(San Marcos) — More details have been released in the case of a Guadalupe County judge who found himself behind bars this past week.
According to police records, Guadalupe County Court-at-Law Judge William G. Squires was arrested last Thursday after allegedly hitting his toddler child with a door during an argument with his wife at a home in San Marcos. The incident was reported at the home located in the 2200 block of Stonehaven.
Reports indicate that his wife was “holding their son,” behind a locked door when an alleged intoxicated Squires attempted to force his way into the room — leading him to strike the child.
Although the reporting officer stated that he “inspected (the child) and saw no obvious injury,” the wife told him that she “had been holding (the boy) in a cradle position with his head toward the opening side of the front door” when Squires forced his way into the room. The officer also reported that according to his wife, the judge was “enraged and disregarded that fact” that the boy had been struck by the open door.
Squires had reportedly gone to the house after being driven by a friend.
He also left with that same friend after the wife said she was going to call the police. He was later apprehended while in the vehicle in a nearby location.
The family had reportedly just returned from a Mexico vacation. During their investigation, officers also learned that the woman had called a Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper earlier in the day to tell him that she felt that her life was being threatened after learning that the judge while on their vacation had told another child family member to “say good-bye (to his wife) because you’re never going to see her again.”
During his apprehension, the San Marcos police officer noted the fact that Squires breath “smelled heavily of alcohol” and that his eyes were “red and watery.” He also stated that Squires was “unsteady on his feet” and that he had to be supported by the officer at all times. In addition, the judge had several small bottles of liquor in his possession during the arrest Thursday night at around 7:30 p.m.
The judge faces charges of endangerment of a child. He reportedly bonded out of the Hays County Jail on Friday.