NEWS
Jury finds Miller guilty, gives 5 years in prison
Casey Polhemus, 97th District Attorney reported Robert Ross Miller, II, was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday afternoon for possessing 7.13 grams of methamphetamine, after being found guilty by a Montague County jury earlier in the day.
On Oct. 17, 2016, the defendant was stopped for a traffic violation by a Department of Public Safety Trooper outside of Bowie on U.S. Highway 287 southbound.
He was subsequently found to be in possession of the 7.13 grams of methamphetamine.
Polhemus said the charge carries a punishment range of two to 20 years in prison with a fine up to $10,000.
Jury selection took place on Jan. 9 and the trial began the next day. The defendant entered a plea of not guilty.
The trial concluded on Jan. 11 and after about one hour of deliberation, the jury returned with a guilty verdict.
The jury assessed punishment that same day at five years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division, and a fine of $8,000.
“I am very pleased with the guilty verdict rendered by the jury,” said Polhemus. “As a resident of Montague County Texas, I am proud the jury handed down a prison sentence demonstrating that methamphetamine use will not be tolerated.”
One person went to the Bowie emergency room following this accident on U.S. Highway 81 and Applegate Road at 2:52 p.m. Wednesday. Department of Public Safety officers report a truck tractor tanker was north bound on Hwy 81 driven by Michael Logan, 57, Duncan, OK. A passenger car moved into the left lane to pass the truck and Logan reportedly tapped his brakes, that locked up causing him to jack-knife across the highway. As the tanker crossed into oncoming traffic a southbound Dodge Ram 2500 pickup driven by Bradley Werner, 49, Lavaca, AZ struck the tanker. Werner was transported by Bowie EMS to the ER with undisclosed injuries. Texas Department of Transportation crews arrived on the scene to assist while debris and vehicles were removed from the highway. (Photo by Barbara Green)
The Montague County Grand Jury issued nine indictments during this week’s April session.
The 97th District Attorney said there also were four no-bills and five sealed cases awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
Read the full list of cases in the weekend Bowie News.
The City of Nocona received a clean audit as its council addressed a variety of topics in its April 9 meeting.
Accountant David Parkman presented the financial report ending Sept. 20, 2023 prepared by Edgin, Parkman, Parkman and Fleming PC. City Secretary Revell Hardison said there were no issues and the year ended strongly.
A pair of requests from the Nocona Economic Development Corporation were approved. The second reading to expend $13,025 from the NEDC A and B boards to purchase a mower and maintenance vehicles and to top dress greens at Indian Oaks Golf Course was finalized.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
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