Staff Report HAYS COUNTY – An investigation by the Hays County Fire Marshal and Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) led to the arrest of 32-year-old Kirill O. Belchenko of the unincorporated area of Hays County between Wimberley and San Marcos, on three counts of Felony 2 Arson. He was arrested Sept...

A juvenile suspect was detained today, Oct. 21, on a “Directive to Apprehend warrant for Murder” by the Hays County Sheriff’s office. The juvenile was transported to the juvenile detention center. The investigation centers around the May 15, 2020 arson and death investigation at the 400 block of Wes...

Weeks after the SWAT team was called to Hays County Jail to quell what a senior officer with the Sheriff’s Office called a “mini riot,” the investigation is continuing with no charges filed. Lt. Dennis Gutierrez said inmates in late June set a fire and used mattresses to block windows and security c...

A Hays County jury sentenced a Wimberley man to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty of intentionally setting a San Marcos home on fire in 2015. Ralph Colton Olle, 20, was convicted of first-degree arson by a Hays County Jury, said Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau. But Mau said Olle’s d...

By Moses Leos III A Cibolo man wanted for allegedly breaking in windows of a vehicle and a house in San Marcos in August and then setting them both on fire was arrested by authorities Friday.  Ty Ashton Killoran-Bates, 20, of Cibolo, was booked into the Hays County Jail on a charge of Arson, which i...

By Moses Leos III   A Kyle woman was arrested Wednesday after she was suspected of setting her boyfriend’s couch on fire and then trying to escape from custody.  Kyle Police arrested Margaret Anne Welch, 47, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail on one charge of arson, a state jail felony, a...