Category: Texas

Exposing the Dangers of Taxpayer Funded Pretrial Release

Man out on Personal Bond, No Show at Court for Sentencing on Intoxicated Manslaughter Charge

Austin, Travis County, Texas On August 25th, 2018 Oscar Benitez-Patino was taken to the hospital after a rollover vehicle crash on Highway 71. The passenger in his vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene. According to the affidavit:   There were a number of scrape marks and other indications of the path of travel of…
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Man Out on Personal Bond Kills his Girlfriend’s Dad

Austin, Travis County, Texas   Jaime Apodaca was arrested late on Christmas night for Tampering with Evidence (Felony) and Evading Arrest/Detention. According to the affidavit the police were called to an apartment complex due to shots being fired. Upon the police arriving they made contact with a female that said she had fired the shots…
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Bus Driver Accused of Sexual Assault of a 5 year old, Free to Go!

Austin, Travis County, Texas   Cesar Maldonado was arrested for Continous Sexual Abuse of Young Child last August and was quickly released from Travis County Jail on Personal Bond. The Travis County District Attorney objected to his release and Cesar had already admitted to what he had done, but one of the Magistrate Judges thought…
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Air Force Service Member Murdered by Individuals out on Personal Recognizance Bonds

Austin, TX   January 20th, 2019 – Austin Burroughs was murdered right after parking at his apartment. The 3 suspects, now in custody, were currently out on Personal Recognizance bonds for a range of charges from Aggravated Robbery down to Assault. Read the full news article by clicking here. How were these 3 allowed on the…
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Travis County Man out on Personal Bond for Robbery, Commits Another Robbery.

Patrick Landry was arrested for Attempted Burglary of a Habitation, he dropped his phone and according to the Probable Cause Affidavit: Ofc. Kaleikini reported that he opened the phone in an attempt to find the owner and saw that the phone was opened to a Face Book account showing a profile picture of the same…
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US Marshals Searching for Travis County Man Released on Personal Recognizance

Travis County, TX Jabari Mark is wanted for violating his bond in December of 2018. He was released on personal recognizance bonds with the condition of an ankle monitor, even though he has a criminal history going back 10 years. According to Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Darren Sartin, Jabari was driving a vehicle, pulled over…
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Austin Massage Therapist Charged with Attempted Sexual Assault Released for Free Under New Court Rules

Austin Massage Therapist Charged with Attempted Sexual Assault Released for Free Under New Court Rules Austin, TX – Jonathan Newcomb, 37, a massage therapist from Austin is charged with Attempted Sexual Assault (3rd Degree Felony) after allegedly reaching in a client’s panties and “rubbing” and “licking” the victims vagina during a session with a client.…
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SB 91 catch-and-release catastrophe pushed by Texas crusader

SB 91 catch-and-release catastrophe pushed by Texas crusader “Alaska recently rolled back portions of Senate Bill 91 and in the process curtailed what has been disastrous public policy advocated by a self-styled crusader from 3,500 miles away. It’s important for Alaskans to understand what just happened, lest they fall prey to attempts by carpetbaggers to…
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Drunk driving Dad FREE TO GO under Travis County "soft on crime" policies after dumping family minivan in creek with family on board

Austin, TX – “Father of the year” Desire Lukusa, 41, was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with his family in the car – then crashing the family minivan into a creek – putting his family in danger. Lukusa was charged with three counts of endangering a child by criminal negligence and one count of DWI…
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Austin, TX – Man charged with capital MURDER while on pretrial release supervision for felony aggravated robbery – while wearing a GPS bracelet

Xavier Lewis, 19, was arrested for his role in two aggravated robberies on Dec 25.  Since his arrest, Lewis has now been linked to the murder of 30-year-old Ebony Sheppard. At the time of the incident, Lewis was under the supervision of Travis County Pretrial release (with an ankle monitor) – having been released and…
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