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NoRagrets

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3 hours ago, RPM said:

So what's the ruling on "automatic resignation" because she announced running for Sheriff on TV? I'd think the County Commissioners would jump all over that. Problem solved.

 

3 hours ago, RPM said:

So what's the ruling on "automatic resignation" because she announced running for Sheriff on TV? I'd think the County Commissioners would jump all over that. Problem solved.

Agree but hopefully the state and feds follow-up with real charges and make an example out of this crook.

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NotActuallyALonghorn

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7 hours ago, NoRagrets said:

She got caught shaking down people on Easter. She got caught arresting her own deputy on fake charges bc he’s going to run against her. She then got caught delaying booking him in jail so that the news media that she called to video him being escorted to jail in handcuffs could have time to get there.

Surely there’s a crime there somehow.

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Johnny Sack

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On ‎9‎/‎23‎/‎2019 at 4:44 PM, Alvin89 said:

This wasn't Duvall county was it?

https://www.caller.com/story/news/2018/11/12/george-parr-followed-his-fathers-corrupt-footsteps/1948009002/

Used to hunt at the Parr ranch years ago.  Great deer country.  Lots of poachers in Duval County though.  It's almost east Texas bad with people just not giving a fuck about the law.

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14 hours ago, NoRagrets said:

She got caught shaking down people on Easter. She got caught arresting her own deputy on fake charges bc he’s going to run against her. She then got caught delaying booking him in jail so that the news media that she called to video him being escorted to jail in handcuffs could have time to get there.

Surely there’s a crime there somehow.

...and because he accused her of sexually harassing him (trying to grab his junk) in a hot tub. 

But yeah, she's just the victim here.

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“We have little difficulty concluding that the constable’s statements were of such certainty that a reasonable person could conclude that the constable intends, without qualification, to seek the office of sheriff in the upcoming 2020 election,” Civil Section Chief Larry Roberson wrote in a letter to County Judge Nelson Wolff on Wednesday.

https://therivardreport.com/bexar-county-to-replace-precinct-2-constable-after-stormy-tenure/

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Bexar County Officials Select Sheriff's Deputy For Precinct 2 Constable Seat

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Commissioners chose Leticia Vasquez, who joined the sheriff’s office in 1994. However, she won’t be able to take office immediately because of a restraining order.

The hearing on the TRO is on 10/11.

This woman is a fucking idiot. The former constable is unfit for the job, she apparently had no clue when she opened her mouth and said she intended to run for sheriff what that mean. HA HA.

If she stays in office, I can see the commissioners court severly cutting back her funding and limiting her office to just paper serving, like they are supposed to do. Of course she'll get her panties in a wad and the sheriff's office will state that they'll happily do the traffic enforcement parts of her department, as they already cover the entire county.

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The creation of the constable position in Texas (while possibly well intended to allow the sheriff to focus on important stuff) put in motion a system just begging for abuse, cronyism, and personal enrichment. 

It’ll be hard to unwind but reform or simply scrapping the system and allowing an expansion of sheriff’ offices is needed. 

 

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Michelle Barrientes Vela wishes replacement well, doubles down on sheriff's campaign

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Barrientes Vela's temporary restraining order thrown out by judge's ruling

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"Judge Martha Tanner considered the arguments of counsel and determined the court had no jurisdiction over the claims asserted by former Pct. 2 Constable Barrientes Vela and dismissed her entire lawsuit," wrote county spokesperson Monica Ramos in a statement. "In addition, the Temporary Restraining Order was dissolved and as a result of the judge’s order, the hearing for Friday is canceled. According to the Chief of the Civil Division, Larry Roberson, Commissioners Court is now free to move forward with investiture of the new Constable of Pct. 2.

I'm currently watching the new constable get sworn in and I think swearing in a new chief deputy constable. Looks like they may have kept all the other deputies and reswore them in.

God Vela is a fucking retard. You have to know the law (AHAHAHAHHAHA). The county was just waiting for her to fuck up so they could remove her from office, and bam, retard opens her mouth and announces she is running for sheriff.

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24 minutes ago, relapse98 said:

Michelle Barrientes Vela wishes replacement well, doubles down on sheriff's campaign

I'm currently watching the new constable get sworn in and I think swearing in a new chief deputy constable. Looks like they may have kept all the other deputies and reswore them in.

God Vela is a fucking retard. You have to know the law (AHAHAHAHHAHA). The county was just waiting for her to fuck up so they could remove her from office, and bam, retard opens her mouth and announces she is running for sheriff.

Yeah.  To remove an elected official from office is quite an ordeal.  She sure made it easy.

I'm still waiting to hear what the FBI is investigating.  I suspect her problems are just beginning.

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wow, I used to live in that precinct.  Wow.



I just moved here...and not too far from her former office. Still see the news crews shooting reel in the parking lot when I’m at Heb. They should be covering the fact that Heb was open.
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6 hours ago, relapse98 said:

Michelle Barrientes Vela wishes replacement well, doubles down on sheriff's campaign

I'm currently watching the new constable get sworn in and I think swearing in a new chief deputy constable. Looks like they may have kept all the other deputies and reswore them in.

God Vela is a fucking retard. You have to know the law (AHAHAHAHHAHA). The county was just waiting for her to fuck up so they could remove her from office, and bam, retard opens her mouth and announces she is running for sheriff.

She is out so fast my head is spinning.

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TwiceHorn

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13 minutes ago, Zombie said:

Yep. Should be at least a second degree felony if we're serious about  deterring this behavior. 

This flies in the face of my usual contention that increasing penalties has little deterrent effect, but I think "officials" are a bit different from your average criminal and more likely to engage in some cost-benefit analysis.

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4 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

It seems that official oppression should not be a misdemeanor.

 

3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

This flies in the face of my usual contention that increasing penalties has little deterrent effect, but I think "officials" are a bit different from your average criminal and more likely to engage in some cost-benefit analysis.

I was thinking more of the fact that being a convicted felon limits your ability to ever again hold a position of public authority. Does an official oppression conviction carry the same ramifications even though it's a misdemeanor? If not then that's the main reason I believe it should absolutely be a felony.

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https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2023/01/04/michelle-barrientes-vela-sentenced-to-5-years-probation-90-days-in-jail-600-hours-community-service/
 

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Michelle Barrientes Vela sentenced to 5 years probation, 90 days in jail, 600 hours community service

Former Bexar County constable convicted on two felony tampering counts in Sept.

SAN ANTONIO – Former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation, 90 days in jail and 600 hours of community service.

Barrientes Vela had faced between two years probation and 10 years in prison after a jury on Sept. 1 found her guilty on two felony counts of tampering with records.

Barrientes Vela presented Rodriguez Park security payment logs that she knew to be false, after coming under criminal investigation.

Prosecutors hours earlier asked that she be sentenced to six years in prison for her crimes.

Barrientes Vela was allowed to leave court without being taken back into custody and does not have to serve her 90-day sentence while she appeals her convictions.

The reading of the sentence was not without controversy, as two of her sons interrupted the proceedings.

One son yelled “F--- the DA, f--- the DA” while walking toward the exit while a second son removed his jacket and attempted to charge toward the front of the courtroom.

He was subdued by security and quickly removed from the courtroom.

Both men, along with about half of Barrientes Vela’s supporters, were then locked out of the courtroom as Judge Velia Meza read the stipulations of the sentence a second time.

The ex-constable, whose scandal-ridden 33 months in office culminated with a 2019 raid of her Northwest Side offices by the Texas Rangers and FBI and then a failed run for Bexar County sheriff the following year, also faced multiple counts of official oppression that were taken into consideration during the sentencing phase of her trial.

Wednesday, which was Day Nine of the sentencing phase of Barrientes Vela’s trial, included brief testimony from Precinct 2 Judge Roberto Vazquez.

Vazquez and defense attorney Jason Goss went back and forth on who was responsible for dismantling the security setup at the county’s Precinct 2 complex, which houses the constable’s offices and justice of the peace courtrooms.

The dismantling included the temporary removal of a metal detector.

“I don’t believe my safety was a priority in that building,” Vazquez said during an argumentative back and forth with Goss that included the attorney accusing the judge of being non-responsive.

Vazquez provided some of the most biting criticism of Barrientes Vela during an earlier portion of her sentencing and Wednesday testified that conversations with the then-elected official were all over the place and at times non-sensical.

The defense rested before 9:30 a.m.

No jury was present for the start-and-stop sentencing phase of the trial, since Barrientes Vela chose to be sentenced by Judge Meza, who is overseeing the case.

Attorneys instead addressed Meza during closing arguments.

Goss told the court that the jury’s verdict was tainted because they were constantly being told that there were allegations “out there” against Barrientes Vela that were not allowed to be discussed during the trial.

Texas Ranger Bradley Freeman, the state’s lead investigator in the case, was held in contempt of court in late November after the judge ruled that he violated a court order not to testify about other allegations against the ex-constable.

Freeman claimed on the witness stand during the trial on Aug. 30 that he believed Barrientes Vela had committed official oppression, that she essentially used her position of authority to deny another person’s rights.

The testimony violated the judge’s order not to discuss allegations against Barrientes Vela that were outside the tampering with records indictment.

“From the very beginning they had this idea that everything Michelle did was wrong,” Goss said. “The sentence has to match what she’s convicted of.”

Former Pct. 2 Capt. Marc D. Garcia, who was indicted alongside Barrientes Vela in early 2020, was granted immunity as part of a deal with prosecutors in late October that called for him to testify against his former boss.

His testimony was later excluded by the judge due to conflicts of interest raised by the defense.

Whether Barrientes Vela encouraged Garcia to get an arrest warrant against another Pct. 2 deputy, Leonicio Moreno, in April 2019, was a key point of contention throughout the sentencing portion of her trial.

Moreno, whose felony perjury charge was dismissed hours after he was taken into custody, had filed to run for constable against Barrientes Vela shortly before her agency began investigating him for possibly filing a false Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint.

Goss, who called the investigation and subsequent arrest of Moreno a “farce,” said he, the judge and prosecutors would have known it was a faulty investigation but that Barrientes Vela did not know any better.

“Law enforcement, constable, that was not the position for her,” said Goss, who at one point during his closing argument added that his client was not a legal scholar.

A former Pct. 2 training instructor testified Tuesday that Garcia acted alone in getting a judge to sign the warrant to arrest Moreno.

During the state’s closing argument, prosecutor Oscar Salinas said the terms “public corruption” and “Michelle Barrientes Vela” are now synonymous with one another.

He played a media interview recorded during the September 2019 raid of her offices in which the then-constable pushed for the arrest of Moreno.

The interview took place months after Moreno’s criminal charge was dismissed and contradicted statements from the defense that Garcia acted alone in pursuing the case.

Salinas asked Meza to sentence Barrientes Vela to six years in prison.

Barrientes Vela’s defense team filed a notice of appeal, in an attempt to get the felony convictions overturned by a higher court.

 

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OU Sucks

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27 minutes ago, smokebomb said:

https://www.ksat.com/news/ksat-investigates/2023/01/04/michelle-barrientes-vela-sentenced-to-5-years-probation-90-days-in-jail-600-hours-community-service/
 

 

Did the dumbass kids not understand the sentencing and think she was sentenced to years in prison?  It seems like a slight overreaction to what was a slap on the wrist joke of a sentence.

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13 hours ago, OU Sucks said:

Did the dumbass kids not understand the sentencing and think she was sentenced to years in prison?  It seems like a slight overreaction to what was a slap on the wrist joke of a sentence.

To a cop and their useful idiot cheerleaders, literally anything more than a two week paid vacation is being unreasonable and unfairly punishing cops

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