Tag: San Benito Police Department

San Benito police on Wednesday nabbed a 45-year-old man with gang affiliations who was active on the Texas Department Public Safety's Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Rio Grande Valley law enforcement agencies have seen a significant rise in the number of car thefts, which some officials say is the result of organized criminal activity that’s driving demand for specific vehicles stolen in the region before being smuggled across the border.

BROWNSVILLE — The office of Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is seeking the death penalty against an 18-year-old man believed to be the shooter in the killing of San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez, the city’s first officer to die on duty.

SAN BENITO — Police are investigating a one-car crash that killed a 34-year-old San Benito man after his family found his car in a ditch following a two-day search.

Four men are facing charges connected to a months-long rash of auto thefts.

Police are searching for a suspect who drove a stolen pickup truck into Mexico.

The two men accused of the fatal shooting of San Benito Lt. Milton Resendez in October pleaded not guilty Tuesday morning to an indictment charging them with capital murder of a peace officer and six counts of attempted capital murder of a peace officer.

A judge ordered a 27-year-old San Benito man held on $150,000 bail after charging him with the early New Year's Day aggravated robbery during which he allegedly pointed a gun a convenience store clerk.

A San Benito police officer is in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle while conducting traffic control early Sunday morning.

While there was much that comprised the year in news in the communities of San Benito and Harlingen, residents and public officials endured events in 2023 that rendered one city in such pain that it took the entire Rio Grande Valley community to console them, and left the other in a state of uncertainty regarding a vital service.