Former Laredo cop pleads not guilty to felony charges of pocketing cash seized in maquinita raids

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A former Laredo police investigation accused of pocketing cash seized from maquinitas has pleaded not guilty to the allegations.

Anthony Carrillo Jr., 47, was set to be arraigned in the 406th District Court on Monday. But he waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the charges contained in the indictment. The charges include four counts of tampering/fabricating with physical evidence with intent to impair its verity, legibility or availability as evidence in the investigation, a third-degree felony, and three counts of abuse of official capacity, a state jail felony.

An informal pre-trial for the case is set for May 1 before Judge Oscar J. Hale Jr. Jury selection is scheduled for Aug. 12.

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Carrillo, a 26-year veteran, was indicted Feb. 27.

Authorities said they began investigating him after receiving information in January that he was making cash deposits of marked bills to an individual bank account under his name. The investigation, launched by the District Attorney's Office and Laredo police, revealed that Carrillo would take gambling proceeds from a maquinita during the execution of a search warrant, according to authorities.

The exact amount of cash he allegedly took was not specified. Authorities said it was more than $2,500 but less than $30,000. Carrillo also allegedly falsified a case supplemental report and an inventory report and concealed a DVR with the intent to impair its availability as evidence, according to prosecutors.

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On Feb. 20, when authorities confronted Carrillo with the allegations, he submitted his resignation, LPD said.

"(Carrillo's case) is not indicative of the employees and all the officers who come to work every day," Laredo Police Chief Claudio Treviño Jr. said Feb. 28 at a news conference. "They are professionals. They have the highest level of integrity and standards. This is one bad apple that fell through the cracks. We identified it. We identified the problem, and we took care of it ... We do police ourselves."