Detective Rogelio Banda, Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan and Operations Chief Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department are shown during a press conference on Monday announcing the arrest of one of their officers. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ
Managing Editor
editor@sbnewspaper.com
Candido Ortiz
San Benito police officers recently arrested one of their own for allegedly pointing a gun at a Sheriff’s deputy.
As first reported by the San Benito News Monday morning via sbnewspaper.com, San Benito police officer Candido Ortiz, 51, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer following an incident in which deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic disturbance at his home, located on the 20000 block of FM 800.
There, Sheriff Omar Lucio said that Ortiz, a member of the Texas Army National Guard and decorated 16-year veteran of the SBPD, was involved in a physical altercation with his son while under the influence of alcohol. The sheriff said that deputies were also informed that Ortiz was a San Benito police officer and member of the department’s SWAT team.
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1 comment
We don’t know all the specifics, so let’s not rush to judgment.
Remember, he is considered “Innocent if and until proven guilty”