Per Shirley Jackson Executive Secretary for Sheriff Henry Patterson Mr. Warren was arrested (walk in) on June 29, 2011 for the following Offenses:
Tamper w/witness
Terroristic threat
Deadly conduct
Mr. Warren was PR Bonded on all three offenses June 29, 2011 by Judge Don Burgess.
Please note: The LCSO will not be commenting on this case at this time.
In “Taking Liberty, Part 3” we demonstrated what kind of run around the public should expect when public officials become so cozy with one another that they feel they are protected from having to answer to anything they choose to do. We demonstrated that allegations of First Assistant District Attorney Joe Warren threatening to kill a neighbor were routinely covered up and the investigation was going nowhere. After our scathing report was made public, the alleged victims in this case, the Strawn family, found the courage to press charges and their concerns were taken seriously by the Sheriff's Office.
This case began when the culture of corruption in Liberty County grew to a point where certain public officials felt they were above the law. Then, when the two neighbor’s dogs started barking to determine who was dominant and a hole was dug under the fence, the death of one dog was set to escalate into a much bigger problem. Allegedly, when First Assistant DA Joe Warren’s dog was killed, he then took time to go home, get his handgun, and cross over Strawn family’s fence in pursuit of the other dogs. When First Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Joe Warren, was confronted by Mr. Strawn’s Father in Law, Mr. Frazier, First Assistant District Attorney Joe Warren threatened to kill Mr. Strawn’s Father in Law while pointing a gun to his head. Ordinarily this is bad enough, but First Assistant District Attorney Warren also made additional threats towards Mrs. Strawn. According witnesses, Mr. Joe Warren threatened, should Mrs. Strawn report the incident, First Assistant District Attorney Mr. Joe Warren made it clear to witnesses at the scene in this case, stating he would use his position as First Assistant District Attorney to prosecute Mr. Strawn “again” and send him back to prison, if they do not comply with Joe Warren’s wishes regarding the dogs.
In “Taking Liberty, Part 3” we went on to demonstrate (with PIA requests) that many public officials would cover up even the allegations of the Joe Warren gun incident and threats. Generally, whenever the questions were important regarding armed threats etc…, the authorities claimed that there were no records, but if we wanted to talk about dogs, then there were lots of records. Basically, there are two issues in the records and the government officials only want to acknowledge the one involving the dogs. Such are the actions of government officials long used to corruption and way too cozy friendships.
It has been many months since “Taking Liberty, Part 3” was first published here on Liberty Dispatch and there has been a lot of changes going on Liberty County since then, almost all of the changes are for the better. The Outsiders have long advocated that crime victims should file complaints with the appropriate government agencies to help the system work properly and it appears that doing so has paid off in this case. The Outsiders would like to thank all the government officials and citizens who had the courage to take a stand and help make the system work correctly. In the coming year, we’ll be looking forward to even more changes for the better.
The Outsiders
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