NEWS
Court denies DA forfeiture funds to supplement staffer
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners said no to the district attorney’s request to use $6,055 from the DA’s forfeiture fund to supplement the salary of a second victim assistance coordinator in her office.
Three of the commissioners said they may have given it stronger consideration if it had been presented during the budget preparation process, but they did not support it just a few weeks after that was adopted.
DA Casey Polhemus asked to supplement the salary of Cassie Smith, who recently completed training as a victim coordinator and handled her first trial. She joins Jessica Morris as the second coordinator. Polhemus said the plan has been to have Smith handle Archer County, Morris work Clay County and the two would split Montague County, along with the other regular duties.
Commissioner Bob Langford was the first to say he would have rather looked at this with the budget, even though it was coming from DA forfeiture funds. Polhemus said Smith had not completed her training at that time and had not done her first trial so she did not want to present the request prematurely.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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