Well over a year ago, Texas paramedic was assaulted when BRYAN LAWSON COTTON threw a hydraulic jack from a on overpass onto a Parker County ambulance. Paramedic Donnie Stone was in the passenger side of the ambulance, travelling at approximately 45 miles per hour, and was struck in the face by the jack as it penetrated the windshield. Stone suffered complex facial trauma and a skull fracture and was off work for several weeks.
Detectives in Parker County, Texas (west of Fort Worth) caught COTTON and charged him with Aggravated Assault. He received a sentence of 7 years in the Texas Department of Corrections (TDC). But, under Texas law, COTTON is eligible for release from TDC in 6 months (only serving 18 months). In fact, COTTON only arrived at the Texas prison last week (he had been in the Parker County
jail).
This is wrong! Please help us, your Texas colleagues, fight this injustice. Please send letters of protest to the address below.
Sincerely
Dr. Bryan Bledsoe
From the Victim, Donnie Stone:
I was wondering if you guys could help me out...you are a national EMS news service that reaches a ton of people in EMS. I was injured last year while on an ambulance in Parker County, TX. I was a victim of an aggravated assault as Bryan Lawson Cotton hurled a hydraulic jack through the windshiled of the ambulance that I was working in. I received a severe laceration and a skull fracture.
Mr. Cotton recently accepted a plea for 7 years in prison and is already up for a parole review in less than 6 months (for a total of only 18 months in jail). I need help getting the word out to request that many letters are sent to the parole board so that he will not be released. I will include a request that you could send. Feel free to modify it as you wish. Also, feel free to contact me if you have any questions....your help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Respectfully submitted,
Donnie Stone
wdstone@sbcglobal.net
Send letters to:
Raven Kazen, Director
TDCJ Victims Services Division
8712 Shoal Creek Blvd, Suite 265
Austin, TX 78757-1032
RE: Parole Protest Letter for Bryan Lawson Cotton, TDCJ # 01491115,
Aggravated Assault in Parker County (Case # CR07-0124)
