Man Gets Probation in Wife’s Motorcycle Death
Posted/updated on: December 18, 2011 at 4:24 pm
ANGELINA COUNTY — A Hudson man originally charged with intoxication manslaughter in his wife’s motorcycle accident death pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Friday morning. Jessie Robert Huerta, 48, entered a guilty verdict to aggravated assault and received a five-year deferred sentence.
According to an arrest affidavit, just after midnight June 3, Huerta and his wife Maria Huerta, 42, left Wild Willie’s night club on his motorcycle and headed westbound on Frank Avenue. Huerta told police that night he thought he saw oncoming headlights in his lane, according to the affidavit. However, officers found no evidence that a vehicle was in his lane at the time of the accident. Huerta swerved and lost control, throwing the couple off the bike. When police arrived, they found Maria unresponsive and transported her to Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin. Maria died later that morning at the hospital from injuries sustained in the accident. Neither was wearing a helmet at the time, the affidavit stated.
Officers noted a hint of alcohol on Huerta’s breath and also took him to Memorial, where he willingly gave a blood sample. Lab results showed Huerta had a blood alcohol content of 0.18. Huerta has been out of jail on a $7,500 bond since turning himself in on the charge in August.
