WASHINGTON COUNTY GRAND JURY RETURNS 18 INDICTMENTS
The Washington County Grand Jury meet Tuesday and retuned 18 indictments. Only the names of those who have already been arrested can be released:
Robert John Holub, 45 of Magnolia, was indicted for Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger.
Ashley Dawn Rine, 29 of Brenham, was indicted for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance.
Carlos Dewayne Smith, 37 of Huntsville, was indicted for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Antonio Robert Tamez, 19 of Melissa, Texas was indicted for Possession of a Controlled Substance.
The names were released for people previously indicted and that have now been arrested. Nine of those people were arrested April 3rd and 4th by the Brenham Police Department after a lengthy drug investigation. Indicted for Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity were:
Edward De La Cruz, 30 of Brenham
Beau Brian Grabarschick, 38 of Brenham
Ricky Harrison, 39 of Brenham
John Cecil Kesee, 40 of Brenham
Harold Clay Mulanax, 57 of Brenham
Cherish Dawn Murphy, 43 of Brenham
Armando Prieto Jr., 26 of Brenham
Ashlee Nicole Schwartz, 23 of Brenham and
Brande Nichole Russell, 28 of Brenham. Russell was also indicted for Possession of a Controlled Substance in a Drug Free Zone.
James Earl Phillips, 47 of Brenham, was indicted for two counts of Manufacture or Deliver of a Controlled Substance.
Charayn Demon Thomas, 42 of Brenham, was indicted for Assault of a Family or House Member by Impeding Breath and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon Causing Serious Bodily Injury to a Family member.
I know most of these people and they r really great hearted people.. Drugs don’t mind u bad and besides drug addiction is a disease it’s not just cured overnight it takes some time therapy medication sometimes and inpatient treatment now again I know love these people on here and all of them are very very awesome great-hearted people who are family oriented
Dear cynical,
Tell the police anyway and you will have done your part!
Dope dealers like these are caught and prosecuted following months of accumulating information by police. This information comes from the customers of the dealers who have been arrested on possession charges. If they have vital information about their dealers to trade for immunity from their possession charges, then the police accumulate this information from several cooperative users. The police then take the info to the DA who issues warrants for search, seizure and arrests of the dealers. Nine times out of ten, this is how it is done. The majority of the time, if a citizen witnesses drug transactions, you can bet the police already know them and are just waiting for enough trading opportunities. I had dope dealing on my street for a period of 5 years, so blatant they used the mailbox for deliveries and payments. The supplier lived in one house, his dealers in another across the street. Numerous complaints to law enforcement yielded nothing. Finally after years of complaints, an entire DEA force accompanied with two local units surrounded the dealers house. But, the dealer moved out during the night two days earlier, so it was all for nothing. To this day, I wonder who warned him. Heard he moved out to a sparsely populated area and continued business for another year or so before being arrested. He served about 2 years and is out to resume his previous life.
Drugs, drugs, drugs!! So many people. Too many to be attributed to just bad character. Most of these people are viictims of the drug dealers and suppliers. The problem with the war on drugs is that perhaps we need to take it up a few notches and fight with more aggression. And yes, help recovering addicts in conjunction with the above. I don’t like to see so many names of suffering people on the indictment list but….it’s how recovery starts and it means the pd is doing their job…we all need to get in on this fight. If you see a dope dealer tell the police !