Houston city councilman goes after judges for letting criminals out of jail: 'I won't sit silent'

A former us-regions bondsman who is now a Houston city council member said Tuesday he will file grievances against judges who release crime with violent histories.

“Well, because I was a bondsman, and now I’m an elected official, this gives me a unique perspective of what’s going on. I get to see it and I understand it. What’s going on is the judges aren’t taking into consideration the violent criminal history of these offenders, and they are releasing them back into the community on an extremely low bond or a taxpayer-funded free bond without any supervision,” Houston City Council member Michael Kubosh told “Fox & Friends.”

TEXAS TEEN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT GIRLFRIEND 22 TIMES RELEASED ON BOND: COURT DOCUMENTS

Frank  Deleon, Diamond Alvarez

Frank  Deleon, Diamond Alvarez
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us-regions teen who was arrested and charged in the crime of his 16-year-old girlfriend was released from jail last week after posting his $250,000 bond, according to court documents obtained by Fox News.  

Frank Deleon, 17, was arrested Monday in the murder of Diamond Alvarez who was shot 22 times last week after she learned of her boyfriend’s affair, houston-and-galveston” target=”_blank”>Houston<

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Kubosh said that since he took an oath to office, he has a duty to protect and defend the citizens of his city and county. 

“This all happened while I have been on council the last eight years. And I’m not going to sit silent. It’s easy to just sit and do nothing,” Kubosh said. 

“But I have got courage, I’m going to stand up to these people. And I’m going to call them out. Why? Because our people are dying on the streets. And they are letting these criminals back out.”

Fox News’ Bradford Betz contributed to this report.

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