for tips that yielded arrests.

To be eligible for cash rewards, tipsters MUST provide information to authorities using one of the following three methods:

• Call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477).

• Submit a web tip through the DPS website by selecting the fugitive you have information about then clicking on the link under their picture.

• Submit a Facebook tip by clicking the “SUBMIT A TIP” link (under the “About” section).

All tips are anonymous — regardless of how they are submitted — and tipsters will be provided a tip number instead of using a name.

DPS investigators work with local law enforcement agencies to select fugitives for the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives and Sex Offenders Lists. You can find the current lists — with photos — on the DPS website.

Do not attempt to apprehend these fugitives; they are considered armed and dangerous.

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Game warden catches man shocking fish

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By Chris Edwards
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DAM B – A Warren man is in custody after being caught on suspicion of catching fish in an illegal manner, according to reports from Texas Parks and Wildlife.

According to Captain Brandon Moseley with TPWD, a game warden was patrolling the Neches River, just south of the Steinhagen Dam near Dam B, and observed a boater throw something into the water. When the game warden got closer, he noticed that someone in the boat was using a zapper to shock fish. The boater, 64-year-old Ernest Dennis Haynes, Jr., of Warren, was also not in compliance with registration on the watercraft vehicle.

Moseley said shocking fish with a zapper is an illegal practice that involves drawing the fish to the top of the water and reeling them in with a net. The charge is a Class C misdemeanor.

In addition to the freshwater fishing violation of shocking fish, Haynes also was charged with unlawful possession of firearm by felon (blue warrant) and taken into custody. He is still in custody at the Tyler County Jail.

Moseley said restitution charges might also be assigned for the fishing violation.

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Suspect arrested on vehicle burglary suspicion

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By Chris Edwards
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WARREN – Tyler County Sheriff Bryan Weatherford has reported that a Warren woman suspected of burglarizing vehicles is in custody.

Twenty-year-old McKenzie Claire Calnon was located and identified on Tuesday, June 13, when deputies were patrolling in the Warren area. The deputies, according to Weatherford, had been dispatched to a residence located along County Road 4810 on a report of burlgarlized vehicles.

“Multiple items, including firearms and medication, had been stolen,” Weatherford said.

Calnon, when located and questioned, confessed to the burglaries and was also found to be in possession of medication belonging to the complainant. 

Weatherford said the deputies were able to recover all of the stolen property, including the firearms.

Calnon was taken into custody, and booked into the Tyler County Jail. She was charged with three counts of burglary of a vehicle; two counts of theft of firearm, and Pct. 3 Justice of the Peace Mike Hughes set her bond at $35,000.

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