{"id":926674,"date":"2020-09-30T13:25:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=926674"},"modified":"2020-10-01T13:25:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T18:25:03","slug":"registered-sex-offender-killed-in-gregg-county-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=926674","title":{"rendered":"Registered sex offender killed in Gregg County hit and run"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"GREGG COUNTY — An East Texas sex offender with a long history of arrests and convictions was killed by a hit and run driver. DPS Sgt. Jean Dark told KTBB Wednesday that Troopers in the Longview Highway Patrol Office are asking witnesses to come forward in the fatal in the investigation of a fatal hit and run. “The crash occurred on Saturday, September 26 at approximately 10:15 p.m. at night two miles west of Kilgore.” Dark went on to say, “We believe it is possibly a small dark sedan, that was traveling West on HWY 135, that then turned left on Peavine Rd. The vehicle involved may have damage to the front including one or both headlamps.” The driver of the sedan fled the crash scene and failed to stop and render aid.<\/p>\n

Wayne Haley, 50 of Kilgore was struck and killed. Haley was a known sex offender listed on the state registry. He was charged for indecency with a child sexual contact and had been arrested three times for sexual indecency with a child in Gregg County, as well as five times for theft. <\/p>\n

Anyone, including automotive body shop owners\/employees, that has information about the lens, the fatal crash or was in the area at the time, is encouraged to contact Sergeant Darren Thomas at the Longview Highway Patrol Office – 903.758.1789.<\/p>\n

In Smith County, Haley was arrested for assault twice, theft twice, and cruelty to animals twice. According to DPS troopers, based on the evidence found at the scene, the hit and run vehicle may have damage to the front, including one or both headlamps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GREGG COUNTY — An East Texas sex offender with a long history of arrests and convictions was killed by a hit and run driver. DPS Sgt. Jean Dark told KTBB Wednesday that Troopers in the Longview Highway Patrol Office are asking witnesses to come forward in the fatal in the investigation of a fatal hit … Continue reading Registered sex offender killed in Gregg County hit and run<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"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-926674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 17:55:25","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\/926674","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926674"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":926778,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926674\/revisions\/926778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}