Manhunt underway in Newton County after attempted ATM theft Source: KTRE Staff (Source: KTRE Staff) By Jeremy Thomas | April 26, 2021 at 10:17 AM CDT - Updated April 26 at 4:06 PM
NEWTON COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - A manhunt is underway in Newton County after an attempt to steal money from an ATM in Burkeville.
Newton County Sheriff Robert Burby said at about 5:40 Monday morning, two individuals tried to break into an automatic teller machine at the Sabine State Bank on Highway 63 in Burkeville. The suspects allegedly tried to hitch the ATM to a vehicle to get inside the machine. Although they were unsuccessful, they damaged the machine, Burby said.
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"Multiple" students were taken into custody today and charges are pending after officials said two weapons were found on the campus of Newton High School.
Covington man being held in March shooting inside Ohio mall Newton County Sheriff s Office headquarters on Alcovy Road. - photo by Special to The Covington News
COVINGTON, Ga. A Covington man recently was arrested and was being held for Ohio police after being suspected of exchanging gunfire with another man inside a Columbus, Ohio-area shopping mall in early March and fleeing to Georgia.
Anthony Deshawn Truss was arrested April 7 in Covington while the person with which he allegedly exchanged gunfire, Levon Sommerville, was arrested in Tucker in DeKalb County April 12, said U.S. Marshal Peter Tobin.
Truss, 21, of Pleasant Hills Court in Covington, was being held without bond in the Newton County Detention Center today, according to information from the Newton County Sheriff’s Office.
By Harold Mann
The Newton County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation. This past Saturday,
deputies were called to Baptist Encampment Road where they found a 60-year old man who had
passed out. He died a short time later. An autopsy has been ordered. The Texas Rangers are
assisting the Newton County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation.