A La Grulla woman now faces a felony charge. Starr County deputies took a report on July 6, 2026. Deputies say she used a man's own social media accounts to post private photos that were never hers to share.

Ashley Chavez, 27, now faces a charge called online impersonation. It is a felony. It can mean 2 to 10 years in prison. The charge falls under Texas Penal Code 33.07(a).

A deputy answered a disturbance call early Monday, July 6, 2026. It happened about 4 a.m. in Starr County. A 29 year old man told the deputy what went wrong that night.

The man said an argument broke out around 3:30 a.m. During the fight, Chavez took her own phone back from him. The phone itself belonged to Chavez. But the man's own Facebook and Snapchat accounts were still logged in on it. He had not logged out.

The man told Deputy Jose Garcia that Chavez then used his logged in accounts. She did not have his okay. She posted private, nude photos of another woman on his Facebook and Snapchat pages, the complaint states.

Those photos had been saved on the phone. They were not the man's photos. They were not Chavez's photos either. They belonged to another woman entirely.

The man said the images were intimate pictures that were not hers to share. He said he never gave Chavez permission to touch his accounts. He gave her even less permission to post on them.

The man also told the deputy he was scared. He said he worried Chavez would keep using his Facebook and Snapchat. He feared she would use them to hurt his name even more.

Here is what deputies say happened, in order. Chavez and the man got into a fight around 3:30 a.m. She took her own phone back during that fight. His accounts were still logged in on her phone. She then posted the private photos to those accounts, without his okay.

Online impersonation sounds like it just means pretending to be someone else online. Texas law covers more ground than that. It also covers using someone else's name, identity, or accounts without their consent. If that use is meant to harm or defraud them, the law applies. That is the charge deputies filed against Chavez.

A person does not have to hack an account for this charge to apply. Staying logged in on someone else's phone can be enough. If that access gets used to hurt the account owner, deputies can and do file charges.

The woman whose private photos got posted is not named anywhere in the complaint. El Tejano is not naming her. El Tejano is not describing her either. She did nothing wrong here. Her photos got shared without her okay. She deserves privacy, not more exposure.

Cases like this keep showing up across Starr County and the Rio Grande Valley. Couples share phones. Family members stay logged into each other's accounts. Sometimes that access lasts long after trust breaks down.

Deputies say leftover access like that can turn into a weapon fast. It often happens in the middle of a fight, like it did here. One angry moment, and a login that should have been closed gets used to cause real damage.

Chavez faces the online impersonation charge in this case. El Tejano has no proof of an arrest, a jail booking, or a bond hearing right now.

There is no update yet on how the case will move forward from here. There is no court date to report at this time. El Tejano will keep following this case as it develops and will update this story with any new facts.