Apr 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The letter informing ousted San Benito Fire Marshal Henry Lopez of his indefinite suspension was released Thursday and tells of an altercation between the fire department veteran and Assistant City Manager Arturo Rodriguez, who is tasked with overseeing said department. Both parties released copies of the letter to the …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com LOS FRESNOS – The man accused of killing three puppies turned himself in to authorities on Friday. According to Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio, Los Fresnos resident John Paul Nolan, 56, gave a voluntary confession on Thursday and informed the arresting officers that there was no need for a …
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Apr 20 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Forty-five years it is. Julio Cesar Perez, a local Pentecostal pastor convicted of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison for his crime. Perez, 41, had pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday as part of a plea agreement, according to the …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police assigned to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Task Force arrested a man on Tuesday accused of smuggling marijuana from Mexico into the United States. Brownsville resident Sergio Gonzalez, 40, is accused of attempting to bring an estimated 42.4 pounds of marijuana hidden inside a spare …
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Apr 20 2012
By JERRY RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com On Wednesday, San Benito Police Department (SBPD) officers arrested a man believed to be carrying crack cocaine and marijuana. Police pulled over a maroon Monte Carlo for a moving violation on April 18, and the officer responding to the scene said he noticed the odor of marijuana emitting from …
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Apr 18 2012
Date: Thru May 11 Event: Angels Pet Rescue+ Raffle: Seven Sets of Pearl Earrings for Mother’s Day Where: Brownsville Animal Shelter, 416 FM 511 in Omito More Info: (956) 371-7320 or email llaneyll@aol.com Date: April 20-22 Event: SBHS Class of 1997 15th Reunion Where: South Padre Isla More Info: ydcostilla@gmail.com Date: April 21 Time: 11:30 …
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Apr 18 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Julio Cesar Perez, the pastor at a local Pentecostal church who was accused of orchestrating a murder-for-hire plot to kill his wife last year pled guilty to the crime Tuesday morning as part of a plea agreement, the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office confirmed. Perez, 41, now awaits his …
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Apr 18 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Monday evening’s thunderstorms that swept through the Rio Grande Valley left cities such as Rio Hondo flooded and other areas subject to tornadoes; but for Elvira and Isabel Cantu of San Benito, the storms struck a little too close to home. Emphasis on the word, “struck.” Elvira, 78, and …
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Apr 18 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Fire Marshal Henry Lopez, who was indefinitely suspended last month for reasons that remain unclear, said Tuesday that he believes he’ll be reinstated. “I’m very confident, because this issue is even less than last time, and last time it was overturned completely,” Lopez said when asked how …
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Apr 18 2012
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man beaten with an aluminum baseball bat has been released from the hospital despite suffering from what police described as “life-threatening injuries.” It was at approximately 4:07 a.m. on Sunday, April 15 when officers with the San Benito Police Department (SBPD) responded to what was reported …
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