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CHEROKEE COUNTY
County grand jury returns 36 indictments
A Cherokee County Grand Jury
for the 2nd Judicial District Court
met on Feb. 24 and earlier on Jan.
27 and returned 36 indictments.
February included 17 indictments:
two for assault in a family violence,
continuous sexual assault of a child,
assault with a deadly weapon and
three for assault on a public servant.
Other indictments included theft,
unlawful possession of a firearm,
failure to appear, possession of a
controlled substance and credit card/
debit card abuse.
February indictments were:
• Phillip Wayne Mitchell, 24, of
Jacksonville, charged with assault
— family violence with two counts
of prior conviction;
• Anthony Eugene Reed, 41, of
Missouri, charged with unlawful
possession of a firearm on Nov. 28,
2013;
• Hecktor Vasquez, 31, of Rusk,
charged with failure to appear on
Oct. 2, 2012;
• Brianna Lynn Arnold, 21, of New
Summerfield, charged with posses-
sion of a controlled substance with
the intent to delivery onFeb.4,2013;
• Mitchell Cox, 51, of Reklaw,
charged with possession of a con-
trolled substance on Dec. 28, 2013;
• Eric Allison, 23, of Jacksonville,
charged with four counts of credit/
debit card abuse on Sept. 19-22,
2012;
• Eduardo Hernandez, 26, of Jack-
sonville, charged with assault in a
family violence-impedingbreathing
on July 29, 2012;
• Juanita Escoto Lara, 56, of
Jacksonville, charged with assault
on a public servant on Oct. 18,2013;
• Marty Edward Lara, 35, of
Henderson, charged with assault
on a public servant on Oct. 18,2013;
• Gabriel Anthony Lara, 28, of
Jacksonville, charged with assault
on a public servant Oct. 18, 2013;
• Jeremy Grimes, 36, of Rusk,
charged with possession of a con-
trolled substance (PGKlgram) on
Nov. 1, 2013;
• Kenneth Wayne Ford, 34, of
Jacksonville, charged with posses-
sion of a controlled substance (PG 1<
1 gram) on Dec. 20, 2013;
• Clifton Donell Crawford, 35,
of Rusk, charged with aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon on
Dec. 12, 2013.
• Sealed indictments included:
failure to appear on Feb. 3; theft
of property of $1,500 and less than
$20,000 on July 9, 2013; theft of
metal-enhanced on Aug. 3, 2013;
continuous sexual assault of a child
on Oct. 2, 2013.
January indictments
Nineteen indictments on Jan. 27
included four assaults and three
endangering a child. The assaults
were aggravated sexual assault of a
child, assault in a family violence im-
peded, aggravated sexual assault of
the elderly and assault with a deadly
weapon. Other indictments included
two counts of failure to comply with
sex offender registration require-
ment; burglary, assault of a public
servant, cruelty to a non-livestock
animal, fraudulent possession of a
controlled substance, theft, theft
of a firearm, forgery, driving while
intoxicated and evading arrest with
a vehicle.
The 19 persons indicted included:
• Tabetha Kay Ainsworth, 29, of
Jacksonville, charged with burglary
of a habitation on Feb. 22, 2012;
• Dale Napps, 57, of Jacksonville,
charged with aggravated assault
with a deadly weapon on Nov. 2,
2013;
• Tracy Lee Smith, 41, Alto,
charged with assault in a family
violence impede on July 22, 2012;
• Patricia Parsons, 45, of Jack-
sonville, charged with fraudulent
possession of a controlled substance-
enhanced on March 16, 2012;
•Walter Tramain Brown, 38,
of Chireno, charged with theft of
property, two or more convictions-
enhanced on May 8, 2012;
• Malcomb Paul Magliolo, 34, of
Rusk, charged with theft of property
more than $1,500 but less than
$20,000 on June 30, 2012, and
another indictment for forgery on
June 28, 2011;
• Samantha Largent, 24, of Jack-
sonville, charged with possession
of a controlled substance on Aug.
24, 2013;
• Denadrian Whitaker, 24, of Jack-
sonville, charged with endangering
a child, two counts on Sept. 28,2013;
• Deante Desean Humber, 21, of
Jacksonville, charged with endan-
gering a child on Sept. 28, 2013;
• George Bane III, 26, of Rusk,
charged with failure to comply with
sex offender registration require-
ments, two counts on Nov. 27,2013;
• Kenneth Sullinger, 57, of Jack-
sonville, charged with driving while
intoxicated for the third or more
time, enhance on Nov. 15, 2011;
• Earnest Eugene Palmer, 64,
of Rusk, charged with aggravated
sexual assault of the elderly on Dec.
22, 2013;
• Brooks Thompson, 29, of Bul-
lard, charged with theft of a firearm
on July 7, 2013;
• Breanna Wilbanks, 22, of Tyler,
charged with theft of a firearm on
July 7, 2013;
• Manuel Suarez, 43, of New Sum-
merfield, charged with driving while
intoxicated for the third or more time
on Oct. 9, 2013;
• David Bray, 51, of Jacksonville,
charged with evading arrest with a
vehicle on Jan. 6.
• Two sealed indictments included
one for aggravated sexual assault
of a child on Oct. 1, 2008 and for
count one burglary of a habitation;
count two, cruelty to anon-livestock
animal-kill; and count three assault
on a public servant.
LAWSUIT_
continued from pg. 1A
Tarrant County, and therefore
could not have resided in Chero-
kee County.”
The lawsuit also claims that Mr.
Wallace obtained 57 signatures
to waive paying a $375 filing fee.
However, 29 of the signatures
were dated after the date shown
by Mr. Rix as having received
the petition.
“Four of the signature sheets
bear the date of oath as Nov. 20,
2013, and one is undated,” said
Mr. Ament.
Mr. Rix spoke to the Cherokeean
Herald Monday, and he said that
he and the Cherokee County
election administrator reviewed
four petitions at the same time.
He thinks all the signatures
that were submitted were valid,
but that the dates don’t match
because of clerical error.
Mr. Ament explained that the
Elections Division of the Office
of the Secretary of State has said
TREE OF PROMISE
continued from pg. 1A
year ago with Mr. Hoffman and a few
volunteers from Rusk ISD.
“There’s a widow who lives near
the fire station whose husband
passed away,” he said. “Before he
died, he would mow the yard and
keep it clean. She said she couldn’t
keep the yard up to that standard,
so I told a few boys to mow the yard
after classes and over the summer
whenever it needed it.
“At the end of the summer, the
garden club and the Rusk Chamber
of Commerce awarded her yard the
‘yard of the month’ award. The boys
were probably more excited than she
was. Primarily, that’s not what we do
now, but it’s at the heart of it. We’re
able to help out so many.”
From there, Mr. Hoffman said the
event started to grow. Two previous
that a party chairman cannot
declare a candidate ineligible
based on residency because the
legal issue cannot be established
conclusively by a party chair.
Likewise, a writ of mandamus
cannot be utilized to determine
residency. A similar case arose in
the Cherokee County’s court-at-
law judge race when incumbent
Kelley Peacock filed a writ of man-
damus asking that her opponent,
Janice Stone, be disqualified for
office based on residency.
While the case was fast tracked
by a federal appeals court, the
majority opinion wrote that the
court’s scope was limited to deter-
mining whether the county party
chairman had met his obligations.
The court declined to review the
evidence.
Ms. Foreman’s lawsuit will be
handled differently as it makes its
way through state district court —
case evidence will be considered.
Mr. Ament said it was impor-
tant to file the suit immediately
to allow adequate time for ap-
peals. The deadline to remove
Mr. Wallace from the ballot is
74 days before the General Elec-
tion Nov. 4.
Mr. Rix confirmed that he will
be represented by Steve Guy of
the Norman Law Firm in Jack-
sonville.
State District Judges Dwight
Phifer is recusing himself and
asking that a visiting judge hear
the case.
Telephone calls to Mr. Guy and
Mr. Wallace were not returned
before press deadline on Tuesday.
Justices of the peace in Chero-
kee County have an annual salary
of $34,536, supplemented with a
$1,200 car allowance and $4,200
car allowance, for a compensation
package of $39,936.
TARRANT COUNTY
VOTING HISTORY RECORD
The following is the voting history on file in TARRANT COUNTY
as of this 31st day of January, 2014
1050143386
RODNEY PAUL WALLACE
FORT WORTH TX 76133
Election Date
Description
Party Code
11/05/2013 Joint Elections
11/06/2012 General and Special Elections
07/31/2012 Primary Runoff Elections
11/02/2010 General and Special Elections
03/02/2010 Primary Election
11/04/2008 General and Special Election
03/04/2008 Primary Election
11/07/2006 General Election
03/07/2006 Primary Election
11/02/2004 General Election
11/05/2002 GENERAL ELECTION
SIGNED
REP
REP
REP
REP
Jer^njjer Moore)
Voter Registration Clerk
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Community Habitat Improvement
weekends have been held - once
in June and the second in October.
“This is the third year of Tree of
Promise and our third event,” Mr.
Hoffman said. “We had 60 volunteers
at our October event and about 120
at our June event. I think that the
drop is because it’s busy during the
school year, but we’re hoping to have
a solid amount of people willing to
help.”
Tree of Promise is a 501c3 com-
munity service organization that
serves individuals who live within
the Rusk ISD boundaries. The group
oversees the Dream Tree during the
Christmas season and the back to
school supply drive in August.
“About 99 percent of what we do
is within the physical boundaries of
Rusk ISD,” Mr. Hoffman said. “We
saw a need for a lot of things that
needed to be done here. We have a
lot of volunteers who love helping.
Everything’s really falling into place
and we’re getting a lot of things done
that we need.”
The group is also involved in a
partnership with STS Electronic
Recycling to provide computers to
schools in several countries.
“We recently set up an arrange-
ment with STS to set up computer
labs in schools in Guatemala, Kenya,
India and Malawi,” Mr. Hoffman
said. “That’s a big project that we’ve
got going and we’re just trying to
help out where we can.”
Additionally, Mr. Hoffman said
Tree of Promise would set up a day
of team-building for Rusk ISD’s
graduating seniors in May.
“Dr. (Scott) Davis (Rusk ISD su-
perintendent) has agreed to allow
us to set up a day for the graduat-
ing seniors on the same week they
go through graduation practice and
the senior breakfast,” he said. “We’re
going to set up intellectual and team-
building practice over at the practice
fields at the school.
“We’re trying to set up business
sponsors for the different events,
such as a giant Jenga game where
the team that gets the most blocks
gets the most points, or a buggy dash
where they race to fill their carts
with groceries.
“We’ll focus on that team-building
and cater lunch for the seniors. We’ll
talk about being a good citizen and
what they can expect after high
school. The good thing is that it gives
the community a chance to build the
seniors up and love on them before
graduation. It’s community sup-
ported and related and gets us into
the school to walk along the seniors
as they make this transition.”
Mr. Hoffman said he is happy to
see growth - both within Tree of
Promise and in the Rusk community
as a whole.
“It’s been cool to see the organiza-
tion grow with the community,” he
said. “There are things that need to
be done and it’s all really starting to
fall into place.
“If we can connect the dots between
the city, its people, the school and
the churches, we can build a greater
sense of community. That’s good for
who we are.”
NEWS
Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library
sets book sale March 13-16
Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library will host their
annual booksalefromThursday, March 13-Sunday, March 16.
March 13 is designed as “Friends Preview Sale.” Only
those who volunteered and helped set up and worked at the
sale and those who are members of the Friends of the Library
will be allowed in to view and purchase books on this day.
The sale begins March 14 to the public. Hours are 10 a.m .-6
p.m. March 14; 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. March 15; and 1 -5 p.m. March
16. Super sale day is March 16, when a box of books can be
purchased for $5 or other books at half-price.
Registration underway for TJC vocational
nursing though March 31
The RuskcampusforTyler JuniorCollege Vocational Nurs-
ing has places each year for 30 students. Applications are
being taken for the Rusk school through March 31.
Applications for 10 prospective students have already been
accepted. Persons interested in being a part of the new class
should apply as soon as possible.
Persons should apply between 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-
Friday at Rusk State Hospital nursing education center, 805
N. Dickinson St. in RuskorattheTJC Main Campus from 7:30
a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday at the Pirtle Technology Building.
For additional information, call (903) 510-2471.
Twenty places are available at the Jacksonville school.
Application may be made from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at East Texas
Medical Center Jacksonville, 502 S. Ragsdale St.
Also, persons may apply for classes at the Lindale campus
from 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday at 2808 S. Main St.,
Suite A. Lindale.
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE
continued from pg. 1A
to the criminal investigation
division as a detective in
October 2007. He became a
patrol sergeant in October
2010 and earned a master
peace officer certificate in
September 2012.
Mr. Guerra became a
detective in the criminal
investigation division in
October 2008. He received
an advanced peace officer
certification in 2005.
Following an executive
session, the council ap-
proved a $30,000 grant
to Tube Fab LLC, a new
business recommended
by Jacksonville Economic
Development Corporation
(JEDCO). The company
makes copper tubing for
refrigerators, ice machines
and soft drink machines.
An audit report was pre-
sented by Tal Green of
Henry & Peters. Mr. Green
summarized the audit for
the fiscal budget year of
2012-13.
“We did not see anything
wrong with the city’s finan-
cial operations. The city’s
assets increased a little over
$1 million during the year.
The city had a good year
and money was set aside for
future use,” said Mr. Green.
The council approved a
request from Mr. and Mrs.
Dudley Waller to re-plat
their lot on Lake Jackson-
ville allowing them to keep
half of the lot for family use
and possibly sell the other
half.
A request was approved
from the Cherokee County
Appraisal District to refund
to GME Inc. for an over ap-
praisal of their property. The
corrected appraisal results
in a refund of $1,473.28.
A portion of the May 10
city election was cancelled.
District 4 candidate Aaron
Swink is unopposed. The
Election Code allows the
city to declare the unopposed
candidates elected and that
portion of the election can-
celled.
The council approved con-
ducting a joint election with
Jacksonville ISD on May 10.
This will be inclusive of early
voting dates and election
day. All early voting will
be held at the Jacksonville
Public Library. The city
could not lease the necessary
electronic voting machines
from the county as they have
done every year. The reason
is due to the primaries and
their conflicting dates with
the city and school elections.
JISD has purchased its own
electronic voting machines
and has agreed to partici-
pate with the the city in a
joint effort during elections.
Donna Schaver was ap-
pointed to serve as election
judge on election day.
In another matter, the
council approved a budget
amendment to allow the
transfer of an additional
$4,000 to pay for new fenc-
ing at Jacksonville City
Cemetery.
Attending the meeting
were Mayor Kenneth Mel-
vin; Mayor Pro Tern Billy
McDonald and Councilmem-
bers Jeff Smith, Hubert Rob-
inson and Ann Chandler;
City Manager Mo Raissi
and City Secretary Betty
Thompson.
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