Jury selection to begin this week in murder cases
May 24, 2021
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Two murder cases are scheduled in to appear in the Webb County District Courts this week.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the 111th District Court in the case of Norberto Adame. He is charged with one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
At about 2 a.m. in November 2018, police officers responded to multiple reports of shots fired between the 800 block of Olive Street and the intersection of McClelland Avenue and Travis Street.
As officers were en route, Lesther Julian Castro Jr. called police saying he and his friend had been shot at. Authorities identified his friend as Jose Jesus Martinez.
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
FacebookTwitterEmail
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.