(UNDATED)–THE MILAM COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL CRASH IN CAMERON HAS
BEEN INDICTED. DEPUTY MICHAEL HEATH WAS INDICTED
ON CHARGES OF CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE IN
CONNECTION WITH THE FATAL CRASH. THE SHERIFF’S
S-U-V DRIVEN BY HEATH WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH
70 YEAR OLD EARNEST TAYLOR AND WIFE SHIRLEY.
TAYLOR DIED AT THE SCENE. WIFE SHIRLEY TAYLOR WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
(UNDATED)–THE FORMER MILAM COUNTY CHIEF
DEPUTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR IS FACING NEW
CRIMINAL CHARGES. LYDIA CERVANTES WAS ORIGINALLY
CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF FALSE NAME INFORMATION
FORGERY-VEHICLE REGISTRATION IN A SCHEME WITH
HER DAUGHTER IN THE TAX OFFICE TO AVOID PAYING
SALES TAX ON A PICKUP. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
OFFICE SAID THAT AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED AND
TERMINATED FROM THE TAX OFFICE, SHE SOUGHT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, AND IN THE PROCESS LIED
TO THE HEARING EXAMINER UNDER OATH.
(CAMERON)–THE FORMER MILAM COUNTY JAIL
CAPTAIN WAS SENTENCED IN 20TH DISTRICT COURT
THIS WEEK. 43 YEAR OLD KATRINA DOUGLAS WAS PLACED
ON 10 YEARS DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION,
AND WAS SENTENCED TO PAY 41 THOUSAND DOLLARS
RESTITUTION TO MILAM COUNTY AND PAY 15 THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO MILAM COUNTY TO PAY FOR THE AUDIT,
AS WELL AS PAYING A 5 THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.
(UNDATED)–A MAN IN LEE COUNTY HAD BOTH
LEGS MANGLED IN A LAWNMOWER JUST BEFORE 5
THURSDAY AFTERNOON ON COUNTY ROAD 302.
REPORTS FROM THE SCENE SAID ONE LEG WAS ALMOST
AMPUTATED. LEE COUNTY E-M-S AND MEDIVAC
HELICOPTER WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE.
(ROCKDALE)–THE ROCKDALE SCHOOL BOARD
DEALT WITH BUDGETS AND BUS ROUTES DURING THE
BOARD MEETING THURSDAY. THE SCHOOL BOARD
APPROVED THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET WITH OVER
11 MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES AND 13 MILLION
IN EXPENDITURES, WITH FUND BALANCE TO COVER.
THE LOSS OF THE LUMINANT POWER PLANT WAS CITED
AS A MAJOR FACTOR IN REVENUE LOSSES.
(UNDATED)–A HUTTO MAN INVOLVED IN A DRAG
RACING CRASH IN 2016 THAT KILLED A WOMAN PLEADED
GUILTY TO CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER AND AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THE PLEA DEAL
FOR 24 YEAR OLD HERNAN ABEL MARTINEZ WAS SIGNED
WEDNESDAY.
(ROCKDALE)–A ROCKDALE MAN WAS FOUND
GUILTY THURSDAY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER A 3 DAY
TRIAL IN MILAM COUNTY. THE JURY TOOK LESS THAN
AN HOUR TO FIND 53 YEAR OLD RICKY LEE MURRAY
GUILTY.
(TEMPLE)–TEMPLE POLICE SUSPECT A MURDER-SUICIDE
AFTER FINDING A MAN AND WOMAN DEAD LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON IN A HOUSE NEAR A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PARK.
POLICE SAY THERE IS NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC.
(THORNDALE)–THE 28TH ANNUAL THORNDALE BARBECUE
COOK-OFF IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND AT THORNDALE CITY
PARK.
