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A 28-year-old Jasper, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal drug violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
Shane Dwayne Hadnot pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith F. Giblin.
According to information presented in court, on Nov. 7, 2013, Alfred Wright, of Jasper, Texas, was reported missing by his family after his truck broke down in rural Sabine County, Texas. Articles of Wright’s clothing were found on private land, approximately a mile from where Wright was last seen. After searchers initially failed to locate Wright, his body was found on Nov. 25, 2013 in brush near where his clothing had been found. An investigation into the cause of Wright’s disappearance and death revealed his involvement with Shane Hadnot. Phone records, witness statements, and drug evidence located during the search of Shane Hadnot’s car, indicated that Hadnot was selling cocaine to Alfred Wright.
During the two-day period before Wright’s death, Hadnot and Wright exchanged 20 text messages. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 7, 2013, Wright sent a text message to Hadnot at 12:36 pm requesting to purchase cocaine and other illegal narcotics from Hadnot. Wright went missing approximately five hours later. An autopsy was performed on Wright’s body and toxicology testing revealed that Wright’s blood contained cocaine, methamphetamine and Xanax. The final autopsy report, and other experts in the fields of pathology, toxicology, and anthropology concluded that Wright’s cause of death was an accident due to combined drug intoxication. Hadnot was indicted by a federal grand jury on Aug. 6, 2014 and charged with drug trafficking violations.
“Today’s guilty plea signals that this investigation has reached a significant point of closure,” said U.S. Attorney Bales. “Shane Hadnot is being held accountable for his criminality and the associated factual context for Hadnot’s plea provides the truth for why Alfred Wright lost his life in the Sabine County woods. Of course, today’s court activity will provide little solace for Mr. Wright’s family who lost a husband, father, brother and son. Can anyone doubt that the distribution and use of illegal narcotics is a cancer in American society? On behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Texas Rangers, DEA and FBI, I again express our sorrow and our condolences to those who loved Alfred Wright. I also want to commend the Rangers, the agents and the officers who worked countless hours to determine what happened and who should be held accountable – they have done their duty and I am honored to be associated with this team.”
Hadnot faces up to 20 years in federal prison at sentencing. A sentencing date has not been set.
This case is being investigated by the Texas Rangers, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brit Featherston and John B. Ross.
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Sheriff Willis Blackwell reports that the Shelby County Sheriff's Department Investigators Kevin W. Windham, DJ Dickerson and Christopher King along with Shelby County Pct. 5, Constable Stanley Burgay assisted by Chief Kent Graham have been investigating several thefts and burglaries that were reported in the Timpson area.
During the course of the investigations, property was recovered in Timpson, Texas being a total recovered value at approximately $50,000. It was found that suspects involved in the several cases of theft and burglaries were a Larry Hendricks, 51, of Timpson (arrested on December 9); Derek Hendricks, 17, of Timpson (arrested on December 9); Charles Seth Alexander, 26, of Timpson (arrested on December 11); and Larry Barrett, 23, of Garrison (arrested on December 11). The subjects received several charges of Theft >= $1500<20k, State Jail Felony.
The majority of the property was recovered on Rose Hill Road in Timpson. We have multiple locations for the original thefts in which we are still attempting to recover property.
The investigation and recovery of additional stolen property continues along with possible additional involved suspects with more charges to be filed.
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office states that due to the large number of items that has been stolen if anyone has purchased any kind property from these individuals it may be stolen. Please contact our office at 936-598-5600 immediately. No charges will be filed on any person for returning stolen property pertaining to this case in a timely manner.
Photo: Charles Seth Alexander (left) is seen above on December 11, 2014 being escorted into the Shelby County Jail by Deputy Sgt. Derek Barbee (middle) and Timpson Police Officer Michael Williams (right).
Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a man on drug charges after he reportedly drove a truck into a house on Sunday.
According to the press release, Sheriff Willis Blackwell states that on December 14, 2014 at approximately 1:26am Sheriff’s Deputies Cody Muse and Michael Griffin responded to a call at 20495 FM 139 in the Shelbyville area in regards to a vehicle that had run into a house.
Deputies arrived on scene and observed a white Chevrolet pickup sitting in the kitchen area of the residence. Deputies identified the driver as Craig Crocker, 26, of Center who was still in the driver’s seat passed out.
While Deputies conducted an inventory of the vehicle, a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and a white crystal like substance believed to be methamphetamine was found inside Crocker’s vehicle. Crocker was arrested and booked into the Shelby County Jail for possession of marijuana, misdemeanor B and possession of controlled substance, felony 3.
Crocker was arraigned by JP1 Maxie Eaves and has a $3000 bond for Possession of Marijuana and $4,000 bond for possession of controlled substance.
A family's home was engulfed in flames on Walker Street when the Center Fire Department was dispatched to the scene shortly after 8pm Sunday night, December 14th.
According to the Center Fire Department the call came into at 8:07pm for a house fire at 294 Walker Street. Upon arrival on scene a back left bedroom was fully involved and the fire had broke through the roof.
The fire department responded with two tanker trucks and the Center Police Department arrived on scene to assist with traffic on Walker Street which had to be temporarily blocked off for access to a fire hydrant located across the roadway.
Firemen worked diligently to extinguish the flames preventing the whole house from being a total loss. They were challenged with accessing the back side of the house where the fire was located due to a fence but managed to fight the fire from the side of the house initially until another hose could be pulled into the house to the back. The fire was under control at 9:50pm and the trucks were back at the station at 11:30pm.
The source of the fire is suspected to be a space heater. The house, belonging to Dwayne and Samantha Sanford, received substantial damage to the back left side and heavy smoke and heat damage to the whole house.
A house fire which ignited on on Saturday morning, December 13, 2014 resulted in a total loss to the building.
Center firemen responded to a mobile home fire on CR 3267 just off FM 414 at 8:20am, and when they arrived the mobile home was engulfed in flames.
The firemen sprayed water to the interior and exterior of the building to extinguish the hotspots. As the firemen worked on the fire they worked to ensure the fire didn't spread and that the majority was extinguished.
At the scene the cause of the fire was unknown. The house was not currently being resided in at the time of the fire and belongs to Brian Borders who according to the fire department has been renovating the house.
The firemen returned to the station at 9:34am.
The Joaquin Fire Department was dispatched to a grass fire on FM 139 at 1:04 pm Sunday afternoon, December 14, 2014. Fire department units arrived on the scene at 1:09 pm and had the fire under control by 1:25 pm.They remained on scene knocking out hotspots until 1:50 pm. The fire was started when wind gusts caused a pile of burning leaves to spread to a pasture.
Two bags of trash were recently recovered by the Road and Bridge Department in Precinct 1 on County Road 1140, and they appeared to have been illegally dumped by the roadside. Identifying information was also located within the bags.
The Shelby County Commissioners will be seeking charges against anyone linked to illegal dumping in Shelby County.
Dumpster Schedules
Precinct 1 dumpster is available the first weekend of each month. The dumpsters will be open this weekend on January 3rd from 7am until 1pm.
Precinct 2 and 3 dumpsters are open during business hours during the week and closed on weekends.
Precinct 4 has a dumpster available when needed and announce through local news media when the dumpster will be downtown in Tenaha. Contact your commissioner for scheduling.
Precinct 5 dumpster is available every other month with the next one due February 7th in Timpson.
Hurst Street at the entrance to Walmart and McDonalds was the scene of a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday evening, December 9, 2014.
As has happened in the past at the same exact location, a driver attempted to cross Hurst Street only to collide with another as they attempted to reach Foster Street.
According to Center Police Sgt. Duane Gordon, Arthur Cloudy, 65, of Joaquin was traveling north on Hurst Street in a silver Honda as he approached the intersection with Foster Street and the Wal-Mart parking lot entrance.
Sheaqua Stanley, 35, of Center was leaving the Wal-Mart parking lot in a grey Malibu and failed to yield right of way to Cloudy as she left a private drive resulting in the crash. ACE EMS responded to the scene and transported Cloudy to ETMC Carthage. Stanley was cited for failure to yield right of way.
Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning, December 10, 2014 on U.S. 96 North which resulted in injuries to parties from both vehicles involved.
According to Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Jimmy Faulkner, at 7:55am on U.S. Highway 96 North just south of the Center Country Club a 1989 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by Andres Olvera, 46, of Henderson with passengers Francisco Olvera, 48, and Jose Fierro, 30, was traveling south.
As Olvera stopped and was preparing to turn left into a private driveway a 2015 Toyota driven by Dayna Thomas, 32, was all traveling south in the inside lane when the car crested a hill and struck the truck from behind. Trooper Faulkner stated Thomas has a Florida driver's license, but that she lives in Texas now.
Thomas and Francisco were transported from the scene by ACE EMS to Nacogdoches Memorial hospital for treatment of their injuries. Thomas was cited for failure to control speed.
The Center Fire Department assisted with the injured parties in the crash and handled traffic control at the scene along with Shelby County Shberiff's Deputies Jim Ed Matthews, John Pope, Roy Bailey as well as Zack Warr Constable Precinct 1.
Marcus Isaac, 19, of Center has turned himself in to the Shelby County Sheriff's Department at 6:45pm. Isaac has been being sought by authorities following an alleged murder of 24-year-old Dominique Brooks in Nacogdoches on Railroad Street on December 5, 2014.
Authorities located a maroon Mercury Grand Marquis he was last seen in on the day of Brooks' death and found it on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 in Shelby County at the end of County Road 3215. U.S. Marshals, Center Police Officers and Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies all responded to the scene.
After interviewing and releasing a man at the scene identified as Tyler Martin, the vehicle was towed and taken to Nacogdoches for the Nacogdoches Police Department investigation.
Up until the time Isaac turned himself in, authorities have been searching Shelby County for his whereabouts.
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