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Editor’s note: This piece has been updated below to reflect that Samuel Ukwuachu was found guilty of second-degree sexual assault on August 20, 2015.
In early June, Baylor defensive coordinator Phil Bennett was a guest speaker at a luncheon in Fort Worth for the Baylor Sports Network. During his speech, he dropped a bit of long-anticipated information about the team’s plans: He expected defensive end Sam Ukwuachu a Freshman All-American who transferred in 2013 from Boise State to Baylor only to miss 2014, his first eligible season with the Bears, for unspecified reasons to finally take the field. It was a significant announcement for a program that’s a favorite pick to clinch one of four College Football Playoff spots, and it was reported by a breathless sports media eager to talk up head coach Art Briles’ program. No one questioned Bennett’s assertion that Ukwuachu was expected to play even though Ukwuachu was due to stand t
The McLennan County District Attorneyâs Office has declined to prosecute a misdemeanor family assault charge involving the chief public information officer for the Killeen Independent School District.
Taina Maya, 33, KISD chief of communications and marketing, was arrested by Waco police Oct. 14, 2020, after a verbal argument with her husband allegedly had turned physical. She told the Herald previously that she and her husband called the police in order to keep the argument from escalating.
On Feb. 3, the DAâs office did not accept the case because âsuccessful prosecution (was) unlikely,â according to a report obtained by the Herald from McLennan County.
HSI received information in November 2019 that between March 1 and April 17, 2016, Joe Meadors conspired with an unknown subject to commit the murder of two victims
A Waco man with mental health issues charged with threatening his parents with a knife was released from jail Thursday after he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and was given credit for the 414 days he has been jailed.
Thomas Olsen Pena, 37, pleaded guilty to a Class A misdemeanor charge of repeated violations of a protective order after prosecutors reduced the charge from a third-degree felony and offered Pena 135 days in jail as part of a plea bargain.
A Waco psychologist determined Pena should be found not guilty by reason of insanity and hospitalized to treat schizoaffective disorder bipolar type, but the McLennan County District Attorneyâs Office disputed that opinion and said Penaâs fate should be determined by a jury. With the coronavirus shutting down trials since early this year, Pena languished in jail for more than a year before the DAâs office offered him the plea agreement, which essentially would allow him to walk free from jail after his guilty plea