SANCHEZ WALKS, MURRAY NIXES DEFERRED, SETS PROBATION

(Ed.'s Note: Initial indications are that visiting judge Menton Murray has placed Robert "Capt. Bob" on regular probation and that he won't require the Democratic Party primary candidate for Cameron County Judge to cool his heels in the hoosegow. Sanchez had received deferred probation that would have erased his conviction if he went through a year without any offenses.

However, Sanchez isn't out of the rough seas yet. By imposing regular probation, Sanchez will have to live with a conviction, although it is just a misdemeanor. This will not make him ineligible to continue running for office. The hearing was carried on in normal tones and was uneventful despite reports that it resembled a morgue.

Apparently, someone assumed that a post by Sanchez saying that "prayer does help" indicated contriteness – and therefore a silent demeanor – on his part. He denied it and said someone who had not been there misinterpreted his post and fabricated the notion that  that he had not participated in the hearing. No credible "source" depicting the hearing in that manner could have been there or reported it to anyone, he said

Sanchez is still under stringent conditions that were set by the court before , we were told. The hearing to adjudicate was held at 1:30 today in the County Court-at-Law 3 courtroom usually presided over by Judge David Gonzalez.)