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The Hon. Judge Ruben Reyes served Lubbock County for decades. He’s best known for establishing drug court, a program that attempts to rehabilitate rather than punish addicts.
Judge William Eichman issued a bond surrender arrest warrant for Erevia at the end of a hearing in the 364th District Court on a motion to revoke his bond filed by the Lubbock County District Attorney's Office.
Jurors in the 364th District Court on Wednesday handed a 45-year prison sentence to a 29-year-old man they believed was one of three people who robbed the Picantes Restaurant more than four years ago. Jurors deliberated for about 2 hours and 15 minutes before returning with the 45-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine against Phillip Velazquez for his role in the Jan. 27, 2017 armed robbery at Picantes in the 3800 block of 34th Street. Velazquez is the third defendant to be convicted in connection with the robbery. His brother, Joseph Gonzalez, was convicted by a jury in 2019 and wa...
Deputies in the 364th District Courtroom rushed to the witness stand Thursday morning to remove Joseph Gonzalez Jr. from the court during an outburst in which he called the members of the court "crooked." Gonzalez, 39, was one of two co-defendants serving decades long prison sentences for their roles in a 2017 armed robbery who were held in contempt of court after refusing to answer questions during a third defendant's trial. Gonzalez and Damian Villarreal, 26, were called to testify during the fourth day of Phillip Velazquez's aggravated robbery trial. He faces five years to life in priso...
Attorneys for the state and defense worked into the night at a makeshift courtroom at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center as they narrowed down a pool of 79 potential jurors into a panel of 12 with at least two alternates. By late Monday, attorneys were in the process of individually interviewing 55 people who said they couldn't be an impartial juror because of the nature of the case. Joe Salinas, 42, is charged with a first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, which carries a punishment of five years to life in prison. Details of the case against Salinas were not pr...