Former Brewster Co. sheriff's candidate pleads guilty to lying to FBI about spoofing racist text message from opponent Portillo initially denied creating the text messages that showed Dodson using a racial slur, but later admitted to it. Author: NewsWest 9 Updated: 11:51 AM CST March 5, 2021 BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — (Editor's note: The above video is from previous coverage about the spoof text message.) A former candidate for Brewster County sheriff admitted to the FBI that he had lied about racist text messages during his campaign. In June 2020, Devon Porti...