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)
