SAN MARCOS — A collaboration between the Hays County Community Supervision and Corrections Department, 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt and PAWS Shelter is bringing a pilot program for individuals on probation to earn community service for time spent fostering animals. This idea, said Neidhardt...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County District Attorney’s Office was notified on July 1 that 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt began livestreaming the trial proceedings of a case. Questions and concerns from the prosecution led Neidhardt to discontinue and remove the livestream from YouTube. Nearly a mon...

SAN MARCOS — Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that Bradley Don Simpson, 28, was sentenced to 32 years in prison for indecency with a child in Hays County. Simpson was charged pursuant to an investigation that occurred in February 2020 following an outcry by the 8-...

On Sept. 11, 2023, Samuel Garcia, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child. This resulted in 10 years of deferred adjudication community supervision at his punishment hearing on Oct. 30 in front of 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt in Hays County. Garcia was arrested on Jan....

SAN MARCOS — Following a bond reduction hearing on Tuesday, Aug. 22 in the case against Jaquell Desean Ray, 18, of Buda, Judge Tanner Neidhardt granted the defense’s motion to set bond at a total of $100,000 for charges of first-degree murder and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor, a seco...

SAN MARCOS — Jaquell Desean Ray, 18, of Buda waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on Thursday, July 13 to charges of murder and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. Shackled at his wrists, waist and feet, he shuffled in to Courtroom 10 of the Hays County Government Cente...