Men Indicted in Teen’s Murder
Posted/updated on: February 25, 2011 at 11:40 am
LONGVIEW — Two Longview men arrested in connection with the Christmas Eve shooting of 15-year-old Nicole Cartwright were indicted on murder charges in Smith County. Adrian Earl Blankenship Jr., 22 was the first to be arrested on Jan. 3 in connection with the stray bullet that killed Cartwright at about 1:30 a.m. at a car wash in the 1100 block of West Gentry Parkway in Tyler.
Gregory Dewayne Polley, 26, was arrested a few days later as the suspected gunman. Tyler police spokesman Don Martin said Blankenship owned the gun and the getaway vehicle used in the shooting at the car wash. Polley remains jailed in Gregg County Jail on bonds totaling $502,250, charged with first-degree murder, assault and family violence causing bodily injury and contempt of court, all of which were outstanding warrants. Blankenship remains jailed in the Smith County Jail on $500,000, charged with first-degree murder.
