Former sheriff s office detective at large and armed after killing three in Texas, police say
Brittany Shammas and Reis Thebault, The Washington Post
April 18, 2021
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Occasionally, the sheriff’s office investigates a case that is especially gratifying, Sheriff Maurice Cook said. Author: Drew Knight Updated: 1:50 PM CST February 4, 2021
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas
Editor s note: The related video was published in May 2019.
The Bastrop County Sheriff s Office is sending a warning to the public about phone extortion scams after making an arrest in a robbery case. Occasionally, the sheriff’s office investigates a case that is especially gratifying, Sheriff Maurice Cook said. I’m sure all of us have received threatening phone calls; the threat may be for arrest from someone saying they are the IRS, a plea by someone saying a loved one has been arrested, be threatened with deportation, or any other of the various scams. All have a common pattern: the caller is demanding that you send cash to some address, or that you place money on a prepaid card, or have cash that someone will come by and pick up.
Bastrop County updates COVID-19 response, burn ban activities
As cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, continue to increase at an alarming rate in Bastrop County, the county’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) is preparing to demobilize and transfer several services related to the disease.
During Monday’s Commissioners Court meeting, Bastrop County Emergency Management Coordinator Christine Files confirmed that the COVID-19 testing location at Ascension Seton Elgin Health Center in Elgin will be closed permanently after Dec. 30.
Until then, both the Ascension Seton testing site and the St. David’s Emergency Center testing site in Bastrop will remain open Monday through Friday.