A woman was arrested Friday evening in Fort Davis on warrants charging her with criminally negligent homicide and injury to a child, according to the Jeff Davis County Sheriff’s Office.
The sheriff’s office said a deputy working Operation Stonegarden arrested Margarita Modesto de Tavarez at approximately 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7.
Authorities said the deputy was executing two arrest warrants, one for criminally negligent homicide and another for injury to a child.
Modesto de Tavarez was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Hudspeth County Jail, according to the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office did not provide additional information about the allegations, including the identity or age of the child, when or where the alleged offenses occurred, or the circumstances that led to the warrants.
No information about bond or a scheduled court appearance was included in the release.
Modesto de Tavarez is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
