Former Maverick County Sheriff Deputy Arrested for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Minor

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2018

Former Maverick County Sheriff Deputy Frank Velasquez, Jr., age 39, was arrested on three aggravated sexual assault of a minor warrants of arrest on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at his residence on Del Rio Boulevard in Eagle Pass, Texas, according to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department website.

Velasquez was transported to the Maverick County Tom Bowles Detention Center for processing of his arrest on the three warrants.  Velasquez was detained and a Maverick County Justice of the Peace magistrated him and ordered a $180,000 Bond on him, which he posted and was released pending the further investigation and prosecution of the case by the 293rd District Attorney’s Office.

Velasquez worked for several years with the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Transportation Division, but was no longer with the MCSO at the time of his arrest.

All persons arrested or charged with a criminal offense are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court at law.