Aug 31 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Gone with a residence located on the 200 block of East Robertson Street in San Benito are the concerns that had become associated with the property for years. On Thursday, a City of San Benito crew demolished the house after many reports were filed with the city’s Code Enforcement …
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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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Jul 26 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito Police officers visited the local Boys and Girls Club on Wednesday to teach kids about stranger danger. Conducting the presentation was Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department, who was joined by SBPD officers Carlos Romero, Operations Chief Martin Morales Jr. and Assistant …
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Jul 24 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The man authorities believe responsible for two armed robberies at San Benito drive-thru businesses is behind bars. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department reported Tuesday that 21-year-old Alberto M. Martinez-Valles of Harlingen was charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, a first degree felony, in …
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Jul 10 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The San Benito Police Department is seeking the public’s help to locate an endangered runaway teenager. According to an SBPD press release, 15-year-old Alondra Galvan went missing since during the afternoon hours of Monday, July 8. “Apparently her family fears that she might be in danger because she …
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Jun 21 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com Officers with the San Benito Police Department arrested a Harlingen man after he discharged a firearm at a local business. Eric Gonzales, 19, of Harlingen was arrested on Wednesday, June 19, following an investigation into a shooting that occurred during the late evening hours of April 12. “We …
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Jun 14 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police reported Friday that a mobile number used to text a bomb threat at Rio Hondo High School has been linked to the highly-controversial teenage phone harassment case. Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan of the San Benito Police Department said that the bomb threat, sent via …
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Jun 14 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com All I needed was an excuse, someone to emerge from the shadows and into the light of my flashlight to attack me. I fantasized about this – I even prayed for it – so that I could defend my family. And if I needed to use deadly force…So be …
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Jun 07 2013
Editor’s Note: The following article contains text messages of an explicit nature provided in the form of cell phone records by the victim and her family. Some of these texts have been edited for spelling. By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A Rio Hondo High School student was arrested Thursday for threatening to kill …
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May 01 2013
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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