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28 Jul 2023, 12:30 pm
Fifth Circuit: It is clearly established that officers can't suddenly use overwhelming force on non-threatening, compliant people, so the district court's grant of qualified immunity to a McLennan County, Tex. jail officer who tased an allegedly cooperative detainee is reversed—notwithstanding that prior cases didn't involve tasers. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 10:35 am
The Waco theft hit worked with McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and Woodway PSD in a joint investigation in Sept. 2020 to hunt down over 150 catalytic converters stolen off vehicles in the community. [read post]
6 Aug 2021, 10:35 am
The Waco theft hit worked with McLennan County Sheriff’s Office and Woodway PSD in a joint investigation in Sept. 2020 to hunt down over 150 catalytic converters stolen off vehicles in the community. [read post]
29 Jun 2020, 6:00 am
The court found the child had resided in McLennan County for at least 6 months before the enforcement action was filed. [read post]
1 Apr 2020, 10:41 am
— The Dallas Morning News McLennan County courts convert to videoconferencing with COVID-19 restrictions — McLennan County’s two felony court judges, Matt Johnson and Ralph Strother, have set up videoconferences in an attempt to keep their dockets moving somewhat and to assist in easing the jail population. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 2:52 pm
As not all Texas counties have operating websites, counsel should contact the courts in those counties by telephone. [read post]
30 Mar 2020, 2:52 pm
As not all Texas counties have operating websites, counsel should contact the courts in those counties by telephone. [read post]
12 Jun 2019, 1:25 pm
The police union had accused the local DA of dismissing too many felony cases, so Culp examined case-dismissal rates in 3 counties - McLennan, Wichita, and Jefferson. [read post]
4 Feb 2019, 5:25 am
The New York Times analyzed a pretrial-release bail-alternative program in NYC that reduced the population of the jail on Rikers Island by 38 percent. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 2:13 pm
When I saw that an inmate recently hanged himself in the Waller County Jail - the same jail in which Sandra Bland died - on a hunch, I checked to see if Waller has failed its last jail inspection. [read post]
8 Jan 2019, 4:37 am
She received no treatment for her schizophrenia, spent five months in jail waiting on a psych evaluation that never came, then died of a heart attack two weeks before Christmas.Changing of the guard in McLennan CountySee coverage of the Barry Johnson, the new McLennan Coutny District Attorney who ousted Abel Reyna, and the wave of retirements and other departures poised to bring big changes among judgeships at the McLennan County courthouse over the next… [read post]
11 Dec 2018, 12:01 pm
She called out prosecutor Hilary LaBorde, who struck the deal with Anderson, and McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna for not attending the hearing. [read post]
9 Nov 2018, 2:13 pm
See also data related to the video and background on the interviewees.Ending arrest for petty offensesHere's an item from StayWokeTV about efforts in Austin to eliminate most arrests for Class C misdemeanors for which the maximum punishment is only a fine, not jail time.Jails as mental health providersThe McLennan County Jail hired its first jail psychiatrist. [read post]
30 Sep 2018, 7:40 am
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers' attention:Top Bexar jailer resigns amidst crime spree by subordinatesThe SA Express-News reported that the top supervisor at the Bexar County Jail has resigned "amid a troubling year for the Sheriff’s Office, which has struggled with escape attempts from the jail and the arrest of 20 deputies on a variety of criminal charges, including domestic abuse, assaulting inmates and driving while intoxicated. [read post]
21 Sep 2018, 10:34 am
According to the latest report from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, currently more than 85 percent of McLennan County Jail inmates are being held pretrial. [read post]
30 Jun 2018, 9:13 am
Harris County has spent nearly $7 million in attorneys fees defending their unconstitutional system.Reyna fires ADA for cooperating with FBIIn McLennan County, outgoing District Atttorney Abel Reyna fired one of his ADAs for allegedly sharing information with FBI investigators. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 7:46 pm
Good for Kim Vickers, doing his job.Bad things happening in jailGrits can find no related press coverage, but a petition on Change.org alleges that a woman in the McLennan County Jail on a detention hold was sexually assaulted while being held on an immigration detainer for more than two years. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 8:18 am
Boykin was subsequently released on a bond of $25,000 from Tarrant County Jail. [read post]
2 Apr 2018, 8:18 am
Boykin was subsequently released on a bond of $25,000 from Tarrant County Jail. [read post]
25 Feb 2018, 11:30 am
So in McLennan County, that is a very strange situation. [read post]
