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  • Defiant sheriff arrested (S. Texas)

    02/14/2004 8:26:32 PM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 4 replies · 231+ views
    The Brownsville Herald ^ | Feb. 14, 2004 | Emma Perez-Trevino and Laura Martinez
    Cantu leaves courthouse proclaiming he is ‘innocent’ of indictment claims. BROWNSVILLE, Feb. 14, 2004 — Inside the same jail he is employed to oversee, Sheriff Conrado Cantu was booked and released Friday from the Carrizalez-Rucker detention center after he was indicted on charges of abuse of official capacity. Cantu, 48, is free on a $15,000 personal recognizance bond. He is accused of intentionally and knowingly misusing jail employees and county propertywith intent to obtain a benefit for himself. The Class A misdemeanor charge stems from an Oct. 29 meeting where Cantu allegedly called jailers to the Carrizalez-Rucker facility and asked...