2015-08-20 15:22 CH UP1 940+549+7426 >> P 19/20 NO. LEEX IL SZ BOND 4/00 co. os ‘The State of Texas Vs. BILLY RAY MINKLEY Jr. Charge: Possession of a Prohibited Weapon Court: Justice Court Pet. 1 Young Co. Date of Offense: On, or about, May 01, 2015 Agency Case No.: #2015558 —_ IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | Je6f Smith, a sworn Peace Officer, (HEREINAFTER STYLED Affiant) do solemnly swear thet Thave good reason to believe, and do believe, that BILLY RAY MINKLEY Jr, (HEREINAFTER STYLED defendant) on or about the 01 day of May, 2015 and before the ‘making and filing ofthis complaint in the County of Young and State aforesaid, did then and there, intentionally or knowingly possess short barrel firearm, to-wit: Remington brand, 870 semiautomatic, Premier model, 12guage shotgua with an overall barrel length of fourteen and one sixteenth (14 1/16") inches beating serial number #PC607543, Belief is based on the following facts. On May 30, 2015 the Graham Police Department took a Teport of a missing person. During the course ofthis investigation several individuals were interviewed by your Affisnt, On June 16, 2015 your Affiant, and Lt, James D. Reeves, also with the Graham Police Department, interviewed! “" —* =, DOB: 3, 1X Driver License Number During the interview ated Ross Hellams came tohis residence on May 30, 2U19 with a brown paper bag containing clothes and a sawed off shotgun, ‘slated Hellams told hiv that he (Hellams) was going to throw the bag of clothes and the gun in the trash dumpster. stated he. 3) did not want a child frttne ahold ofthe gun and getting hurt, so he told Hellas that hey would take the gun. ‘m stated the Defendant then gave him the gun. (On June 16, 2015 your Affiant, and Lt. Reeves, went to *s residence, located at “; in Graham, Young County, Texas and seized a Remington brand, 870 semiautomane, rremier model, 12guage shotgun, bearing serial number #PC607543, with the barrel and stock cutoff, and black tape wrapped around the grip of the stock. ‘The overall length of the gun, from tip of barrel to end of stock, measured twenty six and ten sixteenth (26 10/16") inches. ‘The overall length ofthe barrel, from the tp ofthe barrel to the breach ofthe barrel, ‘measured fourteen and one sixteenth (14 1/16") inches, which is shorte than the required barcel length of eighteen (18”) inches for a shotgun, On June 22, 2015 Ross Earl Hellams was interviewed by Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol ‘Tobacco and Firearms, as well as Texas Ranger Toby Catlin. Hellams told investigators that he