Bullard Man Sentenced to 35 Years without Parole on Child Sex Abuse Charges

Tyler Morning Telegraph
November 10, 2016

http://www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News+Local/256599/bullard-man-sentenced-to-35-years-without-parole-on-child-sex-abuse-charges

A 26-year-old Bullard man pleaded guilty to a series of sexual assault to a child charges on Wednesday after prosecutors said he used his position in a church and school to lure boys to his home.

Thomas Scroggins, age 26, of Bullard pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

The victims, whose names will be withheld, varied in ages but were all younger than 14 years old at the time of the offenses, according to the Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office.

Separate from his plea of guilty, Scroggins also agreed to surrender a vehicle used to transport some of his victims and some remote-controlled airplanes which the state alleged were used to lure his young male victims into vulnerable situations.

“This is the first time ever that the Cherokee County District Attorney’s office has sought to use the Texas state asset seizure laws to seize property that was used in the sexual assault of children,” Rachel Patton, Cherokee County district Attorney said in a news release.