A self-styled independent journalist in South Texas is in hot water after his second arrest in less than a year.
Eric Tunchez, the founder of the Corpus Christi Crónica, a digital online news and commentary outlet, has been arrested on gambling-related charges in Corpus Christi. The Coastal Bend’s NBC affiliate, KRIS 6 News, was the first to report the arrest.
The television station reported that Tunchez was charged with intentionally or knowingly operating a game room, gambling promotion, keeping a gambling place and possession of a gambling device. A spokesperson for the Corpus Christi Police Department confirmed to MySA that Tunchez had a warrant for his arrest. This weekend’s arrest wasn’t Tunchez’s first brush with Texas’ muddy anti-gambling laws…