CRIME & SAFETY

According to District Attorney Micheal Murray, during the May 2023 session of the Brown County Grand Jury, Thirty (30) True Bills were returned against Twenty-Three (23) persons. Victoria Hollins-Rodriguez – Driving While Intoxicated With Child Passenger. Victoria Hollins-Rodriguez – Ct. I-III: Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon. Felipe Antonio...

The Brownwood Police Department issued the following press release Friday afternoon:. On Wednesday, May 31, at approximately 11:30 p.m. officers were dispatched to an apartment complex in the 1300 block of 13th St. regarding suspicious text messages. Officer James Holdar arrived at the complex and, as he walked to the...

BROWN COUNTY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A Brown County mother has pleaded guilty to the murder of her 9-year-old child. Dawn Hill-Flesner, 47, gave her guilty plea to a Capital Murder charge Tuesday in connection to the death of HardiQuinn Hill, who was found dead inside the home she shared with Hill-Flesner and her partner Jamie […]

The Early Police Department issued the following information on its Facebook page Thursday afternoon:. On Wednesday, May 31 at approximately 8 p.m., officers responded to the 1000 block of Early Blvd. regarding 3 intoxicated females in parking lot. An officer arrived and began attempting to interview one of the subjects...

The Brownwood Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 6:50 am May 26th at 2801 Southside Drive, Apartment 104. This is a six unit apartment building with only one unit being affected by fire. The occupant was not living there due to roof damage from a previous storm.

On Sunday, May 28, at approximately 9:15 a.m., Deputy Scotty Burke was dispatched to CR 267. This was in reference to the attempted theft of a motor vehicle. Contact was made with an individual who advised the feed truck for the ranch had been moved from the barn and was now stuck in the field. The individual also advised numerous hand tools had been taken from the barn storage room and were now in the bed of the truck. A possible suspect was named.

The Brownwood Police Department issued the following press release Wednesday morning:. On Tuesday, May 23, at approximately 3 p.m., officers were dispatched to Walmart, 401 W. Commerce, regarding a report of theft. When officers arrived, they met with the store’s loss prevention officer and 33-year-old Norma Gail Smith of Comanche....

On May 26, 1874, former Texas Ranger and Brown County Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb was shot and killed by outlaw John Wesley Hardin outside a saloon in the town of Comanche. Born May 2, 1848, in Harrison County Kentucky, Webb was just 26 years old when he was killed in the line of duty. While I was reading about this event, I was struck by several things that just don’t seem right to me about this story.