Karnes County grand jury also indicts two other men in connection with recent crimes in Kenedy

A grand jury indicted three suspects in local crimes April 2 at the Karnes County Courthouse.

Jacob Barrientez was indicted on one count of manslaughter, the first development in the Kenedy Police Department’s 10-week-long investigation into the January 18 shooting death of Roland Casarez.

Barrientez was arrested following the issue of the indictment and later was freed on a $130,000 bond.

"We still have an ongoing investigation. There’s still evidence that is out right now. We had enough evidence that the department felt comfortable, after meeting with the district attorney’s office, (to present evidence to) the grand jury … for the charge of manslaughter," Kenedy Police Chief Duane DuBose said.

The grand jury also indicted Miguel Grimaldo on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Grimaldo, a Mexican national here legally, is suspected in the non-fatal shooting of his wife Susana March 3. He was previously released from custody on $20,000 bond March 17.

The Karnes County grand jury also indicted Ansony Martinez in a string of arson and burglary charges connected to crimes along Main Street in downtwon Kenedy.

Martinez is suspected of having been involved in a series of arson and burglary cases in Kenedy going back to November 2006. He was indicted on six counts of burglary and two counts of arson, implicating him in the Kenedy Masonic Lodge fire, the fire at the old Connie’s Bar building, and the burglaries of Phelps Family Dentistry, Head to Toe, and the old Rialto Theatre building.

Kenedy police are still investigating Martinez’s possible connection to other burglary cases.

"We still suspect him in several other cases that are (currently) active," DuBose said.