Argument turns violent at Kyle home
Kyle police arrested a 21-year-old man for severely beating another man in a dispute at a Kyle home, court records show.
Oscar Uribe-Sanchez of Kyle was arrested Sept. 19 after police say he seriously injured Derek Mathewson, 22, who was a visitor at his home on Post Circle Road, an affidavit used to secure an arrest warrant says.
The day following the alleged incident, Mathewson told police that he and Uribe-Sanchez had been drinking Sept. 16 around 6 p.m. when they began to argue. Uribe-Sanchez punched him in the face, which forced Mathewson to fall to the ground unconscious, says the affidavit, written by Officer James Jones.
A witness informed police that Uribe-Sanchez continued to hit and kick Mathewson on the ground. Mathewson’s mother also advised police that her son had to be transported to Brackenridge Hospital to be treated for multiple fractures of the bone around his eye and three locations where his brain was bleeding, according to the affidavit.
Uribe-Sanchez is charged with aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony. He was released from Hays County Jail Sept. 28 on a $15,000 bond, jail records show.
Buda sex offender caught in Mexico
A sex offender from Buda was arrested in Mexico last week after fleeing the country to avoid arrest for failing to register as a sex offender in Hays County, authorities say.
Dustin McFall, 34, was apprehended in the border town of Nuevo Laredo at about 7:15 p.m. on Oct. 5. He was later handed over to U.S. law enforcement, the U.S. Marshals Service says.
Based on local interviews, authorities determined McFall crossed into Mexico when he became aware of impending warrants related to his lifetime sex offender registration requirement. Mexican law enforcement nabbed McFall after they established surveillance in a local Nuevo Laredo neighborhood, authorities say.
McFall is now under investigation by U.S. Marshals for violation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act (Adam Walsh Act), which imposes federal penalties for registered sex offenders who fail to maintain their registration requirements.
This was not the first time McFall had fled to Mexico. In February 2010, he and a 14-year-old runaway drove to the border country after they were accused of breaking into a home in Kyle, according to previously published reports.
McFall and the boy were eventually detained by the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office upon re-entering the U.S. from Mexico. On April 6, 2010, McFall was booked into Hays County Jail on two felony counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact as a result of his relationship with the boy, court records show.
In March, McFall accepted a plea agreement to both felonies and was sentenced to time served, 10 years probation and the sex offender requirement. The Hays County District Attorney’s Office reopened the case last week and is set to prosecute McFall on probation violations, records show.
Circumstances surrounding the McFall case led to the firing of former Kyle Police Officer Karl Cranek after questions arose over whether he properly investigated the scene when he found McFall in the boy’s company shortly before they absconded across the border.
11 years later, man jailed on sex abuse charges
A 35-year-old Houston man has been locked up at Hays County Jail on 11 counts of aggravated sexual assault with a child, stemming from incidents more than a decade ago, jail records say.
Tony Martinez is accused of abusing a 10-year-old family member while her mother worked, according to an affidavit used to secure an arrest warrant.
The victim, now 21, told authorities that Martinez had sexual contact with her multiple times during 1998 and 2000, the affidavit, written by Hays County Sheriff’s Office Det. Jeri Skrocki, says.
Signed in October 2009, the affidavit said that Martinez was aware of the allegations but could not be located. Martinez was eventually arrested and released in June 2010. He was jailed again Sept. 19 and remains there after his bond doubled to $100,000.
A jury trial has been set for Nov. 14 at the 22nd District Court in San Marcos. Each of his 11 first-degree felony charges carries a punishment of five to 99 years in prison. His court-appointed attorney Robert Caine had no comment.
