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The following is a statement issued by the San Marcos Police Department following the life sentence served to Stewart Mettz, who was convicted this week of murder after killing SMPD Officer Kenneth Copeland in 2017.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Stewart Thomas Mettz was convicted in the capital murder of 58-year-old Officer Kenneth Copeland, who was shot and killed in 2017 at Mettz's residence.

SAN MARCOS, Texas - A sense of closure and justice reverberated through the City of San Marcos Thursday as the San Marcos Police Department announced the Capita

Stewart Thomas Mettz was found guilty on Jan. 11 of capital murder by a Hays County jury. Following the guilty verdict, Mettz was sentenced by Judge Bruce Boyer of the 22nd District Court to life in prison with no possibility of parole.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

The Hays County Criminal District Attorney on April 24 concluded the sentencing phase of the trial of Jeffrey Alan Scott, Jr., who was convicted of attempted capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant on April 19.[San Marcos, TX] [Hays County news] News San Marcos News, San Marcos Record [Texas State]

Carter Cole Bomer’s sentencing to 50 years in prison for murdering an acquaintance who tried to help him almost five years ago marked the end of a trial, but left

Comal County courts have stepped up the past few months since resuming jury trials in October after COVID-19 delays, and Criminal District Attorney Jennifer Tharp pledges civil and criminal cases

During the last few weeks, Comal County’s law enforcement and justice departments won several convictions and saw others sentenced to lengthy prison terms, including two violent offenders.

Comal County’s law enforcement and justice departments won convictions of three child sex offenders in three days — and sentences binding them to stints in Texas prisons.

Comal County’s criminal justice system will conduct its first in-person jury sessions this week since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly 19 months ago.