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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.”
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Bowie School Board to review superintendent candidate applications

Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
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Bowie News will be 1 day late due to June 19 holiday

Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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Former DA Hall remains in jail

As of June 9 details on why an appeal bond was revoked on Casey Hall which prompted her arrest in Sulphur Springs on June 2 remain unclear.
The former 97th District Attorney was convicted of misapplication of fiduciary property and theft by a public servant on May 13 in the 16th District Court in Denton County.
The jury gave her a sentence of one year in state jail for misapplication of fiduciary property and six years probation for theft by a public servant.
The 38-year-old Hall was booked into the Hopkins County Jail on June 2 on a warrant after a Denton County judge revoked the appeal bond that was $10,000.
Hall filed her intent to appeal the conviction and sentence, so after posting a $10,000 bond, she was released on May 14 instead of beginning her sentence.
Denton County Court records indicated on June 2 Judge Sherry Shipman, who presided in the trial, declared Hall’s bond insufficient and a warrant was issued for her arrest.
There were rumors Hall may have opted to drop her appeal, but that information has not been confirmed through the court. As of June 9 Hall remained booked into the Hopkins County Jail.
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