Jorge Alberto Amezcua, III Sentenced to 10 Years in State Prison

(PRESS RELEASE) District Attorney Roberto Serna announced that on July 6, 2018, Jorge Alberto Amezcua, III, was sentenced to ten years in prison for Aggravated Assault on a Public Servant and another ten years in prison for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. Both cases were ordered by the court to run concurrent. These convictions stem from an assault that took place on May 22, 2016, where the Defendant caused bodily injury with a firearm to Jesse Eduardo Rodriguez and after said assault the Defendant fired upon Eagle Pass Police Department Officers who were attempting to lawfully arrest the Defendant. Given the fact that police officers from the Eagle Pass Police Department were placed in imminent danger the Office of the District Attorney determined that a ten-year prison term for the Defendant was appropriate in order to protect our police officers while they are in the course of discharging their official duties.