Much has been said about the assassination of two Texas prosecutors and the possible link to The Aryan Brotherhood. Governor Good-Hair as we call him in these parts blamed Mexicans of course:
We know the drug cartels are very, very active in our country now. It goes back … to the whole issue of border security and the failure of the federal government to put the men and women, whether they are military or whether they’re border patrol or whether working with the local law enforcement, expend the dollars necessary to secure the border with Mexico,” Perry said on Fox News.
But as in many cases of scary groups of boogeymen or 'others', the threat may be much closer to home if recent activity can be signs of progress in the investigation:
Kaufman County records show that former Justice of the Peace Eric Williams has been arrested.
He's the man whose house authorities were searching on Friday afternoon and into the night in connection with their investigation of the Kaufman County prosecutor murders.
Williams was booked into the Kaufman County Jail at 12:32 a.m. Saturday and charged with making a "terroristic threat." Bond was set at $1 million.
Eric Williams was a Justice of the Peace who
had been
convicted of theft by a public servant and burglary of a building. He was caught on courthouse surveillance coming and going from the county's IT department clutching computer monitors.
(Victims)McLelland and Hasse aggressively prosecuted Williams. During the trial, Hasse hurled insults at him, calling Williams a "liar," "crooked official" and a "thief," the Forney Post reported.
The court-battle had gotten ugly:
In a dramatic development during Williams' corruption trial, Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood testified that the former justice of the peace had asked him in a letter to use his influence to call off the criminal investigation against him. Wood declined.
The Post quoted Hasse as saying, "The Defendant did not ask Judge Wood to investigate to help clear this up because he is innocent. In the letter he accepts responsibility. He says I’ve done something wrong, and I’ve learned my lesson, hoping for some kind of back-door favor. He is an elected public servant and he is a thief and a liar. We ask you to find him guilty.”
During the sentencing phase of the trial, prosecutor Hasse revealed that Williams threatened to kill an ex-girlfriend in Huntsville "involving the display of a handgun," according to court records. He also threatened the life of a Kaufman attorney and his family in 2010, according to prosecutor's records.
By the amount of time spent searching Wiliiams and relatives homes as well as the amount of bond set, it is looking like law enforcement may be on to something.
8:35 AM PT: I do want to point out that nobody has called him a suspect in the murders. He is for now only accused of making a 'terroristic threat'. Two other men have already been arrested and given similar bail for leaving threats on the tip-line. However given the relationship with the victims, the two day search of property plus the threats made one would believe the police have at a minimum a person of interest.