{"id":296471,"date":"2014-04-01T11:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T16:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=296471"},"modified":"2014-04-02T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:22:42","slug":"officials-gregg-county-conducts-joint-initiative-to-arrest-delinquent-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=296471","title":{"rendered":"Ten Arrested in Gregg County Child Support Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thumb_attorneygeneraloftexas\"<\/a>LONGVIEW \u2013 Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano and Longview Police Chief Don Dingler have arrested 10 Gregg County parents who allegedly violated court orders requiring them to pay child support. Tuesday\u2019s sweep was conducted in conjunction with the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Child Support Division. After holding a 4:30 a.m. briefing to kick off the initiative, teams of law enforcement officers worked through the early morning hours to locate and arrest the parents before they had a chance to leave their homes for the day. Child Support Division investigators aided the sheriff and police chief by providing logistical assistance to locate missing parents. <\/p>\n

A total of 15 parents \u2013 including 10 from Tuesday\u2019s effort \u2013 have been arrested since the beginning of March, when roundup preparation began. Here’s a list of the 10 parents picked up Tuesday, provided by the sheriff’s office:<\/p>\n

James Edward Smith
\nSylvia Darlene Gonzalez
\nBenjamin Wazell Taylor
\nRufus Earl Humphries Jr.
\nAlbert Johnson Jr.
\nAdarius Qunta Davenport
\nMichael Gene Duxbury Jr.
\nJesse Lee Martinez
\nMykia Delores Pauley
\nJoshua Lee Sullivan <\/p>\n

The five arrested before Tuesday’s sweep are as follows:<\/p>\n

Brian Keith Moore
\nChristie Lynn Cochran
\nHarold Lynn Palmer
\nJerry Lee Maines
\nJerrall Fagans Jr.<\/p>\n

Others remain at large and will be picked up as they are located, according to the sheriff’s office. Parents arrested on civil warrants face up to six months in jail. Cash bonds posted by delinquent parents seeking release from jail are paid to the custodial parents and children who are owed back child support. To avoid the embarrassment of arrest at home or work, officials say parents with child support warrants should contact the Gregg County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Parents who have fallen behind on their child support payments \u2013 but are not subject to warrants for their arrest \u2013 should immediately contact the Attorney General\u2019s Child Support Division at (800) 252-8014 to make payment arrangements. <\/p>\n

Under state and federal law, the Office of the Attorney General can assist families who request child support services and must serve families who currently receive or have received public assistance. Services offered by the Child Support Division include locating absent parents; establishing paternity for children born to unmarried parents; establishing, enforcing, and modifying child and medical support orders; and collecting and distributing child support payments.<\/p>\n

Statewide, child support collected by the Office of the Attorney General exceeded $3.6 billion for the state fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, 2013. The Longview child support office, which covers Gregg and five surrounding counties, collected $50 million of that amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONGVIEW \u2013 Gregg County Sheriff Maxey Cerliano and Longview Police Chief Don Dingler have arrested 10 Gregg County parents who allegedly violated court orders requiring them to pay child support. Tuesday\u2019s sweep was conducted in conjunction with the Texas Attorney General\u2019s Child Support Division. After holding a 4:30 a.m. briefing to kick off the initiative, … Continue reading Ten Arrested in Gregg County Child Support Sweep<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 16:36:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296471"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296489,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296471\/revisions\/296489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}