KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – Kaufman County Precinct 2 Constable Joe Don Law, of Forney, Texas, resigned earlier this morning, April 11, 2014, as his jury trial looms for tampering with a governmental record.
KAUFMAN COUNTY, Texas – Kaufman County Precinct 2 Constable Joe Don Law, of Forney, Texas, resigned earlier this morning, April 11, 2014, as his jury trial looms for tampering with a governmental record.
In a resignation letter, Constable Law stated he was retiring effective April 11, 2014.
Constable Law was indicted last year by a Kaufman County Grand Jury for the state jail felony offense of tampering with a governmental record with the intent to defraud or harm another. Law is set to appear before Kaufman County Court at Law Judge Dennis Jones for a jury trial on May 5, 2014. Constable Law has retained Dallas attorney Reed Prospere to defend him in the criminal case. UPDATE: Constable Law surrenders law enforcement license, admits guilt in tampering case.
According to the indictment, Constable Law, "on or about September 16, 2011, and before the presentment of this indictment, in the County and State aforesaid, did then and there, with intent to defraud or harm another, namely, the State of Texas, knowingly make a false entry in and/or alteration of the governmental record, to-wit: Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System online certification, said false entry and/or alteration being the misrepresentation that Defendant [Law] was the person who completed the said Texas Law Enforcement Telecommunications System online certification."
The Kaufman County Commissioners' Court will appoint a new constable according the court's procedures. The process will begin as soon as possible, according to county officials.
