SIXTEEN SENTENCED IN BUSY WEEK OF DISTRICT COURT
(Washington Co. Jail)
A Brenham man has been sentenced to six years in prison in this week’s session of 21st District Court.
27-year old Ernest James Dever Jr. pleaded guilty to Possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver – a second degree felony. He was sentenced to six years in prison and fined over $7,000.
Dever was also sentenced to 10 months on each of two counts of Possession of a controlled substance. The sentences will run concurrently.
Also sentenced to prison time was 27-year old Roy Newton Rogers of Brenham on a charge of Online solicitation of a minor under 14.
Rogers was sentenced to five years behind bars and must register as a sex offender upon his release.
Fourteen others were also sentenced in 21st District Court this week, including:
32-year old Mechael Kelly Burns of Santa Fe, was sentenced to seven years in prison for first degree felony Possession of a controlled substance.
46-year old Danny Leo Bonura of Brenham, sentenced to two-and-a-half years I prison for Credit card abuse.
35-year old Bradley Daniel Burden of Brenham had his probation revoked and was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for a 2014 conviction for felony Possession of a controlled substance.
28-year old James Charles McRae of Bellville had his 2013 probation revoked for Theft of copper. He was sentenced to one year in jail.
31-year old Deandre Green of Washington had his probation for felony theft adjudicated and was sentenced to 10 months in jail.
34-year old Brandi Pittman of Brenham was sentenced to nine months in jail and fined $400 after her probation was adjudicated for a 2012 conviction for Tampering with a government record.
23-year old Gabino Ibarra Jr. of Houston was sentenced to nine months and fined $1000 after his probation was adjudicated for Theft between $1500-and-$20,000.
34-year old Jose Adolfo Oviedo of San Antonio was placed on eight years’ probation on each of two charges: felony Possession of a controlled substance and Tampering with physical evidence. Oviedo was also fined a total of $3,000 and ordered to perform a total of 400 hours of community service.
34-year old John Cody Lowe of Bellville was placed on seven years’ probation and fined $1500 for felony Possession of a controlled substance. Lowe must also perform 300 hours of community service.
56-year old Erwin Moore of Houston was placed on 10 years’ probation and ordered to pay over $14,000 restitution for Theft of livestock.
48-year old Emmitt Moore Jr. of Hempstead was placed on five years’ probation and ordered to perform 160 hours community service for Theft of less than $1500 with two previous convictions.
Three people, 60-year old Michael Amule Smith, 29-year old Lacey Andrade and 31-year old Carlos Ramirez, all of Brenham, were placed on three years’ probation on separate charges of Possession of a contolled substance.
Smith was fined $1000, while Andrade and Ramirez were each fined $1500.
Well said ????! Drugs r killing people and is so sad! So many turn to drugs so young! So called small drugs lead to bigger drugs! Horrible way to live a life! May God help us to turn to Him instead of drugs!
Whoever you are going off of personal experience don’t mean everyone who use drugs steals so therefore your wrong and your comment wasn’t valid ???
Like I said let the drug house move in next to you…. Unless it’s YOU I’m referring to. People steal to buy drugs that’s not my personal opinion that’s a fact. Go read a few police reports. Show me a trap house and I’ll show you increased thefts, burglaries and assaults.
All these small drug offenses, no wonder the U.S. has the highest prison population in the World!
The state needs to quit profiting off people and maybe for a change act like a Christian or something and get them help instead of locking them up and ruining their lives.
If the Brenham police had to quit going after all the small time users here in town and the state allowed marijuana to be legalized, that would hurt the states income so bad and put many cops out of a job.
You say that until the ” small time drug user” breaks in your house or robs your loved one ( or you). Bottom line you wanna smoke weed move to Colorado. Tell ya what. Let the drug dealer move in next door to you then let’s talk in about six months..
I got robbed and burglarized. It was an eerie feeling. What if I would have driven up on them and unknowingly blocked the exit in my rural driveway; and maybe with my family. Who would this burglar group of two; who would they have attacked. This changed my life. Now, I will not ask a question if I catch a burglar. I’ll protect my family first with lead and rapid fire. Then I’ll call the law and request a JP to make sure my shot(s) were lethal.
5 controlled substance cases got probation i.e. aa/na, drug testing, counseling, etc…
1 delivery case got prison.
1 first degree possession (must have been a bunch of dope) got prison.
1 old possession got probation revoked and sent to prison.
True, prisons are full, especially Federal ones.
Not one weed case on the list.
The “State” doesn’t pay the cops “here in town.”
The “State” is not a person, it cannot “act like a Christian.”
The facts on this list show 5 “small time users” got put on probation who can “get them help” and they won’t get locked up unless they screw up like the guy who got his revoked. But who needs facts when you have an agenda?