August 16, 2023 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 32 indictments on Monday, July 26, 2023. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2023 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts.
Larry Dewayne Thomas was indicted for burglary of a building, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on January 3, 2023, Thomas had intent to commit theft and entered a building or a portion of a building not then open to the public, without the consent of Abundant Love Church, the owner. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Larry Dewayne Thomas was indicted for burglary of a building, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on December 28, 2022, Thomas had intent to commit theft and entered a building or a portion of a building not then open to the public without the consent of Kenneth Hardy, the owner, and attempted to commit or committed the felony offense of theft. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Larry Dewayne Thomas was indicted for burglary of a building, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on December 31, 2022, Thomas had intent to commit theft and entered a building or a portion of a building not then open to the public without the consent of Kenneth Hardy, the owner, and attempted to commit or committed the felony offense of theft. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Larry Dewayne Thomas was indicted for burglary of a building, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on January 12, 2023, Thomas had intent to commit theft and entered a building or a portion of a building not then open to the public without the consent of SG Communities, the owner, and attempted to commit or committed the felony offense of theft. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Michael Barbee was indicted for deadly conduct discharge firearm, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on March 10, 2023, Barbee discharged a firearm at or in the direction of individuals, namely Richard Phillips and Jennifer Newman. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Giovani Tyrone Johnson was indicted for criminal mischief, >=$2,500<$30,000, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on May 29, 2023, Johnson made a marking on tangible property, to-wit: vehicle located in Center, Texas, without the consent of Niesha Lashay Young, Lamya Shiandrea Lister, Kalyn Leandra Rhodes, and Union Acres, the owners of the property, and did there by cause pecuniary loss of $2,500 or more but less than $30,000 to the owners. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Giovani Tyrone Johnson was indicted for evading arrest, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on May 26, 2023, Johnson intentionally fled from Center Police officer Jerry Payne, a person Johnson knew was a peace officer attempting to lawfully arrest or detain Johnson. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Christopher Scott Taylor was indicted for burglary of a habitation, second degree felony. The indictment alleges, on February 9, 2023, Taylor entered a habitation without consent of Tia Caryl, the owner, and attempted to commit or committed theft of multiple items that were on the porch of the home, owned by James Raymond. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Allen Rangel was indicted for assault on a public servant, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 15, 2022, Rangel caused bodily injury to jailer Lawhorn by slamming him into the wall and causing injury to Lawhorn's left hand. The affidavit further states Rangel knew Lawhorn was a public servant, namely a jailer in the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, lawfully discharging an official duty, namely trying to get Rangel into a jail cell. (273rd Judicial District Court) Related article: Center PD Arrests Off Duty Officer Following Disturbance Call
Allen Michael Rangel was indicted for assault on a public servant, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 17, 2022, Rangel caused bodily injury to Center Police Officer Jerry Payne by grabbing his arm. The affidavit further states Rangel knew Payne was a public servant, namely a peace officer, lawfully discharging an official duty, investigating a call. (273rd Judicial District Court) Related article: Center PD Arrests Off Duty Officer Following Disturbance Call
Allen Michael Rangel was indicted for terroristic threat against peace officer/judge, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on December 17, 2022, Rangel threatened to commit an offense involving violence to Center Police Officer Jerry Payne with intent to place Officer Payne in fear of imminent serious bodily injury. (273rd Judicial District Court) Related article: Center PD Arrests Off Duty Officer Following Disturbance Call
Allen Rangel was indicted for assault on a public servant, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on December 17, 2022, Rangel caused bodily injury to Center Police Sergeant Andrew Williams by head-butting him in the head. The affidavit further states Rangel knew Williams was a public servant, namely a peace officer, lawfully discharging an official duty, investigating a call. (273rd Judicial District Court)Related article: Center PD Arrests Off Duty Officer Following Disturbance Call
Buford Telfair was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, second degree felony. The indictment alleges, on May 10, 2023, Telfair exhibited a deadly weapon, to-wit a Chrysler 200, and did then and there intentionally and knowingly threaten imminent bodily injury to Eric Jerome Jackson, Lawonda Jean Roland, and Umeka Shonte Suell by running over them. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Shana Deanne Bearden was indicted for credit card or debit card abuse of the elderly, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on May 12, 2023, Bearden fraudulently obtained a benefit, present or use a credit card, namely a Discover card, with knowledge that the card had not been issued to Bearden, and with knowledge that the card was not used with the consent of the cardholder, namely Thelma Hendricks. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Gutavo Angel Pallares was indicted for money laundering >=$2,500<$30K, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on January 2, 2023, Pallares possessed the proceeds of criminal activity, namely manufacture or deliver controlled substances, and the value of the funds was $2,500 or more but less than $30,000. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Gary P. Wagner was indicted for misapplication of fiduciary property or property of financial institution, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, pursuant to one scheme or continuing course of conduct that began on or about April 1, 2010 and ended on or about May 31, 2012, Wagner misapplied U.S. Currency of the value of $20,000 or more but less than $100,000 that he held as a fiduciary or as a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, but not as a commercial bailee, contrary to an agreement under which Wagner held the property. The indictment further alleges, this was done in a manner involving substantial risk of loss of the property to Whalen's Fine Dining, LLC, the owner of the property, and the person for whose benefit the property was held, by converting the said property to his own personal use. The indictment additionally references an indictment of Wagner on March 19, 2014 for an offense arising from the same alleged conduct and course of action by Wagner, to-wit, theft of property valued at $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, which remains pending as of the current indictment. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Gary P. Wagner was indicted for theft of property $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, pursuant to one scheme or continuing course of conduct that began on or about April 1, 2010 and ended on or about May 31, 2012, Wagner misapplied U.S. Currency of the value of $20,000 or more but less than $100,000 that he held as a fiduciary or as a person acting in a fiduciary capacity, but not as a commercial bailee, contrary to an agreement under which Wagner held the property. The indictment further alleges, this was done in a manner involving substantial risk of loss of the property to Whalen's Fine Dining, LLC, the owner of the property, and the person for whose benefit the property was held, by converting the said property to his own personal use. The indictment additionally references an indictment of Wagner on March 19, 2014 for an offense arising from the same alleged conduct and course of action by Wagner, to-wit, theft of property valued at $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, which remains pending as of the current indictment. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Jodie Miller was indicted for theft of property >=$2,500<$30K, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on December 22, 2022, Miller unlawfully took miscellaneous tools from James Lindley, the owner, with intent to deprive Lindley of the property. The aggregate value of the property obtained is alleged to be $2,500 or more but less than $30,000. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Brandon Curtis Bledsoe was indicted for cruelty to non-livestock animals: kill/poison/serious bodily injury, third degree felony. The indictment alleges on March 27, 2023, Bledsoe recklessly in a cruel manner to kill an animal, namely a dog, by chaining it to a tree leaving him to die. The indictment further states Bledsoe's conduct was not an otherwise lawful for of conduct occurring solely for the purpose of or in the support of fishing, hunting, or trapping; or wildlife management, wildlife depredation control, or shooting preserve practices as regulated by state and federal law; or animal husbandry, or agriculture practice involving livestock animals. (123rd Judicial District Court)
Joshua Clint James was indicted for theft of property >=$30K<$150K, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on April 15, 2023, James took tools, furniture, and appliances valued at $30,000 or more but less than $150,000 from Long and Brenda Ly, the owner, without consent of the owner and with intent to deprive the owner of their property. (273rd Judicial District Court)
Tyquwon Shonta Bussey was indicted for accident involving injury, felony. The indictment alleges, on January 25, 2023, while Bussey was operating a vehicle, and after being involved in an accident that Bussey knew resulted in injury to a person and while knowing an accident had occurred, intentionally and knowingly failed to immediately stop the vehicle he was driving at the scene of the accident or as close to the scene of the accident as possible. The indictment further states the accident resulted in bodily injury to Martha Hooper.
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Ramiro Rax Xol was indicted for sex abuse of child continuous: victim under 14. The indictment alleges, on September 13, during a period that was 30 or more days in duration namely from on or about December 1, 2021 through March 30, 2022, when the defendant was 17 or older, committed two or more acts of sexual abuse against a child younger than 14. Namely, by penetrating the sexual organ of the victim with his sexual organ on two or more occasions.
James Burke was indicted for possession of child pornography, third degree felony. The indictment alleges on December 21, 2022, Burke possessed visual material that visually depicted, and which Burke knew visually depicted, a child who was younger than 18 years of age at the time the image of the child was made, engaging in sexual conduct, namely deviate sexual intercourse. The indictment further indicates Burke was convicted of the offense of 4th degree sexual assault on October 30, 2014, in the 12th Judicial District 1 Division, Sebastion County, Arkansas. (273rd Judicial District Court) Related article: Child Predator Undercover Operation Catches Timpson Man
Kenith Yeager was indicted for aggravated sexual assault of a child, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on July 1, 2022, Yeager cause the penetration of a child who was then and there younger than 14 years of age and not the spouse of Yeager, by digital penetration. (123rd Judicial District Court)
(Dates in parenthesis indicate the date of the alleged incident):
- Hunter Newman Wagstaff, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (December 25, 2022). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Gustavo Angel Pallares, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 2 or 2A (psilocybin), first degree felony. (January 2, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Gustavo Angel Pallares, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 2 or 2A (marijuana), first degree felony. (January 2, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Gustavo Angel Pallares, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 2 or 2A (tetrahydrocannabinol), first degree felony. (January 2, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Sidney R. Ingram, possession of a controlled substance PG1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (February 18, 2023). (273rd Judicial District Court)
- Denesia Lynn Permenter, manufacture or delivery of substance in penalty group 1 (methamphetamine), second degree felony. (August 26, 2022). (123rd Judicial District Court)
- Esbeide Jaimes, felony driving while intoxicated, third degree felony. (February 6, 2023). (123rd Judicial District Court)
Related articles:
- Child Predator Undercover Operation Catches Timpson Man
- Center PD Arrests Off Duty Officer Following Disturbance Call
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.
