Arrest affidavits detail San Marcos traffic stop leading to man’s arrest, ICE detainment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n According to the affidavits, an officer responded at approximately 3:55 a.m. to 1800 Post Rd., where a caller reported her 15-year-old daughter was attempting to leave the apartment and get into a red truck. On the way, the officer spotted a red truck, confirmed the license plate matched the caller\u2019s report and initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of Aquarena Springs Drive and Charles Austin Drive.<\/p>\n
The driver was identified in the affidavit as Esteban Victor Reyes, 17, and the affidavit states he refused repeated commands to exit the vehicle. Video recorded by the family during the stop captured part of the exchange, including an officer telling the teen to get out of the truck \u201cfor case law,\u201d prompting the teen to question what that meant.<\/p>\n
His father, Gerardo Gonzalez Reyes, 44, who was seated in the passenger seat, grabbed Esteban\u2019s right arm and physically prevented officers from removing him from the truck, the affidavit states. The affidavit also says Gerardo repeatedly told officers they would not be taking Esteban out of the vehicle. Video recorded during the stop shows Gerardo holding onto his son, but does not appear to show him telling officers they would not be taking Esteban out of the truck. In the recording, he can be heard asking why his son was being treated that way and saying he is a minor.<\/p>\n
\u201cI approached the driver’s side door and again ordered Esteban to exit the vehicle,\u201d the officer wrote in the affidavit. \u201cHe continued to refuse lawful commands. I then reached into the vehicle and physically removed Esteban, consistent with the authority established in Pennsylvania v. Mimms, which permits officers to order a driver out of a lawfully stopped vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s my son. Why are you treating him that way? What did he do to you?\u201d Gerardo can be heard saying in the recording. \u201cHe is a minor. He is only 17.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both Esteban and his father were arrested on charges of interference with public duties and transported to the Hays County Law Enforcement Center.<\/p>\n
Authorities later determined the 15-year-old girl had never left her residence. The family has said the teen is Esteban\u2019s girlfriend and that he had gone to the apartment to drop off items, but she never came outside.<\/p>\n
Family members said the arrest has had a significant impact and should not have escalated. \u201cIt\u2019s tearing us apart day by day,\u201d said his wife, San Juan Escalante. Gerardo\u2019s daughter, Guadalupe Sarinana, criticized how the situation unfolded: \u201cIf you’re asking where your kid is, look, actually look into your house before having somebody’s life turned upside down.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the pair was booked into jail, the arresting officer learned Gerardo Gonzalez Reyes was subject to an existing immigration detainer issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. San Marcos police said the officer was not aware of the detainer while on scene. \u201cThe department had no role in or knowledge of the immigration enforcement involving ICE, as this occurred post-booking into the Hays County Jail,\u201d the police department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Gonzalez Reyes remains in federal custody pending removal proceedings, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which cited prior DWI convictions in 2004 and 2005.<\/p>\n
The case has drawn protests and scrutiny of local law enforcement\u2019s cooperation with federal immigration authorities. In a letter dated April 2 to ICE Field Office Director Miguel Vergara, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra wrote he was \u201cextremely troubled\u201d by the circumstances. Becerra wrote that Gonzalez Reyes has been a San Antonio resident for several decades, is the primary financial provider for his family and that his wife is disabled, and noted that his three children are U.S. citizens.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an immigrant myself, I write to ask that you compassionately exercise discretion in this circumstance, as ICE has rightly done on numerous occasions, by reunifying this hurting family,\u201d Becerra wrote.<\/p>\n
Becerra also said he contacted Chief Standridge and the Hays County Commissioners Court, urging them to communicate concerns to ICE and support the family\u2019s reunification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN MARCOS, Texas – Police have disciplined an officer and announced a series of policy changes after an…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":792241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-792240","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-san-antonio","10":"tag-sanantonio","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116564475979204944","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}