Monthly Report June 2025
Dear Citizens,
I hope everyone will have a safe and Happy Independence Day with family and friends. I also hope you take a moment to be grateful and realize, especially now more than ever before, all that the holiday stands for and why we celebrate it. Our freedoms are priceless.
This month marks the three-year anniversary that we began to publish a new concept on our NCSO Facebook page called Wanted Wednesday. This is in conjunction with our local Crime Stoppers program which by the way is the second oldest crime stopper program in Texas. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of any Wanted Wednesday suspect and would like to remain anonymous, please contact Crime Stoppers at 903-874-8477, submit a tip online at www.p3tips.com/1464 or download the app P3 Tips. Reward available. #Wanted Wednesday #NavCoCrimeStoppers.
This month enforcement officers of the NCSO participated in mandatory ALERRT training. This state mandated training is accomplished due to the combined efforts off NCSO and CISD certified ALERRT instructors. As Sheriff, I can proudly say we have ALWAYS conducted Active Shooter Training annually way before any state mandate to do so as it has always been of paramount importance to me to be prepared in case of any active shooter situation. I'd like to thank the CISD for the use of their facilities and Chief Scott Stephens and his staff for their assistance in hosting and accommodating our agency with this necessary training.
On June 9th the NCSO was dispatched to a disturbance in the 14000 block of Hwy 22 in Frost. The call turned into a barricaded person who was wanted on a felony warrant out of Ellis County. A search warrant was obtained for the location and elements of our Patrol, CID and SWAT units executed the warrant without incident. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the Justice Center on the outstanding warrant. The travel trailer where she was barricaded was reported stolen through the Ellis County Sheriff's Office.
On June 25th we took possession of our new Ram 3500 pickup. The truck will be utilized in our estray program and in support of our county farm operations. It has now been outfitted and placed into service. Thank you to Huffines Dodge in Lewisville for their assistance with this purchase.
On June 30th the NCSO Criminal Investigation Division recovered a stolen Kubota diesel zero turn mower. The stolen mower was found at a location in the Pelican Isle subdivision off S Hwy 287. The mower was originally stolen from a residence off Hwy 14 in Richland and was valued at $9,000.00. The case remains under investigation.
Congratulations to the following: in June NCSO Deputies Alysia Brown graduated from the Navarro College Police Academy and passed the State Peace Officers exam and to Deputy David Evans on successfully completing the patrol FTO program. We wish Deputy Evans all the best of luck with his assignment in patrol and look forward to him serving the citizens of Navarro County.
Congratulations to our Deputies Tony Villalobos, Gary Wright and David Evans who were promoted to Corporals in our patrol division and took their positions effective July 1st as well as the following who were transferred to the patrol division on July 1st: Josh Thornburg from courthouse security to patrol, Yakelin Ramirez from Corporal in corrections to patrol, Mason Avery from corrections to patrol and Alysia Brown from administration to patrol.
Joining us also in June, our newest NCSO correctional officer, Yazmin Luna, who began her new law enforcement career at the NCSO.
I hope you'll join me in congratulating these officers and deputies and wishing them all the very best in their new assignments.
We want to give a shout out and thank Domino's Pizza and Verizon for their appreciation of law enforcement for their kind words and gestures this month. We are grateful for the support and gratitude.
The Sheriff's Office had approximately 2,584 calls for service in June and our dispatch received 1,621 calls for assistance to 9-1-1. There were approximately 157 persons arrested and booked into the Navarro County Justice Center and the average daily jail population was 224 inmates. Ten inmates were transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and three inmates were transferred to State Jail to serve their sentences. In June, we estrayed one cow, two bulls and one calf and all were hauled to our county farm. One estray pony was sold at the Elkhart Horse Sale for $211.00 and we recovered $570.00 in estray fees.
We are accepting applications for all divisions and currently have vacancies in administration, detention, dispatch, patrol, courthouse security and the criminal investigation division. Remember the hiring age for dispatch and detention has been lowered to 18 but with all other enforcement positions, you must be 21 or older to apply. As in the past, applications will continue to be taken for any vacancy until the position is filled.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
-President Ronald Reagan
From my family to yours, have a fun and safe 4th of July and as always, God Bless, be safe and God Bless the United States of America.
Sheriff Elmer Tanner