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Rejecting his attorney's plea for deferred adjudication, former Brownsville Independent School District board member Erasmo Castro received a six months in jail sentence probated to 12 months Thursday.
The sentence came after a lengthy - and controversial - saga for the charismatic gadfly who was able to turn a social media phenomenon (AKA the Cheeze) into a political force.
The sentence includes attending DWI classes and and the standard restrictions associated with probation. Castro was placed on community supervision for 12 months and ordered to pay a $550 fine.
Cameron County Court-at-Law No. 1. Judge Arturo A. McDonald, Jr. opted to require Castro to also attend a victim impact panel. He will also be required to attend drug/alcohol counseling and submit to random drug/alcohol screening for a period of four months.
Castro resigned from office after Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz filed for his removal in district court after several residents petitioned for his removal from the board.
Castro is still a candidate for the Texas House of Representatives as a Republican in the November general election against Eddie Lucio III for District 38.
Rejecting his attorney's plea for deferred adjudication, former Brownsville Independent School District board member Erasmo Castro received a six months in jail sentence probated to 12 months Thursday.
The sentence came after a lengthy - and controversial - saga for the charismatic gadfly who was able to turn a social media phenomenon (AKA the Cheeze) into a political force.
The sentence includes attending DWI classes and and the standard restrictions associated with probation. Castro was placed on community supervision for 12 months and ordered to pay a $550 fine.
Cameron County Court-at-Law No. 1. Judge Arturo A. McDonald, Jr. opted to require Castro to also attend a victim impact panel. He will also be required to attend drug/alcohol counseling and submit to random drug/alcohol screening for a period of four months.
Castro resigned from office after Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz filed for his removal in district court after several residents petitioned for his removal from the board.
Castro is still a candidate for the Texas House of Representatives as a Republican in the November general election against Eddie Lucio III for District 38.