A Beeville man faces 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if he is convicted of any of three charges filed against him in two separate indictments returned earlier this month.

In a one-count indictment, Jacob Michael Montanez was charged with aggravated assault, injury, with a deadly weapon in connection with an incident that Beeville Police Department investigators said happened on Jan. 25.

The charge is a second degree felony.

Officers alleged that Montanez hit a man with a bat.

The second indictment against Montanez cited two counts of aggravated assault, bodily injury with a deadly weapon. Both of those counts were second degree felonies.

The charges stemmed from the same incident cited in the first indictment. According to BPD officers, Montanez struck that same victim in the head with brass knuckles and with a bat.

District Judge Joel Johnson set bonds at $10,000 on each of the indictments.

Others indicted this month included:

•Mark Anthony Austin on a charge of assault, family violence/choking. The offense is a second degree felony.

Beeville police alleged that Austin injured a member of his family, household or person he had dated by applying pressure to the throat or neck of a local woman.

Austin had a previous conviction on a similar incident on Feb. 14, 2008, in Williamson County.

Bond was $1,000.

•Robert Rodriguez on a charge of aggravated assault, threat with a deadly weapon.

The offense is a second degree felony.

BPD investigators accused Rodriguez with having pulled a knife on another man on Jan. 2 and saying, “I’m going to introduce you to death.”

Bond was $5,000.

Rodriguez also was named in a separate two-count indictment on charges of burglary of a habitation.

Both counts are second degree felonies.

Detectives alleged that the defendant entered the home of a local woman without her permission on Jan. 2 and again on Jan. 3.

Bond on that indictment was $5,000.

•Adam Fernando Garcia, also known as “Psycho,” on a charge of aggravated assault, threat, with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony.

City police claimed that Garcia pulled a knife on a woman on Feb. 10 and threatened her.

Bond was $3,500.

•Eliseo Perez, Jr. on a charge of indecency with a child, sexual contact, second degree felony.

According to police, Perez touched the genitals of a child under the age of 17 on May 4, 2005.

Bond was $10,000.

•Reynaldo Maldonado in a two-count indictment on charges of burglary of a building and possession of stolen property.

Both charges are state jail felonies.

If Maldonado is convicted, he may be sentenced to up to two years in a state jail facility and fined as much as $10,000.

BPD officers claimed that the defendant entered a building owned by a local man on Sept. 2, 2008.

The second count of the indictment alleges that Maldonado had a camcorder, a video projector, a DVD player and a sound mixer worth a total of $1,500 in his possession that came from the building.

Bond was $10,000.

•Audelio Benavides, III on a charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle, a state jail felony.

City officers claimed that Benavides used a vehicle to flee from Sgt. Jason Alvarez on March 13 while the officer was trying to arrest him.

Bond was $5,000.

•Tomas Suniga, Jr. on a charge of evading arrest with a vehicle, a state jail felony.

Bee County Sheriff’s Office investigators alleged that Suniga used a vehicle to escape from Deputy Brandon Burdick when the deputy was trying to arrest him on Jan. 17, 2009.

Bond was $5,000.

•Joseph Lee Horton on a charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle, a state jail felony.

BPD officers claimed that Horton fled from Patrolman Luis De Los Santos in a vehicle during an incident on Jan. 2, 2009, when the officer was trying to make an arrest.

Bond was $3,000.

•Richard Anthony Sanchez on a charge of criminal mischief, $1,500-$20,000. The offense is a state jail felony.

According to police, Sanchez damaged two lamps, a dresser with mirror, a chair, desk, computer, television, two DVD players and a window belonging to a local woman on April 2.

Bond was $5,000.

•Gabriel Garcia on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, methamphetamine, less than one gram.

The offense is a state jail felony.

Deputies alleged that the defendant had the drug in his possession on April 4.

Bond was $5,000.