Convicted Valley attorney reportedly commits suicide Express-News Copyright 2013 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 2:29 pm, Thursday, February 28, 2013 A Rio Grande Valley attorney who was the first to be convicted in a wide-ranging racketeering probe of a former state district judge reportedly leapt from the causeway to South Padre Island today, hours before he was scheduled to turn himself in to federal prison, officials said.