Tag: Cameron County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO)

Sheriff’s deputies said harassing employees at the Cameron County Courthouse, banging on a marked Cameron County Sheriff’s Department patrol unit and leading the sheriff’s department on a pursuit up to 90 mph led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man.

RIO HONDO — A Rio Hondo man is accused of the indecent assault of a woman at a store before police arrested him following five hours of negotiations after he barricaded himself in his house.

A woman selling goods at a fruit stand located at FM 732 and FM 1577 in San Benito was robbed at gunpoint with the alleged thieves making off with $80 in cash and her cellphone, authorities said.

As Cameron County continues to address a $5.2 million deficit and figure out how to balance the budget, the subject of how much the county pays to treat jail inmates in the infirmary is concerning to commissioners.

A Cameron County sheriff’s deputy unknowingly drove into Mexico while pursuing a truck that failed to pull over for questioning, the sheriff’s department said in a press release.

Cameron County Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting Wednesday to continue discussions on the 2022-2023 fiscal budget, plus the possibility of unfreezing some positions at the county’s sheriff’s department.

A traffic stop by a Cameron County Sheriff’s Department canine unit led to the discovery of 55 baggies that contained what appeared to be crack cocaine, the sheriff’s department said in a press release.

Additional arrests have been made in a July 3 kidnapping in Cameron Park with the most recent arrestee being a man the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department said was the “mastermind” behind the alleged crime.

Responding to a call of shots fired led to the arrest of three people including one who is a convicted felon, according to the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department.

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