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Arrests for September 2021
On 9/01/2021 22 year old Devante Evetts was arrested on Mills County warrants for Motion to Revoke Possession of a Controlled Substance PG1 >4g <400g and Aggravated Assault W/Deadly Weapon.
On 9/12/2021 37 year old Nora Lopez-Perez was arrested for Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Member. She was later released on $2,500 bond.
On 9/15/2021 35 year old Brandon Feist was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Member. He was later released on $3,000 bond.
On 9/16/2021 64 year old Rebecca Stewart was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Interfere W/Child Custody. She was later released on $
On 9/17/2021 37 year old Christopher Ray Cook was arrested on a Brown County warrant for Assault Family Violence Impede Breath/Blood. He was later released on $75,000 bond.
On 9/19/2021 30 year old Stephanie Williams was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Harboring a Runaway Child after Deputies tracked the child to her residence and she refused to produce the child. She was later released on $2,500 bond.
On 9/19/2021 22 year old Mark Lopez was arrested for Public Intoxication. He was later released on a PR bond.
On 9/19/2021 60 year old Howard Lee Bailey Jr. was arrested for Resist Arrest/Search or Transport and Public Intoxication. He was later released on a PR bond after laying out his fine for Public Intoxication.
On 9/24/2021 60 year old Richard Smith turned himself in to the Mills County Jail to lay out fines from Traffic court after being found guilty.
On 9/29/2021 40 year old Charlie Vaughn was arrested in District court after being sentenced to time in TDCJ.
On 9/29/2021 31 year old Colton Benningfield was arrested in District Court after being sentenced to serve time in TDCJ.
SHERIFF’S REPORT
On 04/07/2021 27 year old Jeremy Michael McConnell was arrested on a Brown County warrant for Aggravated Assault W/Deadly Weapon. He was later released on $65,000 bond.
On 04/09/2021 34 year old Kavonda Tanae Jackson was arrested during a traffic stop for Possession of a Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. She was later released on $5,000 bond.
On 04/10/2021 41 year old James Harold Stevens was arrested in Hamilton County on a Mills County warrant for Assault Fam/House Member Impede Breath/Circulation. He was transported to the Mills County Jail and later released on $10,000 bond.
On 04/14/2021 17 year old Harley Milder was arrested during a traffic stop and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance PG2 <1g. He was later released on $5,000 bond.
On 04/16/2021 29 year old Stephine Stewart was arrested in Coleman County on a Mills County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. She w2as later released on $5,000 bond.
On 04/18/2021 33 year old Jennifer Garcia was arrested during an investigation into the welfare of a child. The child was found outside unattended at the residence. Garcia, mother of the child, was inside the residence and when asked why the child was unattended the Deputy noticed that she was under the influence of narcotics, namely Methamphetamine. A consensual search was conducted inside the residence and a substantial amount of Methamphetamine and a quantity of Marijuana were located. Garcia was arrested and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance PG1 >1g <4g, Abandon/Endanger a Child Criminal Negligence and Possession of Marijuana <2oz/ In a Drug Free Zone. She was later released on $26,750 bond.
On 04/25/2021 68 year old Joann Brown was arrested during a traffic stop and charged with Fleeing Police Office Imminent Danger Serious Bodily Injury and Driving While Intoxicated. She was later released after posting $5,000 bond.
On 05/06/2021 25 year old Steven Barron Storey was arrested during a traffic stop for Unlawful Possession Firearm by Felon, Unlawful Carry of Weapon, Resist Arrest Search or Transport, Driving While Intoxicated 2nd and Fail to Identify False/Fictitious Info. He was later released on $26,500 bond.
On 05/07/2021 23 year old Luke Leatherman Harper was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Driving While Intoxicated. He was later released on a PR bond.
On 05/08/2021 39 year old Jared Franklin Pfeil was arrested on a Uvalde County warrant for Violation of Pretrial/Stalking. He was later transported back to Uvalde County.
On 05/08/2021 21 year old Zyketh Tyree Campbell and 23 year old Michael Edmund Gomez were arrested during a traffic stop for Possession of Marijuana <2oz and Unlawful Carry Weapon. They were later released on $3,500 bond.
On 05/11/2021 24 year old Francisco Xaiver Reyna was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Stalking. He was later released on $15,000 bond.
On 05/14/2021 21 year old Tyler Layne Cisneros was arrested during a traffic stop for Possession of Marijuana <2oz. He was later released on $1,000 bond.
On 05/23/2021 24 year old Guerchon Kousmha was arrested during a traffic stop for Driving While License Invalid and Fail to Maintain Financial Responsibility. He was later released on $5,000 bond.
On 05/25/2021 52 year old Keith Dwayne Boykin was arrested on a Mills County warrant for Driving While Intoxicated 3rd or More. He was later released on $12,500 bond.
On 05/28/2021 31 year old Joanna McCarty was arrested on Mills County warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance PG1 <1g and Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence. She was later released on $15,000 bond.
On 05/28/2021 31 year old Jamie Kristen Kidd was arrested during a traffic stop for Driving While Intoxicated W/Child Under 15yoa and Possession of a Controlled Substance PG3 <28g in a Drug Free Zone. She was later released on $32,500 bond.
Sheriff Clint Hammonds reported recent arrest from January to current. On January 29th at approximately 0145 Deputy Drake was on patrol on US 84 west just outside of Goldthwaite. Deputy Drake observed a truck pulling a trailer west bound on US 84 traveling at a 99 M.P.H. in a 55 M.P.H. zone. Deputy Drake stopped the driver who is identified as Hadley Wayne Seider 23 of Mullin, Texas. During the stop it was determined that Seider was intoxicated and was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated. As a result of multiple undercover narcotics investigations in the year of 2019 and 2020 Matthew James Jackson 51 of Goldthwaite was taken into custody for sentencing on March 2nd. Jackson was charged with several counts of delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine over 4 grams but less than 200 grams, tampering with evidence and failure to register as sex offender. Jackson was sentenced to 15 years for possession and 15 years for delivery and 2 years for failure to register as sex offender. On February 17th Joshua Allen Auvenshine 23 Of Comanche, Texas was arrested for a motion to revoke probation for a previous possession of methamphetamine in Mills County. On February 22, Deputies responded to a suspicious person near a business on Fisher Street in Goldthwaite. Deputies located a 21-year-old female in a black car next to the building. The female was identified as Lashantae Shacole Williams of San Antonio. Williams was arrested for a robbery warrant out of Bexar County, Texas and the vehicle she was in was also stolen from San Antonio.
On March 3rd Deputies transported 22-year-old James Johnathan Walker from Arkansas for a warrant charging him with burglary of a building. On March 9th Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Fisher Street in Goldthwaite and made contact with driver identified as Beatriz Cordero-Jimenez 25 of Austin. During the stop deputies had probable cause for a search that resulted in the seizure of marijuana and other controlled substance. Jimenez was arrested and later posted bail of her charges. On March 10th Justin Ismael Zepeda 19 of Austin, Texas was arrested for surety withdraw for possession of marijauna and a controlled substance. On March 14th Deputies were on patrol on US 84 west of Goldthwaite and stopped the driver of a vehicle for a traffic infraction. During the contact deputies could smell a strong odor of marijuana emitting from inside the vehicle. Deputies searched the vehicle and recovered a loaded handgun, marijuana and 28 grams of prescription medicine. Christopher Rodriguez was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of controlled substance and unlawful carrying of handgun. This same date at approximately 6:30 PM, Deputies attempted to stop a vehicle that fled from them on US 183 and continuing on to County Road 450. The driver of the vehicle finally stopped further down County Road 450 inside some property. Deputies made contact with 51-year-old Jeffery Dean Carlisle of Copperas Cove, TX. Deputies observed Carlisle smoking a marijauna cigarette. Carlisle was arrested for possession of marijuana, fleeing and was taken to the Mills County Jail. Once inside the jail during a search an item fell from Carlisle’s boots believed to be drugs but Carlisle immediately grabbed the item and flushed it. Carlisle was then charged with felony tampering with evidence. Further through the booking process Carlisle made death threats against staff and was charged with felony retaliation.
Keith Dwayne Boykin 52 of Goldthwaite was arrested on March 15th for driving while intoxicated 3rd or more. On March 17th Breanna Lynn Spencer 37 of Brownwood, Texas was arrested on 2 outstanding warrants for possession of methamphetamine. Walter Franklin Wilson 27 of Mullin, TX was taken into custody on March 19th after being sentenced to SAFEP treatment facility. On March 21 at approximately 5:50 PM, Jonathan Tyrone Kitchens 26 of Killeen, TX was stopped for a minor traffic violation which resulted in the recovery of THC edibles and cocaine. Kitchens was charged with 2 counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana. On March 24th Victoria Larae Lomas was arrested for an outstanding warrant for motion to revoke probation for possession of controlled substance. On March 31st Tyler Tindell 21 of Mart, TX was sentenced by 35th District Judge Mike Smith to 5 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the offense of burglary of a building.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office is seeking qualified applicants to sponsor as a Cadet Deputy Sheriff for the upcoming Police Academy at Central Texas College beginning January 11, 2021. Those interested will be required to fill out a preliminary application for employment and pass a TCOLE criminal background check, pass a physical fitness test (2000 meters on a Concept II rower at level 5 resistance for time based on your weight, sex and age. You must attain 25% of you V02 max in order to be accepted into the police academy), pass an oral interview board, Fill out a complete Application for Employment and Personal History Statement to include ALL required/applicable documents (Original certified birth certificate, SS Card, HS Diploma/GED, College transcripts/diploma, Driver’s License, DD214), pass a TCOLE medical exam, drug screen and psychological exam. Applications will be accepted until December 4, 2020.
The Mills County Sheriff’s Office is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
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On 05/03/2020 Deputies responded to the 1600 Block of Priddy Road in response to an intoxicated male who refused to leave the residence. While enroute Deputies learned that the subject had started shooting at the residence. Deputies arrived and as a result of the investigation 49 year old Jarred Lee Williams was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon. He was later charged with Motion to Adjudicate/Deadly Conduct/Discharge Firearm. Williams remains in the Mills County Jail on bonds totaling $50,000.
On 05/13/2020 33 year old Amber Scheree Sims was booked into the Mills County Jail on several Mills County Warrants. The warrants were for Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence W/Intent to Impair/ Repeat Offender, Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG1 >1g <4g in a Drug Free Zone and Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG1 >4g <200g/Repeat Offender. Sims remains in the Mills County Jail on bonds totaling $115,000.
On 05/15/2020 26n year old Esteban Rodriguez Jr. was arrested on several Mills County warrants. The warrants were for Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG1 >400g, Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 >1g <4g and Driving While License Invalid W/Previous Convictions. Rodriguez was released on bonds totaling $47,500.
On 05/15/2020 DPS Troopers arrested 22 year old Zachariah Terrence Gorham on a warrant for Theft and Possession of Marijuana <2oz. Gorham was later released on $6,000 bond.
On 05/16/2020 DPS Troopers investigated a crash on FM 574. As a result of the investigation 20 year old Christian Manuel Valencia was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated BAC >.15 and Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle. Valencia was later released on $5,500 bond.
On 05/29/2020 29 year old Adalberto Deleon was transported to the Mills County Jail from Tom Green County on Mills County warrants. The warrants were for Failure to Appear/Theft of Livestock, Theft of Livestock and Evading Arrest. Deleon remains in the Mills County Jail on bonds totaling $176,000.
On 05/29/2020 26 year old Dequon Jamar Cole was arrested in Brown County on a Mills County warrant for MTR/Failure to Identify. Cole was later released on $1,500 bond.
On 05/31/2020 35 year old Edward Gonzales was arrested on a Hamilton County warrant for Promote Prostitution of Less Than 18 YOA Person. Gonzales was later released on $20,000 bond.
On 06/01/2020 Deputies responded to New Horizons Ranch in reference to an assault. As a result of the investigation 17 year old Christopher Robin Smith was arrested for Assault Causing Bodily Injury. Smith remains in the Mills County Jail on $2,500 bond.
On 06/13/2020 21 year old James Jonathon Walker was transported back to Mills County from Arkansas on Mills County warrant for Burglary of a Building. Walker was later released on $7,500 bond.
On 06/15/2020 DPS Trooper Owens conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on Hwy 183. As a result of the stop and subsequent investigation 5 people were arrested on multiple charges.
1. 19 year old Jesus Humberto Ramos for out of county warrants for Evading Arrest/Detention W/Vehicle and MTA Attempt to Commit Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g and Mills County charges of Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG2 >400g, Possession of Marijuana >4oz <5lbs and Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. Ramos was later released on bonds totaling $67,500.
2. 18 year old Anallely Yasmin Jaimez-Perez was arrested for Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG2 >400g, Possession of Marijuana >4oz <5lbs and Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. Perez was later released on bonds totaling $55,000.
3. 18 year old Margarito Andreas Sanchez was arrested for Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG2 >400g, Possession of Marijuana >4oz <5lbs and Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. Sanchez was later released on bonds totaling $55,000.
4. 17 year old Daemon Lye Garcia was arrested for Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG2 >400g, Possession of Marijuana >4oz <5lbs and Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. Garcia was later released on bonds totaling $55,000.
5. 20 year old Kevin Alexis Leiva was arrested for Manufacture/Deliver Controlled Substance PG2 >400g, Possession of Marijuana >4oz <5lbs and Possession of Controlled Substance PG1 <1g. Leiva was later released on bonds totaling $55,000.
On 06/27/2020 55 year old Robert Joe Anderson was arrested for Driving While Intoxicated. Anderson was later released on $1,500 bond.
On 07/03/2020 36 year old Nora Lopez-Perez was arrested for Assault Causes Bodily Injury/Family Member. Lopez-Perez was later released on PR bond.
On 07/08/2020 Deputies arrested 51 year old Moses Fernando Valencia on Mills County warrants for Assault Causes Bodily Injury/Family Member and Criminal Trespass. Valencia was later released on 07/17/2020 after being given time served.
On 07/10/2020 39 year old John David Ritter was arrested in San Saba County on a Mills County warrant for FTA/Revoke Probation/DWLI. Ritter was later released on $750 bond.
On 07/11/2020 Deputy Drake conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling on Hwy 84West. As a result of the stop and subsequent investigation 62 year old Theodore Alan Dupee was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance PG2 >4g <400g, Possession of Marijuana <2oz and Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon. Dupee remains in the Mills County Jail on bonds totaling $19,000.
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