The defense attorney for a man accused of stabbing someone to death in April told a judge Wednesday morning he intends to take the murder case to trial and will not negotiate any deals with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office.
The defense attorney for a man accused of stabbing someone to death in April told a judge Wednesday morning he intends to take the murder case to trial and will not negotiate any deals with the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office.
Nat Perez, who represents Robert Galvan, 37, made the comment to 445th state District Judge Gloria Rincones during an arraignment hearing.
Galvan pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Wednesday morning, and waived the reading of the indictment.
“We’re anxious to try this case,” Perez said.
Galvan is accused of stabbing and killing 54-year-old Horacio Eguia and stabbing Brian Scott, who survived, early in the morning of April 11.
At 1:02 a.m., Galvan waved down a police officer responding to an aggravated assault call on the 200 block of East 10th Street and told authorities that two men, later determined to be Eguia and Scott, assaulted him, police documents show.
Less than 20 minutes later, Brownsville Police Department detectives responded to a stabbing call at the Palacio Real Apartments at 1165 Wildrose Lane and discovered Eguia’s body inside a vehicle at the apartments, and encountered the injured Scott inside one of the residences there.
Police responding to both locations quickly linked the two scenes, police reports indicate.
According to law enforcement narratives, Galvan told investigators he had been at the Palacio Real Apartment complex cutting a friend’s hair and asked Eguia and Scott, whom he didn’t know, to give him a ride home. When the trio neared Galvan’s home, they asked him for gas money, according to police reports.
“Robert stated that when they arrived at the 200 block of E. 10th St. the suspects asked him for gas money and that he told them that they had not agreed on any type of payment and offered them $5.00 but that they refused that amount,” a police report states.
Galvan told investigators he tried to run, but the men caught up with him and the assault occurred.
The suspect, whose social media account shows he is an aspiring barber, told authorities that while he was trying to run away the case in which he carries his hair-cutting equipment broke, and all of its contents fell out.
“Officer Borrego stated that one of the suspects grabbed a pair of shears and stabbed (Galvan) in the right hand. Officer Borrego stated that Robert told him that he pulled the shears out of his hand and uses the shears to stab the suspect on his leg,” a police report states.
Galvan’s right hand was bandaged when he first appeared before a municipal judge April 13 in the courtroom at the Brownsville Police Department headquarters.
Galvan is being held in the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center in lieu of $1,100,000 bail.
A trial is scheduled for Nov. 5.
