The news came down from the office of the District Attorney's Office on Friday, July 2nd from the 365th Judicial District Court of Maverick County, Texas. In this case Martha Zamarripa and Elisa Martinez former clerks in the office of the Justice of the Peace were also indicted on the same charges stemming from incidents over a one year period which were well documented and presented as evidence in the trial phase beginning on or about August 20, 2007 to on or about October 3, 2008. In non-accomplice testimony provided by the DA's office stated that then Auditor Carlos Pereda had discovered that certain transactions which were conducted without the use of what are referred to as Pro-Com receipts showed no payments corresponding to hand written receipts issued by the office. A discrepancy of tens of thousands of dollars were noticed in two fifteen month periods where the former JP collected approximately $484,000, but when the appellant took office, the collections for the first nine months amounted to only $85,519 and for his first full fiscal year, he collected only $172,714- approximately $260,000 over a twenty month period, significantly less than the prior justice of the peace.