HAYS COUNTY CRIMINAL DISTRICT
Zachary Kinsey, 34, was sentenced by Judge Wright-Reneau on Tuesday, April 22 to ten years in prison for stalking and eight years of probation for violation of the protective order. A jury convicted Kinsey of the two crimes on March 5 in the 207th District Court of Hays County, according to Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins.
The evidence at trial showed that Kinsey threatened to kidnap his child and force his wife and child to watch him commit suicide. Kinsey, who was supposed to be undergoing mental health treatment in Arizona, flew to Austin to carry out his threat. He had landed at the Austin airport and was waiting for a rideshare when a Texas Ranger located him and took him into custody. While in custody awaiting trial, Kinsey continued to threaten and abuse the victim via the email sys- tem provided to inmates.
