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<blockquote data-quote="_CY_" data-source="post: 2899443" data-attributes="member: 7629"><p><span style="font-size: 22px">The Houston Man Who Refused to Plead Guilty Does Not Want an Apology</span></p><p> August 15, 2016 </p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/images1.houstonpress.com_imager_u_blog_8667537_7606416730_26cb8b5536_z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>His attorney told him he could be out of jail in ten days if he took the plea deal — but 58-year-old Gilbert Cruz refused, saying he wasn’t going to plead guilty to something he didn’t do.</p><p></p><p>He had just been booked on charges of interfering with the duties of a public servant, after a former neighbor, whom Cruz says was recently homeless, called the police on him when Cruz told her he wouldn’t allow her to stay with him. Then she accused Cruz of beating her.</p><p></p><p>The arrest that would lead to more than two months in Harris County Jail and cause Cruz to lose his job and his car and almost his home, however, had nothing to do with assault — an accusation police and prosecutors agreed did not withstand scrutiny.</p><p></p><p>On May 14, after a Harris County sheriff’s deputy arrived at Cruz's northwest Houston apartment, he asked Cruz to leave the apartment so he could interview the woman alone. Cruz, explaining that the woman did not live there, said he did not feel comfortable leaving his own home, and he asked the deputy to interview the woman outside instead — an idea that apparently did not sit well with the officer. When Cruz would not leave, Deputy R. Delgado forcibly removed him — then punched him in the face. Delgado cuffed him, and backup showed up to haul Cruz off to jail for interfering with the investigation.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-houston-man-who-refused-to-plead-guilty-does-not-want-an-apology-8667533" target="_blank">http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-houston-man-who-refused-to-plead-guilty-does-not-want-an-apology-8667533</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="_CY_, post: 2899443, member: 7629"] [SIZE=6]The Houston Man Who Refused to Plead Guilty Does Not Want an Apology[/SIZE] August 15, 2016 [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/images1.houstonpress.com_imager_u_blog_8667537_7606416730_26cb8b5536_z.jpg[/IMG] His attorney told him he could be out of jail in ten days if he took the plea deal — but 58-year-old Gilbert Cruz refused, saying he wasn’t going to plead guilty to something he didn’t do. He had just been booked on charges of interfering with the duties of a public servant, after a former neighbor, whom Cruz says was recently homeless, called the police on him when Cruz told her he wouldn’t allow her to stay with him. Then she accused Cruz of beating her. The arrest that would lead to more than two months in Harris County Jail and cause Cruz to lose his job and his car and almost his home, however, had nothing to do with assault — an accusation police and prosecutors agreed did not withstand scrutiny. On May 14, after a Harris County sheriff’s deputy arrived at Cruz's northwest Houston apartment, he asked Cruz to leave the apartment so he could interview the woman alone. Cruz, explaining that the woman did not live there, said he did not feel comfortable leaving his own home, and he asked the deputy to interview the woman outside instead — an idea that apparently did not sit well with the officer. When Cruz would not leave, Deputy R. Delgado forcibly removed him — then punched him in the face. Delgado cuffed him, and backup showed up to haul Cruz off to jail for interfering with the investigation. [URL]http://www.houstonpress.com/news/the-houston-man-who-refused-to-plead-guilty-does-not-want-an-apology-8667533[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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