BRENHAM MAN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR EVADING ARREST

  
Xavier Taylor (Washington Co. Jail)
Xavier Taylor
(Washington Co. Jail)

A 20-year old Brenham man has been sentenced to three years in prison is the latest session of the 21st District Court.

Xavier Taylor plead guilty to a charge of evading arrest in a motor vehicle for an incident back in November.

Taylor had his probation for Possession of a Controlled Substance revoked.  He was sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $1500.

Also in 21st District Court:

23-year old Alexander William Clark of Brenham had his probation for a 2012 conviction for Possession of Marijuana.  Clark was sentenced to nine months in jail and fined $1500.

39-year old Gregory Hendricks of Houston was sentenced to six months in jail for Possession of a Controlled Substance.

27-year old Ryan Krueger of Brenham was placed on three years’ probation for third-offense Driving While Intoxicated.  Krueger was also fined $1000, ordered to perform 120 hours of community service and must spend 10 days in the Washington County Jail.

And, 28-year old Justin Earl Hickman of Brenham was placed on four years’ probation on each of two charges of Burglary of a Building.  Hickman was also fined $1500 and ordered to perform 160 hours of community service.

 

 

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  1. It’s simple economics. The county has to spend money when the judge sentences somebody to jail. The county would always push for probation because they want to make money. They can’t get money off of them if they’re sitting in jail.

  2. Eric? Really? That makes no sense! How n the heck can smoking that benefit young people? Only medical can help people! The majority of young people who do it r not using it for medical reasons! It’s horrible to think that a parent would encourage there son r daughter to smoke it! Another reason USA is headed the wrong way! May God help us!

    1. It still may. If you noticed 2 of the people incarcerated had their probations revoked. It may help to notice that each case and each defendant is different. Hopefully the people involved in the court system take the time to consider each case.

  3. They have their sentences so mixed up probation for driving intoxicated which can kill thousands of ppl but three years in prison because he evaded arrest and etc. That’s it I’m going to be a lawyer!!!!!

    1. The information available in the article is very limited, but it appears that the person jailed for evading may have already been on probation for felony crimes when they ran from the police. (They have to run from the police in a car for it to be a felony, per Google) I’m confident that a rule of probation is to not break more laws. We can tell very little from this article about the dwi offense for which the person got probation. I certainly hope that the people in the courts consider the facts of each case, and each defendant. I’m not convinced everyone needs to not pass go, not collect their $200 and go straight to jail. I don’t think one size fits all, – be it hats, medical treatments, diet or the criminal justice system. I searched the annual cost of prison, and it was over $30,000 per inmate. A 10 year incarceration can cost taxpayers over $300,000. Maybe it is a good idea to see if a person can redeem themselves in certain cases before they are incarcerated?

      You should definitely go to law school and jump in there! (I also googled the “average cost” of law school, and it was over $30,000 a year. – Probably a ball park number) We need good, dedicated, hardworking people in public service. It doesn’t pay great though. The average starting salary for a prosecutor (I looked it up) is less than $48,000 per year. After doing it for 11-15 years you can be making about $75,000 per year. It could be a tough job though, and from the looks of these comments it will be very hard to make everyone happy.

      Out of curiosity I googled the duty of prosecutors, and the American Bar Association says the prosecutor’s duty is “to seek justice, not merely convict.” Just kicking things around, – the comment section can often generate some research. I learned some things today!

  4. It’s like people don’t even read the actual stories. No one was sentenced to prison for possession of marijuana! One man was sentenced for possession of a controlled substance which can be any drug and probably wasn’t marijuana. Another person had his PROBATION for possession of marijuana revoked because he broke probation and so has to serve 9 months in prison. And then a third guy (the first one listed) had his PROBATION for possession of a controlled substance revoked, received a 9 month sentence for evading arrest, and will serve 3 years total.

    The burglary guy getting probation isn’t really that strange, he broke into buildings and wasn’t armed and probably didn’t get a lot of stuff.

    The multiple DWI thing is crazy though.

  5. 9 Months in jail for marijuana is very ridiculous. It’s legal in numerous states or either very decriminalized and has “multiple fact proven, medical uses”. This is an example of how wrong things are becoming. If more young people could actually smoke the “plant” without all the harassment, Guarantte this, more youngsters would be at home at night eating and being good, rather than running these streets. It’s quite disturbing if you ask me, a huge insult also contradictory to everything that love, peace and happiness represents. If you ask me we should be doing more for the youth in Brenham, other than baby’ing the retired and also senior citizens of this town. I mean seriously folks we need to wake up and smell the roses around here what is becoming of our community. It sure isn’t getting any smaller, we need to diversify more in our streets and our homes.Be Open Minded to my statements im not saying enable them to be drug addicts but we should not overlook whats right in our faces.

  6. That is definitely a travesty.. Probation for burglary and driving under the influence. Wow! Were the attorneys out to lunch?

  7. I agree! Probation for even 1 DWI does not make sense! This seems to be a very common sentence for multiple DWI’s here in Washington county as well as other counties. Seems there’s no consequence for drinking and driving. No wonder they keep doing it! Sure hope and pray that an innocent bystander doesn’t get killed when it happens again!

  8. I know the system is full and there are bigger fish to fry, but probation and 10 days in jail seems a bit light for someone who has been caught and convicted of DWI 3 times

      1. My cousin and others were hit by a drunk who had multiple offenses she was 8 years old at the time and lost her leg..If he was sentence rightbhe would have been on prison he served time for her wreck but he is put again. SMH

      2. He gets three years on prison because he was on probation and it was revoked, he was sentenced to 9 months prison on top of his time left to serve from probation.

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