{"id":95541,"date":"2011-05-24T09:31:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-24T14:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=95541"},"modified":"2011-05-25T11:12:17","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T16:12:17","slug":"former-bullard-officer-on-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=95541","title":{"rendered":"Former Bullard Officer&#8217;s Trial Date Changed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/2011\/05\/24\/former-bullard-officer-on-trial\/attachment\/179118\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-95550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/05\/179118-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"179118\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-95550\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 The trial date for former Bullard police officer Steven Wayne Morris, 27, accused of sexual assault of a child, was rescheduled Monday due to a request for a continuance from Morris\u2019 attorney. Morris\u2019 case will go to trial June 20 at 10:00 at the Smith County Courthouse. If convicted of the second-degree felony, Morris could face 20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.<\/p>\n<p>Morris, of Jacksonville, was arrested by Texas Ranger Sgt. Brent Davis on Aug. 19, 2010. On Sept. 9, 2010, Morris was released from the Smith County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Morris was indicted on March 10, 2011. Morris allegedly had a year-long sexual relationship with a female student at Bullard High School, said Bullard Police Chief Gary Lewis. When the relationship began, the student was 15 years old, Lewis said. After seeing Morris\u2019 phone records, Lewis terminated Morris, who had been employed by the Bullard Police Department for two years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The trial date for former Bullard police officer Steven Wayne Morris, 27, accused of sexual assault of a child, was rescheduled Monday due to a request for a continuance from Morris\u2019 attorney. Morris\u2019 case will go to trial June 20 at 10:00 at the Smith County Courthouse. If convicted of the second-degree felony, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=95541\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Former Bullard Officer&#8217;s Trial Date Changed<\/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-95541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 16:59:14","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\/95541","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=95541"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95925,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95541\/revisions\/95925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}