A member of the Hays CISD’s Facilities and Bond Oversight Committee (FBOC) was arrested earlier this month on charges of family violence.
Matthew Ocker, 42, of Buda was arrested by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office Feb. 3 on charges of assault/family violence and injury to a child, both third-degree felonies. He was released from custody the next day on bonds totaling $20,000, as set by Justice of the Peace Pct. 1, Place 2 Maggie Moreno.
According to the affidavit of probable cause for his arrest, the incident occurred on Jan. 19 during a “standard visitation” at Ocker’s Buda home involving a female child under the age of 17. During a forensic interview on Jan. 22, the victim said Ocker became angry when she spilled apple juice. She said she “fell to the floor” because she was scared, after which Ocker started “kicking me like five or six times” and she said that he pulled her by the hair and choked her.
The forensic interviewer quoted her as saying she “couldn’t really breathe” and it “felt like half my air was draining out of me.” Ocker was appointed to the FBOC by District 5 Representative Esperanza Orosco, who was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 2016.
