Former Eagle Pass City Manager Pleads Guilty to Making A False Statement to An FBI Agent
Former City of Eagle Pass, Texas City Manager Hector Chavez, Sr. plead guilty to Count Four of a four count indictment pursuant to a Plea Agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office on Thursday, March 30, 2017, before United States District Judge Alia Moses for the Western District of Texas, Del Rio Division, in Del Rio, Texas.
Chavez was indicted on April 15, 2016 by a federal grand jury in Del Rio, Texas, charging him with four counts, including paying a bribe of approximately $20,000 to a Maverick County Commissioner for allegedly intending to influence the Commissioner to secure a contract for a Maverick County landfill project during May 2012 through June 2012; forging a personal services contract to conceal from authorities the alleged kick-back paid to the Maverick County Commissioner; provided this falsified personal services contract in response to a federal grand jury subpoena in order to obstruct justice; and making false statements to a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning the legitimacy of this personal services contract.
Chavez resigned as City Manager of Eagle Pass, Texas in writing by letter dated April 15, 2016, after being arrested on the federal grand jury indictment.
The City of Eagle Pass, Texas accepted Chavez’s resignation as City Manager and appointed former City Manager and Eagle Pass Water Works System General Manager Roberto Gonzalez as Interim City Manager at an April 25, 2016 Special City Council Meeting.
Read more: http://www.epbusinessjournal.com/2017/03/breaking-news-former-eagle-pass-city-manager-hector-chavez-sr-pleads-guilty-to-making-a-false-statement-to-an-fbi-agent/
