Bullard Man Indicted for Murder

BULLARD — A Smith County man accused of using a bat to kill a man has been indicted for murder. The indictment was handed up against James Bales, 31. He is accused of the March 6th murder of Bias Lott, 61. The incident happened in the 22000 block of Lakeway Harbor Drive in Bullard. Deputies initially responded to a disturbance call and, upon arrival, found two men involved in an altercation. Officials said one of the men had been attacked and repeatedly hit in the head with a baseball bat. Lot was transported to a Tyler hospital where he underwent emergency surgery and died early the next morning.