Victoria County receives multi-year grant to build a public defender office
Victoria County will receive funding for a multi-year grant to build a public defender office. Advocate file photo After years of discussion, Victo...
Victoria County will receive funding for a multi-year grant to build a public defender office. Advocate file photo After years of discussion, Victoria County will soon have a public defender office. The county received notice Tuesday it will receive a grant for more than $3 million a year in a multi-year deal to set up a four-county public defender office. The grant is through the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, according to a news release from Victoria County Judge Ben Zeller. The Coastal Plains Regional Public Defender Office will also serve Refugio, Jackson and Lavaca counties.