If you google “Jake Burson”, you will find that he is with the TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. He has a Linkedin profile and page.
Burson is no longer a Ranger, you can google all day long and it’s somewhat vague BUT he’s DPS now. We hear he’s a sharpshooter, BUT, to go from Ranger to DPS is a demotion, get real.
Could it be that someone has actually taken an interest in the shenanigans that has gone on for too long here in Waco with our Sheriff and Cody Blossman? Could it be that this new Ranger, Ranger Dao, is here to clean house?
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Published: Feb. 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM CST|Updated: 15 hours ago
WACO, Texas (KWTX) – Three McLennan County Sheriff’s Office jail employees remain free on bond after they were named in sealed indictments on use of excessive force and records tampering allegations investigated by the Texas Rangers.
The indictments, returned Thursday, were unsealed Friday after Gary Lee Krenek, John Manuel Perales and Reagan Grace Wilkerson were taken into custody.
The three have since been fired, McLennan County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Cody Blossman confirmed Monday.
Krenek, 36, a former sergeant who had worked for Sheriff Parnell McNamara since January 2018, was indicted on a third-degree felony tampering with physical evidence charge.
Perales, 30, a former corporal who had worked for the county since November 2023, and Wilkerson, 23, a two-year jail employee, both were indicted on Class A misdemeanor official oppression charges.
According to the indictments, Perales and Wilkerson are charged in a Jan. 5 incident involving jail inmate Unique Thompson, who county records show was jailed on an aggravated assault warrant out of Tarrant County.
The indictment alleges Perales and Wilkerson subjected Thompson to “mistreatment that the defendant knew was unlawful, namely using excessive force while the complainant was restrained.”
Perales reportedly yanked Thompson’s arms above her head while Thompson’s hands were cuffed behind her back, and Wilkerson, according to reports from Texas Ranger Danny Dao, punched Thompson in the face “multiple times” while Thompson was in the changing room and wearing “spit guard” headgear that prevents inmates from spitting on jailers.
The report says Thompson could be heard screaming in pain during the alleged incident. Thompson spent 12 days in the McLennan County Jail before she was released to Tarrant County authorities on Jan. 8, according to county records.
Another jailer who witnessed the altercation emailed a report to supervisors. His account was drastically different in content and severity from a report submitted by Krenek, who is alleged in the indictment to have “altered a record and/or document, namely an incident report, with intent to impair its verity as evidence in the investigation.”
Blossman said the three jail employees initially were placed on administrative leave and the case was forwarded to the Rangers for investigation after an internal use of force review by jail supervisors triggered concerns about the employees’ actions.
Sheriff McNamara did not return phone messages Monday from KWTX.
Third-degree felonies are punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, while Class A misdemeanors are punishable by up to a year in the county jail and a $4,000 fine.
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