Alamo stepfather struck child with horse whip, issued $250K bail: Sheriff

Alamo stepfather struck child with horse whip, issued $250K bail: Sheriff

ALAMO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Alamo stepfather accused of striking a child with a horse whip has been charged with injury to a child, according to the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office. At approximately 7:56 a.m. on Monday, a Hidalgo County deputy responded to an IDEA school in Alamo regarding a report of child abuse that took [...]

Alamo Man Charged With Using Horse Whip On Child – 710am KURV

An Alamo man has been arrested after allegedly using a horse whip to injure a child. Sheriff’s deputies were called to a school in Alamo on Monday morning to investigate a report of child abuse. The victim reportedly told investigators that the man used a horse whip on their thighs, legs, back, stomach and arms. That led to the arrest of 47-year-old Romeo Maldonado on a charge of injury to a child. Maldonado’s bail was set at 250-thousand dollar…