A Copperas Cove man pleaded guilty this week to attempting to stab a woman last year in Killeen.
Stephon Andre Barrett, 26, was indicted on Feb. 24 on a second-degree felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He entered a guilty plea during a livestreamed hearing in the 426th Judicial District Court on Tuesday.
A sentencing hearing will be held in around six weeks, after a pre-sentence investigation report is completed, according to court discussions on Tuesday. A plea bargain has been reached in the case.
Barrett has been held in the Bell County Jail on a bond of $100,000, since his arrest on Oct. 5, 2020.
A Killeen man pleaded guilty during a remote hearing this week to two first-degree felony charges after a three-hour standoff with police last year.
David Paul Lawrence, 45, was indicted on May 20, 2020, on two charges of aggravated assault against a public servant.
A sentencing hearing in Lawrenceâs case has been set for April 26, according to the 426th Judicial District Court coordinatorâs office.
Lawrence was arrested after a three-hour standoff with Killeen police in the 4200 block of Corrine Drive on Feb. 17, 2020. Police said he had ânumerousâ firearms, including two assault-style rifles, inside the home.
The incident began when police responded to a verbal domestic incident in the southwest Killeen neighborhood.
A Fort Hood man pleaded guilty this week to breaking into a Killeen home in 2019 and beating the man who lived there.
Broderick Calvin Travick, 22, will be sentenced on April 16 on a second-degree felony charge of burglary of a habitation with intent to commit assault. The ex-soldier was indicted on May 27, 2020.
Travick was being held in the Bell County Jail on Thursday in lieu of bonds totaling $45,000, on the felony charge and a Class A misdemeanor charge of assault causing bodily injury. He was booked into jail on Jan. 2, 2020, according to jail records.
During the plea hearing Thursday, Judge Paul LePak, who presides over the 264th Judicial District Court, authorized a personal recognizance bond interview for Travick after Travick said he would be living with family in Killeen while awaiting sentencing.