Bonds Set in Hallsville Man’s 2009 Slaying

MARSHALL — Bonds were set at $50,000 each for the two men indicted in the 2009 murder of a Hallsville man. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report Thomas Richardson Jr. (pictured) of Tyler and Harley Blake Vaughn of Harleton were arraigned in Marshall’s 71st District Court for the slaying of Bobby Joe Inzer. Rick Hagan, special prosecutor appointed in the case, said pretrial hearings for both have not been set yet. “We’ll work on that, but probably (they) won’t happen until sometime in August,” Hagan said Wednesday, noting a trial date has not been scheduled, either.

Richardson and Vaughn were 16 years old when they allegedly shot Inzer with his own weapons while at his home in Hallsville. Because they are both now 20, Harrison County Court-at-Law Judge Jim Ammerman, who presides over juvenile cases, signed an order last month waiving juvenile jurisdiction for both defendants so that they could be tried as adults.