One of the upstanding investigators in Hockley County....

Updated: Former Hockley County Deputy pleads guilty in meth ring charges

Posted: Dec 21, 2009 3:08 PM CSTUpdated: Dec 22, 2009 6:55 PM CST

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A former Hockley County Sheriff's Deputy will soon go to prison.

Gordon Bohannon pleaded guilty on Monday in Federal Court to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

This case goes back to the huge federal drug bust in Levelland when officers arrested Bohannon for his involvement in a multi-state methamphetamine drug trafficking ring.

Several defendants in the case already pleaded guilty, and it was Bohannon's turn. He is one of the most high profile defendants in the case.

The maximum sentence for the charge he pleaded guilty to is life in prison and a $4 million fine. However, under the terms of the plea agreement, Bohannon will get 10 years and no fine. He must serve at least 85 percent of that sentence, 8 1/2 years, before he is eligible for parole.

Sentencing should be sometime in March, which is when a judge will decided whether or not to accept the plea agreement.

Bohannon's wife, daughter, and parents sat among family and friend in the courtroom.

Levelland residents expressed disappointment in their Sheriff's Department. Brenda Perez said, "It's pretty surprising that he pleaded guilty. I mean, I didn't think he would come out guilty, but he did."

"I'm really disappointed in the Sheriff's Department and the law enforcement because I've always held them in real high esteem until this," said Bill Barker.

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A great song.....

2 my Angels!!!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and.....listen to the words.....





I love you always....

3 songs for 3 people

I love yall!

How do I know which way to go?

Show me the path where I should walk, O Lord; point out the right road for me to follow.
Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you.

Psalm 25:4-5 NLT

Pay attention and grow wise, for I am giving you good guidance. Don't turn away from my teaching.
Proverbs 4:1-2 NLT

I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths. If you live a life guided by wisdom, you won't limp or stumble as you run.
Proverbs 4:11-12 NLT



Sometimes we're faced with several options, and we don't know which way to go. In Psalm 25, David asked God for guidance. Perhaps he remembered when, as a shepherd boy, he had to show the right path to his sheep who were wandering away. Just as he knew which path would lead to safety for his sheep, God knew the path that would lead to everlasting life. Just as those sheep that looked to him for direction were in the least danger, so David knew he needed to look to God for direction.

Today, God still leads us by his truth—his written Word and his Spirit, which helps us to understand it. Are you not sure which path to take? Pray as David did and read what God has already said in his written Word. He will show the right road to follow.

Delay is not rejection!

Delay is not rejection

Although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, he stayed where he was for the next two days and did not go to them. Finally, after two days, he said to his disciples, "Let's go to Judea again."


John 11:5-7 NLT

God often delays His response out of love, as He works all things together for good.

Jeanne Zornes


Waiting with hope

Mary and Martha had sent their friend Jesus a message about the critical condition of their brother, Lazarus, and their urgent need for his help: "Lord, the one you love is very sick" (John 11:3). But instead of rushing off to Bethany, Jesus stayed where he was for two days before responding to Mary and Martha's plea. When he did arrive, he raised Lazarus from the dead in a magnificent display of his power.

Just as Mary and Martha struggled when Jesus answered their prayers for Lazarus in a time and way different from what they had expected, we get frustrated when the Lord delays in coming to us and answering our prayers.

As it did for the grieving sisters, two days (or two months or two years) of waiting can seem like an eternity to us. But in the midst of the "delay," God is not inactive. He is teaching us patience, perseverance, and faith and is planning to glorify himself in our circumstances. While we are waiting, he wants to cleanse our hearts and refocus us on Jesus. The Spirit always knows what will glorify God, and we can trust him when we're in the waiting room.

LORD, help me to wait for you in hope and perseverance, knowing that you will come. Grant me patience and faith in the waiting room of life yet to be.

God's Timing is Perfect....

Never disappointed

Every day I call to you, my God, but, you do not answer. Every night you hear my voice, but I find no relief. Yet you are holy. The praises of Israel surround your throne. Our ancestors trusted in you, and you rescued them. You heard their cries for help and saved them. They put their trust in you and were never disappointed.


Psalm 22:2-5 NLT


The fugitive translator

William Tyndale was born about 1494 and educated first at Oxford, where he was ordained into the priesthood, then at Cambridge, where he joined the Reformation. He became convinced that England would never be evangelized using Latin Bibles. Tyndale's efforts to get permission to translate the Bible into English were unsuccessful, so he left England.

His first English New Testament was printed in Germany in 1525. As Tyndale's English Bibles were smuggled into England, the archbishop of Canterbury and the bishop of London began attacking him fiercely. On June 18, 1528 Thomas Wolsey, the English cardinal, ordered Tyndale's arrest and extradition to England. It took seven years to track him down, then spent eighteen months in a cold castle dungeon.

Tyndale, in his early forties, was found guilty and condemned to death as a heretic. Referring to the king's opposition to his English Bible, Tyndale said, "Lord, open the king of England's eyes."

The year that Tyndale died, there were two English Bibles containing his translation of the New Testament. When presented to Henry VIII, the king, not realizing it contained Tyndale's work, proclaimed, "In God's name let it go abroad among the people."

Tyndale's Bible translations were his lasting legacy. They were so well done that they made up 90 percent of the wording of the King James Version published nearly one hundred years later.

Adapted from The One Year® Book of Christian History by E. Michael and Sharon Rusten (Tyndale, 2003), entry for June 18.