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Chief stays focused on drug crackdown

BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Jaime Adrian Nuñez, Quirino Martinez and Adrian Niño pleaded not guilty on June 28 to charges filed after the three were arrested during a drug raid in a Port Isabel shopping center in March. The three men were charged with possession of a substance PG-1 and possession of …

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SPI hires fire chief

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com South Padre Island firefighter Marcus Smith has been named the new Chief of the SPI Fire Department. The Dallas-area native recently retired from the Lancaster Fire Department as Captain after serving 28 years. He also served his hometown of Wilmer, Texas as its Fire Chief from 2005-12 to help his …

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