Anonymous said...
It already started: wake up a magistrate (special treatment)not tow his car (special treatment) release early (special treatment) not in orange jumpsuit (special treatment) the Lexus driver lied to police (special treatment) refuse breathalyzer (special treatment) a child present during accident more charges should have been filed by PD(special treatment) and this only what was made public. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO END!APRIL 30, 2018 AT 1:58 PM
By Juan Montoya
Fully a half dozen requests for the police reports on the DWI hit-and-run accident late last Friday night involving District 37 State Rep. Rene Oliveira are being held up by police officials because they say Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz wants to review them, edit them. and then authorize the release of the sanitized versions.
According to a few of those making the requests (media types and private citizens), BPD Commander
James Paschall, of the Support Services Command which includes the Records Division, has told them that he could not release the raw police reports that are routinely released in any other case until Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz reviews them first.
After Saenz reviews them and edits their content, Paschall said he would be authorized to release the edited version of the original reports. And as usual, Chief Orlando Rodriguez is conveniently out of town when the need for a firm decision is necessary.
After the Friday night incident, the BPD released a "statement" broadly outlining the mishap that said Oliveira rear-ended a woman's car and then gave her his card and left the scene despite the fact that police officers were already arriving there.
Police said Oliveira struck the vehicle from behind at a light on the 800 block of Boca Chica Boulevard at about 10:22 p.m., exited his vehicle and handed the driver his business card, saying "he would take care of everything."
Police later responded to Oliveira's home, where they found his dark-colored Cadillac with "damage to the front end and two flat tires on the passenger side," and arrested him for DWI, according to a news release.
They said a black Cadillac was leaving the accident scene and that a silver Lexus driven by a woman who police identified as his wife, told them that there had been no accident.
But numerous commenters like the anonymous one on top, assert that there was a young child in the backseat of the car that Oliveira struck.
If the commenters and other sources are correct, then the fact that Oliveira left the scene of an accident where a child might have been hurt, if not terrified, after the car was rammed from behind, would have made it a more serious charge than a run-of-the-mill DWI. Endangering a child, leaving the scene of an accident, making false statements to police, etc..
Paschall said he might release the report (the Saenz sanitized version) by 3 p.m. today. Will the commenters to this blog be proven correct that the whitewash has already begun to protect Oliviera? Remember, early voting in his runoff with Cameron County Pct. 2 commissioner Alex Dominguez starts March 14, 10 days from now.