10 years ago

Panhandle – On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, David Walter Bridgman was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on two charges.
Luke Inman, the District Attorney for the 100th Judicial District, assisted by Scott Sherwood, prosecuted the cases for the State of Texas with the Honorable Judge Stuart Messer presiding.

Bridgman, a 42-year-old resident of Dalhart, pleaded true to allegations listed in the State’s Motion to Adjudicate and was convicted and sentenced to 30 years.

On Nov. 6, 2013, Bridgman originally pleaded guilty to two counts the first degree felony offense of possession of a controlled substance enhanced that occurred on June 7, 2013, in Carson County.

The State filed two motions to adjudicate on April 10, 2014, alleging six violations of community supervision.

Bridgman is also required to pay $672 in court costs to Carson County and $280 restitution.