Brownsville’s former fire chief, Carlos Elizondo, has appealed a ruling denying his claim that the Cameron County District Attorney’s Office has charged him twice for the same alleged crime to a higher court in Corpus Christi.
Authorities arrested Elizondo last October and accuse the former city official of stealing $8,000 from the Brownsville Firefighters Association Political Action Committee through unauthorized ATM withdrawals, according to a police report filed by the association’s president.
Elizondo has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
On June 11, 107th state District Judge Benjamin Euresti Jr. denied a writ of habeas corpus filed by Elizondo’s attorney, Eddie Lucio, which accuses the DA’s office of charging the former fire chief for the same crime twice. On Friday, Lucio appealed to the 13th Court of Criminal Appeals in Corpus Christi.