(CAMERON)–TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP AFTER A ONE
VEHICLE ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY
36 NEAR F-M 2095 AROUND 3:40
THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON. CAMERON FIREMEN AND
E-M-S WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE. A HELICOPTER WAS
INITIALLY CALLED TO THE SCENE BUT CANCELLED.
(TAYLOR–IN TAYLOR A 3 VEHICLE WRECK IN THE 800 BLOCK
OF CARLOS PARKER BLVD THIS AFTERNOON HAS
CAUSED TRAFFIC TO BE RE-ROUTED. TRAFFIC WAS
RE-ROUTED TO LAKE DRIVE. NO OTHER INFORMATION
WAS RELEASED.
(TAYLOR)–A FORMER ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK FOR
A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN TAYLOR HAS AGREED TO PLEAD
GUILTY TO MISAPPROPRIATING FUNDS. 31 YEAR OLD
SHANNA INEZ RICHARDSON HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY
TO THE CHARGE. SHE HAS AGREED TO 5 YEARS PROBATION
AND NO FINE, THOUGH SHE WOULD HAVE TO PAY ALMOST
74 HUNDRED DOLLARS BACK TO ST. PAUL LUTHERAN SCHOOL.
AN INVESTIGATION BEGAN WHEN THE I-R-S ASKED THE
SCHOOL BOARD FOR SPECIFIC PAPERWORK FOR SEPT. 30TH
OF LAST YEAR TO JAN. 1ST OF THIS YEAR. RICHARDSON
WAS RELUCTANT TO GIVE THE PAPERWORK, BUT A LATER
AUDIT UNCOVERED THAT SHE HAD BEEN INAPPROPRIATELY
PAID 74 HUNDRED DOLLARS OVER HER SET PAY.
(THORNDALE)–THE POLICE CHIEF OF THE CITY OF
THORNDALE HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. CHIEF
MARTIN JACKSON ANNOUNCED IN A LETTER SENT TO
MEDIA OUTLETS THAT HE IS RETIRING FROM THE
POSITION. JACKSON BECAME THORNDALE POLICE
CHIEF JUST OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
(HEARNE)–A REPORT BY THE TEXAS RANGERS SHOW
THE HEARNE POLICE CHIEF COVERED FOR A FORMER
SERGEANT WHO PARTICIPATED IN SEXUAL HARASSMENT
AT THE DEPARTMENT AND FLUSHED DRUGS DOWN THE
TOILET. THE HEARNE CITY COUNCIL SUSPENDED CHIEF
THOMAS WILLIAMS FOR 2 WEEKS WITHOUT PAY AT A
TUESDAY MEETING FOR THE ALLEGATIONS IN THE
REPORT. THE REPORT OUTLINES HOW WILLIAMS ALLOWED
A CLIMATE OF SEXUAL HARRASSMENT, AND HOW SGT.
STEPHEN YOHNER COMMITTED SEXUAL HARRASSMENT.
THE REPORT ALSO STATES THAT YOHNER AND WILLIAMS
FLUSHED DRUGS DOWN THE TOILET ON YOHNER’S LAST
DAY OF WORK WITHOUT CHECKING WHAT CRIMINAL
CASES THE DRUGS WERE CONNECTED WITH. THE DRUGS
WERE ENOUGH TO CLOG THE TOILET.
(BELTON)–A DEATH INVESTIGATION HAS NOW
BECOME A MURDER CASE IN BELL COUNTY. BELTON
FIREMEN FOUND A BODY WHEN THEY RETURNED TO
PUT OUT A REKINDLE OF A FIRE ALONG F-M 1670 JUST
OUTSIDE OF BELTON MONDAY. PRELIMINARY AUTOPSY
RESULTS RELEASED BY THE BELL COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE SHOW THAT THE BODY OF THE MAN WAS
SHOT TWICE IN THE HEAD.
(L-R ACADEMY)–THE ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL
STUDENT WHO WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN AN
A-T-V ACCIDENT ON FRIDAY NIGHT DIED ON TUESDAY
NIGHT. THE ACADEMY I-S-D BOOSTER CLUB IDENTIFIED
THE STUDENT AS 8TH GRADER AIDEN MARTIN.
