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Polk County stayed busy again overnight. Some folks spent Thursday evening grilling burgers, some spent it collecting ch...
05/23/2026

Polk County stayed busy again overnight. Some folks spent Thursday evening grilling burgers, some spent it collecting charges like Pokémon cards. And as always, weekend commitment season appears to be in full swing at the county jail.

Here’s who checked in this round:

• Jesse Beatrice Grindstaff, 33, Livingston
Weekend Commitment – Poss CS PG1 4G 200G
No Driver License When Unlicensed
Fail to Control Speed

• Justin Nelson Horton, 23, Livingston
Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
Burglary of Habitation
Theft $2,500–$30,000 x2
Criminal Trespass x3
Criminal Mischief
Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Member

• Matthew Joseph Hyde, 34, Onalaska
Weekend Commitment

• Crystal Jeanette King, 45, Livingston
Driving While License Invalid With Previous Conviction / No Financial Responsibility

• Carolyn Michelle Plymale, 29, Livingston
Weekend Commitment

• Dillan Cole Poncho, 34, Livingston
Weekend Commitment

• Tiffany Nicole Terry, 41, Livingston
Assault Causes Bodily Injury Family Member

• Samantha Joellen Tucker, 32, Vidor
Commitment 258th District Court

• Austin Lee Cunningham, 27, Kountze
Parole Violation
Possession of Ma*****na Under 2oz
Drug Paraphernalia

• Rainey Lee Montgomery, 26, Trinity
Possession CS PG1/1-B Under 1G
Expired Registration

As always, everyone listed is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Polk County Talks simply reports the publicly available booking information.

05/22/2026

Polk County recently pushed back against AI data centers over concerns about infrastructure and long term impact, and rightfully so. But at the same time, our local government continues expanding AI powered Flock surveillance cameras across the county.

If AI is concerning enough to discourage data centers, why is AI surveillance suddenly acceptable?

What many people overlook is that systems like Flock depend on massive amounts of storage and processing power. Every scanned plate, image, timestamp, and vehicle record has to be stored somewhere. Large scale AI data storage is one of the exact reasons data centers are rapidly being built across the country right now.

Modern surveillance systems are no longer just cameras on poles. They are part of a growing AI infrastructure built around cloud storage, real time tracking, and data analysis.

So while communities say no to AI data centers, many of the technologies already being adopted are part of the exact reason those data centers are being built in the first place.

What do y’all think? Is it okay to be against AI Data centers but still cause the need for someone else to have to take on that burden?

Polk County booking report for May 21 into early May 22.Six people were listed in the Polk County Jail media report. Cha...
05/22/2026

Polk County booking report for May 21 into early May 22.

Six people were listed in the Polk County Jail media report. Charges include DWI, theft warrants, license issues, criminal trespass, and burglary of habitation.

As always, these are arrests and charges listed in the jail report, not convictions.

COFFELT, JAMES MATTHEW
Age: 21
City: Splendora, TX
Booked: 05/21/2026
Charge:
Driving While Intoxicated

HOUSTON, MICHAEL SCOTT
Age: 41
City: Onalaska, TX
Booked: 05/21/2026
Released: 05/21/2026
Charge:
Montgomery Co. theft property

MILLER, TERRI DAWN
Age: 33
City: Humble, TX
Booked: 05/21/2026
Charge:
BF theft property $2,500, 2 or more previous convictions, Montgomery Co.

NETTLES, MICHAEL DUANE
Age: 43
City: Livingston, TX
Booked: 05/21/2026
Charge:
Driving with license invalid with previous conviction, suspension, or without financial responsibility

HOUSER, DAVID
Age: 51
City: Jasper, TX
Booked: 05/22/2026
Charges:
Angelina Co. driving while license invalid with previous conviction
Jasper Co. criminal trespass

SLAUGHTER, STEVEN THOMAS
Age: 38
City: Cleveland, TX
Booked: 05/22/2026
Charge:
BF burglary of habitation

Polk County Texas Booking Report: Polk County had a little bit of everything in this one. Warrants, parole violations, D...
05/20/2026

Polk County Texas Booking Report: Polk County had a little bit of everything in this one. Warrants, parole violations, DWI, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and one case that’s probably gonna have folks talking. Reminder as always, these are charges and not convictions.

• PAUBLO ADONAY FLORES, 23, Corrigan
Charges:
- Warrant: Sexual Assault of a Child
- Warrant: Possession of Child Po*******hy Under 100 Visual Depictions

• ROBERT WAYNE HOLLMAN, 53, Livingston
Charges:
- Aggravated Assault Family/Household with Weapon Causing SBI
- Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon
- Aggravated Assault with Deadly Weapon

• MICHAEL LYNN MUIRHEAD, 28, Onalaska
Charges:
- Motion to Revoke Probation: Driving While Intoxicated

• ZACHARY BLAKE PILLOW, 28, Baytown
Charges:
- Motion to Revoke Probation: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle

• MICHAEL IRVEN DOWDELL, 34, Raywood
Charges:
- Parole Violation
- Unauthorized Use of Vehicle

POLK COUNTY BOOKING REPORT 05/16/2026COURTNEY MARIE DUNNIGAN, 35, of LivingstonCharges:• Resist Arrest Search or Transpo...
05/16/2026

POLK COUNTY BOOKING REPORT 05/16/2026

COURTNEY MARIE DUNNIGAN, 35, of Livingston
Charges:
• Resist Arrest Search or Transport
• Evading Arrest Detention
• Criminal Trespass
• Fail ID / Refuse to Give Accurate Information

JAMES GREGORY FULLER, 55, of Greenville, NC
Charges:
• MTRP – Possession Controlled Substance PG1 >1G 30K

05/15/2026

Follow up to the Livingston / Texas AG story from earlier today.

Multiple East Texas news outlets ran stories saying Livingston was among more than 130 Texas cities “accused of illegally raising taxes” after a press release from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office.

The story spread pretty fast locally because Livingston was specifically named alongside other East Texas cities.

Not long after, the City of Livingston released an official public statement pushing back on the wording of the article. According to the city, Livingston has not imposed an ad valorem property tax since the late 1980s and they argued the reporting was misleading.

The city said the issue involved state audit and transparency compliance requirements tied to SB 1851, not that Livingston was actively or illegally raising property taxes. They also asked KTRE to retract or correct the story.

Since then, KTRE appears to have updated the wording of their article.

The newer wording now focuses on cities being prohibited from raising taxes above the “no new revenue” rate due to alleged compliance issues, instead of directly accusing cities like Livingston of illegally raising taxes.

So the situation now seems to be:

• The Attorney General’s office says certain cities failed compliance requirements tied to transparency/audit laws.

• Livingston says the original headlines made it sound like they were illegally taxing residents when they do not levy that type of property tax.

• KTRE updated the wording after the backlash and official responses.

POLK COUNTY BOOKING REPORT• MONTY DURWOOD MEREDITH, 64, CORRIGANBooked on charges including abandon/endanger child with ...
05/15/2026

POLK COUNTY BOOKING REPORT

• MONTY DURWOOD MEREDITH, 64, CORRIGAN
Booked on charges including abandon/endanger child with imminent danger bodily injury, deadly conduct discharge firearm, and forgery obtain property or service under $100.

• JOE ALLEN STREET PARKER III, 40, HOUSTON
Booked for DWI 3rd or more.

• WALLACE JOSEPH SPRINGERLEY, 60, LIVINGSTON
Booked on motion to revoke probation tied to failure to comply with s*x offender registration requirements.

• BRITTANY LASHAY GREGGS, 36, HUNTSVILLE
Booked for probation violation connected to forgery of government instrument.

• RONDA RENEE UNDERWOOD, 50, HUNTSVILLE
Booked for bond forfeiture tied to unlawful carrying weapon charge.

• WAYLAN LEWIS HALL, 55, LIVINGSTON
Booked on Angelina County warrant for driving while license invalid with previous conviction or suspension.

• JAKE WILLIAM COVER, 31, LIVINGSTON
Booked on revoked bond conditions tied to terroristic threat case.

All subjects are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

We don’t usually make posts like this, but we wanted to say something real quick.A lot of people don’t realize how much ...
05/15/2026

We don’t usually make posts like this, but we wanted to say something real quick.

A lot of people don’t realize how much time goes into running this page every day. Between daily arrest reports, local stories, digging through records, writing posts and trying to keep people informed, this page takes a lot of work behind the scenes. Most of the time we’re doing it during breaks, late at night, or while juggling a dozen other things at once.

Lately we’ve noticed a lot of our posts being copied word for word and reposted as original content by other pages and people. We absolutely don’t mind information being shared. Honestly, that’s the whole point.

But if you’re going to copy and repost our work directly, we’d genuinely appreciate a little credit to Polk County Talks for the time and effort that went into putting it together.

That support really does help keep this page going every single day.

Well this got messy fast.Earlier today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a list of more than 130 Texas cities ...
05/14/2026

Well this got messy fast.

Earlier today, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a list of more than 130 Texas cities accused of violating state transparency and audit requirements tied to property tax laws. Livingston was included on that list.

Several news outlets ran headlines saying Livingston was “accused of illegally raising taxes.”

Now the City of Livingston has fired back publicly.

According to an official statement released by the city this afternoon, Livingston says they have not imposed an ad valorem property tax since the late 1980s and say the news story was misleading. The city claims the issue involved audit/transparency compliance requirements under SB 1851, not actually raising taxes illegally.

The city is now asking KTRE to retract or correct the story.

So at this point, the argument seems to be less about whether Livingston appeared on the Attorney General’s list… and more about what exactly that list means.

The Attorney General’s office says cities that fail certain audit and transparency requirements cannot raise taxes above the “no new revenue” rate.

Livingston says that doesn’t apply the way the headlines made it sound because the city doesn’t levy that type of property tax to begin with.

Either way, this one escalated quick.

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