Shane Valverde is an Alice city councilman.
There is also a bill in the Texas house to honor Sgt. Shane Valverde in receiving the Purple Heart and Joint Service Commendation Medal for his meritorious service in Afghanistan.
Posted on 09/05/2007 2:30:53 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
RAYMONDVILLE — Two bounty hunters remained in the Willacy County Jail on Wednesday after they nabbed an 18-year-old Raymondville man they mistook for a fugitive, a police detective said Wednesday.
“They had the wrong guy,” Detective Andres Maldonado said. “They pretty much abducted him.”
The three bounty hunters nabbed Ruben Sanchez, 18, after they stopped his car in the 200 block of San Francisco Street at about 11:30 p.m. Monday, Maldonado said.
Troy Berry, 47, of Mississippi and Bruce Berry, 38, of Tennessee remained in jail Wednesday morning, Sheriff Larry Spence said.
Shane Valverde, 32, of Alice, a third bounty hunter, was released Tuesday night after posting $42,000 bond, Spence said.
Tuesday, Raymondville Municipal Judge Hector “Tiger” Huerta charged the men with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of unlawful restraint, Spence said.
Huerta set bail at $40,000 for Troy Berry and Bruce Berry, Spence said.
Valverde was also charged with one count of accident causing damage, officials said.
The men pulled guns on Sanchez after Valverde pulled an SUV in front of his car, Maldonado said.
“They exited the vehicle brandishing weapons — a hand-held shotgun, handguns and a Taser,” Maldonado said. “They ordered Mr. Sanchez out of the car, put him in handcuffs and put him in the (SUV).”
Witnesses in Sanchez’s car gave a patrolman descriptions of the SUV, which a Willacy County deputy stopped on Hidalgo Avenue before police arrested the men, Maldonado said.
Sanchez was not injured, he said.
he was probably illegal anyway, just deport him.
That is a risk they face in the bounty hunting business. Identification is as important as safety.
Where did you get that anywhere in this article?
Don’t they just apologize and go back to work, like so many in law enforcement do when armed swat teams kick down the wrong doors, sometimes shooting the family dogs etc?
Silly dragnet2. These guys work in the private sector. Therefore they have to comply with rules that your Overlords needn't bother with.
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So how'd that one turn out? Prosecutors were asking for the death penality against the rouge bounty hunters.
I hope not. There's no excuse for them to go after the wrong guy. They broke the law, and deserve to be punished for their crimes just as anyone else would be punished.
Which one were you saying was illegal, bounty hunter ValVerde or Detective Andres Maldonado or Judge Hector “Tiger” Huerta ?
From what I can find on the web, the guy in charge was sentenced to two consecutive life terms, another had been convicted of first-degree murder but not sentenced at the time the article was written, and the others were still untried.
Exactly, and Texas has some very strong laws against rogue/incompetent bail enforcement agents.
“a hand-held shotgun”
As opposed to a crew served shotgun mounted on the back of their SUV. :).
Bounty hunting is illegal in Oregon. Only law enforcement officers may apprehend alleged bail skips. I personally think this is a reasonable law, particularly after watching “Dog” at work.
Wondered about that too.
.410 pistol?
No, not as severely, more severely. They work for the government, their accountability and that of police, should be greater than that asked of you or me. Now in the case of police (not bounty hunters), I wouldn't impose personal liability if they made an honest mistake that a person of average intelligence might make under the same circumstances. But in a case where there is criminal culpability, the consequences should be heavier than for a member of the public. IOW, if a cop is caught selling drugs, the sentence should be significantly more severe than that which a regular citizen would receive.
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Shane Valverde is an Alice city councilman.
There is also a bill in the Texas house to honor Sgt. Shane Valverde in receiving the Purple Heart and Joint Service Commendation Medal for his meritorious service in Afghanistan.
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