A former employee of Dollar General in Wolfforth was indicted by a grand jury this week after he was charged with letting his friends have a five-finger discount.
Christopher Ybarra, 43, was arrested by Wolfforth Police on Oct. 9. and on Tuesday was indicted on a charge of theft between $1,500 and $20,000 and possession of cocaine.
According to a police report, police were called to Dollar General to meet with the regional loss prevention manager, Kelly Campbell.
The defense attorney in a federal child pornography case eight years ago said he was willing to let his client’s wife testify, even though he had doubts that she would have helped his case.
Mark Snodgrass was the last government witness to appear in a hearing into a complaint from Ricky Lynn Cole that Snodgrass provided ineffective representation at trial by failing to object alleged harassment of Cole’s wife, Tina Cox-Cole, a defense witness in the trial.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Michael DeShaun Lusk and Latoya Monique Dupree-Lusk
Tina Lizett Boneta Walker and Douglas T. Walker
Amanda K. Kirk and Timothy J. Kirk
DIVORCES FILED
Kenny C. Rodriguez and Lisa Ann Rodriguez
Yngri Martinez and Andres Martinez
Nicholas Rolland Goedert and Maria Goedert
237TH DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE LES HATCH
Grant Gassaway and Fright Squad of Lubbock against Amber Lynn Kimbrough, suit on other civil
■ Assumed Name: Earthbound Minerals; owner: Stacy Hinson
■ Assumed Name: Avalon Investments; owner: Asken Properties LLC
■ Assumed Name: Avalon Investments; owner: Sara Fierro
■ Assumed Name: Crystal Cove; owner: PB & G Holdings LLC
■ Assumed Name: Crystal Cove; owner: Kjell A. Bo
■ Assumed Name: Crystal Cove Apartments; owner: PB & G Holdings LLC
■ Assumed Name: Crystal Cove Apartments; owner: Kjell A. Bo
■ Assumed Name: Classic Coffee Service; owner: Carlos Rhea
■ Assumed Name: 806 Appliances; owner: Art Gomez
Khanh Van Van Nguyen and Thoai Thi To
Gregory Scott Bryan and Barbara Kay Bunney
Robert Casey Kinman and Janelle R. Vanderwiel
Jay Foley Balderas and Rebecca Danielle Rascon
Christopher Michael Kirby and Morgan V. Switzenberg
Two armed robberies under investigation
Lubbock police are investigating a pair of aggravated robberies that happened in a relatively short timespan overnight Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22, and possibly involve the same perpetrator, according to Lubbock police.
At 2 a.m. Friday, Lubbock police responded to a robbery call at the 7-11 in the 2500 block of 34th Street, according to police spokesman Sgt. Jason Lewis.
Two men arrested in a midtown house two months ago during a Lubbock police methamphetamine investigation pleaded guilty to a top-line federal drug charge Thursday, Nov. 21.
Michael Armenta, 20, and Fernando Valenzuela Ceballos, 26, each pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent of more than 500 grams of methamphetamine.
Armenta’s wife, 19-year-old Kutleza Aurora Rodriguez, also pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony — someone with knowledge of a crime failing to promptly tell a police officer or other official what they know.
Charles Fife clung tightly to the string of his balloon.
His mother, Toni, held him just as tightly.
Before Judge Kevin Hart, Toni Fife raised her right hand on Friday, Nov. 22, and swore she would nurture and care for the 2-year-old in her arms.
Toni Fife has already adopted four children. Charlie was the last.
“You are now five,” said Hart as he granted the adoption.
Nearly a dozen families were expanded in the same way in two Lubbock County court rooms as county adoption officials celebrated National Adoption Day for the ninth year.
A Lancaster, Calif., man will spend two years in federal prison for trying in April to use false identification documents to loot another man’s bank account.
Auston Chad Cohen, 29, received the sentence Thursday, Nov. 21, from U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings.
Cummings ordered him to spend a year on supervised release after he finishes his sentence.
Cohen also must pay $27,800 in restitution to Wells Fargo Bank.
Two years is the maximum federal sentence for aggravated identity theft.
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Alex Flores and Elizabeth Ann Flores
Teresa Maria McGee and Jeremiah McGee
Jeffery A. Lockaby and Joette Michelle Lockaby
Marci Ann Johnson and Eugene Lawrence Johnson Jr.
Vivian Torres and David Isaiah Godwin
Paul Losoya Perez and Irma Perez
Katherin Chance and Juan Martin Montantez
Leticia Herrera and Raymond Herrera Jr.
Myra Delgado and Israel Delgado
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Tammy Joyce Goley and Kelly Ray Goley
Rusti Lynn Wisian and Michael Bruce Wisian
99TH DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE WILLIAM C. SOWDER
Suzanna Olguin against Farmers Texas County Mutual Insurance Co., suit on personal injury auto
J’Tina McNeely against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., suit on personal injury auto
Jae Kelley against Latresa Peveler, suit on personal injury auto
Randell Coffer against Cyrus Gauna, suit on personal injury auto
Philip Jackson Green and Sarah Emily Wilson
Rene Ortiz and Sara Lynn Wright
Kevin Trent Leal and Desiree Nicole Tederman
Kelley Lee Tooley and Heidi L. Grant
Robert Harold Tudor and Renee Storm Phenix
Thomas Herrera and Griselda Perez Reyes
■ Assumed Name: AH Architects; owner: Abel Hernandez
■ Assumed Name: JLK Enterprises; owner: Jess Karren
■ Assumed Name: New Century Industries LLC; owner: New Century Industries LLC
■ Assumed Name: New Century Industries LLC; owner: James E. Monsey Jr.
■ Assumed Name: New Century Industries LLC; owner: Stephen McCown
■ Assumed Name: JLB Investments; owner: Jamie Lee Pruett
■ Assumed Name: JLB Investments; owner: Beverly Ann Hardy
William Joshua Cochran and Jennifer Marie Curry
Luis Gonzalo Escobedo and Reyna Emilia A. Flores
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Juan Felipe Leyva Jr. and Maria G. Leyva
Crystal Michelle Jones and Jerod Wayne Jones
Kelly Fitzgerald and Melissa Fitzgerald
Jana Rumbaugh Servantez and Abel Servantez
Isabel Salas Juares and Aldaberto Aguilar Juarez II
Andrew Melendez and Irma Memendez
Leticia Day Janssen and Eric Janssen
DIVORCES FILED
Catherine Cull Potter and Royking Potter
Priscilla Ann Colon and Steven Colon
Catherine Elaine Carrillo and Arturo Carlos Carrillo
Marta Pilar Exum and Jeremy Joe Exum
237TH DISTRICT COURT
JUDGE LES HATCH
Larry K. Lowe against Wade J. Lawrence, suit on account
Assumed Name: Depot Auto Sales; Owner: Joseph Sutton
Assumed Name: Kothmann Medical Management LLC; Owner: Kothmann Medical Management LLC
Assumed Name: Kothmann Medical Management LLC; Owner: Korey Kothmann
Assumed Name: Kothmann Medical Management LLC; Owner: Michelle Bruce
Assumed Name: Lubbock Advanced Physical Medicine PLLC; Owner: Lubbock Advanced Physical Medicine PLLC
Assumed Name: Lubbock Advanced Physical Medicine PLLC; Owner: Korey Kothmann
Assumed Name: Lubbock Advanced Physical Medicine PLLC; Owner: Michelle Bruce
A Lubbock County grand jury on Tuesday, Nov. 26, indicted a Lubbock man for a Labor Day fire that gutted part of an apartment complex and left nearly 70 people homeless.
Michael George Bippus, 19, was charged with arson of a habitation.
Bippus has been in jail since his arrest Sept. 2 at the Oak Creek Apartments in the 5800 block of 22nd Street. His bail has been set at $100,000.
Lubbock Fire Rescue officials said at the time Bippus admitted starting the fire, which destroyed 32 apartments.
There were no injuries; one person was treated for smoke inhalation.
■ Assumed Name: Hawkeye Road Boring; owner: Kelly Holloway
■ Assumed Name: Craig Ray Custom Homes; owner: CWR Designs & Investments
■ Assumed Name: Craig Ray Custom Homes; owner: Craig W. Ray
■ Assumed Name: G.K. Mitchell Family Ranch; owner: George Kenton Mitchell III