Volume 59, Issue 9  - October 16, 2006

Trial for theft suspect rescheduled for today
By José Borjón
Collegian Editor

The trial of Eugenio Garza Rodriguez has been reset for 8:30 a.m. today before 137th District Court Judge Leonel Alejandro.

Garza Rodriguez, 38, is accused of stealing $119,815 from the Student Affairs Division between January 1999 and December 2001, along with 37-year-old Alberto Peña and his twin brother, Bernardo Peña, according to court documents.

Eugenio Garza Rodriguez, of Meadow Brook Drive, was originally scheduled to go to trial Oct. 16, according to 357th Court Administrator Blanca Hinojosa.

Bernardo Peña pleaded guilty to theft in March 2004, was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication and ordered to pay restitution to the university.

Alberto Peña, a former UTB/TSC employee, pleaded guilty to theft in October 2004, was sentenced to 10 years deferred adjudication and ordered to pay one-third of the money in restitution.

Garza Rodriguez is accused of theft, a second-degree felony.