NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A month-long drug-distribution investigation led to the arrest of two Nacogdoches residents on numerous charges Thursday morning.Willie Marcell Ballard and Samantha Inez Wallin, both 35, were taken into custody after Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office investigators developed information indicating they were responsible for the sale and distribution of drugs – including methamphetamine […]
Anglers throughout Texas established fishing records through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Angler Recognition Program (ARP) in 2023, highlighted by one of the most notable — six-year-old Ernst Toepfer V becoming the youngest Elite Angler in program history. Toepfer earned his Saltwater Elite Angler Award certificate by accumulating Big Fish awards for five saltwater qualifying species. He […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Lufkin man was charged with a second-degree felony during a traffic stop Monday night after deputies discovered a large quantity of methamphetamine in his vehicle. While patrolling in Etoile around 11:30 p.m., NCSO deputies noticed a 1999 Dodge Dakota swerve from the eastbound lane to the westbound lane of state […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – The first indication to an NCSO deputy that something wasn’t quite right during a traffic stop early Tuesday morning was when the driver handed over his credit card instead of his license. While not an offense by itself, the seemingly nervous behavior raised the suspicions of deputies, whopulled over Devin Bernard […]
Three anglers at three separate lakes caught Legacy Class ShareLunkers Monday afternoon to kickstart the second month of the 2024 Toyota ShareLunker collection season. It was the 13th time in program history that anglers submitted three or more Legacy Class largemouth bass in a single day. This is the first triple lunker day since the 2021 collection […]
As required by state law, a third party entity, the Texas Rangers, have been requested to investigate the death of an inmate in the custody of the Nacogdoches County Jail.Jeffrey Wayne Burgay, 51 years of age, was arrested on Monday, February 05, 2024 and booked into the jail on two felony charges.On Wednesday, February 07, […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A baseball’s worth of methamphetamine and a large amount of currency was seized when deputies arrested two people during a traffic stop Friday. Jarvis Lanard Taylor, 35, of Nacogdoches and Rileigh Peyton Windham, 29, of Center, were jailed after Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered nearly 5 ounces of methamphetamine in […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking for the public’s help locating a man accused of a violent assault.On Dec. 19, 2023, NCSO deputies were dispatched to an assault at a home in the 7700 block of CR 808 in which a man allegedly struck a woman and 13-year-old child. The […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office deputies seized more than 35 gallons of prescription cough syrup during a traffic stop Sunday.Deputies on patrol in the 300 block of N.W. Stallings Drive Sunday afternoon observed a grey 2020 Chevrolet Equinox commit several moving violations, at which point they initiated a traffic stop. The driver, […]
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, Texas – A Garrison man was arrested and booked into the county jail Sunday following allegations that he inappropriately touched a juvenile.Cedric Johnson, 48, faces three second-degree felony charges for indecency with a child, sexual contact. Johnson was brought to the attention of NCSO investigators when a young woman made an outcry that […]