Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to The Maverick County Attorney's office in regards to an unwanted subject. Responding officers were informed of an aggressie male who was encountered by officers walking away from the building shirtless upon their arrival. 

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Tom Bowles Detention Center Warden Jaime Rios announced that 16 employees for the detention center, including 12 guards and four supervisors, participated in a tear gas usage and certification course which they all completed.  

Ramon Velasquez, the man arrested Monday by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department for trying to smuggle marijuana into the Tom Bowles Detention Center has been formally charged with introducing contraband and evading arrest.

A man was arrested on Monday after he was found attempting to smuggle marijuana into the Tom Bowles Detention Center.

Jose G. Landa

The Maverick County Commissioners Court held a meeting on Thursday, June 29 in which they discussed City of Eagle Pass Daily Prisoner Care with Maverick County Jail Administrator Jaime Rios and staff.

   On Friday June 23 at approximately 4:30 p.m. Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to a residence in the Deer Run Subdivision in reference to a reported sexual assault of an adult female which occurred inside the city limits. 

Rodolfo Banda has been released after having a parole violation hearing last week for an issue stemming from his arrest during the Maverick County $8.5 million certificate of obligation election.

Jose G. Landa

Staff Writer

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber has stated that the Tom Bowles Detention center has come into compliance in the past days after issues were noted during the month of April by the Texas Commission of Jail Standards (TCJS).

Staff reports

   The group of concerned taxpayers continue to voice their concerns to the Commissioners Court, most recently through a letter from taxpayer Roxana Maldonado-Guerra.

Jaclyn Guzmán

Staff Writer

Monday, August 8, at approximately 5:00 p.m. a disturbance occurred at the Tom Bowles Detention Center. 

“There were four or five inmates involved in the disturbance,” said Maverick County Chief Deputy Robert De Leon. It was only ten minutes from the time the brawl started until inmates were put back in to their cells, but in the short time officers were pushed, and a couple of them punched. 

“The inmates were sprayed with OC spray to be able to control the situation fast,” said De Leon. “Everyone was checked by the nurse there in the jail when it was over, and there were only minor injuries to the officers and I believe the inmates had just some redness from the spray.”

Inmates Marcelino Rodriguez and Manuel Talamantes were both given additional charges for assaulting peace officers.

The incident is still under investigation, said De Leon, and could result in further charges to Rodriguez and Talamantes as well as other inmates.

De Leon also mentioned that the sheriff’s department had arrested approximately 15 people with outstanding warrants for failing to appear in court. 

“Three or four were arrested at the port of entry and the others were arrested by the deputies conducting traffic stops due to minor violations. The driver or the passengers came out wanted in Maverick County,” said De Leon.

Pleito en cárcel del condado

Lunes 8 de agosto aproximadamente a las 17:00 se produjo un pleito en la carcel  Tom Bowles.

"Había cuatro o cinco internos que participan en los disturbios", dijo el Jefe de Diputados Robert De León. Fue sólo diez minutos desde el momento que la pelea comenzó hasta que los internos se pusieron de nuevo en sus celdas, pero en el poco tiempo fueron empujados oficiales, y un par de ellos dio un puñetazo.

"Los presos fueron rociados con spray OC para poder controlar la situación rápidamente", dijo De León. "Todo el mundo fue revisado por la enfermera ahí en la cárcel cuando había terminado, y había sólo lesiones menores en los oficiales.

El incidente está bajo investigación y podria resultar en cargos adicionales para Rodriguez y Talamantes y puede que otros reos tambien se les hagan cargos.

De León también mencionó que el departamento del sheriff había detenido a aproximadamente 15 personas con órdenes de arresto por no presentarse en la corte.

"Tres o cuatro fueron detenidos en el puerto de entrada y los demás fueron detenidos  debido a violaciones de trafico de menor importancia.", dijo De León.