NEWS
DA asks one part-timer to help catch up
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Montague County Commissioners approved a request from Interim District Attorney Katie Boggeman to use Senate Bill 22 funds to pay for a part-time position to assist with filing and entering cases in the 97th DA’s office.
The court met in regular session Monday as Boggeman made her request and took the opportunity to introduce her new staff which includes Investigators Wes Wallace and Todd Lewis, Brandi Shipman, office administrator and victim assistance coordinator and Jackie Welsh, also victim assistance coordinator.
Boggeman was named interim DA on Aug. 1 after DA Casey Hall accepted a temporary suspension in an Aug. 9 removal petition hearing, which is connected to an indictment for two theft complaints on Hall connected to the use of state grant funds.
A jury trial is pending in the removal hearing civil action, while the pre-trial hearing in the criminal case will be Oct. 31. Boggeman, who defeated Hall in the March primary and is unchallenged in the general election and expected to take office Jan. 1, 2025.
The interim DA told the court they inherited quite a chore across the street, and she asked for a part-time position strictly for filing and electronic input.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Top photo: (Left) Katie Boggeman, interim district attorney, introduced her new staff for the Montague County Commissioner’s Court Monday. They are Brandi Shipman, office administrator and victim assistance coordinator, Jackie Welsh, victim assistance coordinator, Wes Wallace and Todd Lewis, both investigators. (News photo by Barbara Green)
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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