RIO BRAVO, Tex. (KGNS) - A man was arrested by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office in Rio Bravo after allegedly robbing ‘Las Maquinitas,’ prompting an ongoing investigation.

The Webb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a robbery on Tuesday, July 9, located on Espejo Molina Road. A woman reported that a man forcibly took money from her inside the establishment.

Surveillance footage showed a man in a red and black T-shirt with an “American Fighter” logo and blue jeans grabbing money from the victim and fleeing out the back.

After an investigation, deputies found the suspect, Sergio Javier Torres, in the HEB parking lot on Saunders Street. Torres was arrested for robbery and organized criminal activity charges. The investigation continues.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - In December 2022, Alondra Reynosa was arrested by Laredo police after allegedly being found with over 9 pounds of methamphetamine at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge. Following her arrest, Reynosa was sent to Webb County Jail and later released on a $100,000 bond.

KGNS spoke with Reynosa’s attorney, Silverio Martinez, who firmly claims her innocence. Martinez says, “She was traveling with a package that they asked her to transport as part of her business, which was bringing items, small items back and forth across the river,” Martinez said. He added, “She didn’t know because it was hidden in the items that were [inside], which was frozen meat.”

The case is ongoing in the 49th District Court.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It has been a year since former Border Patrol agent Ronald Anthony Burgos Aviles was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of a woman and their son, Dominic. On Wednesday, July 10, the District Attorney for Webb and Zapata County reflected on this significant case.

Isidro Alaniz, the District Attorney, stated that this case has been one of the greatest challenges of his career. The state was seeking the death penalty, but the jury sentenced Burgos to life in prison. The trial lasted nearly a month in 2023.

Burgos is currently appealing his case at the 8th Court of Appeals in El Paso. Alaniz remains confident in the verdict’s affirmation. “We feel confident that the Court of Appeals will affirm his verdict, just like the Juan David Ortiz verdict was affirmed by the 13th Court of Appeals,” Alaniz added. “I look forward to the case of Burgos going to the Appellate Court and being affirmed as well.”

The case was handled at the 49th District Court.

WEBB COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Laredo North Station rescued a missing Michigan mother and her baby found walking barefoot on a ranch near the I-35 checkpoint.

On Saturday, July 6, agents quickly took the woman and child to safety and called for medical help. Both had been reported missing from Michigan earlier this month. They were turned over to the Webb County Sheriff’s Office.

The Sheriff’s Office reported responding to the Border Patrol checkpoint. The woman, identified by her Michigan driver’s license, said she had run out of gas while traveling to South Padre Island. Border Patrol agents confirmed she was the mother reported missing to the Wyoming Police Department on July 3, 2024.

Sheriff’s deputies took the mother and her baby to a local hospital for a medical check. They were later returned to Wyoming, Michigan, by their family.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police arrested two people after a fight between two families on San Jose Street early Sunday, July 7.

Around 12:50 a.m., Laredo police responded to a disturbance at the 2600 block of East San Jose Street. Officers arrived to find two families involved in a physical fight.

According to police, the incident began when Sergio De Leon, 34, received a call from a 9-year-old child reporting that Rolando Vasquez, 30, had allegedly assaulted him, leaving the child with a swollen eye. The child claimed Vasquez slapped him during a disagreement over noise while playing a game. De Leon confronted Vasquez, resulting in a physical fight where De Leon reportedly struck Vasquez multiple times.

Vasquez was arrested for Injury to a Child (F2) Family Violence, while De Leon was arrested for Assault (Class A).

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A 56-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning, July 8, after a stabbing in the 9600 block of Atlanta Drive, the Laredo Police Department said.

Officers responded to a call at about 2:34 a.m. and found a man with an injury to his stomach. The man was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said a verbal argument turned into a fight, leading to the stabbing. Ruben Navarro, 56, was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A 45-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, July 3, during an undercover prostitution operation at a local hotel, the Laredo Police Department said.

Officers arrested Hector Ramos-Trevino at about 3:04 p.m. after he allegedly agreed to pay for a sexual encounter and meet at the hotel. Police said they arrested Ramos-Trevino as he entered the hotel room.

Ramos-Trevino has been charged with solicitation of prostitution, a state jail felony, according to the department.