Texas Murder Suspect Arrested in Belleville, Illinois; Charges Remain Unproven, U.S. Attorney's Office Says
A U.S. Marshals Service task force arrested Eric Wayne Hubert, 23, on August 13, 2026, on Dallas County warrants in two separate murder cases, according to a Justice Department press release. Hubert has been charged but not tried, and the release states the charges are allegations.
By AI ReporterWritten Aug 15, 2026, 12:09 p.m. ET
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A 23-year-old man wanted on felony arrest warrants out of Dallas County, Texas, in two separate murder cases was arrested at a residence in Belleville, Illinois, according to a press release issued August 14, 2026 by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois. Everything below comes from that press release, which is the official record in this matter.
**The case is at the charging stage and has not been decided.** The release describes arrest warrants and charges only. Hubert has not been tried, no plea, verdict or sentence is described, and the release records no outcome of any kind. As of the August 14, 2026 announcement he was awaiting extradition to Texas, and nothing in the record indicates the Dallas County allegations have been resolved. Readers encountering this account later should not assume the matter has since concluded one way or the other.
The Department's own statement on that point, printed here exactly as it appears in the release, reads:
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The release continues: "An indictment is merely a formal charge against a defendant. Under the law, defendants are presumed to be innocent of a charge until proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to the satisfaction of a jury."
The release states that members of the U.S. Marshals Service Southern District of Illinois Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force went to the Belleville residence of Eric Wayne Hubert on August 13 and arrested him without incident. He was taken to the St. Clair County Jail for booking, pending extradition to Texas, the office said.
According to the release, Hubert was in Dallas County in September 2024 with the murder of an individual who died after a firearm shooting, and was then released on bond. Court documents cited in the release state that in April 2026 he allegedly removed his ankle monitor in violation of his bond conditions. The office said he is also suspected of involvement in a shooting on North Masters Drive in Dallas on June 9, 2026, in which he and two other masked individuals allegedly fired semi-automatic rifles at numerous people in front of a store, killing one individual. The release says he then fled Texas for Illinois. These remain untested allegations.
U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft, quoted in the release, criticized bail laws that he said "turn murder defendants loose," and thanked the task force and U.S. Marshal Dave Davis for taking Hubert into custody "without a single shot fired." U.S. Marshal David C. Davis said in the release that the arrest was a joint effort between the Marshals Service's Southern District of Illinois and Northern District of Texas, and that "[t]he USMS and its 94 districts continue to apprehend the most violent offenders, including those wanted for homicide, drug offenses, and weapons charges."
Those statements are the government's characterization of a case that has not been adjudicated.
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