Another Plea in W. Texas (Winkler County) Retaliation-Against-Nurses Scandal

Dr. Rolando G. Arafiles, Jr., The Winkler County Texas M.D. who started the ball rolling for the unlawful retaliation against two nurses who reported his misconduct, finally got his comeuppance. The two others involved, the Sheriff and County Attorney (who was acting D.A.) have already been sentenced (see prior posts).

A little justice for W. Texas--Sheriff convicted

Winkler County Sheriff Robert Robers was convicted of both felonies and misdemeanors in the latest saga of the disgraceful story from Winkler County Texas. Something you don't see (or at least don't hear about) happened in this case. After the jury convicted, a bargain on the sentence was worked out with the judge. IMHO, this suggests more of the "good ol boy" system which got this fiasco started. At least one witness blamed the legal pursuit of 2 female nurses (who were later cleared and collected $ damages) as the workings of the local "good ol' boy" system. For a chronology of this story see this link

Justice coming to Winkler Cty TX?

Justice finally may be coming to Winkler County, TX. In a case that would have made Judge Roy Bean proud, two nurses who reported a doctor to the Texas Medical Board were indicted and one was tried. Anyone with any sense could have smelled a rat. The jury had enough sense to acquit the nurse who was tried. The county was sued and paid out $750,000. A princely sum for a small, sparsely populated West Texas County. The doctor,a former Winkler County Hosp. administrator, the county attorney and Sheriff were recently indicted for their roles in the case against the nurses. Just another example of poor quality of people we frequently find serving in public office. Perhaps the rule of law will find additional vindication.