DEWITT COUNTY GRAND JURY DOLES OUT 38 INDICTMENTS

Members of the De-Witt County grand jury handed out 38 felony indictments in January 2022, with nine of the 38 indictments coming back as sealed indictments.

Sealed indictments are typically issued whenever law enforcement has not served arrest warrants in those cases.

Keep in mind, not every person indicted is necessarily guilty of the crime(s) listed. It does indicate, however, prosecutors have presented enough evidence in a case that those serving on the grand jury felt a trial in the case was warranted, at which time the courts will determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.

Those receiving felony indictments were:

•Donnie Alan Brake, for controlled substance possession and six counts of sexual assault of a child.

•Jose Angel Flores, for unlawful firearm possession by a felon, habitual offender.

•Emilio Miguel Macedo, for evading arrest with a vehicle, deadly weapon notice.

•Cleofas Morale,for controlled substance in a drug free zone.

• Michael Ray Ramirez, for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and theft of property.

•Joe Rocha Jr, for intoxicated driving, repeat offender.

•Chazz Armstrong, for continuous violence against a family member.

•Melissa Gamez, for controlled substance possession in a drugfree zone.

•Latoria Herron, for controlled substance possession.

•Jovana Johnson, for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and theft of property.

•Jeffrey Plentl, for manufacture or delivery of controlled substance.

•Raul Varela, for controlled substance possession in a drug-free zone and retaliation.

•Miguel Rojas, for evading arrest with a vehicle.

•Mary Lou Zamora, for controlled substance possession, burglary, and theft, with previous convictions.

•Manuel Garza, for burglary.

•Kristopher.Ford, for bail jumping/failure to appear.

•Donald Harper, for  bail jumping/failure to appear.

•Tanganyika Rolniak, for bail jumping/ failure to appear.