GREENVILLE, TX - A Greenville man was taken into custody Sunday morning following a reported domestic disturbance in rural Hunt County.
According to the Greenville Police Department, officers were dispatched around mid-morning on January 18 to the 100 block of County Road 2241. After arriving on scene and speaking with the victim, officers determined that an assault had occurred and arrested Carl Thomas Minter.
Minter, 55, was booked into the Hunt County Detention Center at 12:19 p.m. He is charged with assault causing bodily injury involving family violence. His bond on the assault charge was set at $4,000.
However, Minter is also being held on a parole violation issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which prevents his release at this time.
Court records show Minter has a lengthy criminal history. In April 2017, he was convicted in the 354th District Court in Hunt County on drug-related charges and sentenced to 10 years, with most of that time suspended for probation. After a subsequent arrest on July 8, 2020, his sentence was amended to nine years in prison.
Despite that sentence, Minter was released early and was on parole at the time of Sunday’s arrest. With the new family violence charge and the parole violation now in place, his custody status and future incarceration will be determined by the courts and parole authorities.
The investigation into the domestic incident remains ongoing.
