In local crime news, 32-year-old Freddie Anderson from Wharton faces Aggravated Assault charges in Harris County, held on a $50,000 bond in Wharton County Jail. Meanwhile, El Campo resident Blair Couey Jr., 43, may get up to 20 years in prison for a bar scuffle 18 months ago. Couey is indicted for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, allegedly threatening a bar worker with a knife in June of 2022.