December 6, 2023 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 15 indictments on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2023 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts.
Luke Anthony Odom was indicted for int/know unauth discharge/know endangerment, felony: confinement not to exceed 10 years and/or a fine not less than $10,000 or more than $1,500,000. The indictment alleges, on June 1, 2023, Odom discharged or allowed the discharge of a pollutant, to-wit, diesel fuel into or adjacent to water, thereby placing another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, by then and there transferring diesel fuel from holding tank into 55 gallon drums placed next to flowing water. (273rd Judicial District Court) (Related Article: Fuel Theft, Creek Contamination in Joaquin Under Investigation (Update))
Luke Anthony Odom was indicted for theft of petroleum product >=$10K<$100K, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on June 1, 2023, Odom took a petroleum product, namely red diesel, from its owner, namely City of Joaquin, by making and causing a connection to be made with a green water hose into the tank and stored in 55-gallon barrels used to store the diesel without the effective consent of City of Joaquin. (273rd Judicial District Court) (Related Article: Fuel Theft, Creek Contamination in Joaquin Under Investigation (Update))
Daniel Boyd Eaves was indicted for int/know unauth discharge/know endangerment, felony: confinement not to exceed 10 years and/or a fine not less than $10,000 or more than $1,500,000. The indictment alleges, on June 1, 2023, Eaves discharged or allowed the discharge of a pollutant, to-wit, diesel fuel into or adjacent to water, thereby placing another person in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, by then and there transferring diesel fuel from holding tank into 55 gallon drums placed next to flowing water. (273rd Judicial District Court) (Related Article: Fuel Theft, Creek Contamination in Joaquin Under Investigation (Update))
Daniel Boyd Eaves was indicted for theft of petroleum product >=$10K<$100K, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on June 1, 2023, Eaves took a petroleum product, namely red diesel, from its owner, namely City of Joaquin, by making and causing a connection to be made with a green water hose into the tank and stored in 55-gallon barrels used to store the diesel without the effective consent of City of Joaquin. (273rd Judicial District Court) (Related Article: Fuel Theft, Creek Contamination in Joaquin Under Investigation (Update))
Terry Lynn Crowder was indicted for evading arrest with a motor vehicle, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on June 4, 2023, Crowder intentionally fled from Sheriff's Deputy Jordan Ford, a person Crowder knew was a peace officer attempting lawfully to arrest or detain Crowder. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Therrin Anthony Keele was indicted for burglary of a habitation, second degree felony. The indictment alleges on June 23, 2023, Keele entered a habitation with intent to commit theft without the consent of Hayley Potter, the owner. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Tanarrian Jyeneqne Moses was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury - family violence, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on July 30, 2023, Moses recklessly caused serious bodily injury to Cody Barrett by stabbing him in the chest with a knife, during commission of the assault, and Barrett was a person with whom Moses has or has had a dating relationship as described by the Texas Family Code.
Justin Leon Carter was indicted for perjury, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on October 18, 2023, Carter made a false statement under oath, namely, that he has never been known as Jay White or Baby Jay. Such sworn statement being then and there required by law to be made under oath, while Carter was then and there under oath administered by Judge James Payne of the 273rd Judicial District Court of Sjelby County, Texas, such statement being false in that [Carter] has in fact been commonly known as Jay White and Baby Jay. Such false sworn statement was then and there made during or in connection with an official proceeding, to-wit: jury trial in cause number 21CR21952 in the 273rd Judicial District Court of Shelby County, Texas, styled The State of Texas vs. Justin Earl Bennett. The said false sworn statement was then and there material to such proceeding in that it pertained to the identity of witnesses to the offense being then on trial.
Robert Anthony Ortega was indicted for injury to a child/elderly individual/or disabled individual, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on September 27, 2023, Ortega caused serious bodily injury to a child 14 years of age or younger by whipping the child with a belt.
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Ja'Voiskieon Trae'shun Howard was indicted for aggravated assault of a child, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on May 27, 2023, Howard caused the penetration of the female sexual organ of a child who was then and there younger than 14 years of age and not the spouse of Howard, by Howard's sexual organ. (273rd Judicial District Court)
(Dates in parenthesis indicate the date of the alleged incident):
- Jason Cole Briley, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (July 1, 2022). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Jeremy Leigh Green, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (August 26, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Carrie Ann Stanley, felony driving while intoxicated, third degree felony January 2, 2022. (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Therrin Anthony Keele, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (June 23, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Tyler Ryan Belrose, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (August 26, 2023). (273rd Judicial District Court)
Indictments and Information are not a conviction, and are a matter of public record. All individuals are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
