December 16, 2022 - A Shelby County Grand Jury handed down 19 indictments on Monday, December 5, 2022, including one for murder. The grand jury was impaneled for the July 2022 term of the 123rd/273rd Judicial District Courts, and grand jury was held in both the 123rd/273rd Judicial District courts.
Ethan Myers was indicted for murder, first degree felony. The indictment alleges, on November 13, 2022, Myers intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Sarah Hopson by blunt force trauma to her head with an object unknown to the grand jury.
Donald Tipton was indicted for theft of property, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on June 14, 2021, Tipton unlawfully took a John Deere 310DL backhoe with an enclosed cab of the value of $30,000 or more but less than $150,000 from Yellow House in Abilene, Texas, the owner, without its consent.
Dalton Grant Miller was indicted for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on March 31, 2022, Miller operated a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 truck without the consent of Gary Wayne Cason, the owner.
Carlos Deshun Cowthorn was indicted for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, state jail felony. The indictment alleges on March 3, 2022, Cowthorn operated a maroon 1986 Chevrolet Caprice without the consent of K.L. Metcalf, the owner.
Katherine Diane Curbow was indicted for fraud use/ possession of identifying information, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on August 14, 2021, with intent to harm or defraud another and without the consent of Tammy Hanson, possessed less than five items of identifying information of Hanson including names, dates of birth, account numbers, passwords, private client information that was on an iPhone.
Laderha Hebert was indicted for assault public servant, third degree felony. The indictment alleges, on April 30, 2022, Hebert recklessly caused bodily injury to Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy Aaron Jones by kicking him in the head and Jones was a public servant lawfully discharging an official duty, namely detaining the defendant.
John Michael Brumfield was indicted for forgery financial instrument, state jail felony. The indictment alleges, on October 31, 2021, Brumfield made a writing so it purported to be the act of Michael Alexander as treasurer for Union Missionary Baptist Church, who did not authorize the act, and said writing was a check of the tenor following: $400.
(Dates in parenthesis indicate the date of the alleged incident):
- Giselle Salinas, possession of a controlled substance PG2 <1G (tetrahydrocannabinol, other than marijuana), state jail felony (May 20, 2022).
- Margie Stahl, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B <1G (methamphetamine), state jail felony (June 2, 2022).
- Dontay Demond Barnes, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B <1G (phencyclidine), state jail felony (April 8, 2022).
- Jimmy Dale Chamberlain, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), enhanced - second degree felony (March 23, 2022).
- Rodney Dewayne Gray, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G (phencyclidine), third degree felony (April 8, 2022).
- Justin Warren Hightower, driving while intoxicated - 3rd or more, third degree felony (May 22, 2022).
- Lawonda Jean Roland, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B <1G (phencyclidine), state jail felony (May 10, 2022).
- Keith Monroe Harris, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (April 8, 2022).
- Keith Monroe Harris, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (December 2, 2021).
- Laderha Hebert, driving while intoxicated with child under 15 years of age, state jail felony (April 30, 2022).
- David Vincent Tillotson, possession of a controlled substance PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G (methamphetamine), third degree felony (March 24, 2022).
- Gustavo Pallares, possession of marijuana >4oz<=5lbs, state jail felony (April 30, 2022).
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.
