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KXXV News Channel 25
April 15, 2018
Members of the Holy Spirit Episcopal Church felt called to serve the families of inmates at the McLennan County Jail. "Our church does a lot of meals for a lot of people, and along the way I realized that we should do a meal for a group of people who's overlooked," Matthew Anderson, the event organizer forÃâà...
KWTX
April 15, 2018
Church hosts barbecue for families of jail inmates. By Chelsea Edwards |. Posted: Sat 11:43 PM, Apr 14, 2018 |. Updated: Sun 3:29 PM, Apr 15, 2018. WACO, Texas (KWTX) It's not the typical place for a barbecue, but visitors of inmates of McLennan County Jail are enjoying the food and fellowship.
Waco Tribune-Herald
April 13, 2018
A pickup basketball game two years ago was the inspiration for a free barbecue hospitality event Saturday to unite two unlikely groups: law enforcement and families of those incarcerated in the McLennan County Jail. The Holy Spirit Episcopal Church has partnered with the McLennan County Sheriff'sÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
April 7, 2018
Billy Rodriguez, who is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child, has been in the McLennan County Jail for 968 days. In 54th State District Court on Friday morning, Rodriguez said he is frustrated by his inability to get to trial and asked Judge Matt Johnson to replace his court-appointedÃâà...
KWTX
April 5, 2018
Zhang was released from the McLennan County Jail on Dec. 9 after posting a $30,000 bond, according to jail officials. Investigators said at least three women were working for Zhang and paid her to live at the businesses, in addition to giving her most of their earnings. The women were handed over toÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 31, 2018
The Prerelease Re-entry Program at the McLennan County Jail is part of the McLennan County Reintegration Program, an effort between the city of Waco, McLennan County, and the Heart of Texas Region MHMR Center. Ray, a local musician and McLennan Community College student, offered to helpÃâà...
KWTX
March 28, 2018
County jail and mental health professionals are bringing music therapy to inmates in hopes of reducing recidivism. The McLennan County Jail has had a reintegration program since November of 2016, but a music class has been added to the program's curriculum thanks to a local country music artist.
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 19, 2018
Walker was arrested Feb. 22, and Fuentes was arrested March 3 on the engaging in organized criminal activity charges. Both have been released on bond. Pickens was arrested last month and remained in McLennan County Jail on Monday with bond listed at $10,000. He also has a parole violation listedÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 15, 2018
... saying he did not sexually assault the woman, the affidavit states. Medical staff told police it appeared the woman had been sexually assaulted, according to the affidavit. Police arrested Aviles on Wednesday on a second-degree felony sexual assault charge. He was released from McLennan County JailÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 14, 2018
... held in a mental health facility in Falls County on a criminal mischief warrant. Court documents stated that McKee confessed to the murder and was listed as an "early suspect." McKee was arrested in January on a murder charge. He has remained in McLennan County Jail with a bond listed at $500,000.
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 14, 2018
The McLennan County Jail is probably the largest provider of mental health services in the area.” Hare smiled when reminded that Jim Wren, a Baylor University law professor and a colleague, is a brother-in-law of Johnson, his opponent who practiced civil law in the Dallas area before returning to hisÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 13, 2018
Tommy Earl Propes, 55, of Dallas, was booked into McLennan County Jail on Sunday as a result of a Waco police investigation into the sexual abuse of two young girls in 2017. According to arrest affidavits, one of the girls told her mother that Propes had sexually touched her in December 2013.
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 6, 2018
The jail payment comes out of the county's general fund. Jack Harwell Detention Center serves as an overflow jail for the McLennan County Jail, which is operated by the McLennan County Sheriff's Office. Inmates generally first go to the McLennan County Jail, also known as the Highway 6 Jail, Felton said.
Waco Tribune-Herald
March 1, 2018
Wright was arrested on a Class A misdemeanor charge of official oppression. He was released from McLennan County Jail on a $1,000 bond by Thursday night. Phone calls to the McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility seeking information about Wright's current employment status were notÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
February 22, 2018
Williams reportedly said that they would not get in trouble since he has not been ordered not to be in contact with the victim in the case. After the phone call, detectives added a first-degree felony charge of tampering with a witness onto Williams' case. He remained in custody at McLennan County Jail onÃâà...
KWTX
February 22, 2018
Derwin Bell, Christopher Carprew, Jared Mays, and Christopher Clark were waiting to be booked into the McLennan County Jail on a range of drugs and weapons charges Thursday night. Sheriff Parnell McNamara said they were originally only going after Bell, a fugitive wanted for skipping-out on a courtÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
February 20, 2018
Detectives went to TuiNa House on Tuesday and arrested Zhang at the business. She was arrested on a second-degree felony charge of trafficking of persons and was booked into McLennan County Jail. She remained in custody Tuesday evening. Bond information was not immediately available.
Denton Record Chronicle
December 31, 1999
WACO (AP) -- As Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come," filled a small room and a foot tapped under a table, McLennan County Jail inmates scribbled interpretations of the lyrics in notebooks. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports an inmate started to sing softly in the room lined with handwritten posters onÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
December 31, 1999
James and Staton had been released from McLennan County Jail by Wednesday afternoon on $10,000 bond each. Authorities said they plan on releasing additional images of suspects who were captured on video at the businesses. Eleven other men allegedly captured on the videos have already beenÃâà...
Waco Tribune-Herald
December 31, 1999
A co-defendant in a Jan. 8 robbery was booked into McLennan County Jail on Thursday, an arrest warrant states. Jeromy Munoz, 24, of Waco, was arrested on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon after police say he participated in a robbery in the 1100 block of RossÃâà...
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