Texas AG Office: December criminal round-up

Staff

The Office of the Attorney General conducts criminal investigations and apprehensions including cases involving cyber-crimes such as child pornography, online solicitation of minors, identity theft, election fraud, locating and apprehending convicted sex offenders who have failed to comply with mandated sex offender registration requirements, and conducting digital forensics investigations.

The Office of the Attorney General also operates the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit which investigates criminal fraud by Medicaid providers, abuse and neglect of patients in health care facilities operated by the Medicaid program, and helps local and federal authorities with prosecutions.

A key component of the Office of the Attorney General’s mission is to secure justice for Texans by investigating and prosecuting criminal activities, including crimes of human trafficking, internet crimes against children, election fraud, and assisting local law enforcement in prosecutions and appeals.

CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT

• Bexar County
David Caesar Berlanga was arrested on December 8 for 9 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. This case was received as a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber Tipline report.

FUGITIVE APPREHENSION UNIT

• Bastrop County
Jaime Tamez, Jr. was arrested on December 9 on outstanding warrants for two Counts of Assault of a Family Household Member with Previous Conviction Felony 3, Violation of Protective Order, and Evading Arrest Detention with Vehicle with Previous Conviction Felony 3. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted in this apprehension. Tamez, Jr. is a Tango Blast Gang member.

• Bexar County
Ruben Armando Rodriguez was arrested on December 9 for violating the conditions of his parole by absconding, and on outstanding warrants for Felon in Possession of Firearm and Surety to Surrender. Rodriguez is a registered sex offender. He was also convicted of Burglary of Habitation with Intent to Commit Theft and sentenced to 30 years in prison. He also had outstanding warrants for Felon in Possession of Firearm and Surety to Surrender, along with an outstanding warrant for Possession with Intent to Deliver Controlled Substances Penalty Group 1. Rodriguez is a Texas Syndicate Gang member.

• Bexar County
Joaquin Arzula Hernandez was arrested on December 7 in San Antonio for violating the conditions of his parole by incurring technical and sex offender violations. Hernandez was previously convicted of Indecency with Child by Contact Felony 2nd Degree and Burglary of Habitation Felony 2nd Degree, among other minor convictions, and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

• Bexar County
Dominic Demarciano Propst was arrested on December 7 in San Antonio on outstanding warrants for Probation Violation – Fraud Credit Card Abuse, three Counts of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon, and Burglary of Building.

• Bexar County
Adrian Angel Rosas was indicted by the Grand Jury on December 6 on 14 counts of Possession of Child Pornography. This case was referred to the Office of the Attorney General as a National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber Tipline report.

• Bexar County
Natasha Nicole Finley was arrested on December 15 for an outstanding out-of-state warrant for Threat/Terroristic State Offenses – Making Terrorist Threat. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted in Finley’s apprehension.

• Brazos County
Marquies Dewayne Gibbs was arrested on December 14 for violating the conditions of his parole by incurring monitor violations. Gibbs was previously convicted of Indecency with a Child Exposure – Felony 3rd Degree in Brazos County and was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

• Dallas County
Brian Christopher Sligar was arrested on December 14 for an outstanding warrant for Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact.

• Denton County
Michael Ray Waters was arrested on December 14 for an outstanding warrant for Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact.

• Falls County
Frankie Lee Fulton, Jr. was arrested on December 15 for violating the conditions of his parole by failure to complete classes and by being arrested twice for Public Intoxication. Fulton is a Registered Sex Offender, previously convicted of Sexual Assault in Falls County, and was sentenced to five years in prison. He was also convicted of Manufacture Delivery of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1, in a Drug Free Zone Felony – 3rd Degree and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

• Galveston County
David Dandra Mason was arrested on four outstanding warrants for Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant and one outstanding warrant for Aggravated Robbery on December 2. The Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force, Galveston County Organized Crime Task Force, and Houston Police Department assisted in this arrest. Mason is a Crips Gang Member.

• Galveston County
Robert James Hall was arrested on December 13 on an outstanding warrant for Felony Terroristic Threats. The Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force assisted in this apprehension.

• Galveston County
Robert John Baker was arrested on December 8 on an outstanding warrant for Sexual Assault. The Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force assisted with this apprehension.

• Galveston County
Fernando Octaviani was arrested on December 3 on an outstanding warrant for Possession of Child Pornography. The Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force assisted in this arrest.

• Harris County
Carlos Harris was arrested on December 15 on an open federal warrant for Failure to Register as a Sex Offender. Harris is a convicted sex offender previously sentenced to two years’ probation for two Counts of Forcible Rape. The United States Marshals Service, Gulf Coast Violent Offender, and Fugitive Task Force, and United States Marshals Service assisted in this arrest.

• McCulloch County
Donovan Tra Snow was arrested on December 15 on outstanding warrants for Count 1 Murder and Count 2 Aggravated Robbery. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted in this arrest.

• Tarrant County
Roberto Salazar was arrested on December 14 on an outstanding warrant for Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact.

• Tarrant County
Benedicto Cisneros Martinez was arrested on December 15 on outstanding warrants for Sex Abuse with a Child – Continuous Under 14, two Counts Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, Sexual Assault of a Child, and Indecency with a Child Sexual Contact.

• Tarrant County
Noah Delacruz was arrested on December 15 on outstanding warrants for Homicide/Murder and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Fort Worth. This matter was referred by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.

• Travis County
John Doyle Cummings was arrested on December 9 on outstanding warrants for Human Trafficking/Trafficking of Persons – a Level 1 Felony. Cummings had Bail Secured Bond/Bond Forfeiture – Violation of a Court Order/Violation of Protective Order, an out-of-state warrant for Probation Violation – Burglary (nonextraditable). This matter was referred by the Texas Attorney General Office’s Human Trafficking Unit.

• Travis County
Joel Delgadillo Roman was arrested on December 3 on an outstanding warrant for Sex Assault/Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child 1st Degree Felony. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted with Roman’s apprehension.

• Travis County
Jean Carlos David Sanchez-Salinas was arrested on December 8 on an outstanding warrant for Aggravated Robbery – a 1st Degree Felony. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted with this arrest.

• Travis County
Willy Monroy-Godinez was arrested on December 14 on outstanding out-of-state warrants for two Counts of Rape of Child Statutory, two Counts of Rape of Child with Force, and two Counts of Indecent Assault and Battery of a Child Under 14. The United States Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force assisted with Monroy-Godinez’s apprehension.