Man Convicted of Attempted Murder Sentenced

RUSK — A man accused of shooting an elderly man in 2010 has been given two life sentences in prison. Ruben Rincon, 24, was charged with aggravated robbery and injury to an elderly. The crime occurred on December 4, 2010 on County Road 3303, just west of Jacksonville. Hugo Rincon, then 21, and Ruben Rincon, were breaking into storage units on the family property of David Thomason, then 74, when he interrupted the crime in progress. Thomason was blocking the gate and when he did not move, Ruben Rincon fired into the truck. The Jacksonville Daily Progress reports, Thomason was shot twice. The shooter pulled Mr. Thomason out of the truck, moved his truck out of the way and when they drove out, they ran over Mr. Thomason’s leg and left him for dead. A passerby stopped to render aid and called 911. Thomason was able to recall partial license plate number, identifying four characters from the plate. Hugo Rincon, this brother, has not been captured.