Thursday, Aug. 20 Friday, Aug. 21 Saturday, Aug. 22 Sunday, Aug. 23 Monday, Aug. 24 Tuesday, Aug. 26 Wednesday, Aug. 27 Heat Advisory High Temp: 92 High Temp: 93 High Temp: 95 High Temp: 97 High Temp: 97 High Temp: 96 High Temp: 96 Sunny Mostly Sunny Sunny Mostly Sunny Sunny Mostly Sunny Sunny The Madill Record ‘In the Arms of Lake TTexoma’exoma’ Vol. 125 — Number 59 Madill, Marshall CountyCounty,, OK 73446 — ThursdayThursday,, August 20, 2020 12 Pages in 2 Sections — $1 Changes coming to Marshall County Shalene White • The Madill Record Summer Bryant • The Madill Record The business that used to be known as Smiley’s (left) was purchased by ASAP Energy. They have been working on remodeling it to fit the business’ motif and plan to open soon. Super C Mart (right) placed a sign on the lot marked for the new building. The new location is one half of a mile east of their current location. High speed chase starts chain reaction By Shalene White to a black 1991 Harley David- and an older gentleman sitting through William Ray Park, tification and $319. detained. [email protected] son XTC; nowhere close to the in a white pickup. Beshirs down Rogers, and by Trinity After EMS loaded Dodd into Officers found more in- “Crotch Rocket.” Finding out followed a hunch again and Baptist Church, it proceeded the ambulance, and later flown dividuals as they swept the An incident on August 11 this information led officers to recommended surveying the down Highway 377. Reaching to Medical City Plano in critical house. They encountered Mar- began a chain reaction of a actively search for the elusive residence because the suspect speeds in excess of 100 miles condition, Beshirs turned his tha Townsend and a juvenile. few catastrophic events. It all motorcycle. Officers made had been to two residences in a per hour, the chase abruptly attention to the motorcycle There was also an infant in the began at approximately 4:30 their way to the east side of short period of time; suggesting ended when Dodd failed to and called the VIN number in room. James Koop was located p.m. when Madill Officers Gan- town, by the Gaming Center, possible drug activity. negotiate a 90-degree turn, to dispatch. The motorcycle, a in the computer room and was non Reid and Shannon Beshirs then back to a residence on Only a short while after lost control of the motorcycle Kawasaki, was reported stolen also detained. noticed suspicious activity in- North Eighth Avenue, where both officers began surveying and struck a tree. out of Sulphur Springs, Texas The officers then led the volving a blue “Crotch Rocket” they originally spotted the the residence, the white pickup Beshirs checked on Dodd, in 2019. suspects outside and laid them style motorcycle. motorcycle. and the motorcycle both left the who was on the ground near This incident led to a chain on the grass. While search- While both officers made They also patrolled past residence. Beshirs then located the tree with the bike on top reaction, because Judge Greg- ing the suspects, Koop was an attempt to find the suspect a residence on South Fourth the motorcycle and pulled in of him. Beshirs called dis- ory L. Johnson signed a no- found to be in possession of – later identified as Edwin Avenue from a hunch that behind it. He was able to run patch and had EMS in route knock warrant for the resi- multiple clear baggies with a Dodd, a 42-year-old male from Beshirs had. Apparently, his the license plate again to con- to the location. Reid checked dence that Dodd was seen at white crystal-like substance, Newcastle – and intercept it, hunch was right, because the firm that it was not registered the pockets of the suspect to before the chase. and a metal scale. The baggie other traffic made it difficult to motorcycle was in front of the to the motorcycle. be able to identify him and Once officers entered the weighed over 30 grams. do so. Reid, however, was able second residence they passed. Sure enough, the license found a plastic bag containing house, they noticed Tony Once the suspects were to retrieve the license plate Beshirs witnessed the sus- plate came back registered a crystal-like substance, an Townsend and James Koop searched, it was time to search number and call it in. pect on the motorcycle speak- to a Harley Davidson. That insulin syringe back with 27 at the front door and ordered the residence. Officers found After calling in the license ing with Tony Townsend, a is when the chase ensued. oval shaped pills, a cell phone them to get down. Both sus- (See CHASE, page 5A) plate, it came back registered 37-year-old male from Madill, After pursuing the motorcycle and a wallet with Dodd’s iden- pects complied and were Voter Registration Lags in Oklahoma Amid COVID-19 Trevor Brown 22%, or a drop of 30,000 voters, recorded through March, April throughout the state will make nonpartisan voting registra- social-distancing guidelines Oklahoma Watch compared to this point in the and May. That’s a 43% decline it difficult to sign up new vot- tion drives. are followed. lead up to the 2016 presidential compared to the 65,500-plus ers at a steady clip before the Largent said COVID-19 has “We are doing things like Oklahoma, one of 10 states election. who registered during the Oct. 9 deadline. And they say disrupted much of the in-per- giving away the pens they use that doesn’t offer online voter What started out as a three-month period in 2016. the state’s election laws and son work the group typically so there’s no problems with registration, has seen a sharp normal year quickly changed The wave of civil rights procedures, including the ab- does in the months leading up that,” Largent said. “We even decline in new voter sign-ups when coronavirus fears began protests and social justice cam- sence of a long-delayed online to an election. Voting drives have been looking at doing this year as COVID-19 has to spread in late February and paigns that emerged following voter registration website, will have been delayed, cancelled drive-thru drives.” created new challenges for in- early March. the death of George Floyd on contribute to the challenges. or operated with fewer crowds The Election Board doesn’t person get-out-the-vote efforts. As social-distancing restric- Memorial Day helped spark an “We are looking at doing than usual. break out its new voter regis- State Election Board num- tions and lockdowns were uptick in registrations over the things differently, but It has But she said the group is trations numbers by political bers requested by Oklahoma ordered, new voter registra- summer, including a 33% in- been a struggle,” said Jan Lar- working to adapt. They have party. Watch show new voter regis- tions plummeted throughout crease in registrations in July. gent, president of the League launched or have planned out- But looking at overall voter trations this year through the the spring. Just over 37,000 But voting advocates say the of Women Voters of Oklahoma, door voter registration drives registration numbers, which end of July are down nearly new voter registrations were persistent spread of the virus a group that regularly leads where masks are required and (See LAGS, page 3A) Deadlines Contact Us A Section B Section • News: 12 noon, Monday • News: 580-795-3355 Police Blotter 2A Sports 1B • Display Ads: 12 noon, Monday [email protected] Community 3A Classifieds 3B • Classifieds: 12 noon, Monday • Advertising: 580-795-3355 or Obits 4A Legals 4B • Legal Ads: 12 noon, Monday [email protected] Opinion 5A Health 5B Marshall County’s News Source for More than 120 Years Page 2A – The Madill Record – Thursday, August 20, 2020 The Madill Record Local and area Marshall County Police Blotter: Kidnapping and other crimes By Shalene White Child Neglect, Main- by Bogus Check. Other than Oklahoma priors were License. Prior convictions for a Jail, Injuring a Public [email protected] taining a Place for Sell- the previously listed priors, found in an online DUI, Endeavoring to Manu- Building, and Domes- ing/Keeping CDS, Abet- an online search found priors search. facture CDS, Larceny of Cable tic Abuse/Assault and Kidnapping: David Bum- ting a Minor in a Delin- for Two or More Bogus Checks Possession: James Koop, a Services, and Actual Physical Battery. pass, a 22-year-old male from quency, and Possession Over the Felony Limit of $500. 26-year-old male from Madill Control of a Vehicle while • Irvin Gustavo was ar- Kingston was arrested on Au- of Drug Paraphernalia. Austin Webb, a 28-year-old was arrested on August 12 for Under the Influence. rested for No Driver’s gust 14 for Kidnapping, Con- Multiple Oklahoma male from Oklahoma City was Trafficking Meth, 20 grams or Tabitha Eaton, a 36-year- License and Speeding. suming Intoxicants in a Public priors were found in also arrested on August 12 for more, and Possession of Drug old female from Dodd City, No priors were found in Place, Domestic Abuse/Assault an online search. They Failure to Pay on a conviction Paraphernalia. An online Texas was also arrested on Au- an online search. and Battery, Domestic Abuse/ were listed as Child for Second-Degree Burglary. search found priors for Posses- gust 16 for Possession of Drug • Carlos Hefner, a Assault and Battery Second Abuse by Injury, Pos- An online search uncovered sion of CDS and Possession of Paraphernalia, Destroying 51-year-old male from and Subsequent, Threatening session of CDS with the even more convictions for Drug Paraphernalia.