BIG SPRING DETAINS ILL ODESSAN
James Harold “Jamie” Naylor was ordered to remain in the Big Spring State Hospital after a competency hearing.  District Court Judge Jay Gibson found that Naylor is mentally ill and is likely to cause harm to others.  The 1981 Permian graduate was charged with murder, but found not guilty by reason of insanity back in 2003 for the cutting of his mother’s throat and the drowning of his dog.  Dr. Sridhar Natarajan, a Lubbock pathologist that was involved in the case, says the wounds to June Naylor's neck was about five inches long, 2.5 inches wide and 1.5 inches deep and a vertebra in her neck was damaged.  The 69-year-old teacher was found dead on a bedroom floor at her son’s home.
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COLLECTION HALTED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has sued Midland-based debt collection company Business Office Systems and Solutions and its owners for engaging in widespread harassment of Texas consumers who were wrongly accused of owing debts.  Owners Danny and Pamela Becker used numerous unlawful, aggressive tactics after acquiring consumer accounts and debt.  The Beckers' practices involved threatening consumers with seizure and sale of property or repossession of valuables unless debts were paid, without regard for due process of law.  The Attorney General's lawsuit hopes to return any money to consumers who were wrongly accused of owing debts and later paid the defendants.  The suit also seeks civil penalties for violations of both the Debt Collection Act (Finance Code) and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

FBI HELPING AREA CLEAN HOUSE
Ector County Detention Center jailer Julia Soto was arrested and charged with improper sexual activity with a person in custody.  The investigation involved FBI agent Bill Vanderland and Sheriff Mark Donaldson.  Soto was initially being watched during an operation into bribery claims.  Some of the information leading to Soto’s arrest came from jail inmates.  The punishment range for state jail felony convictions is 180 days and two years in jail.  In Midland, Michael McGinnis was charged with felony weapons.  He is one of three men charged with an armed home invasion that occurred on October 13.  Midlander Tim Carter and Odessan Elmo Starling were the other two named.

MEDIA BY THE NUMBERS
In general, people group their source for news of latest events into three main groups:  print media (newspaper and magazine), radio / television broadcast, and (gaining full public acceptance and support) internet sites dedicated to news, sports, and weather, like the one by which you are looking.  In a recent poll...  POLL RESULTS

LOCAL ELECTIONS ON MAY 13
Voters in Odessa and Midland will be at the polls once again.  Fourteen candidates are seeking office in Odessa.  The city council has one position open, and the school board will elect two.  The hospital district also has two seats open.  Three positions are open in Midland, all on the Midland College board of trustees.

EXCUSE ME, WE CAN USE THAT SPACE
As Wallace Theaters announced their closing of Cinema 7 - located north of Music City Mall, John Bushman released his intentions of opening the MCM Plaza.  The new shopping center calls for two separate buildings totaling between 40,000 and 70,000 square feet with room for an additional 20,000 square foot building.  Ground is expected to be broken on the new center in around 30 days with completion taking about a year. Initial cost is between $5 and $6 million.