Parking lot fight ends in arrests, 9 lbs. of pot seized
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Three people were in jail Wednesday morning, one charged with a second degree felony, after city officers found almost 10 pounds of marijuana in their possession the night before.
According to Patrolman Peter Silvas of the Beeville Police Department, he was sent to the Pantry South convenience store, 911 N. Washington St., at about 7 p.m. after someone there called about a fight in progress in the parking lot.
The officer said he found one man and two women arguing when he arrived. He also smelled alcohol on their breaths and he immediately handcuffed the woman who seemed to be the main agitator.
Patrolman Mark Cruz then arrived to assist Silvas and he asked permission to look in the rental vehicle parked nearby.
When he looked inside, Cruz found two flat packages wrapped in electrical tape that appeared to contain marijuana.
Silvas then asked the woman who was driving for the keys to the vehicle and she said she had thrown them in the parking lot.
Silvas said he searched the area, closely looking for the keys and then noticed a cloth purse hidden behind a compressed air dispenser.
Inside the purse, Silvas found another four “bricks” of what he believed was marijuana.
When officers asked who had the marijuana, 20-year-old Priscilla Olivares of Rio Grande City said it was hers.
She was taken into custody on a possession of marijuana charge, the weight of which made the charge a second degree felony.
Investigators said, together, the packages weighed about nine pounds and 14 ounces. If convicted, the suspect could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
Silvas said Angelica Calderon, 25, of Beeville was taken into custody on a charges of failure to identify-giving false information, after she gave officers a number of different names.
Officers said that is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a $4,000 fine and a year in the county jail.
She also was charged with public intoxication.
The male, 29-year-old Jesus Garcia of Rio Grande City, was held on charges of tampering with physical evidence and public intoxication, both misdemeanors.
However, investigators learned Wednesday morning that Garcia is on parole and they were notifying Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials to see if he could be held on a parole violation.
According to Patrolman Peter Silvas of the Beeville Police Department, he was sent to the Pantry South convenience store, 911 N. Washington St., at about 7 p.m. after someone there called about a fight in progress in the parking lot.
The officer said he found one man and two women arguing when he arrived. He also smelled alcohol on their breaths and he immediately handcuffed the woman who seemed to be the main agitator.
Patrolman Mark Cruz then arrived to assist Silvas and he asked permission to look in the rental vehicle parked nearby.
When he looked inside, Cruz found two flat packages wrapped in electrical tape that appeared to contain marijuana.
Silvas then asked the woman who was driving for the keys to the vehicle and she said she had thrown them in the parking lot.
Silvas said he searched the area, closely looking for the keys and then noticed a cloth purse hidden behind a compressed air dispenser.
Inside the purse, Silvas found another four “bricks” of what he believed was marijuana.
When officers asked who had the marijuana, 20-year-old Priscilla Olivares of Rio Grande City said it was hers.
She was taken into custody on a possession of marijuana charge, the weight of which made the charge a second degree felony.
Investigators said, together, the packages weighed about nine pounds and 14 ounces. If convicted, the suspect could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $10,000.
Silvas said Angelica Calderon, 25, of Beeville was taken into custody on a charges of failure to identify-giving false information, after she gave officers a number of different names.
Officers said that is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by a $4,000 fine and a year in the county jail.
She also was charged with public intoxication.
The male, 29-year-old Jesus Garcia of Rio Grande City, was held on charges of tampering with physical evidence and public intoxication, both misdemeanors.
However, investigators learned Wednesday morning that Garcia is on parole and they were notifying Texas Department of Criminal Justice officials to see if he could be held on a parole violation.
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