A Lufkin man convicted of resisting arrest in his own home after police mistook him for a burglar was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Marco Sauceda, 30, entered County Court-at-Law No. 2 Judge Derek Flournoy’s courtroom Wednesday morning wearing a tan button down shirt and navy dress slacks, but by the end of the day found himself in county orange.
Following a one-day trial and four-hour deliberation, a six-panel Angelina County jury concluded Sauceda was guilty of resisting arrest on March 15, 2009, while being pepper-sprayed, shot with a pepper ball gun and wrestled to the ground by nine Lufkin Police officers in his own living room, according to testimony.
In closing arguments Wednesday morning, Sauceda’s defense attorney, Ryan Deaton, chronicled how his client was wronged by Lufkin Police when they entered his home at 111 Finley St. on a report of a black male kicking in the front door, called in by a neighbors.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Man guilty of evading arrest: Mistaken for a burglar in his own home
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HOw in the world do 12 people say "we believe he has been wronged" yet find him guilty?
ReplyDeleteHow do these pigs* and tyrants think this will go when people finally realize they have no chance at a fair trial?
How many will - as Vanderboegh put it - "opt instead for an unfair gunfight"?
God help us - and GOD SAVE OUR REPUBLIC!
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*Peace-officers ain't PIGS - if you don't know the difference, it's pretty clear which one YOU are...
"opt instead for an unfair gunfight"?
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It's comin, I'm afraid
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*Peace-officers ain't PIGS - if you don't know the difference, it's pretty clear which one YOU are...
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Well said.