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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Kerrville Police kill fugitive; Bandera Co. ex-deputy off to Big House

Ex-deputy in Bandera County headed to prison
A former Bandera County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 40 months in prison and fined $4,000 for misusing his government computer access as part of a narcotics trafficking conspiracy, court records show.
Thomas Cuellar, who’d worked as a bailiff/warrant officer at the Sheriff’s Department for three years until his arrest in 2011, was given until Jan 26 to surrender under the sentencing agreement approved last month by U.S. District Court Judge Alia Moses in Del Rio.
Cuellar, a resident of Hondo, was among 15 defendants allegedly linked to the Texas Syndicate, a prison gang, arrested in September 2011 in Medina and Uvalde Counties in a sweep led by the FBI and the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.

Kerrville officer kills fugitive during chase
Michael Clyde Lynch reportedly said “he’s not going back to jail, no matter what,” the Kerr sheriff said.

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5 comments:

  1. Did the deceased have a weapon?

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  2. My antennas are starting to go up on the Michael Lynch homicide, as a week has passed and the KPD has not released the name of the shooter, whether Lynch was armed or the circumstances which caused the officer to take lethal action. I have seen a steady stream of information regarding what a bad guy the deceased was, to include a detailed list of past petty crimes and either statements or hearsay regarding his position on going back to jail. Having the Texas Rangers involved in the investigation does not give me comfort that there will be an impartial investigation.

    I hope Lynch was armed and that he presented a credible threat to the officer that killed him, however I would not bet on that outcome at this point.

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  3. I know some of the officers involved and know pretty much what happened. Lynch told friends that he'd never go back to prison and the cops couldn't take him alive. Cops had credible threat and any court would throw this one out on summary judgment.

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  4. I know some of the officers involved and know pretty much what happened. Lynch told friends that he'd never go back to prison and the cops couldn't take him alive. Cops had credible threat and any court would throw this one out on summary judgment.

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  5. Does that hold true if he was unarmed? I don't think so.

    Was he shot while he was running? And who are the people that reported that he would not be taken alive? Are they reliable and credible? Too many questions here to jump to conclusions as to how a judge would rule, provided it is not a local judge. I see the machinery starting to work. If this is such a slam dunk for the police, why the radio silence? There is a foul odor here.

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