A southeast Texas man is on his way to prison for an aggravated assault. 40-year old
James Viltz Thomas has been sentenced to 10 years for a December shooting in the
parking lot of the Raceway gas station on Memorial Drive in Port Arthur. Thomas was
involved in a physical altercation with a man, then went to his vehicle and retrieved a
AR-15 and shot Jerry Hernandez in the arm. A jury sentenced Thomas and fined him
$10,000.