Houston Police Federation of Slams Texas Judge who approved a bond to the accused replacement killer
AND Houston police officers On Wednesday, she scored a local referee for her “vague decision” to set a bond for a man accused of capital murder in a back -to -back in ambushes in 2024, Deputy Harris County.
Judge Hilary Unger, with the 248th District Criminal Court, described by the police union as a “rogue”, set a $ 1 million bond for Dremono Francis back in November 2024 in direct opposition to the Plaintiff’s request for non-confusion. Since Wednesday, Francis has announced bail outside in prison.
Francis is one of two men accused of death Deputy District of Harris Fernando Esqued. He was charged with capital murder and touching evidence, and Unger raised bail at $ 500,000 for each charges.
“This is not only a case of judicial incompetence-this is a shameful betrayal of public trust and a direct threat to any citizen who complies with the law in Harris County. Let’s be crystal clear: Francis was not just some low-level offender-a active participant in the cold-armed association and executive alliances.”
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The Houston police officers described the Harris Hilary Unger judge as “reckless” after her decision to set a man accused of a capital murder in the murder of Deputy District of Harris Fernando Esqued allowed him to be released from prison. (Harris County Sheriff)
Esqueda was shot and killed during monitoring in an unmarked police car in July 2024. Francis and his co -defendant, Ronnie Palmer, were accused of shooting a car’s deputy so many times that he was scared of bullet holes, said Harris Ed Gonzalez Sheriff. Esqueda was taken to a local hospital where he died.
“If this case does not guarantee the decision without a relationship, then what?” asked the police federation.
While Palmer remains in prison without a relationship, Francis is free to wander. In addition to the allegations of murder, Francis was previously convicted of drug production and delivery. He “unsatisfactory interrupted” in 2022.
The police union stated that it was 162 Horris District Since 2021, where the suspect was on the obligor when the murder happened and accused Unger, who was in 2026 of the re -election, of being a activist judge who “gambling with public safety.”
Demono Francis is one of two men charged with ambushing deputy district Harris Fernando Esqued, and is now returning to the streets after posting a $ 1 million in Unger, Hilary Unger. (Sheriff of the Harris County Office)
“This is not an isolated case. Judge Unger has a history of criminal priorities over the victims, undergoing law enforcement and making our streets more dangerous,” the union said. “If we do not stop judges like her now, we will continue to see repeated offenders and violent criminals reinforced by a system that refuses them to suit them.”
Unger is known for repeating the perpetrators of the perpetrators at Bond and led his election campaign with priority “alternatives to prison overlooking rehabilitation, reducing relapse and increasing community safety.”
The National Police Association has Written about Ungera In the past, calling for their decisions that have enabled dangerous criminals to return to the community.
District Judge Harris Hilary Unger is known for breaking the offenders on the obligor, and the National Police Association in Public Criticism and the Union of Houston police officers in the past. (Sudachilaryunger.com)
The most prominent case, according to Fox 26 Houston, was from 2021 when Andrew Williams, who was on the obligor for separate capital murders and difficult attacks on the 2019 attack, stole 71-year-old Martha Medina bag and then ran her with his car, which he killed her.
Williams was out of prison because he posted a $ 150,000 bond that Unger set up. Texas law Allows you to deny bonds in cases of capital murder.
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The Houston police officer’s union said on Wednesday that he would “not remain silent” after the latest decision of Ungera.
“We will fight together with the organization of Harris County MPs (Fop 39) to demand the actual reform of bail and the judicial responsibility. We will make sure the name Judge Hilary Unger is remembered by this reckless decision, and we will make sure that Harris County people never forget them,” the union said.
