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10 May 2011, 3:56 pm
The Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas at Texarkana held in April in a Hunt County methamphetamine cooking case out of West Tawokoni, in East Texas, that, absent a warrant, police officers could not search a house where the officers thought that a methamphetamine lab was operating. [read post]
19 May 2016, 6:50 pm by Rebecca Bernhardt
 Harris County Sheriff Hickman is also holding some people in jails in Beaumont and Texarkana due to overcrowding in the Harris County Jail system.In April of this year Harris County received a $2 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation to reform its criminal justice system. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 9:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
”As of March 1, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, Johnson County had just 338 inmates in the jail, so the supposed profitmaker has now become a money suck. [read post]
19 Mar 2008, 2:51 pm
Probation Officer Jack Pappas says its a good thing for the women and the state.Right now there are only nine women in the facility but eventually it will house as many as 100 women.Women from across the state of Texas will be referred to the Bowie County facility.Glad to see that money is starting to get out into the field. [read post]
14 Aug 2007, 2:10 am
In Parker County, a contract to privatize operation of the county jail supposedly will save the county a boatload of money, reports the Fort Worth Star Telegram ("Private company will operate jail," Aug. 14), but to me something about the deal doesn't pass the smell test. [read post]
13 Aug 2009, 1:33 am
" That's not really what's happening, they're just spreading the jail population via contract all around Southeast Texas and Western Louisiana. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 7:58 am by Steve Hall
Bowie County District Attorney Jerry Rochelle told the Texarkana Gazette that Whitehead’s family wanted the case to end. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 7:23 am by Steve Hall
A fellow inmate in the Cherokee County Jail testified Adams bragged to him that he did the shootings, but Beckworth said evidence from Cobb showed Cobb was the gunman. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 11:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas witnessed protests everywhere in this state, including places like Texarkana, Amarillo, Tyler, Hondo, and Jasper where protest movements had mostly bypassed during the Civil Rights Era. [read post]
19 Oct 2018, 10:43 am by Michael Lowe
  Hill County Cattle Manager Arrested in September 2018 Last month, a Texas Rangers’ investigation led to the arrest of a Hill County man for felony Misapplication of Fiduciary Property, where it is alleged the accused took over 500 head of cattle he was entrusted to manage. [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 12:46 am by Michael Lowe
§31.03(e)(4)(A), which constitutes a state jail felony for stolen property valued between $2,500 – $30,000. [read post]
3 Jul 2007, 12:58 am
"Rent-A-Jail Scheme Fails to Cash InWhen Bowie County built a much larger jail than they needed in Texarkana, they did so under the assumption they could make a profit leasing space for inmates from other jurisdictions. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 9:07 am
A companion, James Lee Henderson, from nearby Sevier County, Ark., also was convicted of the shooting death of Martha Lennox at her home in Clarksville, about 60 miles west of Texarkana. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 1:37 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
We'll likely see one or two other county jail plebiscites next year, if I had to guess, though none have been formally set yet.What other state or local criminal-justice related elections are you watching next year? [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 12:47 am
Meanwhile in Texas, Bowie County (Texarkana) commissioners are preparing to create a new public defender office.Levin: Decriminalize gum chewingIn a Houston Chronicle op ed, Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice Director Marc Levin argues against treating juvenile behavior as criminal, and updates us onA law passed this session should encourage schools to move in this direction for Class C misdemeanors. [read post]
3 Jan 2020, 12:30 pm by John Ross
" Food meant for local jail winds up in jail supervisor's Hattiesburg, Miss. restaurant. [read post]
9 May 2011, 7:54 am by Steve Hall
In exchange for the money, and to avoid jail, he agreed to set up Mr. [read post]