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Travis County magistrate sets bail amounts, grants personal bonds and accepts plea in arraignment session
Summary
Magistrate Judge Myerson advised defendants of rights, set bail amounts for multiple charges, announced personal recognizance bonds for a group of defendants, imposed conditions including ignition-interlock for a DWI case and accepted a no-contest plea with jail credit for a theft charge.
Magistrate Judge Myerson at the Travis County Court advised a group of defendants of constitutional rights, set specific bail amounts and announced personal-recognizance (PR) releases for several people during a magistrate arraignment session on Oct. 12, 2025.
The magistrate told the defendants what they were charged with, what their rights are and how bail works. “Bail is not a fine nor is it a punishment. Your bail represents the amount of money you're gonna have to come up with in order to get temporarily released from jail while your case is still pending in court,” Judge Myerson said. He also explained release options, including paying the full bail amount, hiring a bail bondsman, obtaining a personal bond, or talking to an attorney.
Judge Myerson set or confirmed bail amounts for multiple defendants, including a $100,000 bail in an aggravated-assault charge lodged out of Hays County and a combined $12,500 bail in a possession-with-intent-to-deliver plus tampering case. He said a group of people whose names he called — including Bolton Cox, Felicitas Cruz, Aroni Garcia Mejia, Carlos Juarez Duran and…
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