Bernardo Bernal, 27, of San Benito is shown during his arraignment Wednesday after being arrested for possession of a controlled substance in a drug free zone and for endangering a child. Justice of the Peace David Garza set a bond on all charges totalling $200,000. (Staff photo by Michael Rodriguez)
NEWS Staff Report
The 27-year-old man arrested by San Benito CISD and city police after his son took ecstasy pills to school and handed them out to classmates was given a total bond of $200,000 Wednesday at his arraignment.
San Benito resident Bernardo Bernal, 27, was charged possession of a controlled substance in a drug free zone and on four counts of endangering a child. The possession charge carried a bond amount of $100,000 levied by Justice of the Peace David Garza and $25,000 for each count of endangering a child, equaling a $200,000 bond. Bernal currently remains incarcerated at Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in Olmito.
“(On Monday, April 4), a second grader from Frank Roberts Elementary took some pills to school,” said Lieutenant Martin Morales of the San Benito Police Department (SBPD). “He gave two fellow students the pills.”
According to Morales, one of the students took the pill home and showed it to his mother, thinking that the pill was supposed to help him fall asleep. The mother became suspicious and did some research on the pill, determining that the pill was allegedly ecstasy.
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