By Juan Montoya
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.
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.