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BELTON — When Michael Dean Cook deliberately placed “Junior” after his name on his Facebook profile page, it led to an enlightening relationship with his father whom he had not ....
The alleged prostitution ring at a Harker Heights massage parlor had ties to other illegal operations across the state and New York, according to a state investigator who testified at a bond hearing this week in a Bell County court. During a pair of bond hearings on July 8 and continued on July 26, Judge Paul LePak heard testimony and arguments before reducing one of the bonds that had been set for one of the three defendants, Limei Feng Godfrey, 50. Godfrey has been in custody since June 2 in lieu of bonds totaling $250,000, on two first-degree felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity and one third-degree felony charge of aggravated promotion of prostitution, jail records showed. ....
The wife of the 76-year-old Harker Heights man accused of two counts of arson said her husband had started to show early signs of dementia before his arrest last year. Willie Williams was indicted March 17 on two counts of arson of a building after police said he started at least two fires in Nolanville last year. Last week, his case was heard remotely in the 264th Judicial District Court after his defense attorney requested that he be released on a personal recognizance bond. After hearing from Williamsâ wife and arguments from attorneys, Judge Paul LePak on Thursday ordered that Williams have a personal recognizance bond interview and that if released, he is to wear a GPS monitor, obey a curfew and get a mental health evaluation. ....
A Killeen man who said he did not remember robbing a Walmart in the city last year was sentenced this week to a term of deferred adjudication probation. On Jan. 21, James Aaron Cabrera Jr., 22, entered a plea of no contest to the second-degree felony charge of robbery. During a remote hearing on Monday in the 264th Judicial District Court, Judge Paul LePak followed a plea agreement in the case and sentenced Cabrera to four years of deferred adjudication probation. Cabrera is to have no contact with the victim or her family or to go to that store. He also has to write a letter of apology and attend more than one victim impact panel. ....