The Four Most Interesting Indictments from this Month's Tom Green County Grand Jury Session

A Tom Green County grand jury met for one day this month, handing down 57 felony indictments on a variety of charges to individuals in the area.

Of those charged, 31 warrants have been issued and many have criminal histories in the county. 

Below are the accounts of some of those that have been indicted this month. To view the full list, click here. 

1. The Forgery that Won’t Stick

Steven Constancio Montemayor just wants to leave town. That’s what he told Judge Barbara Walther, anyway in a non-emergency request form sent from the Tom Green County Jail on Jan. 14.

Charged with one count of forging an elderly individual’s check, Montemayor, 41, could be facing anywhere from 25 years to life in the penitentiary, his third-degree crime enhanced due to habitual offenses.

Nonetheless, Montemayor wrote and requested to be ordered to leave San Angelo on a plea bargain for five years to get away from his current circle of friends, but reminded judge Walther that “either way I will have the charge dismissed”.

According to his note to the judge, Montemayor was drunk and had the $495 check at hand on or about Nov. 4, but hadn’t cashed or signed it. A complaint filed with the court, however, states that Montemayor had handed the check of the elderly man over to the store clerk with his own ID, at which point the clerk notified police of the suspicious activity.

Montemayor and the victim both acknowledged that the suspect had not been given permission to pass the check, and that he had stayed the night at the victim’s house a few days prior.

In January, Montemayor was indicted for the forgery. 

2. Juice Pack Robbery

A 24-year-old man was indicted on a second-degree robbery charge this month after going into Best Buy, shoving three Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation Minis down the back of his pants and taking down an employee in his attempt to flee.

Kevin Shawn Parker, accused of stealing the battery charges on Oct. 23, is alleged to have tackled an employee that jumped in his way as he left the store, pushing him through the closed doors and jumping them off their tracks.

As he ran off, Parker was captured on the store surveillance system and was identified by an SAPD Sgt. and detective, who had been in contact with him a few days prior.

If convicted, Parker faces 2-20 years in prison and a fine up to $10,000.

3. Kids Driving Kids Drunk

Alisha Monae Pina was 19 years old on Nov. 9, when DPS Trooper Ram Garza pulled her over in a brown Hyundai Sonata for weaving all over the road and improperly using her turn signal.

When she stopped the car and Garza made contact with her, he noticed the strong smell of booze emitting from inside the vehicle. Pina was not alone in the car, Garza wrote in his report, there were three other people under 21 and a 2-month-old baby girl.

Pina admitted to the officer she had been drinking, estimating her consumption at four mixed drinks containing Everclear and fruit punch. She then consented to a number of field sobriety tests and failed them all, and was arrested for DWI with child passenger under 15 years of age. 

Once at the jail, Pina blew into the breathalyzer and returned results of .118 and .112. The other minors in the vehicle were ticketed for minor in consumption and turned over to an adult.

Pina now faces a state jail felony punishable by 180 days to 2 years in jail and a fine of up to $10,000.

4. Drug Dealing

Detectives working for the Tom Green County Sheriff’s Office were watching a residence in the 1500 block of Sun Valley Lane on Sept. 20, when the saw 33-year-old Taylor Frederiksen, wanted for a parole violation, climb into a maroon Jeep Wrangler and drive over to the 5400 block of Ben Ficklin Road.

Once at the residence on Ben Ficklin, detectives got out of their vehicle and approached Fredericksen, who immediately gassed the Jeep and drove away.

While they pursued him, court documents state, Fredericksen was seen reaching into the passenger seat and the back of the vehicle in what they believed was an attempt to conceal items.

Back at his residence, Fredericksen was taken into custody, and a probable cause search was conducted on his Jeep, which reeked of burnt marijuana. During the search, detectives located meth, meth paraphernalia, plastic baggies, scales and cutting agents, as well as amounts of cocaine, marijuana, unidentifiable tablets and bongs.

The following day the detectives obtained and executed a search warrant on Fredericksen’s residence, where they located more plastic baggies, scales, syringes, glass meth pipes, ledgers with names and monetary amounts and bags full of methamphetamine.

Fredericksen has been indicted on a first-degree felony enhanced to 15-99 years imprisonment or life.