August 31, 2007
CITY CREWS REPAIRING INDUSTRIAL AVENUE
The City of Midland Transportation Division is busy patching up potholes on Industrial Avenue. The work is the result of an agreement reached this week between Union Pacific Railroad and the City.
The agreement grants a temporary lease of the road to the city. This provides the authority to perform maintenance. The approximate two-mile stretch of road falls within the railroad’s property and must be treated as a private road.
The agreement provides a temporary solution to the situation on Industrial Avenue. The City Council will discuss options for the future at a later date.
MISSING PERSON (NOW FOUND)
Midland Police are searching for a Big Spring woman who has not been heard from since August 19, 2007. Police received a report for a missing person on August 23rd.
24-year-old Stephanie Lauren Fitzgerald drove to Midland on August 15th to visit friends. Her family has not heard from her since August 19th. Her parents came to Midland in an attempt to find their daughter. Instead, they discovered an unknown Hispanic male driving her vehicle. Once stopped, the man fled on foot.
She is described as a white female, 5’3”, and weighing 115 pounds. She has brown hair and green eyes.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts should contact Midland Police at 685.7108 or Crimestoppers at 694.TIPS.
MISSING PERSON
Midland Police are searching for a Midland man who has not been heard from since Monday, August 27, 2007. Police received a report for a missing person on August 28th.
38-year-old Timothy Dane McCabe left Monday morning in route to his job in Hobbs, New Mexico. On Tuesday, his boss called his fiancé in Midland to ask if he was coming to work. She informed the boss he had left for work on Monday. She then contacted police to make a missing person report.
McCabe is described as a white male, 6’2”, and weighing 175 pounds. He has brown hair and blue eyes. He was driving a 1997 Maroon GMC extended cab pickup. McCabe was last seen wearing jeans, a dark colored t-shirt, light brown boots, and a ball cap. He also has a number of tattoos including a tiger, a lion, a shamrock, barbed wire, and a spider web.
McCabe is a mechanic with Duke Energy in Hobbs. He lives in Midland with his fiancé and drives home on the weekends.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts should contact Midland Police at 685.7108 or Crimestoppers at 694.TIPS.
BICYCLE SCHOOL
Officers with the Midland Police Department will attend a week long school on two wheels. The media is invited to attend on Wednesday, September 5, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. in the parking lot just west of the MPD. Reporters are invited to ride-along.
The class will begin with a day of classroom work followed by an obstacle course on Wednesday, more work on the bikes on Thursday, as well as work on the roads in different parts of the city.
The bicycle is an effective tool in law enforcement. Officers on bicycles can often ride up on a crime in process without anyone realizing an officer has arrived. In addition, riding a bicycle is a benefit to the officer’s health providing great aerobic activity.
This will be the first class taught at the MPD under the International Police Mountain Bike Association guidelines. Officers from the City of Odessa Street Crimes Unit will also attend.
SEAL COATING UPDATE
The City of Midland will wrap up work on this year’s seal coating project during the week of September 4, 2007. The final target area will include:
Midland Drive from Mockingbird Lane to Island Drive
Midkiff Road from Bluebird Lane to Mockingbird Lane
The target area for this year includes arterials and collector streets within the area of Holiday Hill Road to Midkiff Road from Loop 250 to the North city limits.
Motorists should exercise caution and drive slowly when traveling through these areas. Flagmen will assist in directing the flow of traffic.
An oil and two percent latex solution is used with crushed gravel on top. This increases the longevity of Midland’s existing streets, adding 15-20 years of life and reducing reconstruction costs.
Seal coating takes place in different areas of the city each year. The same area receives treatment every six or seven years. Media Contact: Bobby Garcia/ Transportation Division Superintendent at 685.7299
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