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By Royal McGregor, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Odessa pastor Ernest Florez received a rude awakening to start the final week of July.

At around 2 a.m. July 27, Florez was notified that an alarm had gone off at Casa De Mi Padre located at the intersection of Clifford Street and Crane Avenue.

Florez said the Odessa Police Department called him to tell him that a 16-year-old had driven a single cab pickup into his church. Florez said when he arrived at the church that half of the pickup was in the church ...

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