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SAN ANGELO – Nine individuals were arrested and booked into the Tom Green County Detention Center over the last 24 hours on a variety of charges including Drug Dealing Fentanyl, Evading Arrest and Possession of Marijuana.   

32-year-old Roberto Mejia was arrested by Tom Green County Sheriff's Deputies early Sunday morning.  He was charged with Evading Arrest, Possession of less than two ounces of Marijuana, and Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance, Penalty Group 1B, between 200 and 400 grams of Fentanyl.  He was booked into the Tom Green County Jail at 1:21 a.m. Sunday and his bond was initially set at $1,000.  

20-year-old Gus Riojas, 21-year-old Joshua Daniel, and 19-year-old Caden Wehunt were arrested and charged with Possession of Marijuana.  Riojas was arrested by Tom Green County Sheriff's Deputies and booked at 11:08 pm. Daniel and Wehunt were arrested by Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers and released at midday Saturday.  They were each released after posting $1,000 bond. 

San Angelo LIVE! makes no assumptions or representations about guilt or innocence of anyone on the booking report. Regardless of the headline, individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information on the site should not be used to determine any person’s actual criminal record.

The charges listed in this booking report are taken directly from information provided by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office and Jail.  They are not altered in any way and may or may not be the actual charges filed against the individual.  According to the Sheriff's Office, the charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances and may not be current.

The bond amounts listed on the booking report are initial amounts recorded during the booking process.  Actual bonds are set by magistrate judges, usually Justices of the Peace, within 24 hours of an individual's arrest and are updated on the jail website.  

The San Angelo Police Department, the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office, the Texas Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement agencies made several arrests and booked suspects into the jail.

The following list is provided by Corrections Officers at the Tom Green County Jail under the direction of Tom Green County Sheriff Nick Hanna.

JIMENEZ, JOSE 

Booking Date: 01-22-2023 - 3:25 am

Charges: 54040009 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED

Bond: $1000.00 

MEJIA, ROBERTO 

Booking Date: 01-22-2023 - 1:12 am

Charges: 35620008 POSS MARIJ <2OZ
35990245 MAN DEL CS PG 1-B >=200<400G
48010016 EVADING ARREST DETENTION W/VEH OR WATERCRAFT

Bond: $1000.00

ALFARO, KRISTINA 

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 11:53 pm

Charges: 54999999 *CPF*NO DL WHEN UNLICENSED-NO CDL
54999999 *CPF*SPEEDING OVER 10%

Bond: No Bond

RIOJAS, GUS 

Release Date: 01-22-2023 - 1:58 am

Booking Date:  01-21-2023 - 11:08 pm

Charges: 35620008 POSS MARIJ <2OZ

Bond: $1000.00

OELEIS, HUNTER 

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 11:05 pm

Charges: 23990196 THEFT PROP <$2,500 2/MORE PREV CONV

Bond: No Bond

MCNEILL, JAMES 

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 8:47 pm

Charges: 35990247 POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
55999999 POSS/DEL OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA

Bond: $662.00

RODRIGUEZ, MARCUS 

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 1:56 pm

Charges: 24110003 UNAUTH USE OF VEHICLE

Bond: No Bond

DANIEL, JOSHUA 

Release Date: 01-21-2023 - 1:43 pm

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 12:37 pm

Charges: 35620008 POSS MARIJ <2OZ

Bond: $1000.00

WEHUNT, CADEN 

Release Date: 01-21-2023 - 1:43 pm

Booking Date: 01-21-2023 - 12:30 pm

Charges: 35620008 POSS MARIJ <2OZ

Bond: $1000.00

The following is a key for the above abbreviations:

  • MISC- Miscellaneous
  • VOP- Violation of Parole
  • GOB- Going off Bond
  • VPTA- Violation Promise to Appear
  • GJI- Grand Jury Indictment
  • COMM- Adjudicated or Commutated Sentence
  • RPR- Release of Personal Recognizance
  • CPF- Capias Pro Fine
  • J/N- Judgment NISI
  • ICE- Immigration Custom Enforcement
  • TDCJ- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • DWLI- Driving While License Invalid
  • POSS MARIJ- Possession of Marijuana
  • DWI- Driving While Intoxicated
  • MAN DEL CS PG – Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group
  • MO- Magistrate’s Order
  • PG-1 Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 includes cocaine, crack, meth, heroin, ketamine, oxycontin, GHB, opiods
  • PG-1A LSD
  • PG-1B Fentanyl
  • PG-2 Hallucinogens, including THC, central nervous system depressants
  • PG-2A Synthetic marijuana/cannabinoids
  • PG-3 Stimulants and depressants like Ritalin, benzos, Xanax
  • PG-4 Narcotics that include codeine and morphine but have medical value

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