BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A clogged toilet brought a murder trial to an unexpected halt at the Bexar County Justice Center after water flooded a courtroom last week.
According to county officials, inmates stuffed a toilet and caused water to pour through ceiling light fixtures. The water spilled into two courtrooms below — the 399th Criminal District Court and the County Court at Law No. 2.
Judge Frank Castro, the presiding judge of Bexar County’s 399th Criminal District Court, was in court for a murder trial when the flooding began…