Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Two held in stabbing released

Marketplace \| Services \| Contact Us \| Community \| Arts & Entertainment \| Local Guides

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Tuesday, September 26, 2000

Two held in stabbing released
Bonds in Limon case drop to $25,000 each
By Dan Parker
Caller-Times

Franco

Two men jailed in connection with the stabbing death of 19-year-old Henry Limon were released from jail Monday after a judge lowered their bonds.
   Mark Patino and Michael Franco, both 17, were being held at Nueces County Jail on bonds of $100,000 each, but District Judge Mike Westergren reduced their bonds to $25,000 each.
   Westergren ordered Patino and Franco to avoid contact with Limon's family.
   Attorneys for Patino and Franco said their clients are not dangerous and will return to court for future hearings. The attorneys said Patino and Franco are innocent.

Patino

   Limon was stabbed at about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 9 as he walked in the 3200 block of Highland Avenue with three other men. A gray car with five men inside pulled up next to Limon and his friends, the groups exchanged words and a fight broke out, police said.
   Police have said the homicide was gang related. But attorney Jimmy Granberry, who represents Patino, said his client is not a gang member. Attorney Hector Gonzalez said his client, Franco, also is not a gang member.
   Sylvester Constante, 18, of Crystal City, and brothers Ramsey Torres, 20, and Eugene Torres, 18, also have been arrested in the case. The Torres brothers are free on $100,000 bond. Constante was being held Monday at Nueces County Jail on $100,000 bond.
   A grand jury has indicted Patino, Franco and Eugene Torres on charges of murder and engaging in organized criminal activity. Cases against Ramsey Torres and Constante have not yet been presented to the grand jury.


Staff writer Dan Parker can be reached at 886-3746 or by e-mail at parkerd@caller.com

| Talk about this story | Next Story | Home |

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

[ Printer-friendly version ]
[ Subscribe to newspaper ]

SEND THIS PAGE TO A FRIEND

[an error occurred while processing this directive]