(New Braunfels, TX) — New Braunfels Police are investigating allegations of possible fraud and forgery after a local resident signed a sworn affidavit claiming that his name and signature appeared on the recently submitted petition to recall Dist. 5 Councilman Bryan Miranda, even though he never signed such a petition. Because the case is an ongoing investigation, police officials are not releasing the name of the individual making those allegations, but New Braunfels Police Captain John McDonald confirmed that they are looking into the issue, and could possibly turn over the investigation to the Texas Rangers, if enough evidence is found to validate those claims.
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Captain McDonald says the local investigation continues, and could possibly mean that every one of the 279 signatures on that petition would have to be checked as part of that effort. The Texas Rangers would be called in to avoid any appearance of conflict. If that investigation gets turned over to the Rangers, we’ll have more updates.
In other police news: New Braunfels Police helped San Marcos Police catch a suspect who has now been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Late Friday into early Saturday morning, local officers were contacted by San Marcos Police, and asked to check a New Braunfels residence to see if they could locate a man believed to be the suspect in a disturbance inside the City of San Marcos where a man was allegedly using a gun in a threatening manner. Local officers then went to a home in the 16-hundred block of Sunblossom Circle, in the Sungate Subdivision (off West County Line Road and Pahmeyer Road). New Braunfels Police located the man in question, identified as 23-year old Zachary Heggy, and they located a small caliber handgun in a vehicle outside the home. Heggy was taken into custody and handed over to San Marcos Police, who then took the New Braunfels man to the Hays County Jail, where he was booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was released the following day after posting a 75-hundred dollar bond.
A 21-year old New Braunfels man was arrested over the weekend on DWI and drug-related charges after he crashed his car in downtown New Braunfels. At around 1:40am Sunday, officers were called to the 200 block of South Seguin Street in downtown New Braunfels for reports a single vehicle accident. Officers arrived on the scene to find a white SUV that had come to a stop on the sidewalk in front of the Faust Hotel. Police officials say an unidentified eyewitness heard the loud crash and went to check on the driver, and believed the man was intoxicated, so he took the keys to the SUV to keep him from driving away. Officers say they also believed the driver was intoxicated, and he was taken to Christus New Braunfels Hospital for a voluntary blood draw. Officers on the scene also found a number of marijuana cigarettes inside the vehicle, and 21-year old Joshua Allen Terrell was arrested for DWI and possession of marijuana. He was released later that same day after posting a 3-thousand dollar bond.
