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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
The Regular meeting of Maverick County Commissioner's Court was held on Monday and when it looked as though there would be no visitor's comments and things would be getting underway quickly, Sheriff Tom Schmerber approached the visitor's mic and mentioned some concerns of his which he felt needed to be aired out, if you will. The first was a credit card bill which comes from the previous administration in the amount of $12,425.00 which Schmerber does not feel his budget needs to cover, needless to say he may have also been questioning what the Visa card which was issued to former Sheriff Tomas Herrera was utilized for. When we reached former Sheriff Herrera for comment, he informed The News Gram that he had closed all credit cards in November. If in fact any of those cards had an outstanding balance, it would not have been that much.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
On Monday, Sheriff Tom Schmerber officially named Cesar De La Garza Administrator of the Tom Bowles Detention Center in replacement of Rodolfo Muñiz who resigned abruptly last week citing personal reasons.
De La Garza has served as a Lieutenant and was second in command under Muñiz and now Sheriff Schmerber has entrusted him with the position in an interim basis for the time being.
Schmerber has the utmost confidence that De La Garza will do a good job. His first order of business is to make several necessary repairs to the facility and to get it ready to pass State inspection.
De La Garza was part of Sheriff Schmerber's initial team of assistants when he took over the Sheriff's Department 15 days ago.
Schmerber informed The News Gram that he is eagerly awaiting the audit in order to be able to establish guidelines by which his department could begin to run smoothly from here on out and to better run the Maverick County Jail.
Staff
-Eagle Pass
A heavy wrecker type truck rolled over in the early morning hours on Saturday south of Maverick County and both the driver and his passenger were seriously injured and had to be airlifted to San Antonio due to the extent of their injuries.
The accident occurred just after 8:00 A.M. on Saturday approximately eight miles past El Indio.
Authorities reported that the re was a dense fog which could have been a key factor in the cause of the accident.
The extremely heavy 2012 model tractor-trailer was practically destroyed and lay strewn across the highway as emergency medical personnel and firefighters rushed to liberate the two men from the wreckage before they were taken to the Alamo City for emergency medical treatment.
The identity of the driver has been determined to be Juan Muro, 40, and Rolando Garcia.
On Monday, authorities reported that the two men were in serious but stable condition.
The Texas Department of Public Safety continues to investigate the causes of the crash.