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By MARI MALDONADO
Staff Writer
PECOS, June 25, 1996 - A reward is currently being offered for
information leading to the arrest of a Pecos man who is facing a
probation revocation charge.
The office of 143rd District Attorney John Stickels is offering a $500
reward to anyone with information on the whereabouts of Hector Brito
Pando, 43, of 2301 Sandia Road.
Pando pled guilty to the charge of delivery of a controlled substance,
rendered in March, four months after an investigation by the local
narcotics task force and the Permian Basin Drug Task Force lead to the
discovery of more than $60,000 worth of heroin and cocaine at his
residence. He was given 10 years probation with deferred adjudication as
a result of the two-month-long Task Force operation.
Pando fled Pecos after his urine specimen tested positive for opiates on
May 16, thus violating the terms of his probated judgment.
Anyone with information pertaining to Pando's whereabouts can call the
Reeves County Sheriff's Office, which is currently holding his arrest
warrant, at 445-5901; the Pecos Police Department at 445-4911 or John
Stickels' law office in Monahans, at 915-943-2755.
By PEGGY McCRACKEN
Staff Writer
Senior Judge Lucius Bunton whipped through a criminal and civil docket
this morning, picking two juries, hearing eight guilty pleas and one
motion to suppress evidence.
Two defendants were to be sentenced at noon.
In the civil case, three former inmates of the Reeves County Law
Enforcement Center are suing Reeves County and numerous detention center
employees.
One of the plaintiffs, Adebayo Yaya, is in Africa with his sick mother.
Judge Bunton severed his complaint and dismissed it without prejudice to
file again.
Olu Akhigbe, another Nigerian, was in Dallas today but expected to
arrive this afternoon, his attorney said. That trial is set for
Wednesday.
The three black men claim they were beaten by about 20 Hispanic inmates
on July 19, 1994.
Testimony was to begin this afternoon in the drug possession case
against Larry Robinson.
Robinson, 35, of Columbus, Ga., is charged with possession with intent
to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine on March 23.
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