Three elected officials and one city of Kingsville supervisor are among 12 witnesses subpoenaed to testify in the trial of Precinct 4 Kleberg County Commissioner Romeo Lomas who was indicted of official misconduct. Kleberg County Judge Pete De La Garza, Kingsville Mayor Sam Fugate, Precinct 2 Kleberg County Commissioner Norma N. Alvarez and Dianne Leubert, City of Kingsville Solid Waste Superintendent are among the witnesses to testify in the trial beginning at 8:30 a m. Monday in the 105th District Court.

Lomas said he is ready for the trial to begin and is glad it is going to be over. Lomas was indicted September 2009 and the trial has been postponed twice.

“I’m glad the trial is coming down and will prove my innocence,” Lomas said Thursday. “Let the jury decide,” he said. “I don’t know who pointed the finger at me, but I have done nothing wrong,” Lomas said.

He said he has been a public servant for 32 years and was re-elected again with 72 percent of the votes.

Lomas is being represented by Frank Alvarez, a Kingsville attorney, and Rene Rodriguez, a Corpus Christi attorney.

Shane Attaway, assistant attorney general for the state of Texas, who will prosecute the case, said testimony will begin Monday morning.

Juror selection was schedule for Friday.

A six-member jury panel will hear the abuse of official capacity case.

“The six jurors will have to be unanimous on their decision,” Attaway said Thursday.

He works with the Criminal Prosecution Division of the Attorney General’s Office.

Lomas was indicted by the Kleberg County Grand Jury on a misdemeanor charge of Abuse of Official Capacity under Chapter 39.02 of the Texas Penal Code on Sept. 30, 2009.

Lomas said the charges were politically motivated.

Specifically, Lomas was charged with “knowingly misusing government property, services or personnel this spring.

The allegations against Lomas stemmed after a complaint had been filed with the Texas Attorney General’s Office.

The complaint alleged that Lomas had used Kleberg County equipment to demolish his East Yoakum Street barbershop on or about March 2, 2009.

After Lomas was indicted, Judge J. Manuel Banales of Corpus Christi, the presiding judge of the 105th District Court and John Hubert, Kleberg-Kenedy District Attorney recused themselves from this case.

Rose Reyna of Edinburg, District Judge of the 206th Judicial District in Hidalgo, was appointed to be the presiding judge.