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Three recent Bastrop County cases ended in plea deals for felony offenses, including murder, manslaughter and child pornography charges.
PERALTA
Jorge Peralta, 37, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle in the 355th District Court.
Judge Reva Towslee Corbett imposed the sentence April 1.
According to records, Peralta was charged after driving the wrong way on FM 535 and crashing into a vehicle driven by Grayson Davis, 29. Authorities said Peralta admitted to drinking five beers before the crash.
Davis died after being in a coma for three days following the crash, reports said. Peralta was arrested that night and has remained in the Bastrop County Jail since. He is scheduled to stand trial April 9 on misdemeanor charges of evading arrest and resisting arrest.
SARAVIA-ARGUETA
Josue Saravia-Argueta, 38, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in the 423rd District Court.
Judge Christopher Duggan sentenced him March 23.
Saravia-Argueta was charged in connection with the May 2022 killing of his former girlfriend, Catherine Alonzo-Lopez, 28, reports said. Bastrop County deputies found her body buried in the backyard of her residence on Upper Elgin Road.
Authorities said Saravia- Argueta was later found with wounds and arrested after being treated at an Austin hospital.
He had been scheduled to go to trial before accepting the plea agreement.
HOEFER
Derek Hoefer, 40, received five years of deferred adjudication after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, invasive visual recording and possession of lewd visual material depicting a child.
Duggan imposed the sentence March 12.
Hoefer was arrested in July 2024 and later released from the Bastrop County Jail on a $225,000 bond, records show.
An arrest affidavit states Hoefer intentionally and knowingly possessed lewd visual material of a child under the age of 18.
As part of his probation, Hoefer is prohibited from being within 1,000 feet of locations where children commonly gather, including schools and day cares.
