Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez has fired 11 of his employees and suspended six others due to “serious policy violations” they had committed in connection with the death of 23-year-old inmate Jaquaree Simmons in February, which was ruled a homicide by the county’s Institute of Forensic Sciences earlier this month.
The county found that Simmons who was jailed on the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm on February 10 died due to blunt force trauma to his head and internal bleeding in his head.
Gonzalez’s announcement came after an internal investigation involving 73 interviews with 37 sheriff’s office employees and 20 prisoners in the county jail. He wouldn’t elaborate on which of the 11 fired employees were responsible for the assault that led to Simmons’ death, which Gonzalez said was out of respect for the ongoing criminal investigation into the matter being conducted by the Houston Police Department.
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Harlingen teen arrested in fatal weekend crash
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Josiah Anthony Castillo. Photo Credit: Harlingen Police Department
A Harlingen teen was arrested Wednesday for his alleged involvement in a fatal weekend crash that killed two people, the Harlingen Police Department announced Thursday.
Josiah Anthony Castillo, 19, was arrested “without incident” according to the police department.
The male driver of the Chevrolet Silverado was transported to the hospital but was later released.
On Wednesday, the Harlingen Police Department announced they were looking for information on the driver and passengers of a blue pickup truck, possibly a Toyota, that traveled in the same direction as the white Chevrolet truck involved in the crash before the collision.
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