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Rigo Vivar, a former deputy for the Harris County Precinct 6 Constable’s Workplace, was arrested and charged with manslaughter in connection to a 2024 automobile crash that killed 28-year-old Ricardo Resendez.
The felony cost was filed in opposition to Vivar in late June. He first appeared in courtroom on Tuesday, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
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Paul Aman, an lawyer employed to characterize Vivar, couldn’t instantly be reached for remark. An individual representing Aman’s workplace mentioned the workplace couldn’t touch upon the case.
The crash occurred within the 2700 block of Canal Road in August of final 12 months, when Vivar allegedly skipped visitors and drove the fallacious approach on the road, placing Resendez’s automobile. Vivar was driving his private automobile on the time of the crash.
Vivar was terminated from the Harris County Precinct 6 Constable’s Workplace inside days of the crash, however no felony expenses had been filed in opposition to him on the time. Resendez’s household has for nearly a 12 months urged native authorities to carry the previous deputy accountable.
Final 12 months, Resendez’s household mentioned they hadn’t been advised if Vivar was required to take a breathalyzer take a look at or if his blood alcohol stage was checked after the crash. Throughout a press convention in December, his household remembered Resendez as a loving son, brother and canine dad. Brenda Resendez mentioned she would perpetually miss her brother’s unwavering assist.
“I miss his laughter,” she mentioned. “He had the form of coronary heart and soul that you do not meet fairly often. Some folks may be very imply. He by no means was.”
