Originally
published May 5, 2014 at 10:57 p.m., updated May 6, 2014 at 8:21 a.m.
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Cuero police officer arrested in April on a warrant charging him with running
over his wife will remain on paid administrative leave.
Cuero
City Manager Raymie Zella said he will re-evaluate whether Officer Corey
Tolbert should be on paid administrative leave after a grand jury meets in less
than two weeks.
Court
documentsreleased last week revealed Tolbert's wife, Department of Public
Safety Trooper Elizabeth Tolbert, was injured for almost two hours before being
taken to a hospital.
The
documents also showed that although Tolbert's father, Fire Chief William
"Butch" Tolbert, was notified, along with several police officers and
eventually Cuero Police Chief Jay Lewis, no one called for an ambulance.
Corey
Tolbert told Texas Ranger Drew Pilkington the couple had argued while drinking
and working on water wells at their home on Heinie Bade Road on April 17.
Corey
Tolbert admitted he may have hit his wife with a trailer attached to his truck
while moving it. He said it was unintentional.
"At
this time, based upon the information received thus far, there is no internal
investigation of the Cuero Police Department nor any officer," Zella wrote
in a news release. "As to the fire chief (Butch Tolbert), I, as city
manager, have no authority to conduct an internal investigation of this
position."
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DeWitt County grand jury is scheduled to meet May 12, according to a calendar
on the county's website.
"I
believe we have also scheduled the grand jury to come in on Wednesday, May
14," DeWitt County District Attorney Michael Sheppard wrote in an email.
