{"id":281545,"date":"2026-05-06T17:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281545\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T17:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:36:10","slug":"abbott-appoints-former-dea-agent-as-state-district-court-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/281545\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott appoints former DEA agent as state district court judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/breakingphoto.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters\" alt=\"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters<\/p>\n<p>                Pexels<\/p>\n<p>Narcotics prosecutor Michael Ferry was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/governor-abbott-appoints-ferry-as-judge-of-the-213th-judicial-district-court-in-tarrant-county\">on Monday appointed<\/a> by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the 213th District Court in Tarrant County, filling a vacancy that was created when the U.S. Senate confirmed Chris Wolfe as a federal district judge.<\/p>\n<p>Ferry has been a prosecutor at the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office for about five years.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump in January nominated Wolfe, whose state district court term was to run to 2028, as a district judge in the Western District of Texas, in the Waco division.<\/p>\n<p>Ferry, 56, will serve as the appointee in the 213th District Court until Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael brings exceptional knowledge, significant experience, and an unwavering commitment to justice \u2014 qualities that position him to thrive as a judge and serve the community with distinction,\u201d District Attorney Phil Sorrells wrote in a statement distributed to the press.<\/p>\n<p>Before his time at the district attorney\u2019s office, Ferry worked undercover as a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He also served as a lieutenant and surface warfare officer in the Navy.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/EmersonClarridge_Profile.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Emerson Clarridge\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/230256844\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emerson Clarridge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Get breaking news alerts at star-telegram.com\/newsletters Pexels Narcotics prosecutor Michael Ferry was on Monday appointed by Texas Gov.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-281545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}