Suspended Smith County Constable Released from Prison
Posted/updated on: April 18, 2018 at 10:19 am
SMITH COUNTY — A suspended Smith County constable has been released from prison and has entered a halfway house. According to KTBB’s news partner KETK, Henry Phillip Jackson, 66, was placed in a halfway house, which is overseen by the Houston Residential Reentry Management field office. On May 16, 2017, Jackson pleaded guilty to four counts of willful failure to file federal income tax returns and was sentenced to six months in federal prison in September. Jackson was also ordered to pay $157,489 in restitution. Jackson has served as an elected constable since 1999.
He’s currently on suspension from his Precinct 1 constable post. Jackson is scheduled to be released from state custody on April 25. Bobby Garmon has been serving as interim Pct. 1 Constable since Jackson’s imprisonment.
