Burglary of Habitation (Nolan)

On Friday, July 27, 2012, the Nolan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary that took place at a residence located in the 3800 block of Farm to Market Road 126, in Nolan. It was reported that sometime on Friday, July 27, 2012 between the hours of 6:45AM and 1:10PM, an unknown person(s) used force to enter the residence. Once inside, the thieve(s) took a lever action rifle, and scope, an air compressor, and a pair of over the counter reading glasses. The combined value of the items taken is estimated at approximately $555.00.

If you have information regarding this crime or any other unsolved crime, and wish to remain anonymous, call Nolan County Crime Stoppers at 325.235.TIPS (8477) or click here to submit a tip online. Nolan County Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the person responsible for this crime, and a reward of up to $1,000.00 for any other unsolved felony crime. Remember, Crime Stoppers wants your INFORMATION not your name.

Burglary of Building (Lake Sweetwater)

On Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at about 7:30AM, the Nolan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a burglary that occurred in the 1700 block of Farm to Market Road 1856, in Sweetwater. It was reported that sometime between Monday, July 9, 2012, at 7:30PM and Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at 7:30AM, an unknown person(s) entered various buildings on the property. Once inside, the thieve(s) took several thousand dollars worth of personal items. A witness noticed a black Dodge extended cab, 4X4 pick up truck, with heavy front-end damage and a broken windshield parked in the area. A slender built white male about 5’7″ to 5’10”, wearing a red and gray tee shirt and blue jeans was also seen walking in the area at the same time.

If you have information regarding this crime or any other unsolved crime, and wish to remain anonymous, call Nolan County Crime Stoppers at 325.235.TIPS (8477) or click here to submit a tip online. Nolan County Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the person responsible for this crime, and a reward of up to $1,000.00 for any other unsolved felony crime. Remember, Crime Stoppers wants your INFORMATION not your name.

NCSO Deputies and local officers receive tactical police driving skills

Performance ReviewArea officers from the Nolan County Sheriff’s Office, Sweetwater Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety were trained over the last two days in high performance tactical police driving maneuvers.  Four specialized driving instructors, all Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety and one intern came to Sweetwater to offer the instruction that covered two days, Monday, July 9 and Tuesday, July 10.

The instructors for this course were Texas DPS Troopers from Eastland, Graham, Plainview and Brownwood who really put on a top notch school and challenged the participants.  The City of Sweetwater and Avenger Field Airport were gracious to allow us to utilize a portion of the airport for this training.  TSTC provided a classroom and the local TXDOT office provided the orange traffic cones, most of which survived the two day encounter.”

Daniel Olds, with Stamford Police Department, received the “Top Driver” award for Monday’s session and Sgt. Todd Jones, with Sweetwater Police Department, received the award at the conclusion of Tuesday’s session.

“I certainly want to express my appreciation to local DPS Sergeant James Arnwine and NCSO Chief Deputy David McDonald for orchestrating and organizing this very beneficial training.  Our NCSO Deputies truly gained a great deal of knowledge of what the limitations are on a variety of police vehicles.  It was really nice to see the cooperation and joint effort with members of the Sweetwater Police Department, our NCSO Deputies and some local area Texas DPS Troopers all participating together.” said Sheriff David Warren.

“Unfortunately, many peace officers in Texas lose their lives every year in police vehicle related incidents.  I felt it was vital to provide our personnel with this type of training to help better equip them for high performance police driving situations, so they will be safer when that type of driving is required of them” said Sheriff David Warren.

Criminal Mischief (Blackwell)

On Tuesday, July 3, 2012, the Nolan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of criminal mischief that took place at the Corner Grocery and Deli store located at 104 West Main, in Blackwell. It was reported that sometime on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, between the hours of 4:00PM and 4:30PM, an unknown person(s) traveled to the property and intentionally destroyed a large portable store advertisement box sign that was located outside, on the east side of the business. Two juveniles were seen in the immediate area, at approximately 5:00PM.

If you have information regarding this crime or any other unsolved crime, and wish to remain anonymous, call Nolan County Crime Stoppers at 325.235.TIPS (8477) or click here to submit a tip online. Nolan County Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the person responsible for this crime, and a reward of up to $1,000.00 for any other unsolved felony crime. Remember, Crime Stoppers wants your INFORMATION not your name.

Theft (Blackwell)

On Thursday, June 22, 2012, the Nolan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a theft that took place at the Corner Grocery and Deli store located at 104 West Main, in Blackwell. It was reported that sometime between Thursday, June 21 and Friday, June 22, 2012, an unknown person(s) traveled to the property, and took a black wrought iron bench that was located outside, in front of the business. The bench is valued at approximately $200.00.

If you have information regarding this crime or any other unsolved crime, and wish to remain anonymous, call Nolan County Crime Stoppers at 325.235.TIPS (8477) or click here to submit a tip online. Nolan County Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $1,000.00 for information that leads to the arrest and filing of charges against the person responsible for this crime, and a reward of up to $1,000.00 for any other unsolved felony crime. Remember, Crime Stoppers wants your INFORMATION not your name.

Sheriff David Warren announces changes to staff

Sheriff David Warren and DeputiesEffective on April 1, 2012; Civil Process/DARE Deputy Angie Collier has been promoted to the position of Criminal Investigator, Transport Deputy Eli Cunningham to Civil Process/DARE Deputy and County Jailer Daniel King to Patrol Deputy. Deputy Collier has been assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division, a sergeant level position where she will be responsible for investigating misdemeanor and felony level crimes including homicide, robbery, burglary, sex offenses, high level assaults, narcotics violations, and crimes against children. Collier joined the Sheriff’s Office in 2005 and has worked in the Patrol Division, Civil Process Service and D.A.R.E. Educational Program.

“I am very pleased that Deputy Collier has agreed to accept the Criminal Investigator’s position. That particular position is likely the most challenging and time consuming job in the Sheriff’s Office, but I know Angie is very capable and will do her absolute best,” said Sheriff Warren.

Deputy Cunningham has been a member of the Sheriff’s Office since 2006 and has worked in both the Patrol and Transport Divisions. Cunningham also serves as a weapons trainer and firearms proficiency officer.
“I am confident that Deputy Cunningham will do an excellent job at keeping both of those functions running very smoothly and I want to emphasize that I intend to keep the DARE program going in Roscoe, Highland and Blackwell schools just as we have for the past 15 years” said Sheriff Warren.

Deputy King has been assigned to the Patrol Division and upon the successful completion of the FTO training program; he will assume the duties of a Patrol Deputy and will be tasked with the coverage of approximately 914 square miles of rural Nolan County including over 1,000 linear miles of improved county roads, lakes, residences and businesses located outside the incorporated city limits.

Deputy King has been a member of the Sheriff’s Office since 2012 and had previously been assigned to the Jail Division as a County Jailer.

“Deputy King came to us from Taylor County and he already had his Texas Peace Officer’s license. Daniel has done a superb job in the jail for the last year and a half and I’m sure he will make a really fine Deputy” said Sheriff Warren.