Showing posts with label Upshur County Jail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Upshur County Jail. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Jail Renovations On Commissioners Court Agenda

Commissioners will discuss renovating the jail to add a Jail Administrator's office.

GILMER, TX., Jan. 29, 2009 -- The Upshur County Commissioners Court will hold their regular meeting tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. on the third floor of the courthouse.

Besides the routine matters of payrolls, budgets and accounts payable, commissioners will consider renovating the county jail building to include new office space for the Jail Administrators office.

They will also receive a report from the Sheriff's Office on Racial Profiling.


Other items on the agenda:
* Discuss and take action on filing the plat for the Eagle Ranch Subdivision.
* Consider reappointing David Stevenson to the Northeast Texas Regional Mobility Authority.
* Consider and take action on an agreement between the Sheriff's Office and the City of Gilmer concerning shared use of a vehicle.
* Consider accepting two private roads, PR1198 and PR199, into the county maintenance inventory.
* Discuss possible action on Lantanna Road.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Sheriff's Office Intercepts Drug Shipment To Jail Inmate

Local woman charged with sending drugs to the Upshur County Jail.

GILMER, TX., Jan. 26, 2009 -- In a press release today, the Upshur County Sheriff's Office said it had arrested and jailed Deanna Michelle Pelaez, 25, of Gilmer, on a charge of Prohibited Substance in a Correctional Facility.

The arrest happened last Wednesday, after Pelaez allegedly attempted to send four grams of marijuana to a friend of hers who is jailed on an unrelated charge.

The investigation is ongoing, and Pelaez remains in jail tonight, her bond is set at $25,000.00.

Sheriff Betterton wishes to remind anyone who attempts to send contraband into the jail that they can face serious felony charges.

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