August 22, 2025 - A Shelby County Grand Jury delivered 21 indictments on Thursday, August 21, 2025. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2025 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts.
Robert Marcus McDonald was indicted for injury to a child, elderly individual or disabled individual, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on February 28, 2025, McDonald caused bodily injury to Joseph Gennaro, an individual 65 years of age or older, by pulling him from a vehicle and punching him in the face. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Robert Marcus McDonald was indicted for assault by choking, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on February 28, 2025, McDonald recklessly caused bodily injury to Joseph Gennaro, a member of McDonald's household as described by Section 71.003 of the Texas Family Code, by intentionally, knowingly and recklessly impeding the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of Gennaro by applying pressure to the throat or neck of Gennaro. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Tracy Leroy Young was indicted for unlawful possession firearm by felon, third degree felony - punishment enhancement: second degree felony. The indictment alleges on March 26, 2025, after having been previously convicted of securing execution of documents and injury to a child on June 21, 1996, in the 273rd Judicial District Court in Shelby County, Young possessed a firearm before the fifth anniversary of Young's release from confinement following conviction of the felony. The indictment further presents Young was finally convicted on April 30, 1998 on the offense of injury to a child. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Simon Abel Esparza was indicted for tampering with physical evidence, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on July 9, 2025, Esparza attempted, while knowing that an investigation was in progress, to conceal a handgun with intent to impair its availability as evidence in the investigation. (123rd Judicial District Court)
William Keith Brown was indicted for deadly conduct discharge firearm, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on February 28, 2025, Brown discharged a firearm at or in the direction of Tina Brown. (273rd Judicial District Court)
William Keith Brown was indicted for abandon/endanger child individual intentionally, knowingly, recklessly with criminal negligence, state jeil felony. The indictment alleges, on February 28, 2025, Brown engaged in conduct that placed a minor child in imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment by firing a gun above the child's head and in the child's direction. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Jose Guadalupe Martinez was indicted for theft of property >=$2,500<$30K, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on April 19, 2025, Martinez took a 2016 Lucon bumper pull car hauler trailer, of the value of $2,500 or more but less than $30,000 from Matthew Buchanan, the owner, without the effective consent of Buchanan and with intent to deprive him of the property. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Thomas Chase Lee was indicted for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on July 5, 2025, Lee operated a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated by reason of the introduction of alcohol into the body, and the vehicle was occupied by children younger than 15 years of age, a six-year-old child and four-week-old infant. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Edwin A. Humphrey was indicted for harassment by a person in a correctional or detention facility, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on July 1, 2025, while Humphrey was imprisoned or confined in Shelby County Jail, a detention facility, and with intent to assault, harass, or alarm caused jailer Andrew Valadez to contact the saliva and feces of Humphrey. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Jordan Tyrese Osby was indicted for assault on a public servant, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on June 25, 2025, Osby recklessly caused bodily injury to [Deputy] Jimmy Matthews by knocking him down, and Osby knew that Matthews was a public servant, namely a law enforcement officer, and that Deputy Matthews was lawfully discharging an official duty, namely Shelby County Sheriff's Office Patrol Deputy. (273rd Judicial District Court)
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Sarah Elizabeth Ramon was indicted for three separate counts including sexual assault, second degree felony; improper relationship between educator and student, second degree felony; and indecency with a child by exposure, third degree felony. The indictment alleges in Count 1 - Sexual Assault that on December 15, 2023, Ramon caused the sexual organ of a child younger than 17 years of age to penetrate her sexual organ. In Count 2 - Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student, the indictment alleges that on December 15, 2023, while Ramon was an employee of Joaquin High School, she intentionally and knowingly engaged in sexual intercourse with a person who was enrolled as a student in Joaquin High School. In Count 3 - Indecency with a Child By Exposure, the indictment further alleges Ramon with intent to arouse and gratify her desire caused a child younger than 17 years of age to expose his genitals. (123rd Judicial District Court) (Related article: Shelby County Sheriff Reports Arrest of Teacher; Bonds Set at $275,000)
(Dates in parenthesis indicate the date of the alleged incident):
- Jerry Glynn Bell, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Habitual Offender: 25 years to Life) (December 13, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Michael Keith Mize, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<14 (methamphetamine), third degree felony) (May 27, 2025). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Jacarro Keion Bennett, felony driving while intoxicated, third degree felony. (March 26, 2025). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 1 (phencyclidine), second degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Habitual Offender: 25 years to Life) (December 28, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 1 (methamphetamine), state jail felony (Punishment enhancement - Habitual Offender: 25 years to Life) (December 28, 2024). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, felony driving while intoxicated, third degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Habitual Offender: 25 years to Life) (June 9, 2025). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<200G, second degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Life or 15-99 years) (June 9, 2025). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=4G<400G, second degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Life or 15-99 years) (June 9, 2025). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Christopher Lance Askew, unlawful possession firearm by felon, third degree felony (Punishment enhancement - Life or 15-99 years) (June 9, 2025). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Shydra S West, possession of a controlled substance in penalty group 2 (tetrahydrocannabinol, other than marijuana), state jail felony. (123rd 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.
