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Constable: Suspect in standoff was unarmed

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Authorities confirmed on Friday that the man accused of threatening to shoot police officers at a San Benito motel was not armed. The incident occurred around noon on Tuesday, Aug. 26, when deputies with the Precinct 5 Cameron County Constable’s Office – accompanied by Pct. 3 Constable’s deputies – …

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STANDOFF ENDS: SWAT storms barricaded hotel room, arrests man accused of threatening to shoot police

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies on Tuesday deployed officers, Special Weapons and Tactics units, armored vehicles and a helicopter to the scene of a standoff at a San Benito hotel, where a man reportedly barricaded himself and allegedly threatened to shoot police. An investigation conducted by the Precinct …

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Standoff ends with suspect, father, girlfriend jailed

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A wanted man from San Benito, his father and girlfriend are behind bars following a near four-hour standoff with law enforcement authorities from the San Benito Police Department, Cameron County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Department of Public Safety. According to SBPD Detective Rogelio Banda Jr., 30-year-old Elidio Jesus …

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