Pulbic intoxication charges agains Weslaco School Board candidate are dropped

A municipal judge has dropped the charges against a school board candidate who was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of public intoxication.

The city's contracted prosecutor - the law firm Garza & Peña - filed a motion with the municipal court requesting that the charges against Richard Charles Sellman be dismissed.

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Sellman said he had "a couple drinks" earlier Sunday afternoon at a political rally but was neither drinking nor intoxicated when he was arrested Sunday night.

Furthermore, he said, he was not informed why he was being arrested until he arrived at the city's jail, and the arresting officer never performed a breath test or a field sobriety test.

Humm. Who was the police officer supporting in that race?