Source: Odessa American, TexasJan.self storage 03--With surges in crime and fatal car accidents, 2013 was a busy year for law enforcement and other emergency services in Odessa and the surrounding areas.A car chase turned shootout turned carjacking turned up multiple felony charges for two suspects after they were hospitalized for injuries sustained during the Oct. 25 shootout.David Edward Baca was indicted on one count of attempted capital murder, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a public servant.Cameron Anthony Dawson, 34, was indicted Oct. 31 on the counts of attempted capital murder, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a public servant and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.Dawson remains in Andrews County Jail on $2,115,000 bond while Baca remains in the Ector County Detention Center on $153,000 bond. Baca has charges pending a grand jury indictment in Andrews County.Baca had a federal warrant out of New Mexico charging him in connection to possession of an incendiary device.Roswell Police searched a home on Oct. 22 that Baca was staying in and found multiple pipe bombs in the home.Previous OA stories stated on Oct. 25, Odessa police received a call from a man who said he was following a black 2010 Chevrolet pickup that had been taken from him the previous day--he identified Baca and Dawson as the occupants of the stolen vehicle.Scott followed the truck to East Loop 338 and 87th Street when the men began shooting at him.OPD, Ector County Sheriff's Office deputies and troopers with the Department of Public Safety went to the intersection about 4:5 p.m. that day and began pursuing the men as they headed north on US Highway 385.Near the Ector and Andrews county line, one of the men began shooting at DPS troopers and shot at them again once in Andrews county.The truck then stopped in an oncoming traffic lane on Highway 385 when Baca and Dawson would exit the truck shooting at DPS troopers and ECSO deputies while attempting to carjack another vehicle.Dawson was shot and wounded at this time and would soon be arrested and transported to Medical Center Hospital.During this time, Baca would approach another vehicle and order a male driver, at gun point, to exit the vehicle. He would then force a female passenger to move to the driver's seat while he sat in the front passenger seat and another female passenger remained in the back seat.Baca then ordered the woman to drive him south on Highway 385 before the vehicle would come to a complete stop in the northbound lanes of traffic. The hostages escaped unharmed and Baca was found to have been shot.He was arrested and transported to MCH.DEPUTY SLAINThe Oct. 2 slaying of Upton County Sheriff's Deputy Billy "Bubba" Kennedy was no less dramatic.Gary David Green, 50, was charged with capital murder and remains in custody at the Ector County Detention Center on a $1 million bond.Previous OA stories state Green went into the Stripes Convenience Store in McCamey and tried to pay for food with a credit card that was declined. Green then became agitated and told the cashier to give him some gas or someone was going to die.The cashier gave Green his food for free but was unable to give him free gas. Green left the store and got inside of a red 2007 GMC pickup that was reported stolen out of Ector County.Later, Kennedy and Deputy Thomas Stiles went up to the truck at about 11:02 p.m. and noticed Green sleeping in the cab of the truck. Stiles knocked on the window to wake him.The deputies ra迷你倉 a check on the license plate and learned the truck had been stolen. Kennedy approached the driver's side of the truck and unsnapped his gun holster. While Kennedy approached, Green opened the door and began firing at him--Stiles and Kennedy both began firing at Green.After the firefight, Stiles saw Kennedy and Green on the ground. Deputy Dusty Kilgore made the scene and arrested Green, leaving him on the ground.Stiles attempted revive Kennedy by giving him CPR but was unable to do so. Kilgore attempted CPR on Kennedy but was also unable to revive him.TEEN KILLED IN CRASHA 17-year-old Odessa man was charged with manslaughter in connection with a wreck that took the life of a 15-year-old Odessa High School student.Previous stories stated just after 2 p.m. Sept. 4 at the intersection of Eighth Street and Muskingum Avenue Edgar Alejandro Villa Polanco, 17, ran a red light while traveling east on Eighth Street in a 2001 Grand Marquis and collided with a 2008 Lincoln Navigator containing two people.Polanco and his two passengers, Kaely Chacon, 16, and Alicia Levario, 15, were taken to Medical Center Hospital along with Yvonne Natividad, 32, and Robert Gomez, 44, of the Navigator in varying conditions.Levario, previous stories sated, was in the back seat of the Mercury and thrown between the seats hitting her head on the dashboard at the point of collision.All were released from the hospital by Sept. 6, except for Levario who remained in a coma for a week before she died from her injuries Sept. 12 at Medical Center Hospital.An officer with the Ector County Independent School District reported seeing the Mercury before the crash, traveling at a high rate of speed and weaving between vehicles.MURDER IN THE BASINTwo were indicted in the Feb. 2 slaying of Randy Ray Brooks Jr..Vickie Renee Simpson, 29, and Bryan Carbery,41, were indicted with charges of murder in connection with the shooting.Brooks was found at his home, 7323 Kentucky Ave., with a gunshot wound to his head Feb. 2 and taken to Medical Center Hospital where he would die the same day.Carbery was initially charged with murder in connection to the death and Donaldson said when the District Attorney's office reviewed the information provided they felt there was sufficient evidence to indict Simpson as well.District Attorney Bobby Bland declined to discuss the details of the case, but that Simpson was indicted as a party and the evidence did not suggest that she pulled the trigger.A 24-year-old man sits at the Ector County Detention Center accused of the Sept. 28 shooting death of a 29-year-old man at the La Quinta Inn and Suites, 5001 E. Hwy. 80.Brian Keith Runnels was charged with murder, possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver or manufacture and possession of cocaine with intent to deliver in connection with the alleged shooting.Previous stories stated at about 11:25 p.m. Sept. 28, Runnels shot Bryan Eugene Young near the center of the La Quinta Inn next to the second floor breezeway.A blood trail led from where Young was found with multiple gunshot wounds to room number 230 where police found an open door and a semi-automatic handgun on the walkway outside.Back at the Odessa Police Department, Runnels waived his Miranda rights to legal counsel and admitted in an interview to shooting a Springfield XD semi-auto handgun at a person while inside his room.Contact Chris Bartlett at 432-333-7786, email at cbartlett@oaoa.com, or on Twitter at @OACrimeCopyright: ___ (c)2014 the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) Visit the Odessa American (Odessa, Texas) at .oaoa.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉將軍澳
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