Louis Brandon Jaime
Kyle resident, Jaime, 23, was arrested on May, 6, 2021, for one count of sexual assault of a child and one count of burglary of habitation, intend sexual offense — a second-degree felony and a first-degree felony. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 18, 2024 in front of 207th District Judge Tracie Wright-Reneau.
According to court documents, on or about Nov. 20, 2020, an interview was conducted with a 16-year-old girl who alleged that she had sexual intercourse with Jaime approximately four times in January 2020 at her house.
The minor stated that she and the defendant had been talking since she was in eighth grade and that Jaime visited her home multiple times until her father came home early and called the police. Although he was told to stay away from their home, “he clearly didn’t,” stated the minor. Several times in January 2020, the two had unprotected sex. The victim believes that he was aware of her age.
The probable cause for the arrest read that the minor had previously told her older sister about the incidents, where her sister recorded their conversation and later gave the recording to police. Officers involved noted that both recounts were consistent with each other. At the time of the incident, the minor would have been 15 years old and Jaime would have been 19 years old.
Court documents noted that Jaime was aware of her age and knew that the parents did not want him on the property based on prior incidents.
Jaime's punishment hearing is scheduled for March 12.
Jarden Paul Coons
Coons, 23, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance to a minor- fentanyl and accepted a plea bargain agreement on Nov. 20, 2023. His punishment hearing was held on Jan. 22, 2024 in front of 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt.
On Dec. 20, 2022, Coons delivered fentanyl to a minor, according to court documents. Later, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and EMS were dispatched to an overdose of a 14 year old, who was found unresponsive and barely breathing. The victim was given Narcan and recovered.
The victim showed detectives the Instagram account of the drug dealer who allegedly sold the minor two “percs,” which was taken before overdosing. Percocet, or “perc,” is a pain medication that contains oxycodone and acetaminophen and is highly addictive. After conducting a search warrant of both th victims' and the alleged drug dealer's Instagram, HCSO identified Coons as the perpetrator.
“[The reporting deputy] is aware through training and current events that fentanyl overdose incidents and deaths are on the rise nation-wide and that several students in Hays County have died from fentanyl overdose. Due to the multiple investigations, [the deputy] believes the defendant is a contributor to the fentanyl circulating among students and juveniles in the Hays County area,” read court documents.
The plea bargain Coons accepted has the following terms:
• The state is to dismiss the charge of possession of a dangerous drug, possession of a controlled substance- cocaine- less than one gram and manufacture/delivery controlled substance penalty group 3 or 4, less than 28 grams
• 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, suspended for 10 years (probation)
• $2,000 fine
• $288 restitution
• $60 adult community supervision fee to be paid monthly
• Psychological/drug/alcohol abuse evaluation with counseling and/or treatment as recommended, up to and including inpatient
• 250 hours community service
• The defendant agrees not to seek early termination
Jon Freese
Freese, 38, was charged with one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child, two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child by exposure. His indictment states that on Sept. 18, 2005, Sept. 18, 2007, Sept. 18, 2008 and Sept. 1, 2012, Freese conducted sexual relations with a child younger than 14 years old. His trial began on Jan. 22, where the jury found Freese guilty on one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. His punishment hearing is scheduled for March 28 in front of 274th District Judge Gary Steel.
Immanuel Bustamante
Bustamante, a resident of Kyle, 20, accepted a plea bargain agreement on Jan. 23 after being charged with two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact.
On May, 12, 2023, a crying child visited their middle school counselor, stating that they had been assaulted by a relative. According to the alleged victim, she had visited her father’s house for a sibling’s birthday party when her older cousin, Bustamante, walked into her room drunk the next morning, asking to use her cell phone. Afterwards, he stated that he wanted to sleep in her bed. The child left the room and Bustamante followed her into the living room and then back into the bedroom. There, they laid down and he began touching her. The child said that she believes the only reason he stopped touching her was because he fell asleep.
Bustamante denied touching the child when later interviewed.
His plea bargain agreement is as follows:
• 2 years TDCJ
• $0 fine
• Credit for 182 days served while waiting for trial
• Upon release, he would meet the all the requirements for sex offender registration
This case was overseen by Judge Neidhardt.
Robert Meyer
Meyer, 42, was arrested on July 8, 2022 for publish/threat to publish intimate visual material, harassment and possession. He pleaded guilty on Jan. 23 in front of Judge Neidhardt.
Prior to his arrest, officers responded to a request for assistance at the Jack in the Box in Kyle and discovered that the suspect’s car belonged to Meyer, who had active warrants for arrest.
According to the affidavit, officers took a report for harassment in April 2022, from the defendant’s ex-girlfriend. She showed officers various recordings of Meyer expressing anger and frustration with the victim through vulgar messages over the course of three months. The victim’s current boyfriend told officers that Meyer had sent several sexually explicit photographs of the victim to him.
Officers determined that the defendant sent intimate images with the intent to harm the victim’s reputation.
Upon transferring Meyer to the Hays County Jail, jail staff inventoried the suspects wallet which had a “clear plastic bag filled with a clear, crystalline substance.” The officer stated that this was methamphetamine.
Meyer accepted a plea bargain agreement with the following terms:
• The state will dismiss the publish/threat to publish intimate visual material
• 2 years TDCJ, suspended for 5 years
• $1,500 fine
• $180 and $108 restitution
• $60 adult community supervision fee to be paid monthly
• Psychological/drug/alcohol abuse evaluation with counseling and/or treatment as recommended, up to and including inpatient
• 100 hours community service
• No contact with the victims
• The state will not oppose early termination after 2.5 years under the following conditions: strict compliance with all community supervision conditions; all fines fees costs and restitution paid in full on or before 2.5 years; all community service hours ordered regardless of whether defendant has completed the number of hours per month ordered in the conditions of community supervision; and satisfactory completion of any and all counseling or treatment recommended.
Andrew Alan Brown
Brown was arrested on Aug. 23, 2021, for three charges of indecency with a child, second-degree felonies, two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, first-degree felony, and one count of sexual abuse of a child under 14. According to court documents, Brown did then and there knowingly and intentionally commit two or more acts of sexual abuse from June 2021 to August 2021. His trial began on Jan. 22.
According to trial testimony in front of 207th District Judge Tracie Wright-Reneau, the victim “had a sleepover” with Brown and his children, whom she frequently played with. Allegedly, after returning home, the mother learned of the acts after she asked her daughter whether or not she went to bed on time. When her daughter answered no, she asked why. The victim, who was 8 years old at the time of the assault, detailed the personal and violating acts that Brown performed on her, while Brown sat composed and listened to her recount. This is one of numerous times that incidents occurred, alleged the state.
In cross examination, Brown’s lawyer, Amber Vazquez, asked “Do you remember saying something pretty different” when everything began. She asked if it was more difficult to remember after all these years and the girl agreed.
Other testimonies included officers, the nurse who examined the child and more.
At the end, the state attorney asked the girl what her one job was at the trial: “To tell the truth,” she said.
After a short deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict. According to District Attorney Kelly Higgins, Brown was taken into custody after the jury delivered its verdict and will have a punishment hearing in the coming weeks.
