Laredo Police Department investigator Anthony Carrillo Jr., a 26year veteran of the force, has been indicted by the 406th District Court on several charges stemming from his participation in eight-liner investigations and operations known as Operation One Arm Bandit.
According to the Webb County District Attorney’s office, on or about January 28, 2019, law enforcement officials received information that Anthony Carrillo Jr. made cash deposits of marked bills to an individual bank account under his name.
An investigation was launched between the District Attorney’s Office and the Laredo Police Department, which revealed that Carrillo took gambling proceeds during the execution of a search warrant during the illegal gambling investigations. Carrillo obtained the gambling proceeds from several operations stemming from January 5, 2018 to January 25, 2019 in the amount of more than $2,500 but less than $30,000. Additionally, Carrillo falsified a case supplemental report and an inventory report and also concealed a DVR with intent to impair its availability as evidence in the ongoing investigations.
Carrillo was indicted on four counts of tampering/fabricating with physical evidence with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation, and three counts of abuse of official capacity, a third-degree felony and a state jail felony, respectively.
A warrant for his arrest was issued with the indictment which was handed down by the January-June 2019 term of the Grand Jury.
