Bounty hunter nabs the wrong guy
RAYMONDVILLE — Two bounty hunters remained in the Willacy County Jail on Wednesday after they nabbed an 18-year-old Raymondville man they mistook for a fugitive, a police detective said Wednesday.
“They had the wrong guy,” Detective Andres Maldonado said. “They pretty much abducted him.”
The three bounty hunters nabbed Ruben Sanchez, 18, after they stopped his car in the 200 block of San Francisco Street at about 11:30 p.m. Monday, Maldonado said.
Troy Berry, 47, of Mississippi and Bruce Berry, 38, of Tennessee remained in jail Wednesday morning, Sheriff Larry Spence said.
Shane Valverde, 32, of Alice, a third bounty hunter, was released Tuesday night after posting $42,000 bond, Spence said.
Tuesday, Raymondville Municipal Judge Hector “Tiger” Huerta charged the men with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of unlawful restraint, Spence said.
Huerta set bail at $40,000 for Troy Berry and Bruce Berry, Spence said.
Valverde was also charged with one count of accident causing damage, officials said.
The men pulled guns on Sanchez after Valverde pulled an SUV in front of his car, Maldonado said.
“They exited the vehicle brandishing weapons — a hand-held shotgun, handguns and a Taser,” Maldonado said. “They ordered Mr. Sanchez out of the car, put him in handcuffs and put him in the (SUV).”
Witnesses in Sanchez’s car gave a patrolman descriptions of the SUV, which a Willacy County deputy stopped on Hidalgo Avenue before police arrested the men, Maldonado said.
Sanchez was not injured, he said.
