A Clarendon man was sentenced when the district court heard pleas in six cases in Panhandle on September 13.
District Attorney Luke Inman, along with Assistant District Attorney Harley Caudle, prosecuted the cases for the State of Texas, with the Honorable Judge Stuart Messer presiding.
Emzy Harris, 35, from Clarendon, was placed on eight years’ probation for the second degree felony offense of possession of failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements. Harris was arrested by Donley County Chief Deputy Jay Longan on August 2 and pleaded to an information filed by the State on September 8.
Harris was also ordered to successfully complete 300 hours of community service, and pay a $500 fine, $400 in attorney fees, and $290 in court costs. If her probation is revoked, Harris faces up to 20 years in prison.
In other cases, Billy Jack Wayne, 26, from Bakersfield, Calif., was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the first degree felony offense of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer.
“This case involved the defendant running from our officers on I-40, then swerving at a Carson County Deputy to try and take him out of the chase,” said Inman. “For defendants like this, their only options are plead guilty for substantial pen time or take it to a jury.”
Wayne was finally arrested in Carson County by Chief Deputy J.C. Blackburn on June 21. Wayne was later indicted by the Carson County Grand Jury on August 18. Wayne was also ordered to pay $340 in court costs.
Angel Diaz Torres, 35, of Mexico, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and $340 in court costs after he pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony offense of possession of a controlled substance.
Allen Ray Thomas, 39, from Fritch, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the second-degree felony offense of burglary of a habitation.
Reyes Herrera, Jr., 44, from Wellington, was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the state jail felony offense of theft.
Austin Ensey, 41, from Borger, was sentenced to six years in prison for the third degree felony offense of evading arrest in a motor vehicle.
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