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LShe was found dead in her Euless apartment Nov. 12,but hold her head up,wear make- She was last seen alive
authorities were awaiting DNA test results before moving up or speak when other men about 3 p.m. Nov 9 when she
on the case. were present. She was not al- left her Grapevine job.
lowed to get out of bed until he On Nov 12, Euless patrol
By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. murder. did,but she was to answer his officers went to her apartment
ramirez@star-telegram.com 4'. E He is ac all his telephone calls no mat- to check on her after her son
EULESS — Vikky Overstreet cused of at- ter what. She would be disci- reported that he hadn't heard
fled to Euless in October to es- tempting to plined if she didn't, witnesses from her.They found her body
cape her abusive husband ins sexually as said. on the floor by a couch in the
Kansas, but she called him to : sault Vikky He allowed her to drive only living room. She had been
reconcile when she became J.Overstreet Overstreet, older cars with no air condi- dead several days. -
lonely,police said. 51, and then tioning to prevent her from Learning of her death, her
That cost Overstreet her killing her in her Euless apart- fleeing him. son phoned Jerome Over-
life, according to a Euless ar- ment. Vikky Overstreet left him street, who denied having
rest warrant affidavit•released Jerome Overstreet re- briefly a few years ago and been in Euless during the pre-
Friday. mained in the Sedgwick Coun- stayed at a shelter after Jerome vious few days,police said.,
She was found dead in her ty,Kan.,Jail on Friday without Overstreet was upset with her Euless detectives,however,
Euless apartment Nov. 12, a bail., because she refused to make found allov.9 grocery store re-
victim of traumatic asphyxia- him the beneficiary of her life ceipt in her apartment and
tion. Her estranged husband, Abusive marriage
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insurance policy, witnesses tracked down a nearby busi-
Jerome Overstreet,51,was ar- The affidavit gave this account said.But she returned home. ness that had a video of that
rested on suspicion of capital of the years and days leading In October, she left him transaction.The video showed
murder Thursday in Wichita, up to Vikky Overstreet's slay- again. a man buying a bottle of wine.
IKan. _ Mg. Relatives later identified him
: It had taken some time for . The couple had been mar- New home as Jerome Overstreet.
authorities to move on the ried for 11 years, and friends Vikky later telephoned her On Nov. 13, Euless police
Icase because• investigators and relatives said the relation- husband from her Euless, contacted Jerome Overstreet's
had been awaiting DNA test ship had become physically apartment, and he made sev- workplace and were told that
results,authorities said Friday. abusive during the last few eral weekend trips to see her. he had taken off work Nov 8
Jerome Overstreet was ar- years. She juggled two jobs at and 9.
trested two weeks after a Tar- Witnesses said Jerome Hawker Beechcraft in Grape
rant County grand jury indict- Overstreet became very con- vine and Dillard's Department DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR.,
ed him on a charge of capital trolling, not allowing her to Store in Irving. 817-685-3822
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EULESS ENTERTAINS WITH DAVE RUDOLFF
Need a reason
to get the fam- Music in Motion Concert i
fly off the Saturday,June 21, 7 p.m. �.
couch? Please join us
Villages of Bear Creeks,
for our first ever
Music in Motion Amphitheater ' :
Concert. This interac- ' 1951 Bear Creek Pkwy '
tive show will be fun
for the entire family.It Euless, TX • FREE •
begins with a 20
minute group aerobics ses- music all over the world and
sion, followed by the wild has written several songs for ing! Make healthier choices
and wacky music of Dave Disney movies. He will get and be entertained all at the
1 Rudolff. Dave has performed kids and parents up and mov- same time.Free for everyone!
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INORTHEAST TARRANT
Permits maybeblockparties needed for
I Most Northeast Tarrant cities view neighborhood
g boyhood
gatherings as an outreach opportunity and provide
I barricades.
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-Cities: Rules) fees and other details for block parties
I i n Tarrant
County towns :vary
Iant to have a block Colleyvilleermit
The city Grapevine • ' Haslet
required? •Permit required?Yes ■Permit re uired?Residents
Cities will make sure the streets does not issue permits,but does q
ill be accessible to emergency require street closures for block ■Fee:None need to get permission from the
Iehicles.Manycities will send a vide'.
City can pro- City Council if they want to close
parties to be authorized by the vide streets.
olice or fire department vehicle police department.. •Whom to contact:Applica- ■Fee:None
to the event for children to see. ■Fee:None tion forms are available at the •Barricades:Not provided
■Barricades:The city will police and fire departments.For by the city
I edford provide them if they're available. questions,call police Lt.Sam ■Whom to contact:Call the
■Permit Required.?Yes If none are available,the Police ,, Gladney at 817-410-3241. city secretary's office at 817-
•Fee:None Department will direct residents ■General rules:Return the 439-5931,ext.5 to schedule an
■Barricades:The city pro- to private vendors. application five days before the appearance before the Council.
ides barricades.Organizers are ■Whom to contact:Officer application
■General rules:Organizers
responsible for picking them up Bill Hudgins at 817-503-1230 r
appear-
and returningthem. should set up a Council
•General rules:Call Hudgins, Haltom City ance at least a month before the,
■Whom to contact:Police then submit a written plan at II Permit required:Yes event.
epartment's community servic- least a week in advance.The . ■Fee:$25
es division at 817-952-2444 plan should include the times •Barricades:City can pro- Hurst
I •General rules:Organizers and dates of the party and the vide. ■Permit re uired:Yes
hould submit a letter including names of the streets that will be q
e reasons and times theywant ■Whom to contact:Police ■Fee:$40
closed.Organizers are also De artment at 817-222-7000 ■Barricades:Citycan ro-
to close the street at least five asked to notify everyone in the P p
Ii,orking
days before the event. area of the street closures. ■General rules:The special vide �,
e letter must be signed by event permit application and •Whom to contact:Public
eryone that lives in the Barri Euless indemnification form can be Works Department at 817-788
caded area and should include downloaded at the city's Web 7076 .
■Permit required?Yes site,www.haltomcitytx.org,and ■General rules:Return the
Intact information. ■Fee:NoneIN Barricades:City can pro- must be turned in 21 days be- application 10 days before the
fore the event, event.The application must be
vide signed by all the people who live
■Whom to contact:City on part of the street to be .
I Engineering Department at
817-685-1694. blocked off.Streets can be
closed for up to 12 hours.Resi
■General rules:Return the dents are limited to two permits,.
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permit application about 10 days a year.
before the event.
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Keller Watauga '
N Permit required:No •Permit iced:Yes
Li Fee:None ■Fee:$5
■Barricades:City can pro- ■Barricades:City provides
vide !Whom to contact:Public Works Department at 817-514-5839
•Whom to contact:Scott ■General rules:Return the application 10 days before the event.
Bradburn,Police Department The application must-be signed by"90 percent plus one"of the
community relations officer,at residents affected by the road closure.
817-743-4533
•General rules:Organizers
are asked to inform neighbors of
the street-closing ahead of time.
North Richland Hills
•Permit required:Yes
■Fee:$25
•Barricades:City provides
•Whom to contact:Eliza-
beth Reining,assistant to the
city manager,at 817-427-6015
•General rules:Return the
application 30 days in advance.
Reining will arrange for organiz-
ers to meet with representatives
of the police,fire and health
departments.
Richland Hills
•Permit required:No
II Fee:None
■Barricades:City will pro-
vide
•Whom to contact:Police
Department at 817-299-18130
■General rules:Contact the
department and ask for officer
Nathan Stringer at least 10 days
before the event.
Southlake
•Permit required:A"mass
gathering notification"is re-
quired for events expected to
draw more than 250 people.
■Fee:None
r Barricades:City can pro-
vide.
•Whom to contact:Depart-
ment of Public Safety at 817-
748-8114
■General rules:Organizers
are asked to contact the depart-
ment at least a month in ad-
vance
if they plan to block off
streets.
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AREA BRIEFS
IFree musical event for children Saturday .
EULESS—Children and their families are invited to attend
the free Music in Motion concert at 7 p.m.Saturday at the
I Villages of Bear Creek Amphitheater, 1951 Bear Creek Park-
way.The event will include a 20-minute aerobic workout,a
discussion of nutrition and a concert by children's artist Dave
Rudolff.Snacks and goody bags will be given away. Families
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may want to bring blankets or lawn chairs.The event is spon-
sored by ARTSNET and Euless Express Fitness.
—Jessica DeLeon
ICouncil approves site plan for Glade Parks
EULESS—Best Buy will be the first store in Glade Parks,a
193-acre shopping and residential center at Texas 121 and
I Glade Road.The City Council approved a site plan last week
for a 23-acre,238,310-square-foot single-story center with 10
retail spaces and a separate 10,000-square-foot restaurant.
Construction is expected to start in September or October
I and be completed by spring.Glade Parks will include town
homes and high-end lofts,a bridge over Bear Creek and 60
acres of open space.The council also approved permits for
two businesses near the center:an American Airlines Credit
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Union and a Comerica Bank. —Jessica DeLeon
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Program lets students learn
'ab outp arks contribute ideas
PACS Partners aims to get •
kids excited about parks.
By JESSICA DeLE6N
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EULESS—Euless recreation „$" (4.,-,.•-•''' .,,,,' . 1
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Davenport gave an impor- <).. , '; , �i
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cial events as part of the city's � �° �"
new PACS Partners program, 3zF q
in which they learn about the � '. : . ,..� -
city's Parks and Community Items are stuffed into goody bags for the Music and Motion concert,
Services Department. which will promote nutrition and exercise. s-T/R.JEENAJACOB3
On Wednesday,they were
asked to come up with ideas Ray McDonald, director of Music in Motion
for a Halloween party, but Euless Parks and Community concert
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with a twist—no candy al- Services. Earlier, students The free event will include
lowed. worked in the city's green- a 20-minute aerobics work-
"When you do special house and learned about the out,a talk about nutrition
events, you can let your athletic department. Next 'and a concert by children's I imagination run wild," Day- week, they will study city artist Dave Rudolf.Snacks
enport said. playgrounds for safety stan- and goody bags will be
And they did. dards. The program runs given away.
"Oh my God," said Jewel from 9 a.m.to noon Wednes- •7 p.m.Saturday
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Smith, 12. "I just got a good days. •Villages of Bear Creek
idea." "I just thought, 'What a Amphitheater
Smith, of San Francisco, great opportunity if we can •1951 Bear Creek Park-
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who is visiting relatives in Eu- spark a fire in these young way,Euless
less,suggested shooting car- people,' "McDonald said.
rots from Nerf guns. In another room Wednes- ideas, the participants also
"Yeah, but somebody day, a separate group was stuffed goody bags for Satur-
could
I get shot in the eye," hashing out ideas. Their day's Music in Motion con-
said Clayton Taylor, 13,a Eu- adult supervisor, Jason cert,which will promote nu-
less eighth-grader at Har- Grant, suggested a disco trition and exercise.
wood Junior High School. band. Armstrong, an eighth- '
Spencer Mars, 13, an Johanna Armstrong, 13, grader at Euless Junior High
eighth-grader at William said the event should.raise School, said she enjoyed the
Monnig Middle School in money for a cause, such as program. •
Fort Worth,suggested a pota- breast cancer. Max Cum- "I liked how we can make
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to fight. mings, 11, a sixth-grader at good ideas for the communi-
"I mean tomato,"he said. Lakewood Elementary ty and how we can help peo-
The free PACS Partners School,brought up diabetes. ple," she said.
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program began this month. "Now you're starting to For more information
Its goal is to educate youths think,"Grant said,noting the about PACS Partners, call
in the hope that they may link between the disease and 817-685-1666.
want to pursue careers in unhealthy eating habits.
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parks and recreation, said Besides coming up with JESSICA DELE6N,817-685-3932
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Jewel Smith,12,left,Dylan Schmit,13,right,and other youths assemble goody
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bags as part of the PACS
Partners program.The kids are also learning about parks and recreation. Rann
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The law is always the topic Justin Coffee, 32, had
of conversation for a Hurst mapped out a career as a �eg
police sergeant and his game warden. 1 • x
relatives. "I had always been an out , 84 ,-� 'f:
doors type of guy," he said. !
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By DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR. ' "But I switched to being an t`� •k gyp._ �f=
ramirez@star-telegram.com officer when. I realized the �' ;,,, a °
HURST— When his family busy time for a game warden ‘' ; $` , ,9 t
gets together, Hurst police was the same time that I '; I
Sgt. Bob Coffee doesn't have would want to be out hunting '
to worry about a topic for and fishing."
conversation — it's always Justin Coffee has worked _`4.. > � • ..>�:
law enforcement. , at the Euless department for Hurst police Sgt.Bob Coffee,second from left,with,from left,son Jeff,
His sons are Euless patrol three years after spending 'son Justin and son-in-law Andrew Cobb. s-T/AN,McVEA
officer Justin Coffee and Bed- seven years in the Bedford
ford patrol officer Jeffrey Cof- department. Sometimes I know what And more relatives could I I'm talking about, she said. be on their way to wearing
fee. Then there's his son-in- Younger brother Jeffrey ,
law, Hurst patrol officer An- Coffee followed him to Bed And then sometimes I badges. .
drew Cobb. ford and has stayed. don't." "I'm not going to discour
As for facing his father-in- age my kids from it," Cobb
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Bob Coffee's brother, Fort But Cobb's career path law on the job,Andrew Cobb said. "But it's like, whatever
Worth patrol officer David was sparked by his interest in says there have been a few direction they take, I'll be
Coffee, can also drop by and Sarah Coffee, Bob Coffee's rough times. there for them."
toss in his two cents'worth. daughter. '
And there's a nephew, "We were dating first, and But for the most part, it s
North Richland Hills patrol then I became interested in been all professional," Cobb DOMINGO RAMIREZ JR., •
officer Travis Peck. police work," Cobb said. "I said: 817-685-3822
"I didn't even push my talked to her dad and her
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sons into becoming officers," brothers,and that helped me
Bob Coffee, 57, said one re- decide."
cent morning."It was more a. Cobb,28,joined the Hurst
surprise. But I'm sure proud force seven years ago. His 3
of them now." wife takes his profession in
Thirty years ago, no Cof- stride.
fees had full-time jobs in law "Law enforcement is the
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enforcement.Then Bob Cof- only life I've ever known,"Sa-
fee caught the blue fever. rah Cobb said. "We'd ride in
"I had just gotten out of the back of the patrol car
the Navy, and law enforce- when Dad took us to school.I
ment was just something I don't have this deep fear
thought I could do,"he said. about it, but I do pray every
He was an officer for Dal- day when they go to work."
las/Fort Worth Airport for a Sarah Cobb said she can
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year before joining the Hurst _ hold her own around the din-
department. No other rela- ner table among police offi--
tive planned on following his cern.
footsteps—it just happened.
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