Judge Raquel West SHOCKS Repeat Offender With 20 Year Sentence In Texas Courtroom!

Added: 2026-06-01

[00:00:05]We're going to go ahead and get started with the Javy Wells hearing while we're waiting on some other attorneys, Mr. Rohas and Mr. Nichols.

[00:00:14]I know there's a witness that might be coming in a few minutes, but there's one here and we're waiting, so let's get started. This is um cause numbers 1931266 and 31267.

[00:00:30]All right, uh Mr. Nichols is present.

[00:00:32]Mr. Rohas, you're present with sir you Javy Wells?

[00:00:36]And Mr. Wells was previously in court.

[00:00:39]Let me pull this up real quick. Hold on.

[00:00:41]Uh has two motions to revoke unadjudicated probation on probation in each of those cases for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Um let's see.

[00:00:57]In those motions, pled true to counts three, four, and six.

[00:01:02]Um I've [clears throat] received an updated pre-sentence report as well as some jail incident reports that everyone should have been given copies of. Has everyone received all of that?

[00:01:12]>> We have Yes, your honor, we have.

[00:01:14]>> And um >> [clears throat] >> these cases are both I want to make sure I said it right. They're aggravated assault family violence. They're both first degree felonies, uh deferred probations and >> Not Not correct, your honor.

[00:01:26]>> It's not?

[00:01:27]>> One is a non-non-family violence and one is a second-degree family violence.

[00:01:33]>> Okay, so in that motion, it's Was that wrong then? It's aggravated on >> We so your honor >> Okay.

[00:01:40]>> Mr. Rohas and I actually double-checked this morning.

[00:01:43]>> Okay.

[00:01:43]>> It's It under the code and under the indictment and under the the original plea agreement, it's a >> Both of them are second-degrees, two to 20 range. There was no agreement um and Does Does anyone have any additions or corrections to that pre-sentence report?

[00:01:59]>> Nothing.

[00:02:00]>> No, Your Honor.

[00:02:01]>> Mr. Rojas, does the state have witnesses with regard to those other counts?

[00:02:06]>> Yes, they do, Your Honor.

[00:02:07]>> I'm sorry.

[00:02:07]>> I believe they do.

[00:02:08]>> Oh, did I say Mr. Rojas? Mr. Nichols, does the state have Thank you.

[00:02:11]>> they do, Your Honor.

[00:02:12]>> You may call your first witness.

[00:02:13]>> Officer Stevenson.

[00:02:16]>> Good morning, sir.

[00:02:17]>> Morning.

[00:02:18]>> If you'll please raise your right hand.

[00:02:19]Do you swear or affirm this testimony you're going to give in this hearing will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

[00:02:25]Thank you, sir. You can have a seat.

[00:02:26]>> And how are you employed, sir? So, how are you employed?

[00:02:30]>> Uh a police officer with the Beaumont Police Department.

[00:02:32]>> How long have you worked with Beaumont Police?

[00:02:34]>> Uh approximately 15 months.

[00:02:36]>> And uh during that time, have you worked on patrol?

[00:02:38]>> Yes, Your Honor.

[00:02:39]>> And did you complete uh field training and all that?

[00:02:44]Excuse me.

[00:02:45]December 15th Uh the field training 24?

[00:02:48]>> Yes, sir.

[00:02:49]>> And so, on April and during that the month of April of 2024, what were your job duties? What were you doing for Beaumont Police?

[00:02:56]>> I was on patrol. I was in the FTO phase.

[00:02:59]I was in a phase team.

[00:03:01]>> And who was your supervisor, your training officer?

[00:03:03]>> Officer Sampson.

[00:03:04]>> Okay. And did y'all have uh reason to respond to a call in the early hours of uh April 13th, 2024 in the city of Beaumont?

[00:03:17]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:18]>> So, what was the nature of the call?

[00:03:21]>> A lady called and said that her pet was on the porch.

[00:03:24]>> And when y'all arrived uh on Main Street, what did you What did you encounter? What did you find?

[00:03:30]>> Uh there was a light-skinned male matching the description that she'd given to dispatchers. And we made contact with him.

[00:03:36]>> Uh about what time of of the morning was this? Do you remember? Uh 2:00 a.m.?

[00:03:40]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:41]>> Uh did this this individual you encountered, was he wearing anything unusual?

[00:03:46]>> He was described as wearing all black clothing, and that's what this individual was wearing.

[00:03:50]>> Did you identify him?

[00:03:51]>> Yes, sir.

[00:03:52]>> And what's [clears throat] his name?

[00:03:53]>> Jody Wells.

[00:03:54]>> When you encountered Mr. Wells, did he explain what he was doing in the street on May 3rd?

[00:03:59]>> I believe so.

[00:04:00]>> What did he tell you?

[00:04:01]>> He said he was there to talk to this lady to complain.

[00:04:05]>> Did it seem unusual to you that he was was in that area at that time?

[00:04:10]>> Not at the time. I'd never met him before.

[00:04:13]>> As you as y'all investigated, what did you find out?

[00:04:16]>> Uh Excuse me.

[00:04:19]Had uh he was her ex-boyfriend and he had uh allegedly called her.

[00:04:24]>> I'm going to object to hearsay.

[00:04:26]>> Overruled. Go ahead.

[00:04:28]>> Did you uh And she reported that he had been calling her multiple times.

[00:04:32]>> That's correct.

[00:04:32]>> Yes, sir.

[00:04:33]>> Did you verify that anywhere?

[00:04:35]>> I did.

[00:04:35]>> How did you do that?

[00:04:37]>> He gave us permission to view his phone logs and he made several calls to her phone.

[00:04:42]>> And hers also, so >> I mean calls.

[00:04:45]>> So, he allowed you to view his phone.

[00:04:46]>> Yes, sir.

[00:04:47]>> And do you recall about how many calls he made to her phone?

[00:04:50]>> Approximately 41, I believe.

[00:04:52]>> All that same evening and early morning?

[00:04:56]>> I believe they might have started the day before.

[00:04:58]>> Okay.

[00:04:59]Um but about 40 in in the in within one day. Is that Is that accurate?

[00:05:03]>> Yes, sir.

[00:05:04]>> And was there a certain number that he called her from?

[00:05:08]>> He called her from his registered number and then was believed that uh some calls came from numbers that weren't necessarily >> Objection, speculation.

[00:05:20]>> Overruled.

[00:05:21]>> You go ahead, officer.

[00:05:23]Um when you reviewed her phone, uh where did it appear the numbers came from?

[00:05:29]>> How many of the calls said uh no caller ID, I believe. But some came from his >> Okay. And And you yourself viewed the call logs uh on her phone that we see here and you also viewed his call logs indicating that he had made those phone calls, isn't that correct?

[00:05:46]>> Yes, sir.

[00:05:47]>> Thank you, officer Stearns. I'll pass you to the sheriff.

[00:05:49]>> Thank you Mr. Nichols. Mr. Rojas.

[00:05:52]>> When you look at these phone logs, did you see Looking at the phone logs to see if whether the phones were incoming or they were outgoing, right?

[00:05:59]>> Yes, sir.

[00:06:00]>> Did you take a look at the phone to see how many calls were actually outgoing from his phone or outgoing from her phone?

[00:06:07]>> I remember a lot of incoming calls from her phone.

[00:06:11]I'm not too sure about the outgoing.

[00:06:13]>> Okay.

[00:06:14]You're not sure about the >> I don't remember the outgoing.

[00:06:17]>> Okay. So, there could have been some from her to him. They could have been double called. Those are there.

[00:06:21]>> There could have been.

[00:06:22]>> Okay. So, there's a lot of a lot of this could have been back and forth. Him texting her and her texting back to him.

[00:06:27]>> Same thing.

[00:06:28]>> Okay.

[00:06:29]>> Okay.

[00:06:29]>> Or or calling each other back and forth.

[00:06:32]Um Did anybody once you got back to the to the police station, did anybody go back to through his phone? I assume you took his phone into evidence.

[00:06:43]>> I believe so.

[00:06:44]>> Did you Do you know if anybody back at at the police station went back and looked at his phone to see if to verify how many calls were coming from his phone or how many calls were going from his call phone to hers and how many calls were coming from her phone to his?

[00:06:56]>> I don't know if that happened.

[00:06:57]>> Okay. If it happened, you didn't do it.

[00:06:59]Correct? Okay.

[00:07:01]Um Did you count the the number of You mentioned earlier that somebody had I think the number he said was 41 calls.

[00:07:11]>> Approximately.

[00:07:11]>> Approximately. Was that on his phone or her phone?

[00:07:14]>> Her phone.

[00:07:15]>> Did you go back and count the number of calls on on his phones?

[00:07:19]>> I don't know the number of calls.

[00:07:20]>> Okay.

[00:07:23]Follow him.

[00:07:24]>> Thank you Mr. Rojas. Any other witnesses?

[00:07:27]>> No your honor. Mr. Rojas.

[00:07:28]>> Mr. Rojas, any witnesses?

[00:07:29]>> No your honor.

[00:07:31]>> Okay. So, then with regard to counts Well, let's see. We've got count one.

[00:07:41]I [clears throat] am going to find that there was sufficient evidence based on the testimony of uh the officers as well as his body cam to find count one true.

[00:07:54]I am going to find count two, find that there was sufficient evidence uh based on Ms. Lopez's uh >> [clears throat] >> testimony as well as that of the officer and his body cam that count two is also true, uh count five true, uh count three, four, and six uh were true uh pleas by Mr. Wells. So, at this time all counts are true. Mr. um Rojas, I'll let you go forward with um argument.

[00:08:26]>> I got it.

[00:08:28]Judge, Mr. Wells would like another chance at probation, Judge. Mr. Nichols pointed out he was here previously on a prior motion to revoke for the family assault.

[00:08:40]>> Hang on. Hang on just a second. Would y'all take that down? I want to make sure that um it's easier for Ms. Tanner for back up there. Also, make sure that it's working right.

[00:08:49]Yep. Okay, go ahead.

[00:08:51]>> All right.

[00:08:53]As it he was here for for the previous motion to revoke as as Mr. Nichols pointed out at that point 100 days sanctions were ordered.

[00:09:01]Uh I don't know if it was at that or or another point, but at some point he was ordered to go go to ISF. He was placed in holding uh at the county jail and for whatever reason I guess the bed never opened up and and he was released.

[00:09:15]Uh so, he never got the benefit of ISF.

[00:09:20]And and and from what I can see the reason for going it was going to be the cognitive track. The reason to go to ISF was so that he could make better life decisions on who to hang out with, how to deal with difficult situations.

[00:09:31]He never got the benefit of ISF and and it's not through any fault of his own.

[00:09:36]Uh it's just I assuming that Ben never opened up cuz he was sitting in jail waiting to go.

[00:09:41]Uh I just I just don't think it's right to punish him for for us not getting him the help that he he we were trying to get him last time. Uh he's telling me that if if he were released on probation, he has a job set up in Midland to go work in an oil field. His uncle is a supervisor at the oil field.

[00:10:01]Uh he I think there's some classes or some training he needs to go through in order to get a license. Once he gets that license, his his uncle is going to give him that job.

[00:10:10]Uh of course, if you were to let let him uh stay on probation, you have to go to ISF first, get all that taken care of, and then go to to Midland. Uh but I think that probably would be to his benefit to get away from from the people around here and and get a fresh start over in a different environment.

[00:10:25]Uh and that's what we're asking to do, Judge. Uh let him stay on probation, get to to ISF, get all that behind him, and start a fresh life in Midland.

[00:10:33]>> Thank you, Mr. Wells. Mr. Nichols.

[00:10:36]>> Your honor, I think releasing Mr. Wells on another county would be incredible uh injustice and disservice to those people. Um Judge, he is on probation for two counts of aggravated assault for ramming an ex-girlfriend and her then boyfriend with a vehicle. And I want to draw the court's attention to the original PSI where her complainant witness in that case uh >> [clears throat] >> and her version of events states not just about him ramming their car uh but that >> [clears throat] >> the day this happened, uh she broke off their she had broken off their relationship and that the day this happened, she began receiving several phone calls from Wells causing her to block his number.

[00:11:21]After blocking his number, she began to receive calls from an anonymous number that she refused to answer.

[00:11:28]>> That's his pattern. That's what he does, Judge. He knows it's harder to track if you're using some sort of uh masking or or call blocking uh >> [clears throat] >> app to harass these women.

[00:11:38]Um but more importantly, this is just what he does, Judge. He has a misdemeanor family violence assault of which he was revoked in 2000 >> The effective date is 2011. I revoked in 2013 from that.

[00:11:51]>> Um it has to end at some point, you understand? And I urge the court to exercise the full appointment of him in these cases. These things only escalate.

[00:11:58]And he went over to these people's house dressed in all black at 2:00 in the morning to confront them after after repeated calls to her. That's scary.

[00:12:06]I don't I I don't like she's not here, Judge.

[00:12:10]But we know why she's not here. She's scared of this man.

[00:12:13]Uh and I'm asking the court to put a stop to this, Judge.

[00:12:17]>> Thank you, Mr. Nichols.

[00:12:19]Mr. Wells, do you have anything to say?

[00:12:23]Stand up and speak loudly and clearly so I can hear you as well as the court reporter.

[00:12:28]>> Yes, ma'am. She's not scared of me. She She manipulated herself so it ain't nothing about nobody scared of me. And I'm And I'm trying to start a like, you know, start up cuz I got kids like my daughter. She's 16. She's about to graduate in 2 years. I'm just trying to get out, you know, do whatever the I said program to try to better myself and my control my temper, work on myself and try to do you know, like I said, if I can go get this job you and I can, you know, get away from the, you know, people, you know, that I've been hanging around and, you know, better myself.

[00:13:00]>> [clears throat] >> So, you've been hanging around the wrong people?

[00:13:03]>> Hanging around like this me like I like people I do hang around they I ain't going to say they ain't wrong people but it's like >> You don't think You don't think maybe you're the wrong person?

[00:13:13]>> Well, I don't know if I do have my folks.

[00:13:15]>> You can have a seat.

[00:13:17]So, Mr. Wells, when you were here before and I got that pre-sentence report done, they talked to you before that pre-sentence report and I have a quote here that you said and this is back when you first got these probations which was in 2019. You said, "I will do good because I do not want to be in any more trouble.

[00:13:39]I'm trying to be a better father figure and role model for my kids." What if someone was doing what you've done to the women in your life to your 16-year-old daughter?

[00:13:50]>> I'll be upset.

[00:13:51]>> I'm sorry?

[00:13:52]>> I would be upset.

[00:13:53]>> You'd be upset? You'd probably be more than upset if somebody rammed their car into her car.

[00:14:00]Somebody showed up at their house, her house, at 2:00 in the morning.

[00:14:06]You'd be more than upset.

[00:14:08]The problem is your behavior's escalating. It's not getting better.

[00:14:12]It's actually getting worse. And it's not because we didn't send you to ISF and you want to talk about I'm going to go to this little ISF program. It's not a little program.

[00:14:22]It's something that's really meant to help people and that's not something that based on your history you deserve.

[00:14:28]I got your jail incident reports. Just in March, just in March, in 1 month, you've got five.

[00:14:40]You can't even follow the rules when you're in jail, much less when you're on probation.

[00:14:48]Calling people who are just there doing their job all kinds of names.

[00:14:55]What, you don't think that's true?

[00:14:57]>> I don't know. You act like I got I don't know how they treat us in the back. They come They come in and they say they talk to us any kind of way.

[00:15:05]>> You're in jail. All you got to do is follow the rules.

[00:15:09]You If they say stay in your bunk, you stay in your bunk. You don't call them a because they told you to stay in your bunk.

[00:15:17]You just follow the rules.

[00:15:19]What you can't do.

[00:15:21]Deputy Millhouse had to shush you a minute ago and instead of just saying I'm sorry, yes sir, I saw the look you gave him and I saw the look you gave me when I told you to be quiet. You don't like people telling you what to do.

[00:15:34]Clearly.

[00:15:36]And the B word is the nicest thing you've called him.

[00:15:40]At this time in cause number 1931266 again find that you entered your pleas of true to counts three, four and six freely and voluntarily. I again find counts one, two and five true. Find sufficient evidence to find you guilty of aggravated assault family violence and sentence you to a term of 20 years in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Corrections. There will be an affirmative finding of a deadly weapon in that case. In cause number 1931267 I'm also going to find that you plead pledge true to counts three, four and six freely and voluntarily. Find counts one, two and five true. Find sufficient evidence to find you guilty and at this time find you guilty of aggravated assault. I sentence you to a term of 20 years in the institutional division of the Texas Department of Corrections. You will receive credit and there's an affirmative finding of a deadly weapon in that case as well.

[00:16:42]You will receive credit on these sentences for any time that you've been in custody that the law gives you the right to receive. They will run concurrently which means together at the same time. I'm going to hand you the trial court certification that shows this wasn't a plea agreement. You do have some rights to appeal. You need to sign that with Mr. Rojas and he'll give you a copy of it. I'm also handing you a written admonishment regarding your ineligibility to possess a firearm or ammunition.

[00:17:09]Because of the judgment entered against you in each case you're ineligible under Texas law to possess a firearm or ammunition. Possession of a firearm or ammunition could lead to charges against you. Firearm is a legal term and you should read the written admonishment I provide you to see what devices qualify as a firearm. If you have questions about the laws that make you ineligible to possess a firearm or ammunition or about how long that lasts, you can talk to Mr. Rojas. You can sign that and then go back with the bailiff.