Nov 25 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Luis Humberto Cardenas, the Brownsville man who was on trial for his involvement in last year’s fatal hit-and-fun of San Benito native Richard Mata, had his final sentencing on Friday and the result was a victory in the eyes of Mata’s family. Cardenas received a six year sentence …
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Oct 10 2015
By PETE BANDA Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Every day since the early morning of August 10, 2014, the family of Richard Mata has been yearning for some form of justice for what happened to their beloved “Ricky.” On Friday, October 9, that day was supposed to come… But it didn’t, according to the family. “I …
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Aug 15 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A married couple from Brownsville, under the guidance of their attorney, have turned themselves over to local authorities for their alleged involvement in an Aug. 10 hit-and-run incident that left 23-year-old Richard Garcia Mata of San Benito dead. At 3:33 a.m. on Sunday, officers with the San Benito …
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Aug 12 2014
By HEATHER CATHLEEN COX Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The police search continues for the driver of a vehicle in a fatal hit-and-run incident that left a local man dead on Sunday. At 3:33 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10, officers with the San Benito Police Department responded to West Expressway 83 in reference to an unconscious male with …
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