The Cameron County Courthouse is abuzz with the report that former Brownsville Police Department officer Jerry Xagoraris was arrested and booked Monday on one cont of Official Oppression, a Class A Misdemeanor and one count of Theft, also a Class A Misdemeanor.
Since his retirement from the BPD, Xagoraris had been appointed deputy constable on April 2014 under Pct. 4 Constable under Merced Burnias.
Xagoraris a 30-plus-year police department veteran, was a member of the original BPD motorcycle patrol. In 1999 he was reported to have suffered his third traffic accident during his tenure with the motorcycle unit. The most serious of the three, he required 15 stitches to his head, four on a knee and three to an ankle. Xagoraris motorcycle had a car turn in front of it while he was in pursuit of a stolen car.
No other details on Monday's arrest are available.