Motion denied in Laredo murder case
June 4, 2021
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Rivera Jr.Gina G. Gonzales
The second of three defendants in a murder case dating back to November 2018 showed up to the 111th District Court for a motion hearing.
In May, Hector Rivera Jr. filed a motion on specific or missing discovery for the extraction of an iPhone by the Laredo Police Department and its agents, according to the court docket. It states that 111th District Court Judge Monica Zapata Notzon denied the motion on Thursday.
Rivera, Victor Sauceda and Norberto Adame-Rivera were each charged with murder and aggravated assault in connection to a double shooting that left Jose Jesus Martinez, 24, dead and Lester Julian Castro Jr., 25, wounded.
Several murder cases due in Laredo court this week
June 1, 2021
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Three murder cases and two capital murder cases will be in the Webb County courts this week.
On Tuesday, Adolfo Villalobos is scheduled for a status hearing in the 406th District Court. Villalobos was indicted in October 2016 for the death of Vicente De La Rosa and the assault of Lauro De La Rosa.
On April 6, 2014, the Laredo Police Department said it responded to a report of a shooting at about 2:30 a.m. in the 2900 block of Chestnut Street, located off South Ejido Avenue.
Police said they arrived at the scene and found one man dead in the front passenger seat of a sport utility vehicle. He was identified as Vicente De La Rosa.
Hearings for seven Webb Co. murder cases slated for this week
May 3, 2021
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Seven murder cases are scheduled to appear in the Webb County district courts this week.
After resetting plea hearings six times, the man accused of stabbing his mother when he was 16 years old in 2012 is scheduled for a plea hearing in the 406th District Court.
In August, Jorge Rene Velasco Jr.’s attorney Oscar O. Pena said he and the prosecutor, Joshua Davila, are “very close to working this case out.”
Due to COVID, it was hard for them to get together and negotiate, he said.
Velasco was detained in January 2012 after Laredo police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 4100 block of Declaration Drive in the Independence Hills neighborhood. His mother, Martha Velasco, 48, was found with multiple stab wounds in the kitchen area. She was later pronounced dead.
Hearings for seven Webb Co. murder cases slated for this week
May 3, 2021
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Seven murder cases are scheduled to appear in the Webb County district courts this week.
After resetting plea hearings six times, the man accused of stabbing his mother when he was 16 years old in 2012 is scheduled for a plea hearing in the 406th District Court.
In August, Jorge Rene Velasco Jr.’s attorney Oscar O. Pena said he and the prosecutor, Joshua Davila, are “very close to working this case out.”
Due to COVID, it was hard for them to get together and negotiate, he said.
Velasco was detained in January 2012 after Laredo police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 4100 block of Declaration Drive in the Independence Hills neighborhood. His mother, Martha Velasco, 48, was found with multiple stab wounds in the kitchen area. She was later pronounced dead.