Zavala County Deputies Arrest Felon After Tactical Entry At Crystal City Apartment
Zavala County deputies made a tactical entry at the Villa Hermosa Apartments in Crystal City early Sunday, Nov. 1, to arrest a convicted felon accused of choking a woman and threatening officers, according to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies also made several other arrests over the Spinach Festival weekend.
CRYSTAL CITY, Texas – Zavala County deputies made a tactical entry into a Crystal City apartment early Sunday, Nov. 1, to arrest a convicted felon accused of assaulting a woman and making threats toward responding officers, according to the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies were called to a reported domestic violence incident at the Villa Hermosa Apartments at about 1:32 a.m., according to a sheriff’s office press release. They found a woman and her children outside. Information gathered at the scene indicated that an assault had happened and that the man was inside the apartment with a firearm after making threats toward law enforcement, according to the release.
Deputies set up a perimeter and entered the home, and the man, identified as Jaime Gilberto Jilpas, 41, was taken into custody without further incident, the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies recovered an unserialized firearm from inside the apartment, and a background check showed Jilpas is a convicted felon, according to the release. He was booked into the Zavala County Jail on a charge of assault on a family or household member by impeding breath or circulation, a third-degree felony. Additional firearm-related charges are pending review, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office credited six deputies for resolving what it called a high-risk situation without injury to the victim, her family or officers.
Bar fight arrest
About half an hour earlier, at about 1 a.m., deputies responded to a fight inside the MVP Sports Bar, according to a separate sheriff’s office post. Deputy Jose Camarillo escorted one man outside while a second deputy found Guillermo Gaytan III showing visible signs of a fight. Statements at the scene showed an earlier dispute between the two men turned into a fight in which the victim was injured, according to the post. Gaytan was arrested on a charge of assault causing bodily injury and booked into the Zavala County Jail.
Other weekend arrests
- Spinach Festival grounds: At about 9:04 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, a deputy found and arrested Mario Urrabazo Jr. at the Spinach Festival Fairgrounds on several active Zavala County warrants for criminal mischief, according to the sheriff’s office.
- U.S. Highway 57 west of Batesville: At about 12:25 a.m. Nov. 1, a deputy stopped a 2015 Ford Explorer for a defective license plate light. The driver, Francisco J. Perez Marrufo, was taken into custody after deputies confirmed through the federal 287(g) program that he was in the country illegally, according to the sheriff’s office.
- Highway 57 east of La Pryor: At about 2 a.m. Nov. 1, Sgt. Hernandez found a white Ford sedan in a ditch near Clamp Street. The driver, Erick Noel Wong Maldonado, said a deer ran onto the highway. The sergeant saw an open alcoholic beverage container by the driver’s door, and Maldonado admitted drinking and being in the country illegally, according to the sheriff’s office. He was taken to the Zavala County Jail under the 287(g) program.
The sheriff’s office said all suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Read our earlier coverage: Zavala County Deputies Arrest Man During Operation Trick Or Track Sex Offender Checks
Sources: Zavala County Sheriff’s Office press release on Villa Hermosa arrest | Zavala County Sheriff’s Office post on MVP Sports Bar arrest | Zavala County Sheriff’s Office post on Spinach Festival arrest | Zavala County Sheriff’s Office post on Highway 57 stop | Zavala County Sheriff’s Office post on La Pryor crash
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