In separate incidents, two Killeen men have been charged with assault of a public servant after allegedly attacking two Killeen police officers.
According to an arrest affidavit, the first incident occurred on July 22. Two officers responded to Fourth Street and Dean Avenue in regards to a man suspected of criminal trespass at a business. Police later found and identified the man as 23-year-old John Luis Fermin-Diaz.
Police said they asked Fermin-Diaz to perform a search on his bag, and found a green leafy substance consistent with marijuana, the affidavit said. At that time, officers attempted to arrest him. Fermin-Diaz tried to evade, and began struggling. During the struggle, police said Fermin-Diaz gained control of one of the officerâs tasers. Police said he also bit one of the officers.
Killeen police have charged a 25-year-old man who police said admitted to disciplining his daughter with a belt.
Police say the man hit the girl with a belt after the 5-year-old girl wet herself. The incident happened at an apartment in the 1200 block of North College Street Wednesday. Police were there for a welfare check, according to an arrest affidavit.
A caller told police sounds of a male yelling, a child screaming and crying and loud thumps could be heard from the apartment, the affidavit said.
After speaking to the man, Jametrius Anthony Wolf, and another woman, police talked to the 5-year-old girl.
A Killeen man is facing charges after police said he kidnapped and assaulted a woman at a local business in the city.
Police responded to the business Tuesday in reference to an armed suspect, according to an arrest affidavit from Bell County. A witness told police Christopher Charles Beard, 40, of Killeen walked into the business and confronted a woman regarding a recent incident between the too, before producing a firearm and demanding the woman get into his vehicle. The witness said Beard and the woman then drove off in his car.
Police were able to locate Beard at his home, where they took down a statement from the victim, according to the affidavit. She told police she got in Beardâs car out of concern for her safety and people at the business. The business was not named in the affidavit.
The arrest happened in the intersection of Edgfield Street and Robinette Road at 10:10 a.m. Friday.
According to an arrest affidavit from Bell County officials, a Killeen police officer was dispatched to the area in reference to a crash with injury. The affidavit said a white vehicle had reportedly run a stop sign and struck a pole.
The responding officer reported that 27-year-old Shayla E. Sjolin, who was receiving treatment from EMS when she arrived, was the driver of the car, and that a child was the passenger. Sjolin told the officer she slid through water and that she was going 40 miles an hour when the crash happened.