If convicted, the defendants could be sentenced to two years in a state jail facility and fined $10,000
Jimmy Joe Estrada was named in a one-count indictment on a charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle.
The charge is a state jail felony.
Beeville Police Department officers alleged that Estrada used a motor vehicle to escape from Patrolman Mark Cruz when the officer was trying to arrest him on Oct. 31, 2010.
Bond was set at $5,000 by District Judge M.S. “Mike” Welborn.
Others indicted on state jail felony charges included:
•Ozzy New in two, separate indictments on charges of burglary of a building.
Police officers claimed that New burglarized buildings owned by local residents on July 7 and on July 27, 2010.
Bond was $2,500 on each indictment for a total of $5,000.
•Francisco Ochoa on a charge of evading arrest with a motor vehicle.
Police alleged that Ochoa fled from Sgt. Art Gamez during an incident on Sept. 13, 2010, when Gamez was trying to make an arrest.
Bond was $1,500.
•Bettie Virginia Dunn on two counts, including theft of a debit card and credit/debit card abuse.
Both charges are state jail felonies.
Investigators alleged that Dunn took a Visa debit card from a woman here on March 19 and that she used the card at an International Bank of Commerce automatic teller machine that same day, without the consent of the person who owned the card.
Bond was $2,500.
•Mark Edward Arnold on a charge of possession of a controlled substance, cocaine, less than one gram.
The offense is a third degree felony.
BPD investigators alleged that Arnold had the drug in his possession on July 7, 2009.
Bond was $1,500.
Gary Kent is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 120, or at reporter@mySouTex.com.
