Election Code Referrals to the
Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Defendant
Allegation
Election Involved
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
07/26/05
EC 64.012
11/04/05
EC 86.006
03/22/06
EC 86.006
1 year pre-trial diversion, 12 months community
supervision
03/22/06
EC 86.006
1 year pre-trial diversion, 12 months community
supervision
2 counts possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
03/22/06
EC 86.006
05-CR-9807-1
1 count illegally possessing an
official carrier envelope of
another
05/04/06
EC 86.006
25,185
4 counts possession of an
official ballot or official carrier
envelope of another
06/27/06
EC 86.006
Jury verdict of guilty on 4 counts of possession of an
official ballot or official carrier envelope of another. 10
days jail probated for 6 months probation
06M1309-CCL
7 counts possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
07/17/06
EC 86.006
Pled guity to 1 count information of possession of an
official ballot or official carrier envelope of another. 8
months deferred adjudication, $200 fine. Original
indictment dismissed.
06M0302-CCL
2 counts possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
07/17/06
EC 86.006
6 months deferred adjudication, $200 fine
06M0301-CCL
7 counts possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
07/17/06
EC 86.006
6 months pre-trial diversion
2 counts illegal voting-(4)
marking a ballot without
voter's consent
08/04/06
EC 64.012
Pled guilty to 2 counts illegal voting. 2 years deferred
probation, $750 fine
5 counts illegally possessing
ballots for another person
08/28/06
EC 86.006
6 months pre-trial diversion
Cause Number
Bee
Melva Kay Ponce
Illegal assistance and illegal voting 2004 General Election
Hardeman
Johnny Wayne Akers
Possession of an official ballot by
another
Nueces
Virginia Ramos Garza
Method of returning marked ballot, 2005 School District
unlawful assistance, assisting voter Election
05-CR-9806-4
Nueces
Elida Garza Flores
Method of returning marked ballot, 2005 School District
unlawful assistance, assisting voter Election
05-CR-9805-4
Nueces
Isabel Lisa Rios
Gonzalez
Method of returning marked ballot, 2005 School District
unlawful assistance, assisting voter Election
05-CR-9808-3
Nueces
Josefina Marinas
Suarez
Method of returning marked ballot, 2005 School District
unlawful assistance, assisting voter Election
Reeves
Trine Villalobos
Method of returning marked ballot
2004 Primary Election
2004 Primary Election
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
unlawfully witnessing application
for more than one application,
2004 Primary Election
unlawful assistance, security of
ballots, ballot boxes and envelopes
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
unlawfully witnessing application
for more than one application,
2004 Primary Election
unlawful assistance, security of
ballots, ballot boxes and envelopes
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
unlawfully witnessing application
for more than one application,
2004 Primary Election
unlawful assistance, security of
ballots, ballot boxes and envelopes
B-05-2101-0-CR-B
013449
Bowie
Willie Howard Ray
Bowie
Jamillah Johnson
Bowie
Melinda Hunter
Nueces
Maria Dora Flores
Unlawful assistance, unlawfully
influencing voter
2006 Primary Election
06-CR-2166-B
Reeves
Anita Baeza
Method of returning marked ballot
2004 Primary Election
25,186
Charge(s)
1 count illegal voting-(3) voter
impersonation
6 counts possession of official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
4 counts possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
1 count possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
Calhoun
Debra Briseno
Illegal voting
2006 Primary Election
3 counts llegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter non-citizen, 1
count unlawful assistance, 11
2006-8-6465, 2006-8counts possessing an official
6466, 2006-8-6467,
ballot or carrier envelope of
2006-8-6468, 2006-8another, 6 counts tampering
6469
with a governmental record, 6
counts false statement on a
registration application
Refugio
Raymond Villarreal
Unlawful assistance
2006 Primary Election
4 counts illegal voting, 3 count
2007-2-4809, 2007-2tampering with governmental
4810
record
Starr/Brooks
Noelia Lopez
Illegal voting
2006 General Election
07-07-09767 CR
1 count illegal voting
9/30/2016
Disposition**
Pled guilty to 1 count attempted illegal voting. 2 years
deferred adjudication, $1500 fine w/$500 probated
Pled guilty to 1 count possession of official ballot or
carrier envelope of another. 2 years probation, $2000
fine
Pled nolo contendere to 2 counts of possessing an official
ballot or carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred
adjudication, $500 fine, 12 months community
supervision
Pled guitly to 1 count of illegally possesing an official
carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred adjudication,
$500 fine, 12 months community supervision
EC 64.012 / PC Jury verdict of guilty on 2 counts illegal voting, 1 count
tampering with a government record. 5 years TDCJ
37.10
06/25/07
10/09/07
PC 37.10
Pled guilty to 1 count tampering with government record.
2 years suspended, 5 years community supervision,
$1,500 fine, 90 days jail, $2,090 restitution
01/24/08
EC 64.012
Dismissed
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Election Code Referrals to the
Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Hays
Defendant
Mark Littlefield
Allegation
Forgery, tampering with a
government document
Election Involved
2006 Special Election
Cause Number
Charge(s)
Possession of forged
instrument
89,288
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
02/01/08
PC 32.21
Disposition**
1 year pre-trial diversion, $300 donation
Pled guilty to 1 count illegal voting. 2 years deferred
adjudication, $300 fine, 2 years community supervision
(Motion to Adjudicate)
Pled guilty to 12 counts possessing a ballot without the
voters's consent. 2 years deferred adjudication, $300
fine, 2 years community supervision
Starr/Brooks
Jose Rene Gomez
Illegal voting
2006 General Election
07-05-09743 CR
1 count illegal voting-(2)
voting more than once
05/01/08
EC 64.012
Starr/Brooks
Oscar Luis Rios
Illegal voting
2006 Primary Election
07-05-09741 CR
12 counts possessing a ballot
without the voter's consent
05/01/08
EC 86.006
Potter
Michael C. Shumate
Unlawfully accepting campaign
donations, bribery
2008 Primary Election
56732-B, 56733-B,
56734-B
1 count unlawfully accepting
contribution, 1 count
organized criminal activity,1
count unlawfully accepting
contribution,
06/12/08
PC 71.02
Duval/Brooks
Lydia Molina
Unlawful assistance, unlawful
buying and selling of ballot
materials
2006 Primary Election
08-01-09864, 11479
6 counts possession of official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
10/02/08
EC 86.006
Pled guilty to 1 count possession of official ballot or
carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred adjudication,
$300 fine, 12 months community supervision
Duval/Brooks
Maria Soriano
Unlawful assistance, unlawful
buying and selling of ballot
materials
2006 Primary Election
08-01-09863, 11480
6 counts possession of official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
10/02/08
EC 86.006
Pled guilty to 1 count possession of official ballot or
carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred adjudication,
$300 fine, 12 months community supervision
Duval/Brooks
Elva Gutierrez Lazo
Unlawful assistance, unlawful
buying and selling of ballot
materials
2006 Primary Election
08-01-09865, 11482
3 counts possession of official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
10/02/08
EC 86.006
Pled guilty to 1 count possession of official ballot or
carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred adjudication,
$300 fine, 12 months community supervision
Duval/Brooks
Maria Adelina Trigo
Unlawful assistance, unlawful
buying and selling of ballot
materials
2006 Primary Election
08-01-09866, 11481
2 counts possession of official
ballot or carrier envelope of
another
10/02/08
EC 86.006
Pled guilty to 1 count possession of official ballot or
carrier envelope of another. 1 year deferred adjudication,
$300 fine, 12 months community supervision
Goliad***
Jami Parkinson
Billings
Unlawfully divulged voting results
prior to the closing of polls
2008 Municipal Election
08-8-8967 CR
1 count unlawfully revealing
information before polls close
11/12/08
EC 61.007
Pled nolo contendere to 1 count unlawfully revealing
information before polls close. 2 years deferred
adjudication, $3,000 fine, 2 years community supervision
Starr/Brooks
Guadalupe Rios
Mail-in ballot violation
2006 Municipal Election
08-08-09945 CR
11 counts possessing a ballot
without the voter's consent
03/16/09
EC 86.006
Pled guilty to 11 counts possesing a ballot without the
voter's consent. 2 years probated for 4 years probation,
$500 fine, 60 days house arrest
Starr/Brooks
Oralia Frausto
Illegal voting
2006 Primary Election
07-05-09738 CR
15 counts of possessing a
ballot without the voter's
consent
03/26/09
EC 86.006
1 year pre-trial diversion
Starr/Brooks
Maria Gonzalez
Illegal voting
2006 Primary Election
07-05-09742 CR
5 counts of possessing a ballot
without the voter's consent
03/26/09
EC 86.006
1 year pre-trial diversion
Hill
Leland Mac Coffman
Divulged election results prior to
2007 School District and
the closing of polls on election day Municipal Election
M0593-09
3 counts false report to police
officer
10/14/09
PC 37.08
Pled guilty to 3 counts of false report to a police officer. 2
years probation, $2000 fine, 90 days in jail, probated
Harris***
Jack Carol Crowder
Deceased voters voting
2008 Primary Election
1215818
1 count illegal voting-(3) voter
impersonation at polling place
10/06/09
EC 64.012
Pled guilty to 1 count fraudulent use of identiying
information, 1 year deferred adjudication, $200 fine
Starr/Brooks
Raul Reyna
Convicted felons registered in
county and have cast ballots in
elections
2007 Municipal and
School Election
09-04-09980 CR
2 counts illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
11/05/09
EC 64.012
Pled guilty to 1 count of illegal voting, 2 years TDCJ,
$500 fine
Starr/Brooks
Cynthia Pena
Convicted felons registered in
county and have cast ballots in
elections
2007 Municipal and
School Election
09-04-09881 CR
2 counts illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
11/05/09
EC 64.012
Pled guilty to 1 count of illegal voting, 10 years TDCJsuspended, 4 years community supervision, $500 fine
9/30/2016
Jury verdict of guilty to 1 count organized criminal
activity. 10 years suspended, 8 years community
supervision, $5,000 fine
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Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Defendant
Starr/Brooks
Elizabeth Martinez
Panola
Drew Nixon
Dimmit/LaSalle
Dimmit/LaSalle
Estela Cruz Saenz
Allegation
Convicted felons registered in
county and have cast ballots in
elections
2007 Municipal Election
Resolution Date
1 count illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
11/05/09
EC 64.012
Pled guilty to 1 count of illegal voting, 5 years TDCJ
2 counts of official oppression
01/28/10
PC 39.03
Dismissed Indictment. Defense motion for collateral
estoppel granted.
04/15/10
EC 84.0041
12 months pre-trial diversion, $60 supervision fee, 80
hours of community service
04/15/10
EC 84.0041
6 months pre-trial diversion, $60 supervision fee
Cause Number
09-04-09982 CR
Charge(s)
Disposition**
2006 Special Election
2007-C-0193
Maria Mendoza Garcia Illegal voting, forgery
2006 Primary Election
08-11-00052 CRL
Illegal voting, forgery
2006 Primary Election
08-12-00063 CRL
Jim Wells/Live Oak Zaida Cantu Bueno
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20068
4 counts of method of returned
marked ballot (less than 10)
06/24/10
EC 86.006
Jim Wells/Live Oak Norma Lopez
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20067
8 counts of method of returned
marked ballot (less than 10)
06/24/10
EC 86.006
Jim Wells/Live Oak Cynthia Lopez
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20066
3 counts of method of returned
marked ballot (less than 10)
06/24/10
EC 86.006
Hidalgo/Brooks
Ruben Trevino Garcia
Illegal voting, bribery, and official
misconduct
2008 School District
Election
1 count illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
06/17/10
EC 64.012
Pled guilty, 8 years TDCJ-ID suspended for 8 years
community supervision, $500 fine
Starr***
Raul Pena, Jr.
Unlawful possession of 56 mail-in
ballots by candidate
2010 Primary Election
CR-10-371
1 count of carrier envelope
action by another person other
than voter
06/22/10
EC 86.0051
Pled guilty, 6 months community supervision, 180 days
in jail (suspended), $500 fine
Starr/Brooks
Mary Lou Garza
Illegal voting
2006 Primary Election
07-07-09768 CR
1 count of unlawful delivery of
a certificate
09/15/10
EC 13.145
Dismissed
Hidalgo/Brooks
Mario Manuel
Medrano
Illegal voting, bribery, and official
misconduct
2008 School District
Election
09-09-10117 CR
1 count illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
11/10/10
EC 64.012
Pled guilty, 2 years TDCJ-ID
Duval/Live Oak
Christina
Lichtenberger
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20080, 20081
1 count of unlawful assistance,
1 count of method of returned
marked ballot
12/14/10
EC 64.036,
86.006
Pled guilty to Possession of a Ballot and Unlawful
Assistance, and received 1 year deferred adjudication,
and paid a $1000 fine and court costs
Duval/Live Oak
Andrea Campos
Bierstedt
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20082, 20083
1 count of unlawful assistance,
1 count of method of returned
marked ballot
12/14/10
EC 64.036,
86.006
Pre-trial diversion 6 months, $3,500 donation to the
county
Duval/Live Oak
Alicia Pena Perez
Mail in ballot violations
2008 Primary Election
20084, 20085, 20086, 4 counts of unlawful
20087, 20088, 20089, assistance, 4 counts of method
20090, 20091
of returned marked ballot
12/14/10
EC 64.036,
86.006
Pled guilty to 4 counts of Possession of a Ballot and 4
counts of Unlawful Assistance, and received 1 year jail,
probated for 12 months, and paid a $1000 fine and court
costs
Misrepresentation of identity
2008 Primary Election
Misrepresentation of identity
05/21/09
E.C. 255.005
1 count of tampering of a
governmental record
03/23/11
P.C. 37.10
Aransas/Travis*** Gallaher, Todd
Bexar
Ester Sandoval
Martinez-Moreno
Official oppression
Election Involved
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
Unlawfully accepting a voter,
unlawfully permitting the deposit of 2010 Primary Election
a ballot, and illegal voting
09-09-10116 CR
C08999934
2010-W-0375
7 counts knowingly provide
false information on an
application for an early voting
ballot
7 counts knowingly provide
false information on an
application for an early voting
ballot
9/30/2016
Pled guilty to 1 count, 12 months probation, 180 days in
jail (suspended), $200 fine, 40 hours of community
service
Pled guilty to 1 count, 12 months probation, 180 days in
jail (suspended), $200 fine, 40 hours of community
service
Pled guilty to 1 count, 12 months probation, 180 days in
jail (suspended) $200 fine, 40 hours of community
service.
Pre-trial diversion for 1 year, 60 hours of community
service, completed early.
Pled guilty to one count of misdemeanor Tampering, 1
year probation
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Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Defendant
Allegation
Cause Number
Charge(s)
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
2010 Primary Election
11082011CCL-A
1 count of attempted illegal
voting-(3) voter impersonation
at polling place
06/16/11
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to one count of Attempted illegal voting, 1
year probation, paid $227 court costs.
11-02-13251-CR
1 count of illlegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
08/31/11
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty for 2 years probation, 90 days in jail, and a
$2000 fine
Election Involved
Disposition**
Dallas/Rockwall
Delores McMillian
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
Duval/Jim Wells
Regino Cantu Salinas
Illegal Voting
2008 Primary Election
Hidaldo ***
Paulito Nilo
Unlawfully rejecting voters, illegal
voting, and unlawfully accepting
voters
2008 Municipal Election CR-2622-09-F
1 count of illlegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
09/29/09
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty for 5 years TDCJ, probated for 5 years of
community supervision, 1 day in jail, $500 fine
Hidalgo/Brooks
Reyna Almanza
Illegal voting
2009 School District
Election
1 count of illegal voting-(3)
voter impersonation
12/01/11
E.C. 64.012
Convicted by a jury on 11/16/11, sentenced to 2 years
TCDJ, suspended for 5 years on probation, 90 days in
County Jail as a condition of probation, $313 court costs
Brazos
Shank, Christine
Thomas
Unlawful Assistance
2010 General Election
02/06/12
E.C. 64.036
Pled guilty, 1 year deferred adjudication community
supervision, 20 hours community service, $332.00 court
costs, $500.00 fine, prohibited from offering assistance in
the election process to anyone
Carlos Medrano
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
2010 Primary Election
2-11-418
2 counts of illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter
02/27/12
E.C. 64.012
Convicted during a bench trial, 1 count of illegal voting
(1) ineligible voter, 5 years TDCJ, probated for 5 years,
180 days in jail as a condition of probation, $2500 fine,
removed from JP Office
Robert Edward
Medrano
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
2010 Primary Election
2-11-420
3 counts of illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter
02/16/12
E.C. 64.012
Dismissed
Rolando Medrano
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
2010 Primary Election
2-11-416
6 counts of aggravated perjury
02/29/12
T.P.C. 37.03
Pled guilty to two counts of aggravated perjury, 4 years
TDCJ probated for 4 years community supervision,
$5,000 fine, $219 Court Coust., 45 days in jail as a
condition of probation, work release day for day
Raquel Medrano
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
2010 Primary Election
2-11-108, 2-11-414
02/28/12, 02/29/12
E.C. 64.012,
T.P.C. 37.03
Dismissed
Dallas/Rockwall
Dallas/Rockwall
Dallas/Rockwall
Dallas/Rockwall
10-03-10342-CR
11-05590-CRM-CCL1 1 count of Unlawful Assistance
1 count of illlegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter, 5 counts of
aggravated perjury
9/30/2016
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Election Code Referrals to the
Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Defendant
Allegation
Election Involved
Cause Number
Charge(s)
Resolution Date
11082011CCL-B
4 counts of possession of an
official ballot or carrier
envelope, 3 counts of unlawful
assistance
04/05/12
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
Disposition**
Dallas/Rockwall
Gilda Hernandez
Unlawfully obstructing watcher,
illegal voting, unlawful assistance,
failure to witness application,
unlawfully witnessing more than
one application, providing false
information on application,
possession of mail-in ballots,
unlawful assistance, bribery
Smith
Ronald Marsh
Illegal Voting
2009 Municipal ElectionLocal Option
241-1682-11
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
03/23/11
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to one count, received four years of deferred
adjudication, a $1,000 fine, and 100 hours of community
service hours
Smith
Ann Marie Marsh
Illegal Voting
2009 Municipal ElectionLocal Option
241-1681-11
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
03/23/11
E.C. 64.012
Dismissed
Hidalgo / Brooks
Jose De Jesus Cano
Illegal voting, bribery, and official
misconduct
2008 School District
Election
1 count illegal voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
06/14/12
Henderson / Smith Frank Ross
Illegal Voting
2009 Municipal Election
241-1683-11
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
06/19/12
Hidalgo***
Angel Trujillo
Illegal Voting
2010 Municpal and
School District Election
CR-1914-12-E
1 count illegal voting (1)
ineligible voter felon
08/08/12
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to illegal voting, sentenced to 3 years TDCJprobated for community supervision, $750 fine. Second
count of illegal voting dismissed.
Hidalgo***
Baudelia Zapata Rojas
Unlawfully revealing information
before the polls close
2008 Municipal Election
12-03529
Unlawfully Revealing
Information before polls close
12/27/12
E.C 61.007
Grand Jury No Bill
Hidalgo***
Sylvia Salas Vela
Illegal Voting
2008 Municipal Election
12-03519
Illegal Voting
12/27/12
E.C. 64.012
Grand Jury No Bill
Hidalgo***
Salvador Vela
Mail in ballot violation
2008 Municipal Election
12-03528
Method of returning marked
ballot
12/27/12
E.C 86.006
Grand Jury No Bill
Hidalgo***
Fermina Castillo
Illegal Voting
2010 General Election
CR-1913-12-I
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter felon
01/17/13
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to illegal voting, sentenced to 2 years deferred
with community supervison and $100 fine.
Cameron
Margarita Rangel
Ozuna
Mail in ballot violations, forgery
2010 Primary Election
2013-DCR-00484
1 count Unlawfully Assisting
Voter
05/30/13
E.C. 86.010
Pled no contest to Unlawfully Assisting Voter (Class A
Misdemeanor) 12 month county jail, probated for 12
month community service. $250.00 fine.
Hidalgo/Brooks
Lorenzo Antonio
Almanza
Illegal Voting
2009 School District
Election
10-03-10343-CR
2 counts of illegal voting-(3)
voter impersonation at polling
place
06/24/13
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to Illegal Voting - voter impersonation, Illegal
Voting - voting twice, sentenced to 2 years TDCJ on both
counts, run concurrently, $313 court costs
Montgomery
James Alan Jenkins
Ilegal Voting
2010 Special Election
12-03-025479-CR
1 count of illegal voting (1)
ineligible voter
06/28/13
E.C 64.012
Convicted during a jury trial, 1 count of illegal voting (1)
ineligible voter, 3 years TDCJ, $10,000 fine and $364.00
in court costs
2010 Primary Election
09-09-10115 CR
9/30/2016
E.C. 86.006,
64.036
EC 64.012
E.C. 64.012
Pled guilty to two counts of Unlawful Assistance, two
counts of Possession of a Ballot, and two counts of
Failure to Provide Identifying Information While
Assisting a Voter, and received one year of deferred
adjudication and a $250.
Pled guilty, received 10 years TDCJ, probated for 10
years, $1,000 fine, and $313 court costs
Dismissed
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Prosecutions Resolved
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
12-03-02581-CR
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
07/12/13
E.C. 64.012
1 year Pre-trial Diverson
2010 Special Election
12-03-025480-CR
1 count of illegal voting (1)
ineligible voter
10/31/13
E.C. 64.012
Convicted during a jury trial, 1 count of illegal voting (1)
ineligible voter. Sentenced to 3 years TDCJ and $10,000
fine, $334.00 in court costs.
Illegal Voting
2010 Special Election
12-03-02583-CR
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
04/02/14
E.C. 64.012
Convicted during a bench trial, 1 count of illegal voting
(1) ineligible voter. Sentenced by deferred agreement, 3
years TDCJ, probated for 5 years, $5,000 fine and
$359.00 in court costs.
Montgomery
Roberta Margaret Cook Illegal Voting
2010 Special Election
12-03-02585-CR
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
04/02/14
E.C 64.012
Convicted during a bench trial, 1 count of illegal voting
(1) ineligible voter. Sentenced by deferred agreement, 3
years TDCJ, probated for 5 years, $5000 fine.
Cameraon***
Garza, Israel
Illegal voting
2010 Municipal Election
2013-DCR-00957
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
Ineligible voter felon
04/10/13
E.C 64.012
Pled guilty to illegal voting attempted (felon voter) Class
A misdeameanor. Sentenced to 10 months confinement, 2
years probation, fine $2500.
Montgomery
Thomas Curry
False statement on application,
illegal voting
2010 Special Election
12-03-02584-CR
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
05/15/14
E.C. 64.012
1 year Deferred Prosecution Contract.
Montgomery
Willaim Mervin
Bernstsen
False statement on application,
illegal voting
2010 Special Election
12-03-02586-CR
1 count of Illegal Voting-(1)
ineligible voter
10/23/14
E.C.64.012
3 years Deferred Adjudication, $2,500.00 fine, $334.00
in court costs
14-CCR-02977-A/14CCR-02983-A/14-CCR02984-A/14-CCR3 counts - Carrier Envelope
02985-A/14-CCRAction: Person Other than
02987-A/14-CCRvoter (Misd B), 3 counts 02989-A/14-CCRAssisting Voter Violation
02991-A/14-CCR(Misd A), 3 counts - Method of
02993-A/14-CCRReturning Marked Ballot
02995-A/14-CCR(Misd B), 4 count - Unlawful
02996-A/14-CCRAssistance to Voter (Misd A)
02997-A/14-CCR02999-A/14-CCR03003-A
01/22/15
E.C 86.0051 /
E.C 86.010 /
E.C 86.006 /
E.C 64.036
Pled guility to one count of unlawful assistance of voter,
6 month confinement, probated for 1 year of community
supervison, fine $250. All other cases dismissed.
County*
Defendant
Allegation
Election Involved
Montgomery
Peter Joseph
Goeddertz
False statement on application,
illegal voting
2010 Special Election
Montgomery
Adrian Heath
False statement on application,
illegal voting
Montgomery
Sybil Lea Doyle
Cause Number
Charge(s)
Disposition**
Cameron
Tomasa Chavez
Carrier Envelope Action: Person
Other than voter, Assisting Voter
2012 Primary Election
Violation, Method of Returning
Runoff
Marked Ballot, Unlawful Assistance
to Voter
Jim Wells
Benito Aranda Jr.
Illegal voting
2012 Primary Election
14-07-13904-CR
Indicted 1 count of illegal
voting(1) ineligible voter felon,
2nd Felony
02/18/15
E.C 64.012
Pled guilty to illegal voting (felon) Sentenced to 10 years
confinment, probated for 10 years of community
supervision
Jim Wells
Mark Homero Almaraz Illegal voting
2012 Primary Election
14-07-13903-CR
Indicted 1 count of illegal
voting(1) ineligible voter felon,
2nd Felony
02/18/15
E.C 64.012
Pled guilty to illegal voting (felon) Sentenced to 10 years
confinment, probated for 10 years of community
supervision.
Hidalgo
Jorge Luis Martinez
Unlawfully rejecting voters, illegal
voting, and unlawfully accepting
voters
2008 Municipal Election
12 counts of illegal voting
02/25/15
E.C.64.012
Pled guilty to counts 1-6 for lesser included offense of
Attempted Illegal Voting (Class A). Three years
community supervision. Counts 7-12 were dismissed
Cameron
Facunda Garcia
Unlawful Assistance to Voter
2012 Primary Election
Runoff
1 Count - Unlawful Assistance
to Voter (Misd. A)
03/19/15
E.C 64.036
Pled guility to unlawful assistance of a voter. Sentenced
to 3 day confinement in county jail and $250.00 fine.
CR-2623-09-B
14-CCR-02980-A
9/30/2016
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Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Defendant
Allegation
Election Involved
Carrier Envelope Action: Person
Other than voter, Method of
2012 Primary Election
Returning Marked Ballot, Unlawful Runoff
Assistance to Voter
Cameron
Bernice Garcia
Cameron
Rafael Angel Elizondo Method of Returning Marked Ballot
2012 Primary Election
Runoff
Cameron
Jose Angel Garcia
Method of Returning Marked Ballot
2012 Primary Election
Runoff
Margarita Ozuna
Carrier Envelope Action: Person
Other than voter, Method of
Returning Marked Ballot
Cameron
2012 Primary Election
Runoff
Cause Number
Charge(s)
1 count - Carrier Envelope
Action: Person Other than
14-CCR-02979-A/14- voter (Misd B), 1 Count CCR-03010-A/14-CCR- Method of Returning Marked
Ballot (Misd B), 1 count 03011-A
Unlawful Assistance to Voter
(Misd A)
1 Count -Method of Returing
Marked Ballot more than 10
2015-DCR-00269-D but less than 20 offical
ballots/carrier envelopes. ( 3rd
Degree Felony)
2015-DCR-00270-D
5 Counts -Method of Returing
Marked Ballot fewer than 10
offical ballots/carrier
envelopes (State Jail Felony)
14-CCR-02981-B/143 counts - Carrier Envelope
CCR-02986-B/14-CCRAction: Person Other than
02988-B/14-CCRvoter (Misd B), 3 counts 02990-B/14-CCRMethod of Returning Marked
02992-B/14-CCRBallot (Misd B)
02994-B
14-CCR-02978-C/14CCR-02998-C/14-CCR- 1 count - Unlawful Assistance
03000-C/14-CCR- to Voter (Misd A), 1 count 03001-C/14-CCR- Assisting Voter Violation
03002-C/14-CCR- (Misd. A) ,4 counts - Carrier
03004-C/14-CCR- Envelope Action: Person Other
03005-C/14-CCR- than voter (Misd. B), 4 counts 03006-C/14-CCR- Method of Returning Marked
03007-C/14-CCR- Ballot (Misd. B)
03008-C
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
04/08/15
E.C 86.0051 /
E.C 86.006 /
E.C 64.036
1 year Deferred Prosecution Contract for offense of
unlawfully assisting voter.
06/12/15
E.C. 86.006
Pled no contest to Method of Returning Marked Ballot
=10<20, (Class A). Sentenced to three days in county jail.
and taken into custody.
06/12/15
E.C. 86.006
Pled guilty to Method of Returning Marked Ballot <10
(Class B). Sentenced to two days county jail.
08/10/15
E.C 86.0051 /
E.C 86.006
Pled guilty to 1 count of Carrier Envelope Action by
Person Other than Voter. All other counts were
dismissed. Sentenced to 15 days conuty jail and $250.00
fine/court cost.
08/19/15
E.C 64.036/
E.C 86.010/
E.C 86.0051/
E.C 86.006
Pled guilty to one count of Class A misdemeanor
Unlawful Assistance of a Voter. All other counts were
dismissed. 12 months of deferred adjudication, $250 fine,
and refraining from handling mail ballots and assisting
voters.
Cameron
Vicenta Verino
Unlawful Assistance to Voter,
Assisting Voter Violation, Carrier
2012 Primary Election
Envelope Action: Person Other than
Runoff
voter, Method of Returning
Marked Ballot
Harris ***
Avery Ayers
Forgery/Tampering with peitition
for candidacy in lieu of filing fee
2014 General Election
1476757
1 Count of Tampering w / a
Governmental Record (State
Jail Felony)
10/06/15
P.C. 32.21
Sarah Perales
Carrier Envelope Action: Person
Other than voter, Method of
Returning Marked Ballot
2012 Primary Election
Runoff
14-CCR-02982-C
14-CCR-03009-C
1 Count - Carrier Envelope
Action: Person Other than
voter (Misd. B), 1 Count Method of Returning Marked
Ballot (Misd. B)
10/28/15
E.C. 86.006
Illegal voting (residency)
2013 Municipal Election
2014 Primary Election
6053
1 Count Illegal Voting
(Municipal)
2 Counts of Tamper w/ a Gov't
rec 1 Count of Illegal Voting
(Primary)
6054
1 Count Illegal Voting
(Municipal)
2 Counts of Tamper w/ a Gov't
rec 1 Count of Illegal Voting
(Primary)
12/07/15
CR-15-08765-B,
CR-15-08766-B
1 Count Carrier Envelope
Action: Person Other than
Voter, One count Method of
Returning Marked Ballot <10
07/11/16
Cameron
Edwards
Micheal Scotch
Edwards
Tamara Scotch
Illegal voting (residency)
2013 Municipal Election
2014 Primary Election
Hidalgo
Guadalupe "Lupe"
Rivera, Jr.
Mail in ballot violations
2013 Municipal Election
9/30/2016
Disposition**
12/07/15
Waived a jury trial and pled guilty to one count of 3rd
degree felony Forgery. Court convicted defendant and
sentenced him to five (5) years TDCJ-Institutional
Division. No fine, court costs or restitution.
Pled guilty to one Class B misdemeanor count of Method
or Returning Ballot. Court sentenced her to one year of
community supervision-deferred adjudication, plus a fine
of $150 and court costs. Defendant was ordered to refrain
from assisting voters or other politiquera activity.
E.C 64.012
Pled no contest to Count 1 of the Indictment - Illegal
voting (ineligible voter-non resident) in a plea bargain
agreement. State to dismiss counts 2, 3 & 4. Sentenced to
24 months of deferred adjudication community
supervision, $500 fine.
E.C 64.012
Pled no contest to Count 1 of the Indictment - Illegal
voting (ineligible voter-non resident) in a plea bargain
agreement. State to dismiss counts 2, 3 & 4. Sentenced to
24 months of deferred adjudication community
supervision, $500 fine.
E.C. 86.0051
Dismissed
E.C. 86.006
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Office of the Attorney General
Prosecutions Resolved
County*
Hidalgo
Hidalgo
Defendant
Guadalupe "Lupe"
Rivera, Sr.
Graciela Sanchez
Allegation
Mail in ballot violations
Mail in ballot violations
Election Involved
2013 Municipal Election
2013 Municipal Election
Cause Number
CR-15-08767-E
CR-15-08768-E
CR-15-08769-E
CR-15-08770-E
CR-15-08771-E
CR-15-08772-E
CR-15-08773-E
CR-15-08774-E
CR-15-08775-E
CR-15-08776-E
CR-15-08777-E
CR-15-08778-E
CR-15-08779-E
CR-15-08780-E
CR-15-08781-E
CR-15-08782-E
CR-15-08761-B
CR-15-08762-B
CR-15-08763-B
CR-15-08764-B
Charge(s)
Resolution Date
Election
Code/Penal
Code
Provision
1 Count Unlawful Assistance
to Voter, 6 counts Carrier
Envelope Action: Person Other
than Voter, 6 counts Method of
Returning Marked Ballot <10,
3 counts Assisting Voter
Violation
07/11/16
E.C. 64.036
07/11/16
Pled guilty to one count of Carrier Envelope Action:
Person Other than Voter, Class B misdemeanor. Pre-trial
E.C. 86.0051 diversion for a period of two years of community
supervision, pay court and probations fees, complete 24
hours of community service. Other charges dismissed.
2 counts Carrier Envelope
Action: Person Other than
Voter, 2 counts Method of
Returning Marked Ballot <10
Disposition**
Pled guilty to one count of Unlawful Assistance to a
Voter, Class A misdemeanor. Sentenced to 365 days in
jail, probated for one year of community supervision with
a $500 fine.
* County offense occurred/County offense prosecuted ** For complete information on disposition, see judgment and sentence agreement *** Prosecuted by local district/county attorney
9/30/2016
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