By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A local man who was found unconscious in a canal after reportedly driving his vehicle off the road in San Benito died Sunday in a local hospital. Jesus Enrique Reyes, 22, was pronounced dead on Dec. 29 after suffering from what officers with the San Benito Police Department described …
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Dec 30 2013
Suspect jailed for punching child, 7
NEWS Staff Report A San Benito man is behind bars for allegedly punching a 7-year-old girl on Friday. Detective David Rodriguez of the San Benito Police Department reported via press release on Monday the arrest of Oscar Antonio Gracia Jr., 30, for injury to a child after allegedly punching a 7-year-old girl in the face. …
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Dec 27 2013
Man hospitalized after driving car into canal
NEWS Staff Report A 22-year-old man remains hospitalized with what San Benito police said were “multiple injuries” as well as head trauma after the vehicle he was driving was found submerged in water. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department reported that the man, who has yet to be identified, was driving …
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Dec 20 2013
Authorities search for registered sex offender locally
Special to the NEWS San Benito police are currently searching for a registered sex offender who has allegedly not complied with registration requirements. San Benito Police Department Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. reported via press release on Friday the search for 61-year-old Aaron Mendez, a registered sex offender listed as a moderate risk. Banda stated in …
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Dec 20 2013
SBPD’s Operation Noel targets Christmas crime
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is increasing the number of officers on patrol to combat an anticipated rise in burglaries expected during the holiday season. Known as Operation Noel, SBPD Operations Chief Martin Morales Jr. explained that intent of the department is to help reduce the crime rate …
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Nov 19 2013
Sanchez gets 20 years for bus driver’s death; victim’s sister reacts to sentence
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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Nov 09 2013
Toddler wandered FM 732; mother faces charges
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito woman was arrested on Tuesday after her child was discovered wandering down a business road near a local elementary school. It was at approximately 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, when the San Benito Police Department responded to a call made in reference to a child …
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Oct 25 2013
BREAKING: Suspect accused of trying to run over officer charged with attempted capital murder
NEWS Staff Report The man accused of attempting to run over a San Benito police officer was apprehended by local and federal authorities on Thursday. The suspect in question, Cresencio Esquivel Lozoya, 35, of San Benito was arrested at approximately 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, San Benito Police Department Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. reported Friday …
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Oct 05 2013
Landrum fine arts teacher arrested again; accused of sexually harassing fifth grader
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Two additional charges have been filed against Landrum Elementary School fine arts teacher Joe Mendez, who was arrested in September on five counts of assault, for the alleged sexual harassment of a fifth grade student. Mendez, 57, was arrested Friday, Oct. 4, and charged with two counts of class …
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