This is still a breaking story, and details are slim.
Burnet County is fairly near Austin. The charges:
- Tamper/Fabricate Physical Evidence W/Intent to Impair
- Abuse of Official Capacity-Cnt 1
- Abuse of Official Capacity-Cnt 2
- Official Oppression
The Sheriff’s Office won’t provide copies of the indictment or the arrest warrant until Judge Oakley is arrested and booked. Supposedly, the office is waiting for him to turn himself in.
In a statement, Oakley told KXAN the charges stem from “a fender-bender at a gas station two years ago, where I moved a piece of plastic bumper on the ground to clear for drivers” and his “multi-term service as a member of the Director of the Board of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative.”
Oakley went on to say “I have every confidence that my attorney will be successful in the outcome of addressing these allegations during the process.”
I don’t want to rush to judgement, but: somehow I doubt moving “a piece of plastic bumper on the ground to clear for drivers” results in charges of “official oppression“.
More details as I have them.