A former Texas jailer from Laredo, Hector Humberto Rodriguez Jr., 28, was slapped with charges for the sexual assault and civil rights violations of two female inmates, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Southern Texas dropped the bombshell yesterday.
The ex-guard from the Webb County Sheriff's Department, who's been accused of using his position to predate on women behind bars, was hit with a five-count indictment by a federal grand jury on February 6; word of the charges hit the streets when the cuffs clamped on him, as subsequently said by U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani in a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Rodriguez awaits his day in court for a heinous exploit; if the gavel finds him guilty, he could be staring down the bleak eternity of a life sentence, with each indictment count possibly dumping a $250,000 fine on his lap – it's a reckoning for the crimes he allegedly committed within the confines of Webb County Jail.
The feds, including the FBI and the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General, are investigating. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brandon Scott Bowling and Leslie Ann Cortez are prepared to prosecute. The accused is in limbo, presumed innocent until proven otherwise by the wheels of justice.
