Eagle Pass Police Report: Maverick County Planning Director Arrested for Child Abandonment & Endangerment

(Press Release) On Wednesday, August 3, 2016, an officer assigned to the Eagle Pass Police Department Patrol Division responded to a convenience store within the 2400 block of Del Rio Boulevard in reference to an unattended male child.

The investigating officer located a 10 year old male child who with the assistance of another adult located the child’s residence within the 900 block of First Street. The investigating officer located a younger female child within the residence unattended as well. The investigation subsequently led to the arrest of 27 year old April Marie Rodriguez who was identified as the mother of the 2 children who was not present at the residence at the time of the incident.

Child protective services were immediately notified and Rodriguez was presented before a local magistrate where she was formally charged with child abandonment and endangerment and remanded to the Tom Bowles Detention Center in lieu of a $1000.00 bond. The children were released to the custody of a family member at the scene. This case will be submitted to the District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.