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A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Officers from the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to the 600 block of Concho at approximately 7:23 PM of several suspicious subjects in the area.
Officers spoke to a male and a female and upon conducting a systems check on one of the individuals, it was determined that the male subject, James Anderson Teer, 19, was wanted in the state of Alabama.
Teer was brought to the police department was magistrated under the conditions of the warrant which is no bond and was taken to the Tom Bowles Detention Center where he awaits extradition back to Alabama.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
Dos incidentes mas de violencia doméstica se vieron esta semana y resultaron en la detención de dos individuos de acuerdo a Eagle Pass Oficial de Información Pública Humberto O. Garza.
El Sábado, 02 de mayo 2015, los oficiales asignados a la División de Patrulla EPPD respondieron a una dirección dentro de la cuadra 300 de la calle Garrison en lo que respecta a un asalto.
Agentes investigadores hablaron con un sujeto de sexo masculino que le informó a los oficiales que la madre de su hijo le había golpeado en la cara con el puño cerrado durante una discusión por la custodia del niño, que se extendió en un asalto.
Patricia Esmeralda Hernández de 26 años de edad, fue arrestada y acusada de asalto.
Hernández fue presentado ante un juez y se emitió una fianza de $3,000.00. Ella fue trasladada posteriormente al centro de Detención de Tom Bowles .
En otro incidente ocurrido el Domingo, 03 de mayo 2015, los oficiales asignados a la División de Patrulla de Policía de Eagle Pass respondieron a un disturbio doméstico en un complejo de apartamentos en el norte de Veterans Boulevard.
Agentes investigadores hablaron con una mujer víctima quien informó a los agentes que su marido la había asaltado cuando ella le dijo que lo iba a dejar.
El hombre de 25 años de edad había dejado la escena, pero fue ubicado aproximadamente a una cuadra de distancia del apartamento en una gasolinera local.
El varón fue detenido y estaba pendiente para magistrarlo.
Eagle Pass, Texas
May 1, 2015
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas’ Maverick County and the Maverick County Soil and Water Conservation District cordially invite the public to attend their FY16 Local Working Group (LWG) meeting on May 19, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m at the Maverick County SWCD #253 Office, 2210 N. Veterans Blvd., Suite 130, Eagle Pass, TX.
The purpose of this annual LWG meeting is to set local conservation priorities and bring conservation stakeholders together to discuss conservation topics and issues relevant to helping Maverick County farmers and ranchers better conserve on-farm natural resources.
The agenda of the meeting is to update attendees on recent conservation efforts and to collect public input to help guide future conservation activities. Through regular identification of conservation opportunities, effective Farm Bill investment can continue to benefit Maverick County. Farmers, ranchers, conservationists, and others interested in obtaining Federal technical and financial assistance to improve private land in Maverick County are invited to participate.
For more information, please contact Serafin M. Aguirre, district conservationist, at (830) 773-2518. For more information, visit the NRCS Web site at http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/.
Camino Real Community Services invites the general public to the Open House for the Maverick County Adult Mental Health Crisis Residential Unit located at 2644 Encino Park Drive, Eagle Pass 78852, on Friday, May 15, 2015, from 12:00 PM to 3:0 P.M.
The Adult Mental Health Crisis Residential Unit is the latest in a series of new mental health programs developed and operated by Camino Real Community Services in Eagle Pass. All the programs are designed to help individuals in Maverick, Dimmit and Zavala Counties access mental health services without having to leave their community and their local support systems.
The Adult Mental Health Crisis Residential Unit will open for business at 8:00 A.M., Monday, May 18, 2015. The Crisis Residential Unit will provide up to 14 days of in-house mental health treatment for individuals in a mental health crisis, such as being depressed, having suicidal thoughts, or needing to start or re-start their medications for their mental health illness. The individuals served by the Crisis Residential Unit will have 24-hour access to a psychiatrist, nurses, and trained staff to help in their mental health recovery.
Camino Real Community Services is extremely proud to bring this much needed emergency resource to this area.
On Friday, May 2nd, a tragic turn of events led to the hospitalization of one Eagle Pass man while another was pinned under the wreckage of his vehicle.
Sheriff Tom Schmerber informed The News Gram of the fact that an accident was recorded at 86 Ranchitos Road where sheriff's deputies responded to an MVA rollover. Upon arrival, they found a 2007 Ford King Ranch lying on its left side.
One male was trapped under the vehicle, the other was sitting in the vehicle with injuries to his head.
EMS and the Eagle Pass Fire Department was summoned to the area and the passenger was transported to the Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center Emergency Room while the driver was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Dora Madera.
The victim, Roberto Franco, 22, lost his life in the accident while 22 year-old Carlos Molina was treated for his injuries. The accident remains under investigation by the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The Fishermen Of God held their highlighy successful 1st Annual F.O.G. Golf Tournament at the eagle Pass Municipal Golf Course on Saturday where over fourteen four-man teams duked it out on a brisk, yet warm afternoon with several big winners taking home $1,500.00, $1,000.00 and $500.00 prizes for their individual golfing skills. For a complete report, see Thursday’s Gram.
A.D. Ibarra
-Deer Run
An early morning assault at 1582 Fallow Rain in the Deer Run Subdivision led to the arrest of one man while another was taken to San Antonio for treatment of serious facial lacerations and severe bruises to his left eye.
Apparently, according to Sheriff Tom Schmerber, the assailant arrived at a residence accompanied by an as of yet unidentified female when a discussion ensued at approximately 5:27 AM and the alleged assailant attacked the victim with a knife or other unidentified sharp object causing a severe laceration on one side of his face while also provoking serious injury to the left eye of the victim.
The victim identified as Noe Martin Garcia, 26, was transported to a San Antonio hospital to be treated for his injuries and there is question as to the severity of the injury to his eye. The assailant was identified as Romeo Torres, Jr., 23.
The incident remains under investigation.
A.D. Ibarra
-Eagle Pass
The Eagle Pass Police Department received five separate reports of slashed tires at the parking lot of the same hotel on Veterans Boulevard this past weekend.
According to Public Information Officer Humberto O Garza, the five incidents were filed separately by five different patrons of the hotel.
The case has been turned over to the Criminal Investigations Division of the EPPD and they will attempt to identify the culpable individuals using the video surveillance equipment footage provided.
-Western District of Texas
In Del Rio, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses sentenced two members of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization, to life in federal prison for smuggling thousands of kilograms of marijuana and hundreds of assault rifles announced Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Acting United States Attorney; James Spero,
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division; Robert Elder, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division; and, Christopher Combs, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio Division.
On June 20, 2014, a federal jury convicted 29–year-old Emilio Villalobos-Alcala and 27–year-old Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez (aka “Cochi Loco”) of one count of conspiracy to import marijuana; one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana; one count of conspiracy to possess firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime; and, two counts of smuggling goods from the United States.
According to courtroom testimony, Villalobos-Alcala, a purported leader of the Los Zetas Cartel activities in Piedras Negras and fellow senior level member Lugo-Lopez were involved in a large-scale marijuana and firearms smuggling scheme from July 2011 until February 2013.
Assault weapons, other firearms, magazines and ammunition purchased in San Antonio were transported inside hidden compartments in cars and trucks and smuggled through Eagle Pass, Texas, to Piedras Negras.
Bundles of marijuana, smuggled across the river into Quemado, Texas, were transported to stash houses in Eagle Pass. From there, the marijuana was transported to stash houses in San Antonio and ultimately to distributors in Dallas and Houston.
Evidence presented during the trial included multiple threats made by Villalobos-Alcala and Lugo-Lopez that they would kill people involved in the smuggling conspiracy or their family members if they did not pay money for drugs or weapons seized by law enforcement or agree to move drugs or weapons on behalf of the cartel.
“Today’s sentencing of Emilio Villalobos-Alcala and Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez to life imprisonment sends a clear message of the serious consequences awaiting those who engage in this type of criminal activity,” said James Spero, Special in Charge, HSI San Antonio. “HSI will continue to utilize its broad authorities, in concert with its federal, state/local and international partners, to dismantle criminal organizations.”
“Operations such as these, which rely on intimidation and violence to accomplish their goals, represent the worst types of offenders. ATF is proud to be among the agencies responsible for taking down two key players in the Los Zetas Cartel,” said Robert Elder, ATF Special Agent in Charge.
El Consulado de Mexico sostuvo un gran evento para honrar a los niños en su día donde mas de cien niños estuvieron presentes. El Cónsul Ismael Naveja Macias, su asistente e Oficial de Información Pública Wendy García le dieron la bienvenida a los ahi reunidos. Una gran cantidad de regalos fueron entregados a los niños. Juguetes, Balones de fútbol, muñecas, carritos mecánicos y 20 bicicletas fueron regalodos a los niños en una verdadera fiesta en grande para celebrar a nuestros futuros líderes.
