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Guadalupe County salary grievance hearing set for today Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office leads statewide graintheft investigation; multiple suspects arrested Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) -- The Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office has brought a months-long, multi-agency investigation into an organized grain-theft operation to a major breakthrough. And that’s all after a single report in Guadalupe County ultimatly grew into a statewide case. The initial investigation began on March 11, 2026, after a reported grain theft on Barbarossa Road. From that local complaint, officials say Guadalupe County investigators developed witness statements and evidence identifying an alleged network which stole semi-trailer loads of grain from public grain bins across Texas.
All in all, investigators have identified about 176 stolen loads totaling over 9 million pounds of various grains, with an estimated value of $791,739. Investigators say these thefts were not confined to Guadalupe County. They say Guadalupe County was just one of several areas across the state that was targeted. However, it was the Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Office who orginally opened the case, “kept the investigation going, obtained the warrants, and coordinated the work across agencies and counties.” Suspects, pg. 3
Cindy Aguirre-Herrera
(Seguin) – Three Guadalupe County elected officials will be making their case this morning for a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment during what county officials say is the first salary grievance hearing of its kind. As reported last week by the Seguin Daily News, Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Judge John Terry, County Clerk Teresa Kiel and Precinct 1 Constable James Springer have filed salary grievances after elected officials were excluded from the 3 percent COLA approved for eligible county employees for the upcoming fiscal year. The special hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. today (August 31), at the Guadalupe County Courthouse. The elected officials are asking the Salary Grievance Committee to consider their requests as the county moves toward adoption of its next budget. Terry has said his grievance is about more than the amount of the
potential increase. He argues the county’s personnel policy addresses across-the-board pay increases and cost-of-living adjustments and questions why elected officials were excluded from this year’s increase. Kiel has also pointed to the scope of her responsibilities as county clerk, including additional duties involving elections. She has said the workload has expanded significantly while vacancies remain within the elections office. Terry has also argued that “keeping elected officials’ salaries competitive is important for future county budgets,” saying smaller adjustments now “could help avoid the need for much larger increases later.” Under Texas Local Government Code Chapter 152, county and precinct officials have a salary grievance process through which they can challenge salaries, expenses and allowances proposed for their positions in the county budget. Hearing, pg. 3