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Stricter punishments in place due to fire disaster declaration Declaration extended in Guadalupe County
Man behind bars for stabbing brother (Seguin) -- A local man reportedly stabbed by his brother remains in critical condition. Seguin Police Detectives say on Saturday, Sept. 9, officers responded to an assault in progress at a home in the 1100 block of Clark St. The caller advised that her son had been stabbed. Upon arrival, officers found Terry Simmons Jr., 26, of Seguin, inside the residence with multiple injuries consistent with stab wounds. Detectives say witnesses advised that Terry and his brother, Trey-Vel Simmons, 22, of Seguin, got into an argument that further escalated into a physical altercation. Trey-Vel was taken into custody without incident. Terry Simmons Jr. was transported to a San Antonio hospital. Trey-Vel was transported to the Guadalupe County Jail, where he was booked for aggravated assault- family violence with weapon/serious bodily injury. Officials say this case remains under investigation.
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(Seguin) -- If your negligence during these extreme drought conditions leads to property damage, then expect those consequences to double. Recent action by Guadalupe County officials only reinforces those consequences. Last week, Guadalupe County Judge Kyle Kutscher issued a declaration of local disaster due to the extreme drought and wildfires. This week, the county upheld the declaration and extended it through next month. Patrick Pinder, Guadalupe County emergency management coordinator and fire marshal says one of the ways that this disaster declaration hopes to make an impact is by increasing the punishments for failing to be safe. “With the disaster declaration put into place, it’s still a Class C misdemeanor with a fine that currently was $500 but now with this Local Government Code that the judged signed -- with the disaster declaration, that fine can go up to $1000 and also up to a
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time of 180 days in jail. So if you are burning during the burn ban without consent from the fire marshal’s office or if you are caught burning a brush fire or something like that you could be cited $1,000 or be taken to jail,” said Pinder. Pinder says it’s just too dangerous to not be careful. “The KBDI which is the burn index for the drought ratio measures the depth inside the soil, the soil is dry. We are in the high 700 which means there is no water in the dirt so when these fires are occurring, they are just running across the dry vegetation that is dead on the top of the ground and they are just moving and that’s what we are seeing in these fires and so what we are urging residents to do is be cautious. The burn ban is in effect. You are not able to burn. The only way you are allowed to burn is in a burn barrel and it’s household rubbish and you have to have a cover on it but if that burn barrel gets out of control, you are liable Fire, pg. 3