Clay County, Texas: Sheriff Jeffrey C. Lyde facing Official Oppression charges

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Clay Co. Sheriff Jeffrey C. Lyde facing Official Oppression charges

18 November 2021

The 97th District Court District Attorney Casey Polhemus has provided KAUZ with a statement saying that its office has been recused from the investigation, and that the case will be handled by the 46th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which is run by Staley Heatly in Vernon. The statement can be found below. News Channel 6 has reached out to Heatly’s office for comment. ORIGINAL STORY According to the Clay County Inmate Roster, a person with the same name as Sheriff Jeffrey C. Lyde was booked into the Clay County Jail on two counts of official oppression on Thursday morning. His ...

Clay Co. Sheriff facing Official Oppression charges

The Clay County DA’s Office said it has been recused from the investigation and prosecution.

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Texas Sheriff Linked to Oath Keepers Charged with ‘Official Oppression’
Jeffrey Lyde was detained at the Clay County jail he oversees, facing misdemeanor charges of unlawfully detaining inmates

18 November 2021

A Texas Sheriff was arrested on counts of “official oppression” — and briefly detained at the county jail he oversees, before being released on bond Thursday. Jeffrey C. Lyde is the top lawman in Clay County in rural North Texas, near the Oklahoma border. But he’s now the one in legal jeopardy, facing Class A misdemeanor charges for unlawfully jailing inmates for longer than two days without a finding of probable cause. It has been a big week for Lyde. Rolling Stone revealed Monday that his name appears on leaked membership rolls of the Oath Keepers, a right wing militia ...

Texas Sheriff Linked to Oath Keepers Charged with 'Official Oppression'

Jeffrey Lyde was detained at the Clay County jail he oversees, facing misdemeanor charges of unlawfully detaining inmates

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Clay County Sheriff Jeff Lyde jailed

18 November 2021

The Sheriff of Clay County was charged with two counts of official oppression the morning of Thursday, November 18. Jeffrey Clark Lyde, 54, was booked into the Clay County Jail Thursday morning. Lyde is jailed on two charges of official oppression. Official oppression is defined as the following, according to the Texas Penal Code: A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he: (1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful; (2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment ...

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