Friday, February 6, 2015

AT SAENZ'S D.A. OFFICE: IT'S WHO YOU KNOW

By Juan Montoya
Remember the brother and sister who were drunk and ran over a man walking on the side of Southbound Expressway 77 in Brownsville on Sept. 9, 2013?
Police charged siblings Kacie and Victor Garcia with leaving the site of the accident after striking 21-year-old Gilbert Perez and fleeing the scene of the accident leaving him critically injured on the side of the road.
The man Gilbert spent weeks in the Intensive Care Unit at Valley Regional Medical Center in
Brownsville with broken legs, a ruptured liver, swollen brain and injured spinal cord.
After six weeks, he was still hospitalized and doctors had to implant three rods to allow him use of his crushed legs.
The victim was on life support systems and had to nuse machines to help hium breathe.
Victor Garcia was accused of hitting the alleged victim who was walking along the 1100 block of Southbound Expressway 77.
Kacie is accused of switching seats with her brother after the hit and run so he wouldn't go to jail.
Brownsville police say they were both drunk.
Interviews with Gilbert Perez and his sister Jessica while he was in the hospital indicate that they were angry at the Garcia siblings.
"They should have just stopped," said Esther. "They could have called the ambulance or the police and it would have been better for them but they took off and they left him there like a dog."
"It's unhuman-like and it just hurts," Gilbert told a broadcaster in his first interview since the accident. "I don't know how they could just leave me there."
Perez said he had hoped to work in the oil fields one day. After the accident, he said he was just glad to be alive.
"First thing I thought was that he was dead," Jessica Herrera said.
Kacie, who worked as a Cameron County jailer, was kept on by Sheriff Omar Lucio until she went to trial.
Utlimately, the Cameron County District Attorney's Office charged Kacie with three counts: Driving While Intoxicated, a Class B Misdemeanor, Accident Involving Ijury or Death, a Third Degree Felony, and Intoxicaion Assault With a Motor Vehicle, also a Third Degree Felony.
Victor Garcia was charged Failre to Report Felony Where Severe Bodily Injury or Death Results, a Class A Misdemeanor, And Accident Involving Injury or Death, also a third-degree felony.
One would expect that the Garcias would be facing a long time behind bars for their actions. But then again, we're in Cameron County and things don;t always work out to expectations.
D.A. Luis Saenz appointed Edmund K. Cyganewicz as a special prosecutor in the case.
Ed. Stapleton defended Victor while Noe Garza and Angela Nix defended Kacie.
The cases never went to a jury because their defense attorneys worked out a deal with the DA's Office. Originally, the case was to be heard by 103rd District Judge Janet Leal, but she recused herself and visiting Judge Romeo Flores heard the case. Leal was Saenz's partner in their law firm along with Chester Gonzalez.
In Kacie's case, the DWI and the  Intoxicaion Assault With a Motor Vehicle were dismissed as paret of the plea bargain agreement. She pleaded guilty to the felony charge of Accident Involving Injury or Death.
The DA's office (Special Prosecutor Cyganewicz) agreed to the dismissal of the two charges and to have Flores sentence her to five years probation and to apply deferred adjudication after that so that the offense would not show up on her record.
In her brother Victor's case, the crackerjack defense also garnered him a dismissal (also with Special Prosecutor Cyganewicz's agreement) on the Accident Involving Injury or Death felony charge and his nolo contendre guilty plea on the  Failre to Report Felony Where Severe Bodily Injury or Death Results resulted in Flores going along the agreement between the DA's Office and Stapleton and assessed him 12 months probation and 24 hours of community service. The court also went along with placing Victor with deferred adjudication so that after he served his probation, the record of the offense would be erased.
Saenz had been saying loud and often that he would not go along with defered adjudication in cases where civtims were injured or proerpty was damaged. With Cyganewicz as special prosecutor, he washed his hands of the case and could issue a plausible denial that he had nothing to do with the outcome.
And just why did Saenz assign a special prosecutor to the Garcia siblings case?
It turns out he is their uncle.
Saenz is married to the former Delia Gonzalez, sister of the the siblings' mother, Diana Gonzaalez. Delia and Diana are the nieces of former Cameron County District Clerk Aurora de la Garza (nee Gonzalez).
Even the attorneys involved have a link to Saenz. Both Angela Nix and Ed Stapleton supported Saenz in his capaign for DA and both complained that their name was put on a so-called "blacklist" by former DA Armando Villalobos.
Attorney Moises Salas, Nat Perez, Nix and Star Jones filed a request before U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen in 2010 asking him to issue a restraining order against Villalobos charging that he placed them and six (including Ed Stapleton) others on the "blacklist” where their clients can’t get probation or plea bargains. All supported Saenz in his campaign.
And that, children, is the way that justice works in Cameron County. It really is who you know, isn't it?

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

And he promotes himself as tough on crime, closing game rooms, giving probation to losers, sorry excuse for a prosecutor.

Anonymous said...

Godammit, Juan. Re-write this incoherent piece of shit story. type, type, type. All over the place. AP style, buey!

Anonymous said...

Luis Saenz is a 2 faced career politician after only the money and his family with ties to his close friends. This will cost him (among other things) his re-election. Luis Saenz along with hi PIO Mellissa Zamora will sink together quicker than the Hernandez family.

Anonymous said...

Luis Saenz is a total DICK! He is just as corrupt and dishonest today as during his first term....when those with DWI's, were regularly dismissed (often by his staff) because of either their persoonal relationships to Saenz or their "contributions". Luis Saenz's moustache tells it all....goes up on one side and down on the other....consistent with his proclivity for speaking out of both sides of his mouth. Like his "compadre" Gilberto Hinojosa....they are consisten....always corrupt.

I'm not a robot! said...


Wasn't Mr. Saenz the assistant DA or DA who PROSECUTED this gentleman?

CAMERON COUNTY'S PROSECUTION OF VELEZ DEADLY WRONG
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AT SAENZ'S D.A.'S OFFICE: IT'S WHO YOU KNOW

THE inBALANCE of JUSTICE

Anonymous said...

1st time reader to your blog. Is this DA for real. 1st he looks crooked, I don't know if he is.Tell him to be respectful looking, he represents the community. He has no style, needs to learn how to dress. If his mustache is his brand, it's deplorable, he looks like he's eating his own facial hair.Somebody tell this individual that "Money doesn't buy health and happiness.Family, Family and peace are more important. Tell him that. Tell him to do what's right.Tell him to look in the mirrow in the morning..

Anonymous said...

Many people would like to have those agreements when driving while intoxicated and fleeing the scene of an accident while causing extreme damage ... How unjust

Anonymous said...

Luis Saenz is a corrupt piece of shit. Carlos Masso is no better and maybe even a little bit worse as a choice for DA. Will someone out there with a brain and a conscience please, please run for DA against these crooked pieces of shit?

Anonymous said...

Pues no eran bien camotes tu Juan, Zeke y el bigotón? Hasta a correr caballos iban los tres o ya no te acuerdas?

Anonymous said...

No le puede despistar el pinche bigoton con esa cara de rata que tiene!!!

Anonymous said...

And tonight he takes down another gameroom on 511, when are we going to see him take down someone important like a drug cartel. Grow some balls you ugly ass bastard and do something worth bragging about. You've done nothing in 3 years, enjoy the rest of your term because you will not be DA in 2017 !!!!

Anonymous said...

My question is Who paid for the VICTIM medical and rehabilitation bills plus his loss of revenue for not being able to work? Did Luis make the Crime Victims unit file a claim on behalf of the victim to make sure ALL HIS MEDICAL BILL WAS PAID IN FULL BY THE TAX PAYERS. I'm SURE there is something at the Attorney General Website?e that could help get this answer? Luis Saenz is worst than Armando Villalobos and Abel Limas combined. So much for Integrity Hugh Luis. Puro Favoritism.

Anonymous said...

Hey Montoy why don't you do a Public Information Request on Gilbert Perez case through the Crime Victims Unit? Lets see who really paid for the medical bills.

Luis do you really think we the citizens (voters) are going to believe that an unemployed Victor Garcia and a jail guard salary Kacie Garcia could afford not one but 3 top attorneys? Just look at the car they were driving when they ran over Gilbert and left for dead ... that car was probably worth $800.00 on a good day. Those attorneys with the seriousness would have cost each at least $10,000.00 ea. That is $30,000.00 for every attorney.

WE the tax payers and voters want to know WHO PAID for his medical expenses?

Anonymous said...

Luis Saenz is the worst DA EVER. He is(if not worst)more corrupt than before. We should have taken our chances with Masso. Luis ended up breaking his promise to not sell the machines. A man who goes back on his promises (then tries to cover his lies) is NO MAN. Luis Saenz portrays himself as a Godly Church Going Person. Read the Bible Luis. God has something to say about men like you. Men with no INTEGRITY, Kids that go back on their PROMISES, Kids that turn their back on their Friends. A Person that has no Integrity or Keeps his Promises is WORTHLESS.

Anonymous said...

El D.A. Tiene cara de RATA. Sólo fíjense bien a los bigotes pulguienttos. Puede contaminar al pueblo con la plaga Bubónica.

Anonymous said...

hahahahaha lmao, fed, state, local corruption happens everyday globally. I dont care what happens here or there, It just shows how easily it is not to follow orders, policy and the law on all levels by a elected official of any government form. RULES ARE RULES FOLLOW THEM REGARDLESS OF GOVERNMENT. IDIOTS ROLF LMAO. Btw fuck politics, live long enjoy life and die old. Theres no perfect government!

...and JUSTICE for ALL said...

Message straight from the Cameron County District Attorney:

We aim to provide justice, transparency and accountability while maintaining the utmost integrity.

Anonymous said...

Yes. There is no perfect govt ; . but Democracy is the Best form of govt Mankind has discovered so far.

Anonymous said...

it seems this article is trying to set up Masso for his next Campaign against Luis Saenz. Only time will tell when Abel (Crooked) Gomez and his side kick (JR)both Thiefs are a part of the campaign waiting for the time for their buddy Crooked Masso to Run for District ATty.

Anonymous said...

You are getting what you deserve Luis ALL NEGATIVE COMMENTS. Why you ask? Let me tell you why..because YOU LIED.. That's why. You are selfish, a liar, a con, a career politician only interested in money and women. Nothing changes in your life only that your are getting but not any wiser. As a matter the older you have gotten the stupider and conniving you have become.

Can't wait to Vote You OUT.

Anonymous said...

It is sad that Cameron County CAN'T get rid of Corrupt DA's that are easily bought with a thong wearing secretary like Melissa Zamora and Low Lifes like Victor Garcia and Kacie Garcia that left this poor young man with life long physical and health complications.

Luis Saenz with this underhanded unethical dealings to save his guilty nephew and niece finished killing this young man Gilbert Perez.

The citizens of Cameron Count DO NOT HAVE ANY JUSTICE. No matter how hard Luis tries to spin this situation the fact is HE SOLD THIS VICTIM FOR PENNIES.

Luis you are not worthy to being an attorney much less a DA because you are not out for the victim but after your own lust for women and MONEY. You will be voted out. Count on that.

Chief cool arrow said...

all the same in cameron county, same faces same ratas, its always the same people in the democRATA party but then its ourfault too, we vote them in. shame on us, not shame on them.

Anonymous said...

the funny part is that these 2 idiots did not even spend one night in jail. they were booked and released immediately. Luis called his compadres at the sheriffs department and they released them quickly. Que paso. you all voted for these people in office. Chief Cool Arrow you are 100% correct. Shame on Us.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, we still believe you.....dumbass!!!

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