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Texas Rangers Probe Liberty Police Lieutenant as Children in Near-Drowning Case Enter State Care

A closed hearing transferred the children to state custody after a week of parallel criminal and child‑welfare inquiries.

Overview

  • The three siblings were granted to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services under temporary conservatorship and placed with relatives or foster care.
  • Liberty Police Lt. Ramiro Lozano was suspended and is under Texas Rangers investigation for allegedly accessing the jailed father without authorization and later driving him home.
  • Father Domingo Quintana had been held on an unrelated cruelty to non-livestock animals charge and was released after posting a $5,000 bond.
  • The mother, identified as Jessica Quintana, remains hospitalized in improved condition after the Sept. 30 near-drowning at a family pond in Liberty County.
  • Investigators plan forensic interviews of the children through Bridgehaven and report no criminal charges tied to the pond incident to date.