Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks After more than 36 years in law enforcement, Hunt County Sheriff Randy Meeks has announced he is retiring and will not seek re-election. Meeks served as a constable for 24 years and has served as sheriff for the last 12 years. His first law enforcement …
Read More »Threatening Calls Shut Down Marshall Schools
Marshall High School was placed on lockdown Thursday morning after receiving a series of threatening phone calls. The administration building received a similar call, and then all campuses were put on lockdown as a precaution. Nothing was found and the lockdowns were lifted Thursday afternoon.
Read More »Titus County Bookings
John Terrye Matthews Deputies arrested 56-year-old John Terrye Matthews on a TDCJ warrant for Violation of his parole. He’s being held without bond in the Titus County Jail. Mugshot Not Available Officers arrested 24-year-old Juan A. Ramirez, Jr., of Mt Pleasant, on a warrant for Burglary of a Habitation. No …
Read More »Avinger Woman Jailed In Gregg County
Gregg County Jail Bond was set at $12,500 for 40-year-old Bambi Lay, of Avinger. Longview Police arrested her for possession of between four and 200 grams of a controlled substance and fraudulent use/possession of between five and ten items of identifying information.
Read More »East Texas Woman Sentenced For Threatening Sheriff’s Office Building
Mug shot not available A 53-year-old Sabine County woman has been sentenced to eight years in prison for threatening to blow up the Smith County Sheriff’s Office. Heather George was found guilty of a terrorist threat against a public servant.
Read More »Hopkins County Man Sentenced For Child Sexual Exploitation Violations
A 53-year-old Sulphur Springs, Texas man has been sentenced to 17.5 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Russell Dean Hill pleaded guilty on May 3, 2019, to distributing child pornography and was sentenced to 210 …
Read More »North Texas Child Predator Sentenced
A 50-year-old Carrollton man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Joseph Patrick Mosher pleaded guilty on March 19, 2019, to two counts of sexual exploitation of children and was sentenced …
Read More »Eastern Cass Boil Advisory Lifted
Officials with the Eastern Cass Water Supply Corporation announced Wednesday that the boil advisory has been lifted after test results came back normal. The Advisory had been issued Monday when a water line broke.
Read More »Hopkins County Bookings
Latasha Monte Childers Deputies arrested 39-year-old Latosha Monte Childers in Hopkins County on multiple outstanding warrants. She’s charged with Surety Off bond for Possession of more than four but less than 200 grams of a Controlled Substance as well as Bond Forfeiture and Violation of Probation for Engaging in Organized …
Read More »Titus County Bookings
Maria Ann Sanders Deputies arrested 39-year-old Maria Ann Sanders in Titus County on multiple warrants for bond forfeiture and bond surrender for Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was also charged on a bond surrender warrant for unlawfully carrying a weapon. Her new bonds were set at $22,500. Amitkumar Bharatbhai …
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