A statutory rape charge against a Carthage man was dismissed recently at the request of the Jasper County prosecutor’s office.
Assistant prosecutor Kimberly Fisher said “evidentiary issues” in the state’s case forced the decision to drop a charge of second-degree statutory rape against Humberto Garza, 29.
Garza was charged in July 2008 after an investigation by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department. A probable-cause affidavit states that Garza went to the rural Jasper County home of a 16-year-old on the night of July 2, 2008, and she allowed him inside through a window of her bedroom.
The girl told investigators that they had sexual intercourse. The affidavit states that Garza told investigators that he only flirted with the girl.
