On May 21, 2015, at approximately 4:45 p.m., investigators from the Hope Police Department arrested Lucas Wayne Barnett, 30, of Hope. Barnett was taken into custody in the area of 14th and Main Streets in Hope because of a felony warrant for his arrest for Capital Murder.

The arrest is the result of an ongoing investigation into a homicide that occurred on July 2, 2014. The victim in that incident, Gary Tubberville, 57, was found beaten and unresponsive inside a residence in the 300 block of South Ferguson Street.

 

Sharlee Cole
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Sharlee M. Cole, 21, of Hope was also arrested and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution in the same incident.

Both Barnett and Cole were booked into the Hempstead County Detention Facility where they await a first court appearance.

Bond for Cole was set at $500,000 and Barnett was given no bond.

(Source:Kimberly Tomlin, Hope Police Department.)

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