by Natalie Frels | Feb 21, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that 34-year-old Robert Rene Rangel Jr. of Kyle was sentenced by Judge Tracie Wright-Reneau of the 207th District Court on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Rangel was convicted by a...
by Natalie Frels | Feb 9, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Hays County Commissioners Court recently approved the creation of a behavioral health coordinator position within the Hays County Health Department. The is the first position created by the county to address mental health and substance abuse...
by Natalie Frels | Feb 9, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced that a Hays County Grand Jury has reviewed the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Buda in September 2023, and determined that the officers were justified in their actions....
by Ysabella Aguilar | Jan 19, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today, Jan. 19, that Tony Robert Barrera III, 44, was found guilty by a Hays County jury on Jan. 18 of possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl) with intent to deliver, as well as...
by Ysabella Aguilar | Jan 12, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced that Stewart Thomas Mettz was found guilty today, Jan. 11 of capital murder by a Hays County jury. Following the guilty verdict, Mettz was sentenced by Judge Bruce Boyer of the 22nd...
by Ysabella Aguilar | Jan 9, 2024 | News, Press Releases
SAN MARCOS – A Kyle man has been sentenced to a total of 52 years in prison for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s young daughter. Jacob Earl Shirejian, 44, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 8 on two first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and...