Kailey Muir, a former assistant city attorney for Arlington, believes she was fired out of retaliation after she released partial records of Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn鈥檚 son last year.
Lucas Waybourn, 21, was arrested March 3, 2025 and charged with solicitation of a minor, assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest.
There were no court filings on the case or additional details from the sheriff for several months after that. Then the partial body camera footage of his arrest by independent journalist Basil Zangare, nearly seven months after Waybourn鈥檚 arrest.
鈥淲hat happened to me definitely wasn鈥檛 fair, and there really wasn鈥檛 any reason why this should be kept out of the media other than the fact that it was Sheriff Waybourn鈥檚 son,鈥� Muir told 四虎影院 in an interview.
Susan Schrock, a spokesperson for the city of Arlington, denied Muir鈥檚 termination had anything to do with Lucas Waybourn鈥檚 arrest and said in an email to 四虎影院 she was dismissed from at-will employment.
Muir said she worked in the records division of the legal department for Arlington when Zangare requested body camera footage of Waybourn鈥檚 arrest.
Initially, Zangare鈥檚 request was denied because it included information about an alleged victim under the age of 18, which is prohibited from being released to the public,
But Zangare said he just wanted official records on the other two charges, according to Muir.
Muir said she checked with the paralegal team and her supervisor, deputy city attorney Steven Meyer, on whether she could release records about Waybourn鈥檚 arrest if it redacted all information about the charge related to solicitation of a minor. Muir said Meyer approved this.
Those redacted records were sent to Zangare last Aug. 28.
On Sept. 4, Muir said Meyer had a conversation with her about her performance. Among several things, Muir said he told her the records of Waybourn鈥檚 should have never been released.
Then, on Sept. 10, Muir said she took a few days off work after her grandmother passed away. When she came back to work Sept. 15, Meyer and his supervisor, Mary Supino, asked Muir to speak with her in Meyer鈥檚 office.
鈥淚t was a very somber mood in there, and they told me things aren鈥檛 working out and they鈥檙e going to let me go,鈥� Muir said.
Muir said she wasn鈥檛 told at that moment why she was being fired. Instead, she said she was told they couldn鈥檛 talk about it and she needed to speak with the human resources department.
A phone call shared with 四虎影院 showed a conversation between Muir and Supino.
Supino told Muir in the phone call her firing was related to concerns over performance issues, saying 鈥渙ne particular record request related Sheriff Waybourn鈥檚 son.鈥�
only one person鈥檚 consent is needed to record a phone call.
Supino told Muir it was 鈥渘ot handled appropriately鈥� and the decision to fire her was 鈥渞elated to judgement and decision making and the handling of the work.鈥�
鈥淚t wasn鈥檛 even in my mind that any of this would happen,鈥� Muir said about getting fired. 鈥淚 was just doing my job. I wanted to protect that minor.鈥�
The Tarrant County District Attorney's office didn't file charges until Sept. 25 last year, court records show.
Court records show only two of the three original charges were filed, including solicitation of a minor and resisting arrest.
A spokesperson for the Tarrant County District Clerk鈥檚 Office told 四虎影院 Waybourn鈥檚 case was recused from the county and is now being handled by the Parker County District Attorney.
Waybourn had an incompetent hearing Tuesday and another set for July 14, court records show.
means a person does not understand the charges against them.
Penelope Rivera is 四虎影院's Tarrant County Accountability Reporter. Got a tip? Email Penelope Rivera at privera@kera.org.
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