Former Maverick County Sheriff Deputy Frank Velasquez Rearrested For Failing to Comply with Bond Requirements

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

Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber announced that former Maverick County Sheriff Deputy Frank Velasquez, age 39, had voluntarily turned himself in to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department on January 24, 2018 after failing to comply with certain Bond requirements with his earlier arrest for sexual misconduct with a minor and a warrant for his arrest had been issued.

Sheriff Schmerber stated that Velasquez will once again be magistrated by a judge and a new bond will be set.  Previously, a bond of $180,000 had been set on Velasquez, which a local bond company agreed to pay the required 10 percent down ($18,000) to obtain his release from detention on the pending charges.  

Velasquez will remain detained at the Maverick County Tom Bowles Detention Center until he is magistrated and is able to pay the 10 percent requirement of whatever new bond amount is set by a Maverick County Magistrate Judge, usually a Maverick County Justice of the Peace or Eagle Pass Muicipal Court Judge.

The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the alleged charges filed against Velasquez and will submit its investigative findings and evidence to the 293rd Judicial District Attorney Roberto Serna for prosecution.

All persons accused of a criminal charge in the United States are entitled to plead “Not Guilty” and are innocent until proven guilty in a Court of Law.