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Judge puts motion to remove GPS monitor for Juan Jose Hernandez Jr. on hold after probation reports possible positive drug test
Summary
A Fort Bend County judge declined to remove GPS monitoring from Juan Jose Hernandez Jr.'s bond today, pausing the defense request after probation reported a preliminary positive drug sample; lab confirmation is pending and no-contact provisions remain in place.
A presiding judge in Fort Bend County Court at Law No. 1 put on hold a defense request to remove GPS monitoring from the bond conditions of Juan Jose Hernandez Jr., citing a recent preliminary positive drug sample and the state’s opposition.
Defense counsel Miss Sailor asked the court to remove only the GPS-monitoring condition that has been in effect since Hernandez posted bond in July 2024, saying there have been no attempts to contact the complaining witness and that the case is progressing slowly. “This is our motion to modify the conditions of his bond, specifically and solely as it pertains to the GPS monitoring,” Miss Sailor told the court.
The prosecutor said the state could not consent because the complaining witness — identified in court as the defendant’s sister — had not been contacted by the state. The prosecutor also noted an earlier affirmative family-violence finding in Hernandez’s criminal history and opposed loosening conditions without those contacts.
The court asked pretrial services/probation about any compliance issues. The judge relayed probation’s statement that a sample obtained from Hernandez “was positive for cocaine” but that laboratory confirmation was pending. The presiding judge said, “I’m not denying it. I’m not granting it. It’s just on hold until we get those results.” The judge left the remaining no-contact and stay-away conditions in place, including a 1,000-foot restriction from the complaining witness’s residence, school and place of employment.
Miss Sailor emphasized that she was not seeking removal of the no-contact provisions and asked only that the GPS requirement be lifted. The court declined to modify the GPS condition now and said it would revisit the request after probation and pretrial services received lab confirmation and notified the court and counsel.
The hearing concluded with the court directing pretrial services to report lab results to the parties; no new date for a status hearing was announced.
