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Former Attorney Jumps off Bridge the Same Day he was to Surrender for Jail

Posted: Feb 28, 2013 11:51 AM
Updated: Feb 28, 2013 12:01 PM

BROWNSVILLE - The Coast Guard was called out early this morning to help find a man who jumped off the Queen Isabella Bridge in Port Isabel, Texas.

Television station KGBT reports ex-attorney Ray Marchan took a cab to the highest point of the bridge where he faked an illness so the cabbie would drop him off. Marchan jumped around 4:19 a.m.

Last year Marchan plead guilty in a federal racketeering case linked to disgraced State Judge Able Limas who admitted to taking bribes.

KGBT reports Marchan was expected to surrender to federal authorities today to start serving a three and a half year sentence.

At this point, officials have not recovered a body.

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