Odessa man to face jury in Superior Court

ODESSA — A man charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree will appear before a jury on Wednesday, August 14.

Jesus M. Soto, 37, of Odessa, was summoned to Lincoln County Superior Court on March 19 at 10:30 a.m., following his January 26 arrest after authorities developed probable cause to arrest him for unlawfully possessing a firearm.

According to court documents, during an interview with Tammy L. Davenport about an unrelated case on December 26, 2023, she disclosed that Soto possessed two firearms at his residence on East 3rd Avenue.

She claimed to have se...