Alleged judicial misconduct and a healthy portion of local politics are now blending at the Polk County Courthouse.
At the center of the evolving controversy is 411th District Court Judge Kaycee Jones. According to a pending complaint before the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, Jones is accused of attempting to purposely and publicly prejudice a fellow judge against a defendant she claims once stole her property.
Multiple witnesses say it happened in Livingston February 3, during a trial scheduling conference conducted by 258th District Court Judge Travis Kitchens.
"411th District Judge Kaycee Jones was in the room and when I mentioned my client’s name she interrupted and said, ‘That’s the guy who stole my car’. I was stunned that she would say this in front of a Judge that would be hearing my client’s case," said John Wells, an attorney practicing in Polk, Trinity, and San Jacinto Counties.
It was Wells who filed the ethics complaint against Judge Jones.
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