All posts by Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
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Digital Trail leads to 24-Year Sentence for Montgomery County Child Exploitation Offender
On October 29, 2025, in the 435th District Court, Judge Kaycee Jones sentenced Zachary David Johnson, 23, to...
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Governor Abbott appoints Mike R. Holley as Montgomery County District Attorney
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Michael R. “Mike” Holley as the new Montgomery County District Attorney, following the...
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MCDAO Honored as TPWD Prosecutor of the Year
The Texas Game Wardens, serving all 254 counties statewide, hosted their annual awards ceremony on October 23, 2025,...
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Judge delivers Life Sentence, telling Courtroom: ‘Hope belongs with the Survivors’
“They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” Those were the words spoken by...
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Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office named 2025 Prosecutor of the Year by Texas Parks and Wildlife
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has been recognized by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Law Enforcement...
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Career Drug Runner sentenced to TDCJ for endangering life of Law Enforcement Officer
On Tuesday, September 30th, 2025, the presentation of evidence began in The State of Texas v. Shawn Gollihugh....
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Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office affirms Commitment to Transparency in Criminal Case Reporting
In response to the questions received by our office about certain reporting requirements made by the Attorney General’s...
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Justice for Jada: Life Sentence following Deadly Family Violence Assault
On September 25, 2025, Judge Patty Maginnis of the 435th District Court sentenced 34-year-old Joshua Andru Perkins to...
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Courage in the Courtroom, Justice in the Verdict: Life Sentence for 37-Year-Old Predator
A Montgomery County jury in the 221st District Court found 37-year-old Jacob Andrew Willhoite guilty of Continuous Sexual...
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Montgomery County DA and HTI partner to strengthen Local Enforcement response to Human Trafficking
As part of a larger enforcement initiative in Texas, the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office has entered a...
