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'SB mayor appears in court and pleads ‘not guilty’'

San Benito Mayor Joe H. Hernandez on Thursday waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty to charges of abuse of official capacity and tampering with evidence.

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A Cameron County grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Hernandez on Sept. 20. He is free on a $5,000 surety bond.

The first count alleges Hernandez intentionally violated a law relating to public office when, as mayor, he placed a revision to an ordinance on the San Benito City Commission agenda of July 11, 2011, knowing a conflict of interest existed, and broke the law by participating in discussion on the proposed ordinance, to his benefit.

The second count alleges that Hernandez concealed a snow cone stand, Noe’s Tropical Sno-Wiz, which was on his Robertson Street property in San Benito, with the intent to impair the availability of evidence in an investigation.