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Breaking Bond: Some students remain in jail after taking gun to school
FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace explains in this edition of 'Breaking Bond.'
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - Police say the guns the three students carried inside two area high schools were loaded.
One weapon was a semi-automatic rifle with 16 rounds of ammunition.
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"Everybody's talking about what happened in Santa Fe, what happened in Uvalde, this is something waiting to happen again here," said Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers.
On March 21, 21-year-old Christopher Hair is charged with possessing a gun at Huffman Elementary School.
"Mr. Hair was at Huffman Elementary School, had a gun in his jeans pocket, and was allegedly seen on closed circuit television breaking into a Huffman ISD's employee's car and stealing identification documents," said the magistrate in probable cause court.
"This guy's got a rap sheet, yay long. He was already out on multiple bonds at the time," Kahan said.
Hair's bond was set at $40,000.
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On April 26, 19-year-old senior Adan De La Cruz allegedly took a loaded gun to Sam Houston High School.
"Not just a pistol, but a 30-round magazine attached to that pistol," said the magistrate during his probable cause hearing.
The magistrate pointed out De La Cruz was caught after he allegedly posted a photo of himself holding the gun in the restroom at the High School.
De La Cruz remains jailed in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
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On April 28, 18-year-old junior Valerie Rodriguez and her 19-year-old boyfriend Raphael Ortega allegedly had a loaded rifle inside Cesar Chavez High School.
"Lo and behold in the backpack was a semi-automatic rifle loaded with 16 rounds of ammunition," Kahan said. "That's in a school in the middle of the day."
"I believe the nature of the offense requires a high bond to ensure the safety of the community given the location is a high school," the magistrate said during the probable cause hearing. "Hundreds of students were present at the time."
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The magistrate set Rodriguez's bond at $50,000 and Ortega's bond at $75,000.
But 178th Criminal District Court Judge Kelli Johnson raised both their bond amounts to $200,000.
They both remain behind bars.