The charges against him were filed on Jan. 10. Sheriff Smith holds a Master Peace Officer license and has graduate studies from Prairie View A&M University in Juvenile Justice. In addition, inspectors found that three inmates were not classified properly during their initial assessment. A year later he became a Deputy Sheriff in our neighbor county of Grimes. The Salvation Army is gearing up for their biggest fundraising season and is hoping donations will cover the high demand for assistance due to COVID-19. Craver was booked at the Waller County Jail and is currently held pending review by the Waller County District Attorney’s Office. Waller County Jail is located in Waller County, Texas. Kirby Goidel, a political communications expert at the Texas A&M Public Policy Institute joined us on First News at Four to help break down what is happening with election 2020. In 2015, jailers had spoken with Bland via an intercom, rather than the required face-to-face observation, about an hour before discovering her hanging in her cell.

Investigators believe a confrontation occurred earlier and investigators determined Craver fired a handgun at Williams. Sheriff Smith resides in the Hempstead area with his wife. Burn Bans in effect as drought conditions expand, Limestone County social worker charged with 134 felony counts involving election fraud. Waller County is moving forward with its new law enforcement center, Waller County construction manager Danny Rothe told Community Impact Newspaper. Evan Lyndell Parker, 34, attempted suicide early in the morning on Friday, January 25. Local businesses are still trying to bounce back. The Texas Rangers and Texas Commission on Jail Standards are investigating the case. Joshua Glenn Craver, 27 is accused of shooting Harley Jo Williams, 42. The pups are back! In October, the county … An accused murderer has died after hanging himself in the Waller County jail, a sheriff's office official confirmed Wednesday. Duhon referred comments about the violations to Sheriff Glenn Smith, who did not return a request for comment. Bland's death prompted investigations and eventually changed screening practices in jails across the state in an effort to prevent similar deaths. At the request of the Waller County Sheriff, the F.B.I. Waller County worked to make changes at its jail and is building a new one after a $39.5 million bond proposal passed. Parker died on Sunday, according to Shawna Willke, an administrative assistant in the sheriff’s office.

The last known suicide at the jail was in July 2015, when Bland, then 28, was found dead from hanging in her cell three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop. “All I can say is, it’s extremely unfortunate when it happens,” said Waller County Judge Trey Duhon. Parker fled afterward in a gray 2014 Nissan Versa. After honorably retiring, he was recruited by the Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Security Studies to build a Border & Homeland Security program for Angelo State University.

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