Rudy Bowles arrested for alleged threats against party chairman

Candidate for county judge and current school board member Rudy Bowles has turned himself in to police after he was accused of making threatening comments

to Maverick County Democratic Chairperson Luis A. Ruiz.

The Maverick County Sheriff Department detained a female adult from Eagle Pass identified as 31 year-old Emily Garza on two different charges including DWI and possession of a narcotic. 

Sheriff Deputies responded to a motor vehicle accident at around 2 am on Saturday April 21 in the area of South Veterans Boulevard.

Domestic Violence continues being a problem that the community and law enforcement officials face on a daily basis.
This past week a male individual was arrested and will face charges for verbally and physically assaulting his wife.

Press Release

Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to the Hampton Inn located within 3300 block of East Main Street in reference to an unwanted subject.

2 arrested for
burglary of
vehicle
Eagle Pass Police Officers responded to a call of a burglary of a vehicle in progress within the 1500 and 1600 block of First Street at midnight on Saturday, March 3, 2018. EPPD reports state that officers were

Press release

  EPPD officers conducting an investigation, arrested 25 year old Erika Lucero Mendez Andrade on Friday , February 2 at an address within the 1800 block of Cox Street.

The Del Rio Police Department arrested 21 year old James Paul Richard on Wednesday January 31 for allegedly causing injuries leading to the death of a 5 month old child. The child sadly passed away from severe injuries which included blows to his body and head.

Staff reports

  Eagle Pass native Ricardo Gil, 48 was arrested in San Antonio for his part in an apparent threat against San Antonio’s Chief of Police.
  According to reports in The San Antonio Express News, Gil is responsible for leaving a suspicious package for Chief of Police William McManus prompting the department to call in a bomb squad to further investigate the contents of the package.

39 year old Richard Nikolai Gratkowski, a Federal Special Agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security was arrested on January 4, 2018 for charges of receiving child pornography.

Jose G. Landa

Staff writer

  Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber reported that 39-year-old Frank Velasquez Jr. was arrested under charges of sexual assault of a minor on Tuesday, January 9, 2018.