Catch and Release sex offender kidnaps local man during drug binge

 

Timothy Andrew Gorko (Courtesy DPS)

Another strung out sex offender with nothing to lose, another slap on the wrist; another illegal gun, another local victim. Another drug dealer in and out of jail to snitch on his buddies; another day in Cherokee County, Texas. 

This isn't the first time Timothy Gorko has been arrested in Cherokee County for being a paroled felon with a gun. Gorko, age 37, has been living in Rusk, Texas for the last 10 years under Cherokee County sex offender supervision from a 2008 statutory rape conviction in Pennsylvania. He was charged last month in Montgomery County, Texas for dealing crystal meth in the Conroe area. Takes a lot of tobacco spit to keep up with this guy.

How does a paroled sex offender with multiple drug charges get released on bail?

Timothy Gorko, arrested 11/09/21 for Possession with Intent to deliver a controlled substance (Courtesy Montgomery County).

Meanwhile, back at the crack house in Rusk, TX:

One month later on Monday 12/13/2021, the Cherokee County Sheriff Department was alerted Tim Gorko had shot at his girlfriend and another person during a domestic dispute. Before deputies arrived, Gorko forced one of his neighbors at gunpoint to drive him to Lufkin to evade arrest. After a high speed chase, he was apprehended by the Highway Patrol. Gorko was shot in the neck during the traffic stop and taken back to Rusk; the hostage driving the car was shaken but unharmed. Timothy Gorko is charged with aggravated assault, kidnapping, evading arrest, and of course, delivery of a controlled substance called crystal meth. (Source: KETK)

Cherokee County hides the identity of local sex offenders.

Police released the body cam footage of the incident, however Cherokee County and local media did not release Timothy Gorko's extensive CRIMINAL HISTORY and SEX OFFENSE status. Gorko is a Lifetime Sex Offender. His supervision by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office began in 2012. He was officially released from parole in 2016 while he was actually incarcerated for violating his parole. Gorko was out on bond during this latest hostage standoff. Because he is a sex offender with a gun and multiple arrests, this story has dropped off the East Texas news boards. 

(KETK)  

Sweet deals keep a comin' for violent sex offenders.

Timothy Gorko was on parole when he moved to East Texas. After settling into his new digs in Cherokee County, Gorko was arrested in 2015 for absconding his sex offender registration and charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded no contest, sentenced to 2 years TDCJ, and released in 2018. (Source: Jacksonville Progress, "3 arrested during sex offender compliance check" Dec 11, 2015)

Timothy Gorko at age 31 circa 2015

Cherokee County Criminal Docket Case 19988
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs GORKO, TIMOTHY ANDREW
Filed 03/28/2016 - Unlawful Possession of Firearm by Felon
Disposition: 05/03/2016 Conviction-guilty plea or nolo cont-no jury

Anyone with two working brain cells knows this drug addict was constantly being monitored and his meth connections surveilled. 

Gorko has been in and out of Cherokee County custody for drug possession and parole violations, making him the perfect Jail House snitch, until something goes wrong. And it usually does when drugs are involved. (Source: Jacksonville Progress, March 12, 2016) The District Clerk will have to strike Timothy Gorko's name from the next jury pool headed to the courthouse basement.

The criminal justice system in Cherokee County Texas is there only to enrich the District Attorney, a small group of lawyers on the Rusk square, and a handful of people running the place into the ground. Law enforcement still operates in the lazy 1970's, while their drug informants on the dole are getting more violent and more dangerous to the public. State Senators and Representatives, the FBI, and Texas Rangers all look the other way while those at the top of county government like Carl Phillips steal money and molest children for decades.

(Source: Former East Texas corrections director molested child for more than 18 months, KETK)

Crystal meth dealers and out of state sex offenders pour into the area because they know if they cooperate with authorities, they'll be part of the clique. 

In 2020, father and son Theodore Smith and James Smith moved from California to Cherokee County, TX because it is a safe haven for child molesters. They knew convicted pedophiles are called for jury duty and the District Judge's signature was forged to release sex offenders. They thought if they ever got caught, they'd be in good company with the former head of the Cherokee County Probation Department who filmed and raped children.  In October 2021, the two were arrested in their Alto, TX  home after Sacramento law enforcement made a discovery on their California property of a horde of child pornography dating back decades. Theodore Smith was extradited back to California, charged with 34 counts of lewd acts with a child and his bond set at $7 million.

Two men arrested in Texas in connection with California child sexual assault case

Theodore Smith, 86, and his son James Smith, 62, who live in Alto, Texas, were arrested and are in custody awaiting extradition to California for their alleged involvement in the sexual assault of children, according to a news release.

The case leading to the arrests emerged in mid-March, when a Sacramento County resident who was renovating a recently purchased home discovered hundreds of images containing child pornography and children involved in sex acts, according to the news release.

Detectives who inspected the images believed the pictures were taken between 1985 and 1995 and were left behind by the previous residents of the home, who had moved to Texas the year prior.

On Wednesday, sheriff’s detectives assisted by two Texas sheriff’s offices and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security served a search warrant at a home in Cherokee County, Texas. After that, arrest warrants were issued for the two men. The elder Smith was arrested at home in Alto while his son was arrested while on a trip back to California, according to the news release. (Source: Sacramento Bee, Oct. 15, 2021)

 (KETK)

County Judge's assistant arrested for 3rd Degree Felony Tampering with Government Records and making false statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peggy Cornelius, Notary Public

County Judge's office used in Power of Attorney scheme.

Texas Penal Code § 37.10 - Tampering With Governmental Record (a) A person commits an offense if he or she: (1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record; (2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as genuine. 

Rusk, TX:

County Judge Chris Davis' secretary and personal assistant has been busted for doing what long term county employees do best within their culture of corruption. Peggy Cornelius has worked in Cherokee County government since 1993 as Chris Davis' handpicked administrator, running Commissioner's Court agenda, and as the county's software custodian. Their friends and family in the County Clerk's office run Cherokee County's election system. Cornelius received her 25 year service award in 2019, even though courthouse officials are gearing up to pretend they never saw her before. Kinfolk use their heir apparent position to help themselves to taxpayer funds, like they've been doing for the last 30 plus years. Cornelius just got caught in her old age.  Charges include tampering with government records, i.e. notarizing a fake Power of Attorney, and lying about it to arresting officers. 

TEXAS PENAL CODE

TITLE 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY

CHAPTER 32. FRAUD

Sec. 32.01.  "Financial institution" means a bank, trust company, insurance company, credit union, building and loan association, savings and loan association, investment trust, investment company, or any other organization held out to the public as a place for deposit of funds or medium of savings or collective investment.

It's not "county business;" it's just a County Auditor using the seal of the County Judge's office to steal someone's property. There's a victim in this case... of bank fraud inside the county... who lives in the county... and whose property is in the county... but it's not "county business."

Peggy Cornelius and another county employee have been under investigation beginning last month according to Sheriff Dickson, after a bank in Jacksonville, TX reported a fraudulent Power of Attorney. Cornelius has been released from Cherokee County jail on $5000 bond along with her co-conspirator in the County Auditor's office. Chris Davis and local media are keeping mum on her arrest. We will update if and when facts are (rarely) reported by outside news agencies. No word from the victim yet, either.

County business as usual.

Cherokee County Commissioners hold regular session 3 days before Court Coordinator Peggy Cornelius posts bond (Aug. 28, 2021 Jacksonville Progress)

After approving next years' budget, Cherokee County Commissioner's Court has other public meetings slated regarding proposed tax rates. Expect these to be closed to the public for the next few weeks while Commissioner's Court goes into damage control.

The case is "ongoing" meaning the nepotism and lying never ends.

County Judge secretary Peggy Cornelius swears Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis into office on Jan. 1, 2019 in the county courtroom at the Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk. (Courtesy Cherokee Co.) 

 

Peggy Cornelius' job is to make sure County Judge Chris Davis keeps his. Apparently so is the job of the local newspapers.

 

Cornelius has access to the county's entire IT management system and has the goods on every elected official and employee. Expect a speedy resolution to her Felony Tampering charges. Don't expect an explanation in Chris Davis' personal hometown rag, The Cherokeean Herald. After publishing her every trip to the grocery store for the last 30 years, as of last week Peggy Cornelius has ceased to exist. No need for the city newspaper where the crime occurred to inform their readers. If they close their eyes, hold their breath, and write stories about puppy dogs, maybe all this will go away. If they don't mention County Judge Chris Davis by name, maybe his secretary everyone knows will get a fair trial...

 

The suppression of information is the mark of thieves and cowards.

 

Cherokee County employees present to receive their years of service award during the July 9 Commissioner’s Court meeting were, in no particular order, Jennifer Crowley, Judia Husband, Kelly Ray, Marceia Hamilton, Jonathan Hughes, Pam White, Peggy Cornelius and Chris Davis. Also pictured are county commissioners Kelly Traylor, Pct. 1; Steven Norton, Pct. 2; Patrick Reagan, Pct. 3 and Byron Underwood, Pct. 4. (Cherokeean July 11, 2018)

Who is paid to alter county data reporting for property tax purposes?

 

Underlings forged District Judge Bascom Bentley's signature on court documents, so what's wrong with a little fake Power of Attorney to defraud the elderly out of their property?

Cherokee County courthouse employees have access to personal emails, business calls, and first dibs on taxpayer money. Commissioners and those in the family clique enjoy county bulldozers maintaining their private properties, along with yard care provided by probationers. Sex offenders on good behavior are carpooled in for Jury Duty, then dropped off at elementary schools or the local golf course to help clean up the grounds. It's par for the course.

Community Services Director Carl Phillips oversaw 30 years of probated Cherokee County, TX sex offenders. (Former East Texas corrections director molested child for more than 18 months, KETK)

Cherokee County newspapers don't report the crimes committed by their families and friends.

In another all time low in Cherokee County reporting, questions remain if Peggy Cornelius is on permanent leave with full State retirement benefits, or will she continue to notarize county business while out on Felony bond. This will be the first courthouse retirement party in 100 years not advertised in the local newspapers.

As a footnote, Peggy Cornelius relinquished her State of Texas Notary Public seal on the day of her arrest August 27, 2021, and Cherokee County is quietly advertising job openings for her and her co-conspirator's positions.

Peggy Cornelius certifies Cherokee County's annual budget.

Absconding sex offender and probated burglars arrested for quadruple murder - When drug informants kill Part 1

Fugitive sex offenders are released on bond when caught in Cherokee County, TX.

Cherokee County, TX is where absconding sex offenders throughout the state can call home. Thieves and drug addicts can make sweet deals with District Attorney Elmer Beckworth and can count on their criminal histories being buried by the local media when they go on murdering sprees. Even after the same news outlets reports their previous arrests and releases just weeks prior.

Local sex offenders serve on juries as insurance to keep district court cases from being overturned. If the 12th Court of Appeals in Tyler, TX allows child molesters to sit on a jury, then so does the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Attorney General. They also use them to snitch on local drug dealers.

Billy Dean Phillips (Source: DPS)

Billy Phillips, age 37 was arrested earlier this month in Jacksonville, TX for FAILING TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. Phillips is supposed to be under supervision in Dallas County for the molestation of a 13-year old girl. He was released to wander the streets of Cherokee County several weeks ago for some reason, and is now charged with killing a family of four, including mother and son in New Summerfield, TX.

Jacksonville Daily Progress: Sheriff's Arrest Report- July 4, 2021        

Billy Phillips, 37, Jacksonville, failure to comply with sex offender duty to register (Dallas Co.)            (Source: Daily Progress)

The DPS had Phillips listed as an Absconding fugitive since December 2020 when he disappeared into Cherokee County. They did not bother to retrieve him when he was arrested in Jacksonville so he could keep ratting out the local drug ring he associates with. He was not picked up and arraigned in Dallas County; they released him back in Jacksonville, TX and quietly updated his status in the Sex Offender Registry. Failure to stay registered as a sex offender is a Felony offense in Texas. Who paid for an unemployed drug addict's bond? Phillips will not be on the roll call for jury duty this month.

Jesse Pawlowski (Source: KETK)

Billy Dean Phillip's accomplice and Jacksonville, TX resident Jesse Pawlowski is currently on probation in Cherokee County for a 2019 burglary spree when he was charged again in 2020 for breaking into a vehicle in Harris County. His probation was not revoked. He is now also charged in connection of the quadruple murder in New Summerfield, TX after stealing the victim's car.

2017 Dodge Challenger (Source: Daily Progress) 

Being a drug snitch for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department has paid off again; however a habitual thief given adjudicated probation by District Attorney Elmer Beckworth's office and the 2nd Judicial District court has led to the murder of four residents. They'll claim they're just keeping the county safe.

During press conferences and interviews, Cherokee County Sheriff Brent Dickson plays coy as to the criminal history of the three suspects knowing that one of them (Billy Phillips) was released from his custody just 2 weeks ago for absconding Sex Offense registration. The other ones are well acquainted with CCSO "Narcotics" officers. No anonymous tip was needed to locate and apprehend them. They were found at the local drug den RV Park where they're paid to snitch on each other.

Mark your calendars: the Cherokee County District Attorney's office will blame the Texas Constitution and Penal Code for a fugitive sex offender they released and two of his drug buddies  killing 4 people.

New Summerfield, TX:

Three career criminals in Jacksonville, TX have been arrested and charged with the capital murder of four residents in nearby New Summerfield, TX. The bodies of John Clinton, Jeff Gerla, Ami Hickey, and Amanda Barnes were found in a home in the 1600 block of Hwy 101 N. (Source: CBS 19) The three arrestees have avoided prosecution by agreeing to be confidential informants for law enforcement. All three have been arrested and released for similar crimes in the last few years, despite being on Supervised Probation.

Left to Right : Jesse James Pawlowski age 20, Dylan Welch age 21, and Billy Phillips age 37 (Source: KLTV)

Jesse Pawlowski is on concurrent deferred adjudicated probation for multiple counts of breaking into homes, as reported in the Jacksonville Daily Progress in October 2019; he was 18 at the time of the plea bargaining. (Source: Daily Progress) 

Criminal Docket; Case 21314 ; BURGLARY OF HABITATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs PAWLOWSKI, JESSE JAMES
Filed 11/22/2019 - Disposition: 12/20/2019 Deferred adjudication
2nd District Court, District Clerk, Cherokee County, Texas

Criminal Docket; Case 21317 ; BURGLARY OF HABITATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs PAWLOWSKI, JESSE JAMES
Filed 12/19/2019 - Disposition: 12/20/2019 Deferred adjudication
2nd District Court, District Clerk, Cherokee County, Texas

Criminal Docket; Case 21318 ; BURGLARY OF HABITATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs PAWLOWSKI, JESSE JAMES
Filed 12/19/2019 - Disposition: 12/20/2019 Deferred adjudication
2nd District Court, District Clerk, Cherokee County, Texas

Jesse Pawlowski also has an open Burglary of a Vehicle charge in Harris County, TX; his probation in Cherokee County was not revoked.

Harris County, TX Case ID: 232559401010, Burglary of a Vehicle filed 9/14/2020.

As stated earlier, authorities made the decision to let Billy Dean Phillips stay in Cherokee County, TX after Dallas County executed an arrest warrant, so he could keep on doing what he was doing.

The 3rd suspect, Dylan Welch of Jacksonville, TX, has past Burglary charges reduced to Criminal Trespass (KETK).

Footnote: As the story updates, KETK reports the criminal histories of each of the three suspects in the New Summerfield quadruple murder. Billy Dean Phillips is an unregistered sex offender from the Dallas area; Jesse Pawlowski has multiple burglary and drug arrests in Cherokee County and elsewhere; as does Dylan Welch. Each has had their bonds set at $1 million. (Source: KETK, Here are the criminal histories for the 3 quadruple murder suspects)

Cherokee County Sheriff Deputy sentenced to 5 years for Indecency with a Child

 

(Courtesy KETK March 23, 2019)

As part of plea bargain, Cherokee County District Court doesn't report the prison sentence of Sheriff Deputy molesting a local child.

Taking their cues from the Cherokee County District Attorney's office and the 2nd Judicial District Court, East Texas media refuses to report the light sentencing of a local Sheriff Deputy convicted of child molestation during the time he was employed with the county. They published each phase of the case from his arrest to indictment. No reports that in March he accepted a plea bargain and is locked up in TDCJ. After reporting on the case for over 2 years, why would they not inform the public that a police officer was sitting in prison for Indecency with a Minor? Because he was given only 1 year for each count after a Change of Venue and Cherokee County sentenced him to probation. Pedophiles avoid prosecution by becoming Narcotics Task Force informants and stoolies for the district attorney's office.

 

Local sex offenders serve on juries as insurance to keep district court cases from being overturned.

Jacksonville, TX:

Cherokee County Deputy Sergeant Jonathan Bryan Shobert was sentenced in March 2021 after his reported Indictment back in 2019 on 5 separate felony counts of Indecency with a Child By Contact.  His 5 year sentence was processed through the 64th District Court in the Panhandle and away from the prying eyes of the victim's family. Deputy Shobert is eligible for parole in 2023. He had been in Cherokee County law enforcement since 2002.(Source: Daily Progress, Oct. 24, 2006) In fact he remained employed after being arrested by the Texas Rangers from incidents reported back in 2018. (Source: Daily Progress, Feb 14, 2019) Shobert will be under concurrent Deferred Adjudication as a Registered Sex Offender upon his early release, that way he can still be called for Cherokee County jury duty.

2nd District Court, TX Case 21177 :
THE STATE OF TEXAS vs SHOBERT, JONATHAN BRYAN
Filed 05/20/2019 - Disposition: 03/05/2021 Deferred Adjudication

Elementary school principal indicted for covering up child molestation, keeps job

  

Community rallies together to hide student sexual assault.

Palestine, TX:  

The way the news is spun and suppressed in rural East Texas would make your skin crawl. Neches Elementary School, located in Anderson County, made the national press again after the school board extended the contract of their recently indicted principal Kimberlyn Snider. (Source: KLTV- Neches ISD principal indicted for alleged role in sex assault investigation)  Snider was charged with coercing children and teachers to lie to investigators after a student was sexually assaulted. (Source: KLTV Neches principal’s personnel file letters allege she coerced statements from students during investigation) The facts of the actual molestation are conveniently buried in small town feuds. For several years, Snider has been embroiled in multiple online recall petitions after being accused of retaliating against teachers and bullying students. The molestation involves Neches ISD students yet no reported arrests have been made, other than the principal's own tampering charges. Even though investigators interviewed parents and faculty of Neches Elementary, local media attempts to report the victim as "not a Neches ISD student" while covering up the identity of the molester. Reporters were hesitant at first to confirm the child attended Neches ISD. Nightly news casts adamantly deny the victim attends Neches ISD, even though Snider claims to have conducted "her own investigation" per her personnel file. She is said to have interjected herself onto other campuses.

Ok boys and girls, one of your friends who doesn't go to this Elementary or any school in the district was NOT molested by faculty or someone NOT attending Neches ISD. Even though I'm facing over a dozen complaints about bullying students and staff, you better keep your mouth shut about something we know NOTHING about that did NOT happen at Neches ISD. Same goes for your teachers who SAW and HEARD nothing...

Indicted Palestine, TX elementary school principal Kimberlyn Snider is not on administrative leave thanks to her husband- the Neches ISD superintendent.  

The elementary school principal is accused of threatening to lock down students and terminate witnesses to get them to change their statements. School Board members are mum as to the age of the victim, where the assault occurred; and Snider's and their relationship to the perpetrator. If a child is assaulted by a school employee or another student on or off campus, the public deserves to know about it. Notice the media's focus is solely on what Principal Snider did or did not do, not on the actual molestation. Authorities know if the molester is allowed to roam free, then Snider's charges will be eventually dismissed, especially if it involves a High School date rapist in the family clique.

The indictments, one [felony] count of “tampering fabricating evidence” and five counts of “official oppression,” against Kimberlyn Ann Snider were handed down on Wednesday, January 27 with Snider’s accused actions allegedly taking place on September 29, 2020. The indictment lists five different people whom Snider allegedly subjected “to detention that the defendant knew was unlawful ... acting under color here employment as a public servant, namely Neches Elementary Principal.” (Source: KLTV, Neches ISD principal indicted for alleged role in sex assault investigation)

 

Despite growing citizen opposition, the Neches Independent School District 'voted' to extend indicted elementary school principal Kim Snider’s contract without disciplinary action. 

Snider's husband Randy Snider is the Neches ISD superintendent; both employ a taxpayer provided Neches ISD attorney to represent them. Kimberlyn Snider has plead not guilty to the charges according to news sources. She faces up to 15 years in prison. The Texas Education Agency is reviewing the case. Principal Snider has been accused of "bullying" students in the past and the target of small town politicking throughout her tenure. Neches ISD trustees (and her husband) have always sided with her. However there is more effort from concerned citizens to remove Snider from her position than there is to prosecute the molestation.

A Tri-County pedophile ring operates in plain sight with the backing of public officials.

Because the child sex assault occurred at Neches ISD, and as a friend of the family has access to elementary school age children, their identity has been hidden. An outsider would have been arrested on the spot, with their name and face plastered all over the place. Insiders get cozy plea bargains and continue to work around children, with the support of judges, prosecutors, attorneys, and law enforcement within their clique. They keep their own kids enrolled within the same school district to perpetuate the cycle. Allies in the small town newspaper write misleading stories as part of the cover up. During jury selection they promote registered sex offenders as local charity cases with glowing write-ups.

(Source:  About 30 take part in rally calling for removal of Neches Elementary School Principal Kimberlyn Snider, KETK)

Local pedophiles serve on juries as insurance to keep district court cases from being overturned.

In 2013, school board member Joshua Kincade faced child porn charges after being caught with nude photos of a Neches ISD student on his cellphone (Source: Neches ISD school board member charged with possession of child porn, KLTV) Anderson County investigators obtained a search warrant and seized several devices from Kincade’s home. Kincade was elected to the Neches Independent School District School Board in November 2012. His wife worked as a 4th Grade teacher at the Neches Elementary School with Principal Kim Snider. She was terminated in 2015 for participating in a “Change for Neches” Facebook group and posting derogatory remarks against Snider. (Source: Palestine Herald) In typical East Texas fashion, the outcome of Joshua Kincade's child porn possession case was buried to protect the School District from scrutiny and lawsuits. (Source: Palestine Herald-Press)

Joshua Kincade, Neches ISD school board trustee

As a footnote, on May 17, 2021 the Neches ISD School Board accepted the resignation of superintendent Randy Snider effective in June (Source: KETK). Snider's wife is still employed at Neches Elementary. The school district and Anderson County authorities continue the smokescreen as to the identity of the child molester. As in neighboring Cherokee County, this means the perpetrator is well-known in the community and their family serves on grand juries or is part of the district court jury pools.

Randy Snider, Neches ISD superintendent  

June 23, 2021: To follow up, Neches ISD has filed a lawsuit against the Texas AG to overturn FOIA requests regarding the molestation and subsequent cover up. Lawyers representing both Kimberlyn Snider and the Neches ISD have filed motions in Austin in an effort to block open records responses from the Texas Attorney General’s office. The motions are “not intended to thwart transparency,” claims the attorneys. (Source: KETK) Their argument is that the Texas Public Information Act is excluded from releasing derogatory details of the case, even after the redaction of personal information, i.e. the identity of the victim "in another case" they claim does not attend Neches Elementary. They do admit however the records involve “current and former employees and students of NISD; ” i.e. the molester they quietly dismissed and all the witnesses. The FOIA requests come from a concerned citizens group and not from the lapdog East Texas media. Snider's pre-trial hearing is set for June 25, 2021.

As the Neches ISD continues to lawyer up, there will be a concerted effort to postpone and dismiss these cases outright, while they discredit the victim's family to avoid having the pants sued off the School Board. They don't want the molestation to be exposed. After months of spin, local media and authorities have not officially disclosed the circumstances surrounding the child sex assault or the Elementary School principal's alleged witness tampering on a case they claim occurred out of the school district.

July 9, 2021 update: KETK reports principal Kimberlyn Snider has vacated her position at Neches Elementary, but still remains employed under contract with Neches ISD. (Source: KETK, Kimberlyn Snider no longer principal at Neches Elementary; district seeking to fill post )  

March 15, 2022 update: KETK reports a mistrial declared for Kimberlyn Snider and her attorney after the jury was empaneled to hear the interfering with a child sex assault investigation case (Source: KETK, Mistrial announced for former Neches ISD principal after attorney has medical emergency in court ). Local media continues their caveat "the alleged victim is not a student in the elementary school;" however the attacker Snider was covering for attends Neches ISD. A new trial date has not been set. 

October 14, 2022 update: KETK reports after a 5 day trial in the 87th District Court in Anderson County, Kimberlyn Snider was found NOT GUILTY on all charges. The identity of the student she was accused of covering for was not released.