Felony Arrests In Nacogdoches County Oct 5

There are currently 312 inmates in the Nacogdoches County Jail. 15 are pretrial Class A and B Misdemeanor offenders.

This report focuses on the 216 pretrial felons (187 male and 29 female). There are 31 pretrial state jail felons and 50 in the "all other" category.

There have been 3,778 bookings in and out of the jail in 2024. The 20+ pretrial and state jail felons pictured below were arrested from October 5 - 11, 2024 in and near Nacogdoches, Texas.

1 Million Dollar Bond For Human Trafficking Charge

The Nacogdoches Police Department arrested Charles Alan Hooker, 49, on October 7, 2024. His two charges brought him a combined bond of 1 million dollars.

Nacogdoches County Jail

Each of the charges had a $500,000 bond. His first charge of sexual assault of a child is a 2nd-degree felony.

The second charge is a 1st-degree felony. "Trafficking of person benefits" is a charge reserved for human trafficking.

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Illicit Human Trafficking With Benefits Charge In Texas

Human trafficking is different than human smuggling, the illegal transportation of people across borders. Human smuggling is usually consensual, while human trafficking involves force, fraud, coercion, or all three.

In Texas, human trafficking is a felony, with penalties ranging from life in jail to big fines. The severity of the penalty is dependent on the age of the victim.

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If the victim is a child and is deemed illicit, that is the worst version of the charges. Hooker has been charged with receiving benefits such as forced prostitution from the person he was trafficking.