Sep 05 2014
By JACOB LOPEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com BROWNSVILLE — A jury in the 404th State District Court in Brownsville has found a Harlingen man guilty of indecency with a child and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. In February 2013, 61-year-old Gregorio Gonzalez Jr. was accused of exposing his genitals and making sexually-explicit gestures toward 7-year-old …
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Feb 04 2014
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A Harlingen man and registered sex offender was arrested Monday at the San Benito Public Library where he allegedly exposed himself to two children. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said that Harlingen resident Gregorio Gonzalez Jr., 60, was apprehended at the library and later …
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Dec 17 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A man is behind bars after he allegedly broke into a home over the weekend and inappropriately touched a teenage girl. According to a San Benito Police Department press release, officers responded to a residence located on the 800 block of Rio Grande Street at approximately 3:16 a.m. …
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Aug 31 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man was arrested Thursday for allegedly fondling himself in front of two women and a toddler. According to Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department, Juan Baltierra, 51, of San Benito was arrested Aug. 29 for indecency with a child, a third degree felony, …
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Feb 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Harlingen man was arrested by San Benito police after being accused of sexually assaulting two relatives. Forty-five-year-old Jose Luis Gonzalez was arrested at approximately 12:49 p.m. Wednesday, February 20, at his residence on the 700 block of Orange Heights in Harlingen. “He was picked up yesterday after …
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Special to the PRESS Last Thursday, Sept. 23, several members of the local Port Isabel Rotary Club gathered to complete an important local community project they began several months ago. Using matching Rotary grant monies and club funds raised locally, they purchased 10 new benches, placing them throughout Port Isabel and Laguna Heights. Thursday, the … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The 10th annual Motorcycle Cannonball Run ended on South Padre Island this past weekend, with nearly a hundred riders cruising their 100-year-old machines through the Queen Isabella Causeway to victory. Starting in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, on the Canadian border, 88 riders, some dressed in early 1900s garb, departed to Texas … Continue reading [...]
By Gaige Davila editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com The City of Port Isabel is now weighing its options in responding to a Federal Aviation Administration analysis of SpaceX’s orbital launch. The FAA released its highly anticipated draft environmental review of SpaceX’s planned orbital launches two weeks ago, saying the launches would have little impact on Boca Chica and the … Continue reading [...]
Photos and words by Gaige Davila The PARADE sat with Will Abete as he started his shift at The Meatball Cafe, preparing to special a piña colada using fresh squeezed pineapple juice. Abete, 25, has worked at The Meatball Cafe for two months. Before, he bartended just across Padre Boulevard at Tequila Sunset. He’s lived … Continue reading [...]
Photos and words by Gaige Davila These days, Samantha Jo Finney is constantly baking. Baking clay, that is. Finney is the mind and hands behind Across The Causeway, a jewelry brand selling handmade, polymer clay earrings and necklaces. Finney started Across The Causeway in 2017, initially making anklets. During the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, … Continue reading [...]
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