Former Kempner mayor arrested on criminal charges

Keith Lanard Harvey

Keith Lanard Harvey

A former Kempner mayor was arrested on criminal charges Tuesday.

Keith Lanard Harvey, 51, was arrested on charges of assault of a family member causing bodily injury, indecent assault, and interfering with an emergency call, all Class A misdemeanors. He was booked into Lampasas County Jail on Tuesday at 7:16 a.m.

Harvey served as Kempner mayor from 2019 to 2021 and filed for a second term, only to be defeated at the May 2021 polls by John “J.W.” Wilkerson. 

Further details on this story will appear in Friday's edition of the Dispatch Record.