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October 26, 2015 - The following cases were disposed of in the Shelby County Court on the October Docket. Judge Allison Harbison was the presiding judge and County Attorney Gary Rholes represented the State.
- Travis Patton - Probation Revocation, original charge Assault (Class A) - 10 months Shelby County Jail
- Maegan Flowers - Probation Revocation, original charge Theft (Class B) - 50 days Shelby County Jail
- Virgina Hunter - Theft (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete theft program
- Lashonia Parks - Resisting Arrest (Class A) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation
- Gilberto Arriaga - Driving While Intoxicated (Class B) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete DWI education class
- Joey Martinez - Possession of Marijuana (Class B) - $200 fine, $322 court cost, credit for 6 days Shelby County Jail
- Christopher Hornback - Driving While Intoxicated (Class B) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 120 days confinement in a rehabilitation facility
- Jermonte Monroe - Possession of Marijuana (Class B) - $600 fine, $322 court cost, 12 months deferred adjudication probation, attend and complete drug offender program
- Jeffery Aswell - Criminal Mischief (Class A) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 30 days Shelby County Jail
- Cortez Cartwright - Driving While License Suspended (Class B) - $500 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation
- Lataurus Jackson - Driving While Intoxicated (Class B) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete DWI education class
- Colton Bush - Reckless Driving (Class B) - $500 fine, $262 court cost, 6 months probation
- Gregory Frazier - Driving While Intoxicated 2nd (Class A) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 12 months probation, 30 days Shelby County Jail, attend and complete repeat offenders DWI education class
- Glen Nobles - Theft (Class C) - $200 fine, $262 court cost, final judgement
- Jeffery Burris - Driving While License Suspended (Class B) - $300 fine, $262 court cost, final judgement
- Nick Coronado - Furnish Alcohol to Minor (Class B) - $200 fine, $262 court cost, final judgement
- Jasmine Moore - Theft (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 60 days Shelby County Jail, final judgement
- Alberto Lopez - Driving While Intoxicated (Class B) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete DWI education class
- Loura Orndorff - Theft (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete theft class
- Lisa Kettler - Theft (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete theft program
- Cidnee Williams - Theft (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, attend and complete theft program
- Rodrick Woodard - Failure to Identify (Class B) - $600 fine, $262 court cost, 12 months probation
- Delores Walker - Theft (Class B) - $400 fine, $262 court cost, 6 months deferred adjudication probation, attend theft program
- Donald Green - Driving While Intoxicated (Class B) - $1,200 fine, $412.10 court cost, 12 months probation, attend DWI education program
October 26, 2015 - The Burn Ban for the City of Joaquin Has been lifted.
October 24, 2015 - The intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 84 in Timpson was the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Friday, October 23, 2015.
When emergency personnel arrived at the scene one truck was in the southbound traffic lane while another was partially in an intersecting lane and on the median facing west.
According to Timpson Police Officer Jake Metcalf, at 4:30pm he was dispatched to the crash scene. A maroon 1989 GMC pickup truck driven by Debbie Hamilton, 25, of Jacksonville was traveling east on U.S. Highway 84 when she stopped at the intersection with U.S. Highway 59. The GMC pulled out into U.S. 59 and failed to yield right of way to a maroon Ford F-250 driven by Jeffery Fanguy, 48, of Timpson who was traveling south on U.S. 59 causing the Ford to collide with the left rear quarter panel of the GMC, and causing damage to both vehicles.
The Ford remained in the southbound traffic lane, while the GMC spun around across the median and came to rest facing the southbound traffic lanes. The Timpson Volunteer Fire Department arrived on scene for traffic control and assisted the Timpson Volunteer Ambulance Service personnel (TVAS) in moving injured parties to the waiting TVAS ambulance and ACE EMS ambulance.
Fanguy was not reported at the scene to have been injured. Luman, Hamilton and three other occupants from within the GMC, a 4-month-old male child, 18-month-old female child, and 7-year-old female child were all transported to a hospital in Nacogdoches for treatment. Hamilton was cited for failure to yield right of way an intersection resulting in a crash, and displaying two registrations.
October 23, 2015 - Nacogdoches, Texas, Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 5:30 PM
The Hospice of East Texas Light up a Life Ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 12, at 5:30 PM, 2015 indoors at The Hospice of East Texas Shop located 1012 N Street.
Join us for a roll call and candle lighting ceremony in memory of your loved one to celebrate their life during the upcoming holiday season. Anyone from the community is invited to honor the memory of a friend or family member by attending this free event and will receive a keepsake candle. Special music and refreshments will be provided.
The holidays can be particularly hard on families dealing with loss and grief. We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to make a new memory.
The Hospice of East Texas has served the East Texas region for over 30 years. Each patient and family are surrounded with a team of physicians, nurses, certified nurse aides, social workers, chaplains, bereavement staff and volunteers. All resources are tailored to the individual needs of each patient and their family to provide a better quality of life and to celebrate life for whatever time remains.
For more information visit our website at www.hospiceofeasttexas.org or contact Jessica Henderson at 936-615-6404.
October 23, 2015 - The jury that has been summoned for Monday, October 26, 2015 for the 273rd District Court Honorable Charles R. Mitchell, presiding has been canceled due to the scheduled cases being resolved or passed.
Anyone receiving a summons for that day is released from jury service until they receive a future summons.
October 22, 2015 - Travelers on Thursday morning, October 22, 2015 were turned away from the doors of Shady Oaks in Center located just off Loop 500 at 87 South as members of the Center Police Department, and three Shelby County Sheriff's Deputies were performing a raid on the location.
At this time no official word was initially issued by law enforcement; however, one potential customer of the convenience store reported to Shelby County Today that officers with the Center PD were at the location at 5:30am and instructed her to leave. Another potential customer at the scene reported seeing gaming machines being hauled away from the location.
According to a press release issued by Center PD Detective Stephen Stroud, on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at approximately 5am Center Police Lead Detective David Haley with the assistance of Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Bradley Horton served a search warrant at the Shady Oaks Convenience Store along with twelve arrest warrants.
The Center Police Department opened an active investigation approximately two months ago into illegal gambling at Shady Oaks Convenience Store. This investigation led to twelve arrest warrants and a search warrant for the store.
Upon arrival, Younus Moton, 56, and Lidia Moton, 52, were arrested for Keeping a Gambling Place (Misdemeanor A), Possession of Gambling Device/ Equipment (Misdemeanor A), Gambling Promotion (Misdemeanor A) and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity - Gambling Promotion (State Jail Felony) and transported to the Center Police Department.
Approximately twelve Gambling machines were seized along with approximately $9,100 in cash. Bilal Moton, 28, was later arrested at the Center Police Department for Keeping a Gambling Place (Misdemeanor A), Possession of Gambling Device/ Equipment (Misdemeanor A), Gambling Promotion (Misdemeanor A) and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity- Gambling Promotion (State Jail Felony) as well.
The investigation was sparked by Shelby County Attorney Gary Rholes and Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Stephen Shires who assisted throughout the entire investigation.
October 19, 2015 - Emergency personnel was dispatched to a crash at the U.S. Highway 59 ramp in Tenaha on Monday, October 19, 2015.
Tenaha City Marshal's Office, Tenaha Volunteer Fire Department and Tenaha Constable Precinct 4 were first on scene followed by Shelby County Sheriff's Department officers and Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers. City Marshal Jimmy Wagstaff and Constable Bryan Gray positioned their vehicles at either end of a tractor-trailor which was laying in the middle of the roadway.
Firemen directed traffic from either end of the crash scene to prevent another crash and protect the other emergency personnel on scene.
According to City Marshal Wagstaff, at 4:40pm a red 2003 Kenworth hauling a trailer filled with rolls of newsprint paper driven by Jason Jones, 55, of Jamestown, Tn. was attempting to enter the overpass from U.S. Highway 59 South to 59 North.
As Jones entered the overpass, the load shifted and the tractor-trailer overturned. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash, and no citations have been issued at this time. As of 9:04pm, the roadway is clear.
October 19, 2015 - The Timpson Police Department is currently investigating a shooting incident between a father and son which took place on Monday, October 19, 2015.
According to Timpson Police Chief Kent Graham, at about 12:45pm a call was received from Shelby County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Investigator D.J. Dickerson who relayed Nacogdoches Medical Center had contacted him about a gunshot victim who had been shot in the chest and was at their hospital.
Nacogdoches Police Department officers assisted by securing the vehicle which transported the victim and a witness whom drove him to the hospital until Timpson Police Department could arrive to investigate.
Chief Graham and Stanley Burgay, Constable Precinct 5, interviewed a witness at the hospital and from the witness statements they learned the incident occurred at 196 Rosehill Road within the city limits of Timpson. The witness indicated an argument occurred between father and son and several shots were fired.
Following the shots, the victim, Derek Hendricks, 19, reportedly hollered, "Hey, you shot me." The witness and Hendricks then got into a vehicle and drove to Nacogdoches.
According to Chief Graham, Hendricks had a gunshot wound to the upper chest, which actually entered his lung. He was on the operating table when Chief Graham and Constable Burgay arrived at the hospital and on last report is in critical condition at this time.
Timpson Police Officer Robert Hairgrove, assisted by Timpson ISD Police Chief Kim Graham went to the reported scene of the shooting to secure the residence. The suspect, Larry Bruce Hendricks Jr., 51, was located in his bedroom in the residence with the weapon that had been used in the assault. He was taken into custody without incident.
Evidence was collected at the scene including shell casings and the weapon involved. The investigation continues.
Larry Bruce Hendricks has been charged at this time with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and felon in possession of a firearm.
October 19, 2015 - Tractor Supply parking lot on Tenaha Street in Center was the scene of a truck fire on Monday, October 19, 2015 at 10am.
When firemen arrived, the front end of a black 2000 Ford F-150 was engulfed in flames. Center Police officers provided traffic control at the entrance to the parking lot for the firemen.
The firemen were able to extinguish the fire and prevent the entire truck from going up in flames. Part of the cab of the truck remained undamaged. A truck parked right next to the truck received some heat damage as a result of the fire.
The cause of the fire is not known at this time. It was reported by the Center Police Department the truck is owned by Juan Garcia of Center.
October 19, 2015 - The Shelbyville Volunteer Fire Department (SVFD) and Center Fire Department (CFD) responded to a house fire on Monday morning, October 19, 2015 in East Liberty Community.
SVFD had already been dispatched to a grass fire located in the Oakdale Community on CR 2625 at 7:30am just before they were dispatched to the house fire at 7:45am. This required CFD be dispatched to assist with both fires.
While en-route to the house fire, one VFD truck was sent to the grass fire and the other went to support the SVFD truck in East Liberty. When the departments arrived at the location of the house owned by Percy Ratcliff, 2.8 miles down CR 2569, the house was already burned to the ground and appeared to have been burning for a long time.
Deep East Texas Electric Co-op was dispatched to the scene and disconnected any power lines leading to the home. The cause of the fire not able to be determined at the time all parties were at the scene. The grass fire on CR 2625 was quickly extinguished.
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