Former Hill County attorney arrested on suspicion of shooting husband

A former Hill County attorney who was found guilty of contempt after resigning her position in July now faces felony charges in Texas after she was accused of shooting her estranged husband.

Records from the Taylor County Jail in Abilene, Texas, show Jessica Cole-Hodgkinson was released Monday on $50,000 bail after she was arrested Sunday on suspicion of first degree assault with a weapon, a felony.

Abilene Police Department Public Information Coordinator Rick Tomlin said Monday that Cole-Hodgkinson was arrested Sunday at 6:09 a.m. in Abilene.

Court documents list Cole-Hodgkinson's permanent r...