Maverick County Emergency Operation Center Staff Person Charged with Tampering with Government Documents
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
Maverick County Emergency Operation Center (EOC) Co-Director Rodolfo “Woody” Cardona announced at the Friday, February 12, 2021, Press Conference that a staff person at the EOC, Josefina Gutierrez, age 31, was arrested and charged on February 12 with two counts of tampering with government documents for allegedly facilitating unqualified individuals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine being administered by the EOC.
Cardona stated that Gutierrez was previously assigned to the EOC by another entity working with the EOC. Cardona added that the investigation was conducted by EOC Task Force detectives and remains ongoing with possible additional charges may be filed in the future based on the investigation.
Cardona noted that “the mission of the EOC is to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the best interest of the community and that these actions will not be tolerated”and be dealt accordingly.
Cardona added that a person charged with a criminal offense is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in a court at law.
Maverick County Judge David R. Saucedo stated “it is unfortunate that incidents like this happen from time to time” and that the EOC staff are on top of everything. Saucedo added that “overall the people working under us at the EOC are doing an amazing job.” “The EOC mission is to make sure that the people who are supposed to get served are served,” said Saucedo.
