Ex-wives testify against former officer - Victoria Advocate
CUERO - William "Butch" Tolbert has been the volunteer fire chief for four decades. With only a basic first-aid course under his belt and a flashlight, Tolbert said he found his daughter-in-law lying on the ground in rural DeWitt County sometime after 8:41 p. m. April 17, 2014. He said he didn't initially think she was injured... "I tried to rouse her because I didn't know what was wrong with her," Tolbert told Senior District Judge Joseph P. Kelly. The younger Tolbert pleaded no contest last week to recklessly assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Tolbert. Elizabeth Tolbert, a former Texas Department of Public Safety trooper, suffered a fractured pelvis, a fractured cheekbone, a broken nose, a punctured lung and several broken ribs. The state contends Tolbert ran over her while driving a pickup pulling a trailer after the couple got into an argument. "His behavior after the fact is as criminal as criminal can be," District Attorney Michael Sheppard said. Sheppard said he can prove Tolbert has been violent before. He said Tolbert's family and friends have only enabled him and described the fire chief as one of the first of several hostile witnesses who will take the stand. Source: www.victoriaadvocate.com
