Crime prevention

Lavaca County Crime Stoppers seek hay bale burning information

Lavaca Crime Stoppers is seeking information regarding three different criminal activities that involved the burning of hay bales over the last few weeks.According to a Lavaca Crime Stoppers Facebook post the incidences include:• The first incident took place on Feb. 21 at about 3:15 p.m.

Sheriff hosts jailer training for five counties

Melvin Bowser with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards presented inmate suicide prevention course for jailers, part of the training hosted by Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office for 58 jailers from Lavaca, Calhoun, Jackson, Gonzales and Fayette counties last week.

Red Cross scam targets elderly in particular

Taking a call from a corporal in Ontario, Calif. Was just about the last thing Fayette County Deputy Joe Gonzales expected to do on a Sunday morning, especially one who’d say he thought an elderly citizen in hos county may have been scammed, Sheriff Keith Korenek reported.

Legitimate lawmen don’t have ‘payment kiosks’ at gas stations

The Hays County Sheriff's Office issued a warning over the weekend for residents everywhere to be aware of one of the latest scams circulating around the area.