Ratliff says lie detector proves he didn’t brutalize former wife
Former Sheriff Tommy Ratliff says he never caused his ex-wife to suffer broken bones and a concussion and that he can prove it.
Uncovered documents cast doubt on Ratliff’s assault denial
Internal Texas Department of Public Safety documents obtained this week by the Mercury, suggest that officials who investigated Tommy Ratliff’s former wife’s allegation of abuse in 1988 seemed to have found the claim credible and transfered him to desk duty. He has denied that the even ever happened.
Police identify woman struck, killed by police cruiser
San Marcos police have released additional details on a fatal accident that occurred just after midnight on Thursday, April 5 on the Interstate 35 east frontage road involving two vehicles and a police unit.
After surreal trial, Simmons handed life sentence for murder
Mark David Simmons, who prosecutors called “one of the most dangerous people to step foot in this courthouse” was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, two years after shooting a Buda man to death and burning his body beyond recognition a week later.
Pedestrian killed on I-35 in San Marcos
San Marcos police are investigating a fatal auto-pedestrian accident that occurred late Friday near the 205 mile marker on Interstate 35.
Live Feed: Simmons gets life for murder conviction
San Marcos Mercury ANDY SEVILLA is covering Day 11 of the Mark David Simmon’s capital murder trial today. Prosecutors say Simmons is a white supremacist and militant extremist who killed his friend, Buda resident Steven Woelfel, and then set his house on fire.
Showman murder suspect held in contempt
Presiding Judge Bill Henry found Buda murder suspect Mark David Simmons in contempt of court Thursday for ignoring his repeated orders to refrain from irrelevant testimony.
Live Feed (Update 5): Mark David Simmons murder trial
Austin American-Statesman reporter CIARA O’ROURKE has been following the Hays County murder trial of Mark David Simmons, now in its second week. Prosecutors say Simmons is a white supremacist and militant extremist who killed his friend, Buda resident Steven Woelfel, and then set his house on fire. Simmons is expected to take the stand today, Thursday, April 5.
Collision claims life on I-35 access road in San Marcos
San Marcos police are investigating a fatal collision on the I-35 east access road just south of Wonder World Drive that claimed the life of a woman and sent two people to the hospital.
Murder trial turns spectacle as suspect prepares to testify
The prosecution rested Wednesday in the eighth day of a Buda murder trial, in what has become a lengthy spectacle in courtroom antics.
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