Tag Archives: Leroy Medlin

Loving County defunds its police

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Charles Kuffner

How is it that a place with so few people can generate so much news? When activists demanded cuts to police budgets in the wake of George Floyd’s 2020 death at the hands of Minneapolis police, Texas lawmakers reacted swiftly, passing a … Continue reading →

Posted in The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Loving County defunds its police

Skeet Jones indicted and suspended

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Have you been waiting for a Skeet Jones update? Well, you’re in luck. State regulators have suspended without pay the top elected official of Texas’s least-populated county after a grand jury indicted him for cattle rustling. Judge Skeet Jones, patriarch … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment, The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Skeet Jones indicted and suspended

A Skeet Jones update

Posted on July 25, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

NBC News does us the favor of an update on Skeet Jones, the (allegedly) cattle-rustlin’ County Judge of Loving County. On a December day in 2021, Loving County Judge Skeet Jones, 71, climbed atop an oilfield tank surrounded by wide-open … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment, The great state of Texas | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The national media discovers Skeet Jones

Posted on May 24, 2022 by Charles Kuffner

Here’s NBC News with a nice, juicy story. Lawmen came to remote Loving County, Texas, on Friday to arrest the county judge, a former sheriff’s deputy and two ranch hands on one of Texas’ oldest crimes — cattle theft. Judge … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime and Punishment | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on The national media discovers Skeet Jones