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By José
Borjón
Collegian Editor
Teacher charged
A Brownsville Independent School District teacher has been
placed on administrative leave after being arraigned on
charges of reckless driving, evading arrest and failure to
identify.
Shortly after 6:45 p.m. Oct. 4, a
Campus Police officer reported that his radar detector
recorded a Suzuki motorcycle traveling at 60 miles per hour
on University Boulevard, according to a Campus Police
incident report.
University Boulevard is a 30-mph
driving zone, according to the report.
The officer turned on his unit’s
overhead lights and siren, signaling the driver of the
motorcycle to stop.
The report states, “the vehicle only
accelerated and kept driving east on University Boulevard.”
The man stopped at the intersection of
University Boulevard and U.S. Hwy. 77, and was later
identified through a license plate check as Hector E.
Galvan, 37, of the 500 block of Red Rose Street, according
to the report
The officer asked the man for his
driver’s license and proof of liability insurance. The man
responded, “I ain’t going to show you s---!” the report
states.
The officer told the man he would be
arrested if he failed to identify himself. The man said, “Go
ahead and f------ try it,” the report states.
As the officer radioed in the license
plate numbers, Galvan fled the scene, getting on U.S. Hwy.
77 and traveling north, according to the report.
Campus Police Lt. Jose Angel Lopez said
the department obtained arrest warrants on Oct. 5 for
evading arrest, reckless driving and failure to identify
from Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 Place 2 Judge Oscar
Tullos.
That same day, Galvan was arrested at
Egly Elementary School, where he teaches.
Galvan was arraigned Oct. 6 by Tullos,
who set a $2,000 bond for evading arrest, $1,000 bond for
reckless driving and $1,000 bond for failure to identify,
according to personnel at the Carrizales-Rucker Detention
Center in Olmito.
Galvan was released from jail the next
day after posting $4,000 in bonds.
Drue Brown, the school district’s
public information officer, told The Collegian that Galvan
was placed on administrative leave with pay on Oct. 9,
pending the results of the investigation.
According to the State Board for
Educator Certification Web site, Galvan has been a bilingual
education and elementary self-contained teacher in Texas
since Aug. 14, 2002.
Evading arrest is a state jail felony
punishable by up to two years in jail and a fine not to
exceed $10,000.
Reckless driving and failure to
identify are class B misdemeanors punishable by up to six
months in jail and a fine not to exceed $2,000.
Student arrested
A UTB/TSC student has been arraigned on misdemeanor
charges of criminal mischief and resisting arrest.
Jose Cruz Lozano, 24, of the 4600 block
of Carmen Avenue in Rancho Viejo, was arrested at 8 p.m.
Oct. 5 after two Parking and Traffic employees reported that
earlier in the day, a man allegedly broke a window of a 2002
Dodge 1500 pickup truck parked in Lot B, according to a
probable cause affidavit.
The report states that after the man
broke the window, he fled the scene in a 1998 Isuzu Rodeo
allegedly driven by Lozano.
The incident happened shortly after
3:15 p.m., according to a Campus Police offense report.
A license plate check revealed the
Rodeo is registered to Lozano’s sister, the report states.
Two Campus Police officers went to
Lozano’s home in Rancho Viejo and told his parents he had to
come to the Campus Police Department to speak to an officer
about the incident, the report states.
Lozano went to the Campus Police
Department later that day and allegedly resisted arrest.
“Mr. Jose C. Lozano did use force against the peace officer
by pushing, striking, and pulling to prevent the lawful
arrest,” according to the probable cause affidavit.
According to Sgt. Jaime Richeson,
Lozano told an officer that at 3 p.m. that day he was in
class with his professor; the officer called the professor,
who told him Lozano did not show up to class until 4 p.m.
On Oct. 5, Cameron County Magistrate
Judge Patricia A. Hernandez arraigned Lozano on charges of
criminal mischief and resisting arrest, and set $750 and
$1,500 bonds, respectively, according to the magistrate’s
warning.
Criminal mischief is a class B
misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and a
fine not to exceed $2,000.
Evading arrest is a class A misdemeanor
punishable by up to one year in jail and a fine not to
exceed $4,000.
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