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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-11-09 Euless Articles — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF 1f4YOR CITY C.VCL CITYATT.VY CRIM MCKA,bMIE BROWN YOUNG ANLlL-1L CVT 1IcDO:A-ILD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF H,ARTSELL DATE DISTRIBTED I l 1 7 // 1� DATE OF /(.-i/ U /' _ ,VERSP.APER FWST - Wife had bought freezer to store body, - officer testifies Trial O A Euless police officer tells how Patricia Defense attorney Rox- •minutes later after police — J; ffress surrendered and calmly told police how she anne Robinson of Fort found her husband's body killed her husband. Worth made no opening wrapped in sheets in the next to the statement Tuesday. couple's garage. By Domingo Ramirez Jr. 4 body. Patricia Jeffress had Jeffress has been in the afiirez@star-telegram.com t' A frail told Euless police that her FORT WORTH— to 4 Tarrant County Jail since Trying and calm husband had abused her in her arrest. get rid of her husband's Patricia Jef- the past and that she was Euless police said she body after shooting him Jeffress fress bipolar, suffered from cooperated with investi a - last year, a Euless woman Post-traumatic stress dis-showed no tors. wrapped the body in emotion as the photos were order and was taking "She was very straight- sheets, dragged it through presented on a screen to forward not hidingany- . Euless apartment and roughly 10 medications. ' y- the jury. thing;' Hoerth testified tried to push it into a freez- Davila told the jury that She is accused of fatally Tuesday. "She very calmly er she had bought for dis- Joe Jeffress was not a per- shooting Joe Jeffress,59,in told the officers what hap- posing of it,a Euless police May 2009 at their apart- feet husband. pened:' — officer testified Tuesday. ment at the Oakmont of Mr.Jeffress was not as But when she couldn't pure as the driven snow" Her husband, who was Bear Creek Apartments, retired from the military, get the body in the new Davila said. He could have freezer, Patricia Jeffress 2121 Bear Creek Parkway in been annoying,but instead had several weapons in the Euless. If convicted, she apartment, Euless police decided to surrender to au- of leaving him,she took his have said.One of his hand- could be sentenced to life torities, Euless police Sr. life." in prison. guns was used in the pl.Joe Hoerth told a Tar- The Jeffresses had been Tarrant County .Assis- shooting,police said. Milt County jury.t married six years, and Eu- - tant District Attorney Dar- Testimony was sched- - Joe Jeffress'body was in less police had no previous rell Davila told the jury that uled to continue today. the couple's Euless apart- Patricia Jeffress fatally reports of disturbances at dent three days before his their apartment. shot her husband last year Domingo Ramirez Jr.. _. 5 -year-old wife reported in the back of the head as Patricia Jeffress drove to 817 04763 the shooting to employees he slept in their apart- the apartment complex of- in the apartment complex ment,silencing the blast of fice and told employees , office. the handgun with a pillow. that she had killed her hus- "I tried not to leave a band, Euless police have mess,"Patricia Jeffress told Crime Time said. Investigators have Hoerth in a recorded inter- Get more crime said they don't believe that view with the officer on f 5 news at star-tele- she had told anyone else N. May 15, 2009. "I thought gram.com/blegs about the shooting. She maybe he would be OK and search crimes by then drove back to her there" in the freezer, she neighborhood at dfwcrime. apartment and waited for said. star-telegram.corn police. The recording was She was arrested a few played on the first day of testimony in Jeffress'mur- "The evidence will N.der trial in Criminal Dis- show that you are sitting in trict Court No. 432. the presence of a murder- In crime scene photos er;'the prosecutor said."It shown to the jury of seven was planned, and those -men and five women, a plans included how to cov- freezer is tipped on its side er it up." with Joe Jeffress' body wrapped in sheets next to mit.Blood smears are on the garage floor, and an ax was DISTRIBUTED TO: P,IGE OF 114YOR CITYC\CL CITY ATT:VY CRI.11 MCK-11/IE BROW\ YOUNG A,VI:ILAL CVT McDONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRI RY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED % / 1 ,(// ! DATE OF ARTICLE l NEWSPAPER FWST Euless woman gets 65 years for killing husband The 51-year-old told ; _' attorney, that she had shot him May police that her spouse 1J. op, said he 12, but she didn't report Crime Time of six years had abused ' "asked for the killing until three days Want more crime her. 60 years and later. a news?See the jury She was arrested after star-telegram. By Marty Sabota P.Jeffress came back police found her husband's com/blogs msabota@star-telegram.com with 65." body wrapped in sheets in FORT WORTH — A Euless "I'm proud of the Tar- the couple's garage. woman accused of fatally rant County jury that According to testimony thought maybe he would shooting her husband and brought justice to a corn- from Euless police, after be OK there"in the freezer, therxsurrendering to police munity that lost a father, a shooting her husband,Jef- she said. when she couldn't push his grandfather and a proud fress bought a freezer and Jeffress told police that body into a freezer was veteran," Davila said of drove to Forney to drop off she had been abused by her sentenced Friday to, 65 victim Joe Jeffress,59,who her dog so relatives could husband of six years, that years in prison. was retired from the mili- take care of it. she was bipolar, that she Patricia Jeffress, 51, tary. She told police that she suffered from post-trau- pleaded guilty to murder in Patricia Jeffress shot had tried to place her hus- matic stress disorder and the middle of her trial this her husband in the back of band's body in the freezer that she was taking roughly week before state District the head in May 2009 as he but couldn't push him in- 10 medications.Euless po- Judge Ruben Gonzalez Jr.in slept in their apartment at side it. lice had no previous re- _ Criminal District Court the Oakmont of Bear Creek "I tried not to leave a ports of disturbances at No.4n. Apartments in Euless. She mess," she told Euless po- their home. Darrell Davila, Tarrant silenced the gun blast with lice Senior Cpl.Joe Hoerth Her plea was entered as County assistant district a pillow.Jeffress told police in a recorded interview. "I prosecutors were calling witnesses Wednesday af- ternoon before a jury of seven men and five wom- en. She had faced a maxi- mum sentence of life in prison. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE / OF .ti14}'OR CITYCVCL CITY ATT.VY CRI.N .VICK4.1IJE BROWN YOUNG ANLIL4L CYT .11cDO.V-1LD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMJN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED /1l l //O DATE OF ARTICLE IC � i • `/ NEWSP,4PER FWST Woman pleads guilty to killing her husband 0 Patricia Jeffress of Euless tried to put his body in a freezer but reported the crime to police when she couldn't get it inside. By Domingo Ramirez Jr. ramirez@star-telegram.com FORT WORTH—A Euless woman accused of fatally shooting her husband and then surrendering to Eu- less police when she couldn't push his body into a freezer last year pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the middle of her trial. Patricia Jeffress, 51, entered her plea before state District Judge Ruben Gonzalez jr. in Criminal District Court No.432. Her plea was entered as prosecu- ` `} tors were calling witnesses Wednes- P.Jeffress day afternoon before a jury of seven men and five women.Testimony in her murder trial began Tuesday morning. _ The punishment phase of her trial continues to- day. The maximum sentence is life in prison. Jeffress shot her husband, Joe Jeffress, 59, in the back of the head in May 2009 as he slept in their apartment at the Oakmont of Bear Creek Apart- ments,2121 Bear Creek Parkway in Euless. She told Euless police that she had shot him May 12,but she didn't report the killing until May 15. Between the time she shot her husband and her surrender,Jeffress bought a freezer and drove to For- ney to drop off her dog so relatives could take care of it, according to testimony from Euless police. Jeffress had told police that she had been abused by her husband in the past,she was bipolar,suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and was taking roughly 10 medications. The Jeffresses had been married six years,and Eu- less police had no previous reports of disturbances at their apartment. Joe Jeffress; who was retired from the military; had several weapons in the apartment. Patricia Jef- fress told Euless police that she used a .357-caliber Magnum revolver and then placed it on a nightstand. Domingo Ramirez Jr..817-390-7763 DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE ' OF ,MAYOR CITY CNCL CITY ATTNY GRIM MCK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CVT McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED /// / 9 //0 DATE OF ARTICLE / / / / /t- NEWSPAPER FWST gni WORK FACES ■Leadership NEB recognizes these silver anniversary class participants: �. Sulema Appelt, Northstar Bank of Texas;Kevin Ball, Fair Claims Roofing;Steve Chapman, H-E-B school district; Nate Hearne, H-E-B district; Bill Hurlbut, Hurlbut Insurance Services; Megan Jakubik,city of Bedford; Judith Kutler, Kaner Medical Group P.A.;Desiree Leos, city of Hurst;Michael _ McGarrah, McGarrah Chi- ropractic/The Dansonott Group Llc.;Brent Mcllvain, Edward Jones;Brandon McKinley,Chesapeake Ener- gy;Jesus Oquendo,Atmos Energy;Dalene Parker, Frost Bank;Tim Philpot, Preserva- tion Financial;Scott Shep- herd,6 Stones Mission Net- work;Michelle Stefan, Carter BloodCare; Kim Sut- ter,city of Euless;Mary Lou Wilson,Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital H-E-B; .� and Tom Woodson,Su- preme Lending. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF _ MAYOR CITYC:VCL CITY ATTNY CRIM .MICK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANLt1AL CVT .LIcDO.\:aLD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARYADMIN LIBRARY REF H.4RTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED I Ci DATE OF ARTICLE l / / '// `- NEWSPAPER FUST _ Bedford, Euless join movement to ban K2 0 Area cities have ture consider outlawing the products, Sandlin said Hurst council members into more and more people — acted against the the municipal league will will hear a police report at who were using this stuff, Synthetic marijuana. back the effort. next week's meeting that and it's pretty volatile:' "The league is in the could lead to an ordinance Speaking with Flory and By Terry Evans there. Hurst Police Chief Steve I. tevans@star-telegram.com process of adopting our The Hurst, Euless and Moore beforepresenting joined other Metroplex the K2 issue is in it," he Bedford police chiefs the situation to the coun- cities in banning the sale said. "We'll support legis- agreed that the Legislature cil, Brown said he found and possession of K2,the lation to ban it." likely will pass legislation that all three departments Mansfield was the first against substances with were seeing increases in synthetic product that users smoke to get a high city in Texas to limit K2 names like K2, Genie, the presence and use of similar to marijuana. sales to people 21 and old- Spice, Dascents, Zohai, synthetic marijuana prod-' The Bedford City er. Other cities, including Sage, Pep Spice and Solar ucts. Council adopted an ordi- Haslet, Roanoke and Wa- Flare during its next ses- "We're looking at it as a nance Oct 12 out of con- tauga,have banned its sale sion. publichealth issue;' he cern that the city might or possession. Keller and But city officials don't said. "We felt it was im- become an island in the Fort Worth are considering want to wait for state laws, portant to do what we can K2 saying the products are too d o too protecttour citizens, midst of municipalities an ordinance banning that banned K2,said Po- sales. dangerous. p„ y young peo lice Chief David Flory. Euless Mayor Mary Lib The American Associa- pie. Saleh said that she and fel- tion of Poison Control Moore expects that the "We didn't want to be low council members re- Centers reports on its web- state Legislature will ad- the only ones who didn't sponded to a request from site that more than 1,900 dress K2 but is reluctant to _ have an ordinance, [be- their police in adopting the calls involving synthetic wait while so many cities coming] a safe haven to ban. marijuana products have around Hurst are moving. do K2;" Flory said. "We want to go along been received this year by "We're getting to be the Euless adopted an or- with our sister cities' ef- centers across the nation. only ones around still sell- dinance banning K2 on forts;' she said. "Our po- Bedford's ordinance ing it,"he said. "That isn't. Oct.26. lice found [K2] for sale in mentions that emergency the main reason we're do Bennett Sandlin, multiple places and came responders were called to a ing it.We want to stop the- executive director of to us saying they didn't scene where one of several sale of it in our city now, Texas Municipal League, want it in our city" "young members of our because it appears to be said his office hasn't community" was trans- more dangerous than mar- tracked the number of ported to a hospital after ijuana:' cities that have joined using a product labeled as This report includes material 1.' the ban. But he believes K2. from the Star-Telegram there are more in the Euless Police Chief Mi- archives. Dallas-Fort Worth area chael Brown said that his than anywhere else in officers reptirted "running Terry Evans,817-390-7620 _ the state. Should the Leglsla- I !. DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE I OF 1 MAYOR CITYCNCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCKAMIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CNT McDONALD COLLINS C. BARKER GETCHELL LIBR4RYADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED �1 ! (1/ /c . DATE OF ARTICLE ! I I CI / / NEWSPAPER FWST Robert Maurice Pippin EULESS — Robert "Bob" Maurice Pippin, 70, passed away Sunday,Nov.7,2010. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Miller Grove Cemetery in Miller Grove. ME- MORIAL SERVICE:10 a.m.Fri- day at South Euless Baptist Church in Euless. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Forest Ridge Funeral Home in Hurst. Bob was a well-loved man in his family and community. He was a man of tremendous faith in his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who never passed on an opportunity to share the wis- dom of his Lord with others.He spent much of his time in the word and helped others find his Savior.Bob was well-respected in his community and took ev- ery opportunity to make new friends. Having a tremendous sense of humor and love of life,Bob's presence was recognized and — appreciated by everyone. He was an avid lover of music and enjoyed sharing the sounds of his banjo and other stringed in- struments with friends and family. We will all miss his spirit, his love, his wisdom and guid- ance. There are many scrip- tures which he would have rec- ommended but a perfect exam- ple of faith that Bob owned is found in Proverbs 3:5-6."Trust _ in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own un- derstanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." — SURVIVORS: Wife, Judy Pippin; sons, Randal and Ron Pippin; daughter, Jennifer Pip- pin; eight grandchildren; and extended family members. Forest Ridge Funeral Home Hurst,817-285-7777 View and sign guestbook at www.star-telegram.com/obituaries — DISTRIBUTED TO: PAGE OF MAYOR CITYCVCL CITYATTNY CRIM MCK4MIE BROWN YOUNG ANIMAL CVT McDONALD COLLINS C BARKER GETCHELL LIBRARY ADMIN LIBRARY REF HARTSELL DATE DISTRIBUTED DATE OF ARTICLE / I 7 (7 / / NEWSPAPER FWST Euless to address repairs on second failed water well O The City Council is thority;' he said. "If all it;'he said."It's a very in- expected to act tonight. three wells went out, it volved procedure to get wouldn't mean a water the pump out!' By Terry Evans shortage. But if there was Millican Well Service tevans@star-teiegram.com an interruption to the of Fort Worth took several EULESS — Two of the ci- TRA system, these would weeks recovering and re- ty's three water wells have be critical?' pairing the Main Street recently failed, prompt- McKamie compared well's pump, McKamie ing officials to make the wells to the arteries said. He couldn't predict emergency repairs. supplying a heart. how long the company The well at 1400 N. "You can have one clog will require to get the Main St.was recently re- and still get by;' he said. Fuller Drive well back on paired, and the City "If you have another clog, line. Council is expected to they both become criti- "It depends on their give the OK to fixing the cal. We have to maintain ability to snag the pipe at well at 118 W.Fuller Drive [the wells] as a critical about 1,400 feet below at tonight's meeting. backup:' ground,retract it and ef- City Manager Gary The Main Street well's feet repairs;'he said. McKamie said the mea- repair cost a little more The Fuller Drive well's sure is on the agenda be- than $50,000, McKamie pump was repaired 17 cause "we don't have said. years ago,McKamie said. time to bid"the repairs. He believes repairing "I don't know what the Euless produces about the Fuller Drive well also time frame was on the 1.5 million gallons a day will exceed$50,000. other one he said. from its three wells, "Both wells had simi- "There's really no know- McKamie said. lar situations, where the ing what the life span of a "That supplements pump falls to the bottom well pump is:' our main water supply of the well as they're try- from Trinity River Au- ing to get it out to repair Terry Evans,817-390-7620