By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com With the bang of a gavel, the family of a San Benito Consolidated Independent School District bus driver killed last February received the closure they have long sought. Oralia Espinoza, 34, reacted Tuesday to the sentencing of Felipe Sanchez Jr., who pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter in the death …
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Nov 16 2013
Sentencing set for intoxication manslaughter
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr., the driver of a vehicle involved in a February collision that left a San Benito CISD bus driver dead, will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from the incident. According to Melissa Zamora, Public Information Officer for the Cameron County District …
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Oct 25 2013
Guilty plea made in connection with bus driver’s death
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr., the driver of a vehicle involved in a February collision that left a San Benito CISD school bus driver dead, pled guilty Thursday to a charge in connection with the incident, the 107th State District Court confirmed Friday. Court officials could not, however, immediately verify the …
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Sep 28 2013
Sanchez faces murder charge in bus driver’s death
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Charges against the driver of a vehicle which killed a San Benito CISD school bus driver have been upgraded to include murder. Felipe Sanchez Jr., 21, was initially charged with intoxication manslaughter for driving the vehicle that claimed the life of Juan Luis Espinoza in the early morning …
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May 01 2013
Sanchez pleads not guilty in bus driver’s death
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Felipe Sanchez Jr. plead not guilty Wednesday to intoxication manslaughter, a charge which stems from the death of a school bus driver who was killed while on his way to work in San Benito. At an arraignment hearing Wednesday in the 107th State District Court in Brownsville, Sanchez, 21, …
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Feb 23 2013
BREAKING: Sanchez arrested for intoxication manslaughter in bus driver’s death
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The 21-year-old driver of a Ford Mustang involved in a two-vehicle collision that claimed the life of a San Benito CISD school bus driver has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in connection with the incident, San Benito police reported Saturday. According to Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San …
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Feb 22 2013
BREAKING: SBCISD bus driver killed in motorcycle accident
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Investigators from the San Benito Police Department are piecing together the events that led to a fatal two-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on the 33100 block of FM 732, directly across from Angela G. Leal Elementary. “At approximately 6:20 in the morning, the department received a call in …
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