August 1, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced that Arnulfo Mercado-Pena Jr., a habitual offender and violent gang member, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after the jury found him guilty of Evading Arrest…
July 19, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Dean Basil Johnson, 52, of McKinney, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for Indecency with a Child by Contact to be immediately followed by 10 years of community supervision for Aggravated Sexual Assault…
May 31, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Richardson resident Jose Ynes Oliba-Cabrera was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the Murder of a Plano woman, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. “I’m proud of our Domestic Violence Unit’s hard…
May 22, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Michael Edward Harssema, 45, formerly of Dallas, was convicted of three different sexually violent offenses. He was sentenced to 20 years for Sexual Assault of a Child, and two 20 years sentences for Indecency…
May 4, 2018 (McKINNEY, Texas) – Quinton Gold Hodge, 19, of Dallas, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for Attempted Capital Murder, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. “Where there is gang activity, there will be crime,” added…
May 2, 2018 (McKINNEY, Texas) – A 17-year-old Plano man has been arrested for criminal solicitation of capital murder and making a terroristic threat, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis on behalf of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the…
April 10, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Steven Glen Baugh, 34, of Garland, was sentenced to life in prison for Continuous Sexual Abuse of Children, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. In November 2016, a child victim known to Baugh…
April 11, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Frederick Douglass Feaster, 37, of Dallas, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for Murder, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. On February 3, 2017, multiple people called 911 to report gunshots at…
February 28, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Andrew Callaway, 28, of Wylie, received the maximum sentence, 2 years in state jail, for Animal Cruelty and also 10 years in prison for probation violations, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. “This…
February 23, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Zachary Alan Holifield, 19, a former baseball player at Plano Senior High School who had committed to Oklahoma State University to play college ball, was sentenced to 33 years for Aggravated Sexual Assault of…
February 15, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Christopher Dee Acklin, 46, of Plano, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for Injury to the Elderly Causing Serious Bodily Injury with a Deadly Weapon, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. In…
February 1, 2018 (McKinney, Texas) – Michael Eric Pennington, 33, of McKinney, was sentenced to life without parole for the Capital Murder of a McKinney woman, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. On July 4, 2016, the victim, Leasa…
November 13, 2017 McKinney, Texas – Charles Gray, 48, of Plano, was sentenced to 50 years in prison without the possibility of parole for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and 50 years in prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of…
October 19, 2017 McKinney, Texas – Cruz Daniel Feliciano-Salinas, 24, of McKinney, was sentenced to Life in prison without the possibility of parole for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. “This courageous child…
September 25, 2017 McKinney, Texas – Jason Michael Lowe, 28, of Richardson, Texas received a 50 year prison sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. In December 2015, Jessie Bardwell, a 27-year-old woman,…
September 14, 2017 (McKINNEY, Texas) – On Monday, October 2, 2017, the Collin County District Attorney’s office will host a “Cut it Out” Luncheon to train hair stylists to notice signs of domestic violence and safely refer clients for help,…
September 13, 2017 (McKinney, Texas) – Steven Troy Tillery, 50, of Plano, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. “This child’s courage in speaking out ensured…
August 16, 2017 (McKINNEY, Texas) – Kelley Eugene Bigham, 52, of McKinney, Texas was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to Capital Murder of his wife and her twin sister, announced Collin County…
August 15, 2017 (McKinney, Texas) – DWI drivers need to be on notice that this weekend will be a “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” weekend, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. Those showing signs of driving while intoxicated…
July 19, 2017 (McKINNEY, Texas) – James Schafer, 35, of Allen, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, announced Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis. Schafer sexually abused a child related to him…
