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Mineral Wells PD
Following are reports filed by Mineral Wells police based on calls for service for the period of Feb. 19-26, 2021. Not all calls for service result in a filed report.
FEB. 19
⢠DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE - 1000 block of SW 77th Ave., 1:48 a.m. Information report.
⢠INFORMATION - 1400 block of N. Oak Ave., 4:27 a.m. Female reported boyfriend assaulted her and left.
⢠CRIMINAL MISCHIEF - 6800 block of E. Highway 180, 6:45 a.m. A male damaged property at a business.
⢠CRIMINAL TRESPASS - 600 block of FM 1821, 8:30 a.m. A male was issued a criminal trespass warning from a business.
⢠WELFARE CHECK - 1700 block of NW 5th Ave., 9:27 a.m. Information report regarding a welfare check.
Child molester s convictions, 45-year sentences affirmed
Special to the Weatherford Democrat Feb 3, 2021 FreeImages
The two aggravated sexual assault convictions and 45-year consecutive prison sentences a Joshua man was given by a Parker County jury in July 2019 were upheld Wednesday in a decision by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Patrick Edward Winchester, 44, was convicted for making two different 9-year-old girls perform oral sex on him, one in 2008 and another in 2012. Both occurred at his home in unincorporated Parker County near Reno and Springtown.
âWhen the girls came forward in 2017 and told law enforcement what had happened to them, their outcries were both graphic and remarkably similar,â said Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain. âTheir credibility was apparent to the Parker County Sheriffâs Office investigator who worked on the case as well as the jury who heard their testimon