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Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse today said the Jail he oversees passed the annual, mandatory, surprise inspection by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards.
“The Commission does a great job making sure facilities across the state are in compliance, and I am more than pleased they approve of our operation,” Hillhouse said. “Our average jail population this year has been 366 inmates.”
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An Athens woman was found shot Sunday evening in a north Athens neighborhood. April Nicole Taylor, 30, of Athens, was transported to UT Health East Texas where she died a short time later.
At approximately 8:30 P.M., the Athens Police Department received a report of an unresponsive person in the 1000 block of Third Street. Upon arrival of police and fire personnel at the scene, officers found bystanders performing CPR on Taylor. It was then discovered that she had suffered a gunshot wound to the upper abdomen. Taylor was transported by EMS to the local hospital where she died as a result of her injuries.
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Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s Narcotics Investigators raided a Mabank home after midnight Monday and arrested three methamphetamine dealers.
Earlier in the day, they chased a wanted, armed felon across four East Texas Counties at high rates of speed, eventually capturing him after a foot pursuit.
“Our team here busted up a drug ring, and – working with other law enforcement officers – also got a wanted felon off the streets,” Hillhouse said.
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A Friday pre-dawn raid in Tool by a team of Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s men ended with a man behind bars, charged with a Third Degree Felony for possession of methamphetamines.
Clint Gordon Hamilton, 37 of Tool was arrested at a residence in the 600 block of East Will White Road in that town around 4 a.m.
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A midnight raid by Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse’s Narcotics Investigators ended with a 60-year-old drug dealer locked up and a large amount of methamphetamines, as well as cash, seized early Friday morning.
Both men were taken to the Henderson County Jail and will required criminal defense advice for drug possession.
Hillhouse said another 19-year-old man was also arrested at the travel-trailer home on Old Goshen Road just outside of Eustace, north of the County seat of Athens.
Martin Elvis Riddle, 60, of Eustace was in possession of a substantial amount of the illegal drug, the paraphernalia used in its manufacture and delivery and over $1,000 in cash.
Dylan Wayne Morrison, 19, of Gun Barrel City was also at the residence and was charged with possession of a smaller amount of meth.
“This dealer was plying his trade deep in the country but that did not protect him from our team of Investigators committed to busting up the drug business here,” Hillhouse said.
Investigators Wayne Nut and Kenneth Slaton executed the search warrant signed by Gun Barrel City Municipal Judge Grace Wallace prior to the raid.
They found a large group of the people at the trailer as they arrested the pair.
Henderson County Investigator Damon Boswell, currently assigned as a Task Force Officer for the Drug Enforcement Agency, assisted in the raid.
He was joined by Investigators Tell Walker and Dustin Smith and Deputies Matt Jistel, David Robertson and Josh Shoemake.