Cash Cows for the Tom Green County Judicial Industrial Complex

 

SAN ANGELO, TX —Corrections Officers at the Tom Green County Jail report 13 individuals were booked since midnight, May 18, 2024, on charges ranging from traffic violations to firearm possession by felons and grand theft auto.

There are 455 inmates housed in the Tom Green County Jail presently. The jail holds north of 550 inmates, so there's lots of room left if anything happens on a peaceful Sunday.

San Angelo LIVE! is the primary news agency in the Concho Valley consistently publishing the Booking Report every day.

Here's what leads this report: How a citizen boards the Tom Green County Criminal Justice "fines" train and can never get off once caught.

One cannot watch what has happened to Oscar Torrez, 33, without having a little empathy for the man. He was jailed yesterday evening for, of all things, speeding. He was not drunk, he did not assault anyone, nor was he dealing drugs. He was just speeding. Torrez is aboard the Tom Green County Judicial System's fines train and he cannot get off, or catch a break.

Torrez's journey on the train started in 2016 when he was arrested for failing to appear in court for a couple of traffic violations such as expired vehicle registration, and failing to change the address on his driver's license to where he currently lived. Torrez blew off the court date, generating nearly $1,000 in court fees and fines.

A year ago, Torrez was squeezed through the system once more for similar violations, such as driving with an invalid license, an expired vehicle registration, and multiple failures to appear in court for those offenses. His fines this time were $3,124.80.

Late last year, Torrez was caught speeding and he once again blew the charges off, failing to pay the fine or appear in court to challenge the charges. Yesterday evening, police found him and he was arrested again. Torrez is very good for generating cash flow for the judicial system by his own reluctance to settle his traffic violations and we will probably see him on the jail logs again in the future for some other traffic violation he may have been unable to pay. This time his fine was only $309.40.

The moral of the story is You Can Run, But You Cannot Hide from the long arm of the Tom Green County Justice System; it wants its money. I am sure the municipal judge will work with Torrez if he cannot pay his fines but he will have to show up to ask. Otherwise, he's taken to jail for speeding.

Oscar Torrez, 33

Oscar Torrez, 33

While Torrez was getting the shake down at the jail, Lavern Hardin, 61, was arrested for stealing a car. He's an ex-con but at least he wasn't in possession of a firearm by a felon like Robin Gant, 36, and Daniel Gibson, 47, who were both booked into the jail for being felons in possession of a gun.

The bond was increased to $68,000 for Norma Hernandez and she remains in jail. She is the woman who had an all-day standoff with the sheriff on Friday while brandishing knives. She was booked for aggravated assault that causes serious bodily injury, violation of a protective order (with bias and prejudice), resisting arrest, violating a protective order by assaulting her victim, and interfering with an emergency request for assistance. Her bond was only $500 yesterday, raising eyebrows.

See the Abbreviation Key at the end of this article for more information about the charges. 

San Angelo LIVE! does not make assumptions or representations regarding guilt or innocence based on the booking report. All individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The information on the site should not be used to establish any person’s actual criminal record.

The charges listed in the report are directly sourced from information provided by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office and Jail, unaltered and may or may not represent the actual charges filed against the individual.

Any inaccuracies in this report related to charges are attributed to the District Attorney's office. The bond amounts listed in the report are initial figures documented during the booking process. The actual bonds are established by magistrate judges, typically Justices of the Peace, within 24 hours of an arrest and are updated on the jail website.

The following list is provided by Corrections Officers at the Tom Green County Jail under the direction of Jail Commander Major Beth Holland-Mull TCB and Tom Green County Sheriff Nick Hanna.

Booked into the Tom Green County Jail and still in jail from May 18, 2024 at midnight through Saturday and Sunday morning, May 19, 2024 :


RODRIGUEZ, JOASIAH

  • SO #:    107422
  • Booking #:    451319
  • Booking Date:    05-19-2024 - 6:52 am
  • Charges:    13150005 AGG ASSAULT W/DEADLY WEAPON
  • Bond:    $5000.00

GARCIA, CARRILLO

  • SO #:    108226
  • Booking #:    451318
  • Booking Date:    05-19-2024 - 5:42 am
  • Charges:    54040012 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED/OPEN ALCH CONTAINER
  • 54999999 DRIVERS LICENSE - NO
  • Bond:    $1302.00

GANT, ROBIN

  • SO #:    108225
  • Booking #:    451317
  • Booking Date:    05-19-2024 - 2:37 am
  • Charges:    52120009 UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON
  • Bond:    No Bond

HARDIN, LEVERN

  • SO #:    19332
  • Booking #:    451316
  • Booking Date:    05-19-2024 - 2:34 am
  • Charges:    24110003 UNAUTH USE OF VEHICLE
  • Bond:    No Bond

GOMEZ, ERICA

  • SO #:    108224
  • Booking #:    451315
  • Booking Date:    05-19-2024 - 1:26 am
  • Charges:    13990031 ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE
  • Bond:    $4000.00

JANUSZ, LEON

  • SO #:    104249
  • Booking #:    451314
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 11:23 pm
  • Charges:    53070001 *MO*OBSTRUCT HIGHWAY PASSAGEWAY
  • Bond:    No Bond

ROGERS, NATASHA

  • SO #:    108222
  • Booking #:    451311
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 7:06 pm
  • Charges:    35990133 POSS DANGEROUS DRUG
  • 35990248 POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=1G<4G
  • 54990067 DRIVING W/LIC INV W/PREV CONV/SUSP/W/O FIN RES
  • Bond:    No Bond

PERKINS, JAMEY

  • SO #:    55095
  • Booking #:    451310
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 4:09 pm
  • Charges:    521457 DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID ICON
  • FTA FAILURE TO APPEAR ICON
  • Bond:    $3300.00

GIBSON, DANIEL

  • SO #:    108221
  • Booking #:    451309
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 3:05 pm
  • Charges:    52120009 UNL POSS FIREARM BY FELON
  • Bond:    No Bond

JURGENS, JOHN

  • SO #:    20493
  • Booking #:    451308
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 6:15 am
  • Charges:    55999999 PAROLE VIOLATION
  • Bond:    No Bond

CARRILLO, CHRISTIAN

  • SO #:    96212
  • Booking #:    451307
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 5:03 am
  • Charges:    13990031 ASSAULT CAUSES BODILY INJURY FAMILY VIOLENCE
  • Bond:    $5000.00

GUERRERO, BRAEDEN

  • SO #:    108218
  • Booking #:    451305
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 3:23 am
  • Charges:    35990247 *MTR*POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • 41999999 PUBLIC INTOXICATION
  • 53999999 DC- OFFENSIVE GESTURE
  • 54040013 DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE MINOR 3RD-ENH
  • 54990067 DRIVING W/LIC INV W/PREV CONV/SUSP/W/O FIN RES
  • 54999999 NO TEXAS DRIVERS LICENSE
  • Bond:    $2357.10

TERUELL, STEFANIE

  • SO #:    108216
  • Booking #:    451302
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 2:24 am
  • Charges:    35990023 POSS CS PG 3 < 28G
  • 35990247 POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • Bond:    $7500.00

SALINAS, EZEKIEL

  • SO #:    101842
  • Booking #:    451297
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 7:15 pm
  • Charges:    22990002 BURGLARY OF HABITATION (F2)
  • Bond:    $25000.00

CHIPMAN-SMITH, HERBERT

  • SO #:    68923
  • Booking #:    451296
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 6:27 pm
  • Charges:    35990247 POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • MISC CPF X6
  • Bond:    $5000.00

HERNANDEZ, NORMA

  • SO #:    64331
  • Booking #:    451293
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 4:14 pm
  • Charges:    13150004 AGG ASSAULT CAUSES SERIOUS BODILY INJ
  • 38990013 VIOL PROTECT ORDER BIAS/PREJUDICE
  • 48010006 RESIST ARREST SEARCH OR TRANSPORT
  • 50160005 VIOL BOND/PROTECTIVE ORDER ASSAULT/STALK IAT
  • 53990010 INTERFER W/EMERGENCY REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
  • Bond:    $68000.00

DRENNAN, WILLIAM

  • SO #:    41421
  • Booking #:    451294
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 4:04 pm
  • Charges:    MISC CPF X 12
  • Bond:    No Bond

RODRIGUEZ, KLAUDIA

  • SO #:    106699
  • Booking #:    451290
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 1:03 pm
  • Charges:    35990247 POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • 55999999 POSS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
  • MISC CPFX5
  • Bond:    $25662.00

AGUIRRE, VICTORIA

  • SO #:    105467
  • Booking #:    451286
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 9:51 am
  • Charges:    MISC CPF X 4
  • Bond:    No Bond

CHAPPA, LUPE

  • SO #:    53338
  • Booking #:    451285
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 5:33 am
  • Charges:    35990003 *J/N*MAN DEL CS PG 1 >=4G<200G
  • 35990133 POSS DANGEROUS DRUG
  • 35990247 POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • 35990249 *GJI*POSS CS PG 1/1-B >=4G<200G
  • Bond:    $7500.00
     

Released from the Tom Green County Jail over the past day since midnight, May 18, 2024:


DUNLAP, MARLYN

  • SO #:    95816
  • Booking #:    451086
  • Release Date:    05-19-2024 - 12:43 am
  • Booking Date:    05-06-2024 - 9:25 am
  • Charges:    35990247 *COMM* POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • 55999999 POSSESSION/DELIVERY OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
  • MISC FTA X1
  • Bond:    $1264.00

VILLANUEVA, PAUL

  • SO #:    108223
  • Booking #:    451313
  • Release Date:    05-19-2024 - 12:13 am
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 9:35 pm
  • Charges:    35620008 POSS MARIJ <2OZ
  • 54999999 TOBACCO - POSS/CONSUMPTION/PURCHASE UNDER 21
  • Bond:    $1362.00

TORREZ, OSCAR

  • SO #:    96049
  • Booking #:    451312
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 10:58 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 7:28 pm
  • Charges:    SP SPEEDING ICON
  • Bond:    $309.40

DELACRUZ, RICHARD

  • SO #:    99563
  • Booking #:    451292
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 6:28 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 1:53 pm
  • Charges:    54040009 *GOB*DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
  • Bond:    No Bond

SANTAMARIA, MATIAS

  • SO #:    96949
  • Booking #:    451298
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 5:28 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 9:45 pm
  • Charges:    16020010 TERRORISTIC THREAT OF FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD
  • Bond:    $2500.00

WHETSTONE, REX

  • SO #:    96598
  • Booking #:    451300
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 2:28 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 11:04 pm
  • Charges:    54040012 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED/OPEN ALCH CONTAINER
  • 54990007 DUTY ON STRIKING UNATTENDED VEHICLE
  • Bond:    $2500.00

DURST, MICHAEL

  • SO #:    29987
  • Booking #:    451295
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 2:13 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 4:05 pm
  • Charges:    26990178 DISPLAY FICTITIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION
  • 54990067 DRIVING W/LIC INV W/PREV CONV/SUSP/W/O FIN RES
  • Bond:    $1000.00

GARCIA, ANTHONY

  • SO #:    89134
  • Booking #:    451301
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 1:58 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 1:21 am
  • Charges:    54999999 RIDING BICYCLE ON WRONG SIDE OF ROADWAY
  • MISC FTA
  • Bond:    $986.00

CORRALES, FILIBERTO

  • SO #:    104902
  • Booking #:    451222
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 1:43 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-13-2024 - 11:37 am
  • Charges:    13990075 *GJI* ASSAULT FAMILY/HOUSEHOLD MEMBER W/PREV CONV
  • MISC TRASH ON PROPERTY
  • Bond:    $1674.00

LUBUS, SKYLER

  • SO #:    108219
  • Booking #:    451306
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 11:58 am
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 3:43 am
  • Charges:    54040009 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
  • Bond:    $1500.00

GARCIA, MIRELLA

  • SO #:    102905
  • Booking #:    451304
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 11:28 am
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 3:11 am
  • Charges:    54040009 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED
  • Bond:    $1500.00

GUERRERO, AUSTIN

  • SO #:    108217
  • Booking #:    451303
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 11:13 am
  • Booking Date:    05-18-2024 - 2:52 am
  • Charges:    41999999 PUBLINC INTOXICATION
  • 73991084 INTERFER W/PUBLIC DUTIES
  • Bond:    $1962.00

MORALES, ALVARO GARZA

  • SO #:    105770
  • Booking #:    451299
  • Release Date:    05-18-2024 - 10:58 am
  • Booking Date:    05-17-2024 - 10:30 pm
  • Charges:    52030027 UNL CARRYING WEAPON
  • 54999999 DRIVERS LICENSE-NO
  • 55999999 POSS/DEL DRUG PARAPHERNALIA
  • Bond:    $3626.00

MARTIN, DALTON

  • SO #:    98844
  • Booking #:    451254
  • Release Date:    05-17-2024 - 7:28 pm
  • Booking Date:    05-15-2024 - 10:20 am
  • Charges:    35990247 *GJI* POSS CS PG 1/1-B <1G
  • MISC CPF x 3
  • MISC FTA X1
  • Bond:    $25502.00

San Angelo LIVE! does not make assumptions or representations regarding guilt or innocence based on the booking report. All individuals charged with crimes are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The information on the site should not be used to establish any person’s actual criminal record.

The charges listed in the report are directly sourced from information provided by the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office and Jail, unaltered and may or may not represent the actual charges filed against the individual.

Any inaccuracies in this report related to charges are attributed to the District Attorney's office. The bond amounts listed in the report are initial figures documented during the booking process. The actual bonds are established by magistrate judges, typically Justices of the Peace, within 24 hours of an arrest and are updated on the jail website.

The following is a key for the above abbreviations:
  • AKA - Also Known As
  • BAC - Blood Alcohol Content
  • COMM - Adjudicated or Commutated Sentence
  • CPF - Capias Pro Fine
  • DFZ - Drug Free Zone
  • DWI - Driving While Intoxicated
  • DWLI - Driving While License Invalid
  • ENH - Enhanced
  • F2 - 2nd Degree Felony
  • FMFR - Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility
  • FS - State Jail Felony
  • FTA - Failure To Appear in Court
  • FTSLI - Failure To Stop and Leave Information
  • FTYROW - Failure to Yield the Right Of Way
  • FV - Family Violence
  • GJI - Grand Jury Indictment
  • GOB - Going Off Bond
  • IAC - If At Court
  • ICON - In County Only Notation
  • ICE - Immigration Custom Enforcement
  • IAT - If At Trial
  • J/N - Judgment NISI
  • MAN DEL CS PG - Manufacture and Delivery of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group
  • MIC - Minor in Consumption (Alcohol)
  • MIP - Minor in Possession
  • MISC - Miscellaneous
  • MO - Magistrate’s Order
  • MTP - Motion to Proceed with Prosecution
  • MTR - Motion To Revoke Probation
  • MTAG - Motion To Adjudicate Guilt
  • PG-1 - Possession of a Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1 includes cocaine, crack, meth, heroin, ketamine, oxycontin, GHB, opioids
  • 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
  • POSS MARIJ - Possession of Marijuana
  • RPR - Revocation of Personal Recognizance Bond
  • TCB – Taking Care of Business
  • TDCJ - Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  • TGCJ - Tom Green County Jail
  • VOP - Violation of Probation
  • VPTA - Violation Promise To Appear

 

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Though about 7 gunshots could be heard in the early morning from the general vicinity of the Kiwanis Park last Saturday, followed by sirens, I'm still not certain that I've seen any charges published for discharging a firearm within city limits.

IIRC, Confucius once remarked that, "The archer who aims for the soldier's pension slips through the fisherman's net," or whatever he told me last time the Feds drugged me.

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