08/14/2026
𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐮
Two men are charged with felony water pollution for their roles in an unlicensed transmission repair shop where oil and other fluids were repeatedly allowed to saturate the soil, where rainwater carried them into Halls Bayou.
Elias Manuel Rodriguez Navarez,44, and Jose Leonel Rebolloso, 30, are charged with a state jail felony as the result of an investigation by Harris County Constable Precinct One’s Environmental Crimes Division.
“Most businesses follow the rules and get it right, but for those who don’t, there must be accountability under the law,” Harris County Constable Precinct One Alan Rosen said. “We all depend on a health environment and clean water to survive, and we all are victims when our environment and waterways are imperiled.”
The men ran a shop near the intersection of Jensen Drive and the Eastex Freeway feeder road, according to Constable Precinct One detectives, and that is where the oil and transmission fluid made there toward that bayou, which is considered a major watershed area.
Constable Precinct One worked in conjunction with the Aldine Management District as part of this effort to protect the environment.
Constable Rosen asks that anyone who spots dangers to the environment, such as illegal dumping or water pollution or other crimes, to contact the Harris County Constable Precinct One Environmental Crimes Division at 832-927-1567.
The Environmental Crimes Division has unique county-wide authority to investigate and enforce environmental laws.
“We thank the Aldine Management District working with us and we appreciate the overwhelming number of businesses who believe in doing things the right way and keeping the environment safe.”
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