Feb. 5 Update: Cole-Hodgkinson has been released on bond. Read the updated story here.
Hill County’s former attorney Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson was arrested after she allegedly shot her husband multiple times Sunday morning in Abilene, Texas, according to the Abilene Reporter News.
Cole-Hodgkinson, 47, was charged with first-degree aggravated assault. She is in the Taylor County Jail, on a $50,000 bond, a Taylor County Jail reprsentative told the Herald this afternoon.
The Abilene Reporter reports: “Police said the victim arrived about 6 a.m. to his residence in the 800 block of Victoria Street and discovered he was locked out by his wife. He eventually gained entry and found her in a bathroom armed with a handgun, police said.
She fired the gun several times at the victim, striking him in the abdomen and right shoulder, police said. The victim was transported to a local hospital. Police did not list his condition.
Police said they found the suspect at a next-door neighbor’s residence.”
Cole-Hodgkinson left the Hill County attorney’s office in July, after an embattled 18-month tenure and a $49,000-severance package meant to induce her to resign.
She was found guilty of three counts of contempt by Hill County Justice Court Judge Audrey Barger.
Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson during her Aug. 7 contempt hearing in the Hill County Justice Court. (The Havre Herald, file photo)
This story has been updated. More on this from the Herald as it becomes available.
More reading on Cole-Hodgkinson’s Hill County tenure: Judge Finds Cole-Hodgkinson Guilty of Contempt, Allows Delay and Appeal of House Arrest
Former Hill County Attorney Received $49,000 to Resign
Long End to a Short Tenure: Karen Alley Takes on Large Caseload as Hill County Attorney, Former Attorney Resigns
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