The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office would like to take this opportunity to wish Jamey Foster the best in her new adventure. She is retiring from the Sheriff’s Office after 27 years of service to Henderson County. She has been a tremendous asset to Henderson County and will be missed. She is starting a new adventure with the TVCC Police Department. Jamey has instructed many academy cadets with the East Texas Police Academy and helped them get the training they needed to complete the academy and become certified Peace Officers. Jamey we wish you well and will always be here for you. (Courtesy photo)
Category: Police Beat
Sheriff’s Office makes multiple arrests for meth
Press release
ATHENS — An Athens man and woman were caught in an early-morning drug raid, and another duo was arrested yesterday afternoon in Mabank – all for possession of methamphetamines – by Henderson County Botie Hillhouse’s Narcotics Investigators.
Gregory Wayne Cantrell, 41, and Ashley Dawn Mauldin, 33, both of Athens were captured at a residence in the 200 block of North Lane Avenue at about 3:40 a.m.
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K9 teams join Henderson County Sheriff’s Office
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Press release
ATHENS — When Sheriff Botie Hillhouse worked narcotics as a Deputy, he successfully handled Henderson County Sheriff’s Office first K9 Deputy, so this week he added two, full-time drug dogs to their team.
“Better still, we are paying for this proven, new weapon with money seized from drug arrests,” he said of the $125,000 operation. “No tax dollars are being spent, and instead we are using what would have been profits for drug dealers to destroy their business.”
During the first hour of their first day on the job, one of the dogs apprehended a wanted woman who escaped custody in a neighboring County.
“They are proving their worth,” the Sheriff said.
This summer, two Deputies – Meagan Hogan and David Robertson – were sent by Hillhouse to a five-week training school at the K9 Global Training Academy in Somerset, near San Antonio.
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Six-month old dies after being left in car
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A six-month-old girl died Thursday after being left in a vehicle all day, and her father was charged with criminally negligent homicide after the mother filled out a sued being assisted by criminal lawyer Melbourne, according to Henderson County Sheriff Botie Hillhouse.
Jackson Tetrick, 24, of Brownsboro, was arrested in the parking lot of the Brownsboro Elementary School on State Highway 31 at 6:40 p.m.
According to family lawyer, he took his wife to her workplace and dropped off another child at the school Thursday morning. He said he returned to the family home, forgetting the infant was still in the car seat in the automobile.
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Four more charged for illegal dumping
Press Release
Last week, four more individuals were caught and charged with illegal dumping in Henderson County. Ladonna Harned of Malakoff was caught dumping on CR 1220, James White of Eustace was caught dumping on CR 1408, Casey Kirklin of Mesquite was caught dumping on Esquire Estates Road and Caitlin Orcutt of Athens was caught dumping on CR 1500.