Judge sentences Jonathan Zuniga Bravo to 10 years for burglary after testimony about radio‑jamming device

A judge in the 252nd District Court in Jefferson County sentenced Jonathan Zuniga Bravo to 10 years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after he entered an open plea of guilty to burglary of a habitation in cause number 24DCCR1274.

The court heard testimony and exhibits connecting Bravo to a May 8, 2024, burglary investigation in which officers located a backpack containing a device the state described as capable of jamming radio frequencies and cellular signals. Lieutenant John Hudson of the Groves Police Department testified that the device, when running, prevented officers from transmitting on their radios and that the device’s design and antennas made it capable of interrupting burglar alarm signals to allow an extended entry window. "When you turn on the device, it sounds almost like a computer with a fan running," Hudson testified, and said turning the device off restored radio…