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Offender Information

 

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Name
Ortiz, Ricardo
TDCJ Number
999320
Date of Birth
10/05/1962
Date Received
06/24/1999
Age (when Received)
36
Education Level
(Highest Grade Completed)
11
Date of Offense
08/18/1997
Age (at the time of Offense)
34
County
El Paso
Race
Hispanic
Gender
Male
Hair Color
Brown
Height
6' 2"
Weight
209
Eye Color
Brown
Native County
El Paso
Native State
Texas

Prior Occupation
Laborer
Prior Prison Record
TDCJ-ID #335838, 8 year sentence, El Paso County, 1 count of Robbery; #363689, 15 year sentence, El Paso County, 1 count of Burglary of a Vehicle, 2 counts of Aggravated Robbery; 9/20/88, Brazoria County, new conviction of 5 years cumulative for 1 count of Deadly Weapon in Penal Institution; 01/05/90 released on Parole to El Paso County in protest of TDCJ-ID Administration; 11/19/92 returned to TDCJ-ID as Parole Violator from El Paso County without new conviction; 08/26/96 Mandatory Supervision release to El Paso County
Summary of incident
On 08/17/97, while confined in El Paso, Texas, the subject and 2 other inmates were cooking heroin. The subject made a triple dose of heroin and injected it into the victim, a 22-year old Hispanic male. The victim died of an overdose of heroin. The victim was found when officers did a count in the cellblock.
Co-defendants
None
Race and Gender of Victim
Hispanic male

 

June 26, 2008

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