Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin convened a hearing on the removal of Newman on Monday morning.
James P. Cooney III, the independent counsel, said in opening arguments that ample grounds exist to warrant the removal of the district attorney. He cited the three pillars of the case against the elected prosecutor for Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties:
A plea deal Newman made that allowed a defendant charged with five child sexual abuse felonies to plead guilty to one misdemeanor in a brief proceeding that the victim was not made aware of.
The successful charge of vindictive prosecution by a defendant jailed for eight and a half years, a case currently on appeal before the state Supreme Court.
Ariel Hutchins, recent winner of the 2021 Future Faces of Texas Country Music, will perform Saturday evening at Mulligans, starting at 8.
Born in Abilene and raised here before moving to Cross Plains, where she graduated from high school, Htuchins performed at the awards show with 2020 Abilene visitors Randy Rogers and Bri Bagwell, and Abilene-based Aaron Watson, among others.
Her debut single, Wine Won t Work, currently is No. 6 and moving up the Texas Regional Radio Report and No. 10 on the Texas Country Music Chart two slots ahead of I Hope I m Holding You by Outlaws & Legends festival founder and band leader Mark Powell on both charts.
June 12, 2014: Valerie Marie Owenby, who was then 12 years old, and her mother, Carol Lynn Owenby, report to the Henderson County sheriff’s office that James Franklin Sapp, a next door neighbor, had sexually assaulted her from the time she was 5 years old to the present.
Aug. 6, 2014: Sheriff’s Detective Tonya Reeves submits a search warrant application detailing Valerie’s accusations of sexual assault by Sapp from the time she was 5 until she was 12 and her accusations that Sapp “told her she would kill her dad if she told anyone” and when he stopped the abuse threatened to kill her family if she told anyone. The search warrant, granted by Superior Court Judge Mark Powell, compels Sapp to pose for photos from the waist down to corroborate Valerie’s statement that he had identifying marks around his penis area.
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DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – A third group of 225 unaccompanied migrant children has arrived at the Convention Center for temporary emergency shelter bringing the total staying there to 948, according to U.S. Health and Human Services.
It comes as a COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread with 10 additional girls testing positive, bringing the total to 92. In-person education has also begun for migrant children with curriculum including English language development, social-emotional learning, arts and geography.
It is raising concerns among some who say the San Diego County Board of Education is not being transparent about the programs in place at the Convention Center.