According to an indictment handed down by a grand jury empanelled at the 103rd District Court, a local dentist is being charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against Robert Sanchez, a local restaurateur and former member of the Brownsville Public Utilities Board.
The deadly weapon, in this case, according to the indictment, was a knife.
The indictment names Joseph Loyola Yoste A/K/A Joseph Yoste and charges that on the night of October 22, 2016, he and Sanchez had a confrontation in the parking lot at the at a gasoline station/convenience store at the corner of Boca Chica and Palm boulevards.
Apparently, the dispute started as a "pleito de faldas" and the meeting was a chance encounter. Surveillance cameras are said to have captured the moment that Yoste allegedly exchanged heated words with Sanchez and tried to reach in his car window, later grabbing a knife from his car and going after him.
Sanchez was said to have driven away and reported the incident to police.
Trial is scheduled for Sept. 25.