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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) —
A man has been found dead and a woman sick at a West Texas motel in what investigators believe was accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.
Lubbock police on Thursday responded to the Budget Motel when two guests who were scheduled to check out could not be reached in their room.
Investigators say the man was dead at the scene. The woman was transported to a Lubbock hospital.
Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Rob Keinast says a faulty heater may be to blame. He says high levels of carbon monoxide were detected in the room.
Names of the man and woman, who checked into the motel Wednesday night, were not immediately released.
The Budget Motel was closed Friday and no one from the business was immediately available to comment.
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DAVID WARREN, Associated Press
A former standout football player for Iowa State was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds this week in his East Texas home, a police official said Friday.
The body of 28-year-old Jason Thomas Berryman was found Wednesday by family members who were visiting a relative living nearby, Jefferson Police Chief Joe C. Hall said. Police have released few details about the investigation, but Hall said no suspects have been identified.
Ex-sheriff's deputy sentenced in drug conspiracy
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former sheriff's deputy in West Texas has been sentenced to four years in prison for distributing cocaine.
Inoe R. Valdez Jr. was sentenced Thursday in Lubbock. The 43-year-old Valdez worked as a deputy for the sheriff's office in Yoakum County, which borders New Mexico.
Valdez pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful use of a communications facility.
The investigation began when a traffic stop involving a suspected drug trafficker revealed various cell phone messages to Valdez.
Prosecutors say Valdez admitted he was part of a conspiracy to distribute cocaine from July 2009 until August 2010.
He told state Department of Public Safety investigators that financial debts led him to sell the drug.
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