WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Hamilton Chief of Police Tony Yocham, who lost the Republican nomination for Somervell County Sheriff back in April, was arrested Saturday morning by the Texas Rangers on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
He was bonded out of the Johnson County Jail at $500,000.
According to Somervell Chief Deputy Dwayne Griffin, the county sheriff’s had enough probable cause to hand off the information to the Texas Rangers.
Lonny Haschel, Lieutenant Texas Department of Public Safety Texas Highway Patrol Media & Communications said, as a result of the Texas Rangers investigation, “Tony Yocham was arrested and booked into the Johnson County jail on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child.”
The Texas Ranger investigation is ongoing.
No additional information is currently available.
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axel_mcthrashin on September 14th, 2020 at 00:48 UTC »
That some goddamn good news. I used to work with victims of sexual assault (and since most cases were children, I worked with parents too) in central Texas. Hamilton wasn't really known for investigating cases thoroughly, or really at all.
A lot of times, CSA victims don't receive justice, and this news is big time justice served.
team26folife on September 14th, 2020 at 00:38 UTC »
This is the same town that threatened a resident with arrest unless she removed a homemade sign that depicted the Republican elephant with it's trunk up a girls skirt. So it's wrong to make a sign about it but totally okay to actually do it?
EDIT: Should have added /s at the end. Of course it's not ok, however the point was that the community was outraged over that one sign and it appears that while he was arrested, there is no high pitched community outrage. I live nearby and they absolutely skewered that woman two years ago. I don't see the same vigilante crowd now going after the sheriff. Where are they now that an actual crime has been committed? Was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of the community there in town.
eyebrowcombover on September 14th, 2020 at 00:37 UTC »
Oh look a member of law enforcement being detained by another member of law enforcement for breaking the law.
as it should be, no one is above the law.