All posts by Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | February 3, 2026Man convicted in Violent Family Assault, Sentenced to 50 Years
A Montgomery County jury found 34-year-old David Alexander Scardino guilty of Aggravated Assault Causing Serious Bodily Injury with...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | January 28, 2026Repeat Drug Trafficker sentenced to 40 Years after Courthouse Departure
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office secured a 40-year prison sentence for a repeat drug trafficker following a...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | January 5, 2026High-Risk New Year’s Travel Period met with Countywide DWI Enforcement
During the New Year’s holiday, one of the busiest and highest-risk travel periods of the year, law enforcement...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | December 30, 2025New Year’s DWI Enforcement begins December 31 through January 3
The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the Montgomery County DWI Task Force, comprised of local...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | December 18, 2025Digital Trail leads to 40-Year Prison Sentence
A Montgomery County jury has sentenced Keith Peterson, of Beaumont, to decades in prison after convicting him on...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | December 16, 2025A Lifetime of Accountability: Offender to Serve 75-Year Day-for-Day Sentence
On December 10, 2025, a Montgomery County jury convicted Walter Hernandez-Martinez, 43, of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | November 19, 2025Violent Domestic Abuser sentenced to 50 Years
On November 18, 2025, a Montgomery County jury found 35-year-old Patrick Anthony Currie guilty of Assault Family Violence...
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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | November 4, 2025Digital 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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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | October 29, 2025Governor 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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Laura Smith, Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office | October 29, 2025MCDAO 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,...












