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Pair booked for sexual assault

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last month, Laguna Vista police arrested Eddie Garcia, 60, and Esmeralda Alvarez, 41, Garcia’s girlfriend, for their alleged involvement in sexually assaulting an underage female in Laguna Vista. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port Isabel-South Padre PRESS E-edition by clicking here or call the news office at …

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Laguna Heights man guilty of family assault

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com A jury found Laguna Heights resident Joel Martinez guilty last Wednesday of assault/family violence with a previous conviction. Martinez, 25, assaulted a family member by striking her and dragging her by the hair in August 2013 in Laguna Heights. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe to the Port …

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BREAKING NEWS: Laguna Heights man guilty of family assault

BY Sasha Heller Managing Editor   A jury found Laguna Heights resident Joel Martinez guilty late Wednesday of assault family/household member with a previous conviction. Martinez, 25, assaulted a family member by striking her and dragging her by the hair in August 2013 in Laguna Heights. The victim refused to cooperate with the Cameron County …

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CAMPAIGN TRAIL SHOCKER: Candidate’s husband, son booked for assault in sign theft case

BY SASHA HELLER Managing Editor editor@portisabelsouthpadre.com Deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department have arrested Orlando Ochoa Sr., 52, and Orlando Ochoa Jr., 27, both of Port Isabel, for multiple charges related to assaults against a witness in an ongoing investigation regarding campaign signs being stolen. To read the rest of this story, please subscribe …

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Man hit with assault charge

BY CHRISTINA R. GARZA Staff Writer press@portisabelsouthpadre.com Last Thursday morning Port Isabel officers responded to a family violence assault on the 100 block of Port Road. According to the victims, 23-year-old Rene Villarreal Jr. went to his ex-girlfriend Lucinda Martinez’ home, knocked on the door and when she answered the door Villarreal allegedly forced himself …

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