{"id":364830,"date":"2026-07-08T03:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364830\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T03:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T03:07:07","slug":"texas-commission-on-judicial-conduct-suspends-two-justices-of-the-peace-wtaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/364830\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct Suspends Two Justices of the Peace &#8211; WTAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JudgesSuspended-640x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"JudgesSuspended\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced today that two Texas judges have been stripped of their duties.<\/p>\n<p>Brandon Wayne Barrera, Justice of the Peace in Kleberg County, has been suspended without pay after being charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance, a 3rd Degree Felony.<\/p>\n<p>Barrera was arrested in Kingsville in January after he as found with at least 1 gram of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p>The Democrat took to his Facebook page in May to announce that he completed rehab saying, \u201cI took responsibility, got the help I needed, and have remained focused on my recovery and service to Precinct 2 ever since. I\u2019m committed to being the best leader and person I can be for our community. Thank you for your support as we move forward together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commission ALSO suspended Judge Donald Joseph Clark, a Justice of the Peace in Colorado County, after he was indicted on three charges:<\/p>\n<p>one count of Official Oppression, a Class A Misdemeanor, and<br \/>\none count of False Report to Peace Office, a Class B Misdemeanor, and<br \/>\none count of False Report to Induce Emergency Response, a Class B Misdemeanor<\/p>\n<p>The indictment against Clark says he knowingly made an arrest that was unlawful, then called 9-1-1 with a false report of an emergency surrounding that arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Clark is suspended with pay.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission says the suspensions will remain in effect until charges are dismissed, the men are acquitted, or upon further order of the Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The State Commission on Judicial Conduct announced today that two Texas judges have been stripped of their duties.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-364830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}