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12 cases dismissed after Schertz evidence purge Dalondo Moultrie The Seguin Gazette Officials recently completed a deep dive into the reported erroneous destruction of evidence at the Schertz Police Department and determined the situation was bad, but maybe not a bad as originally perceived.
Results of a review into purging at the Schertz Police Department property room showed that evidence was destroyed or comingled in error, Schertz Public Affairs Director Linda Klepper said in a written statement. “SPD had previously identified this processing error in January 2022 and it was believed to have
impacted 1,376 cases from 2007 to 2018,” she said. “Upon completion of the review, it has now been confirmed that there were 1,047 cases impacted.” Of the 1,047 cases impacted, most fell within Guadalupe County’s jurisdiction, Klepper said. However, some affected cases were in Bexar and Comal
counties’ jurisdictions as well, she said. Attorneys in each county completed reviews and determined they will dismiss 12 cases as a result of the error, all of which are from Guadalupe County and are a combination of misdemeanor and felony cases from 2002 to 2013, Klepper said.
The situation is disappointing, Guadalupe County Attorney David Willborn said. “It’s a really big mistake that fortunately culminated into minor problems,” he said. “We have put the old systems back in place and the administration EVIDENCE - 10
Police: Barricaded suspect arrested after burglary Felicia Frazar & Dalondo Moutlrie The Seguin Gazette Police arrested a man who allegedly barricaded himself in a house after fleeing from a reported burglary Thursday morning in Schertz. Law enforcement from several area agencies responded to a situation that started about 4:32 a.m. in the 2100 block of Windy Meadow Court and ended Kodee Lee about a block away in the 300 block of Dunfee Crepe Myrtle Lane, the Schertz Police Department said in a news release. Police initially responded to a home on Windy Meadow for a reported burglary in progress, the release read.
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Guadalupe County Sheriff’s K9 Eddie sits next to the cocaine deputies say he helped locate in a pickup truck during a traffic stop on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, in Guadalupe County.
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Texas Woman of Influence Lisa Falkenberg speaks with a guest at the Women of Influence Conference on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Seguin.
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Pair arrested in park on drug charges
Area women gather to inspire and empower at the first Texas Women of Influence Conference on Thursday, Aug. 25 and Friday, Aug. 26 at the Seguin Coliseum. BOTTOM: Guadalupe County Woman of Influence Deana Henk thanks her family, friends and community for the honor as she’s recognized. BOTTOM LEFT: Retired Secret Service Agent Kathryn Childers reads an excerpt from her book “Scared Fearless: The Book!” LEFT: An attendee at the Women of Influence’s Hats Off To Her Gala shows off her balloon animal hat during the hat contest.
Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette A pair of San Antonio residents are facing drug charges in Guadalupe County after they allegedly tried to sell drugs Wednesday afternoon in a Seguin park. The arrests stemmed from an investigation that led the Guadalupe County Narcotics Task Force to the two suspects, Guadalupe County Sheriff ’s Narcotics Lt. John Flores said. “The Guadalupe County Narcotics Task Force had reason to believe that 31-year-old Blake Fisher Grimes, of DRUGS - 11
Deputies arrest man on drug charges, find $750K in cocaine While Crawford spoke with the driver — identified as Guadalupe County 32-year-old Armando Sheriff ’s deputies say Castillo, of Laredo a canine officer sniffed — he noticed several out about $750,000 possible signs of drug worth of cocaine on trafficking, Flores said. “Cpl. Crawford utiThursday in a pickup truck heading east on lized his K9 partner Eddie and conducted Interstate 10. A Laredo man was a free-air sniff around the vehicle,” arrested after he said. “K-9 a traffic stop Eddie made a led officers to positive alert discover two to the odor duffle bags of of narcotnarcotics in ics inside the the vehicle he vehicle.” was driving, D ur ing Guadalupe a search of C o u n t y Armando the truck, S h e r i f f ’s Castillo Crawford Narcotics Lt. noticed two John Flores large duffle bags said. Guadalupe County behind the back seat. Sheriff ’s K9 Cpl. When he opened Dustin Crawford them, he found a large, reportedly found cling-wrapped cluster the drugs when he of multiple smaller stopped a 2017 Dodge bundles inside, Flores pickup traveling east said. Upon closer inspecon Intestate 10 for a traffic violation about tion, it appeared the 1:54 p.m. Thursday smaller packages had near the 622 mile a white substance that marker, Flores said. DEPUTIES - 11 Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette
Seguin school board votes to adopt 3.5 cent lower tax rate Felicia Frazar The Seguin Gazette Recent growth in the area is helping to give Seguin ISD taxpayers a 3.5 cent decrease in the tax rate. The Seguin ISD Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to approve the 2022-23 tax rate of $1.2496 per $100 valuation, a drop from the $1.2846 rate they saw this
year. Residents are seeing the decrease coming on the maintenance and operations portion of the tax rate, which was .8996. “The approved tax rate made up of two components, the M&O tax rate is 86.46 cents and the I&S (debt service) rate of 38.50 cents for a total tax rate of $1.2496,” Seguin ISD Chief Financial Officer Tony
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Hillberg said. The reduction comes from a legislative requirement that sets the district’s maximum collection rate through calculations based off growth and property tax values, Hillberg said. “What they’re trying to do is stabilize the assessment of taxes on any given tax payer across the state,” he said. “They do that by compressing the rate as
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necessary, depending on how much growth the area has had. In Seguin’s case, we have outpaced much of the state and as a result have experienced additional compression of the M&O tax rate to the extent of 3.5 cents.” The reduction of the tax rate comes at a time when Seguin ISD is looking to SISD - 10
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