The Brownwood Police Department responded to several calls and cases over the weekend.
Foot As A Deadly Weapon
Late Friday night, officer Aaron Taylor was dispatched to an apartment complex in the 500 block of main street on a report of a man laying down in the parking lot bleeding.
Police reports state that when officer Taylor arrived on the scene, he observed a person laying face down in the parking lot in a large pool of blood with multiple head injuries. According to the report, the victim told police that a man had punched him in the face and stomped on his head multiple times beating it into the asphalt parking lot. The victim was taken to Brownwood Regional Medical Center for treatment.
Upon investigating the area, officer Taylor questioned 32-year-old Felix Toro about the incident. According to police reports, Toro told several different stories regarding where he was and what he was doing during the beating. Toro also said that he thought that the victim was a child molester, but did not touch him.
The report indicates that based on evidence collected at the scene and eyewitness accounts, officer Taylor arrested Toro for Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
Officer Taylor explains in the report, “the investigation revealed that Toro used his foot in a way that was capable of causing death or serious bodily injury. Based on this, Toro’s foot complies with the Texas Penal Code’s definition of a deadly weapon.”
Toro’s pajama pants that he was wearing were checked for blood stains and collected as evidence.
Toro is being held on $25,000 bond in the Brown County Jail as of Monday morning.
Woman Arrested Twice Over The Weekend
On Friday, officer Shade Tidwell was called to a minor traffic accident in the 400 block of W Commerce. According to officer Tidwell’s report, he questioned the driver of the first vehicle about the incident. The passenger in this first vehicle was transported Brownwood Regional Medical Center for possible neck injuries.
According to reports, officer Tidwell questioned the driver of the second vehicle identified as 49-year-old Rebecca Lucinda Krnavek. The report notes that as officer Tidwell questioned Krnavek, he noted that her speech was slurred and she was slow at responding to questions. Krnavek told officer Tidwell that she had not had any alcoholic beverage, but had taken 4 tablets of her prescription for Ambien according to police reports.
Krnavek agreed to take the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and did poorly according to reports.
The report indicates that after a short on site investigation, officer Tidwell believed that she had taken more than 4 pills and she was taken to Brownwood Regional Medical Center where she consented to have a blood sample drawn for analysis. She was arrested and taken to Brown County Jail for Driving While Intoxicated. She made bail on Saturday.
Close to midnight on Saturday night, officer Slayton arrested Krnavek again for public intoxication. The police report states that Krnavek was stumbling as she walked and almost fell into the road.
She stated that she wanted to get to her motel room. Officer Slayton states in the report that he believed that she was intoxicated to the point that she was a danger to herself and others. The report also says that Krnavek said that she had taken Ambien.
Two Arrested On Drug Charges
On Friday evening, officer Danny Hutchins was dispatched to an apartment in the 600 block of Melwood for possible drug use.
A police report states that Hutchins knocked on the door of the apartment and was met by 32-year-old Ronnie Lee Keith, Jr. of Brownwood. Hutchins also saw 21-year-old Windie Gail Wilson in the apartment.
Keith consented to a search of the apartment where officer Hutchins found a small bag of marijuana and a small glass marijuana pipe.
Both Keith and Wilson were arrested for possession of Marijuana and taken to Brown County Jail.
Two Cases of No Driver’s License
Late Saturday, officer Aaron Taylor conducted a traffic stop in the 1300 block of 3rd St. The police report states that the driver, 36-year-old Oscar Oviedo Zuniga could not locate his proof of insurance and did not have his drivers license with him. Taylor discovered that Zuniga had multiple suspensions of his drivers license on record. Zuniga was arrested for driving while license invalid and taken to Brown County Jail.
–In an unrelated case on early Monday morning, officer Slayton made a traffic stop at the corner of 4th St. and Coggin Ave. 35-year-old Santo V. Sanchez was arrested for driving while license invalid. Dispatch indicated that Sanchez had multiple suspensions of his license.