SAN ANTONIO – Erik Cantu, who has been arrested six times since he survived being shot by a police officer in 2022, appeared in court Monday after his latest hearing delay.
Judge Stephanie Boyd, who presides over Bexar County’s 187th Criminal District Court, did not make a decision on whether to revoke Cantu’s probation.
The hearing is scheduled to continue at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Due to discovery issues with the witness’ attorney, the hearing was originally delayed from March 2 to March 26. According to county court records, the court appearance was delayed a second time with Boyd temporarily out of the courtroom during the week of March 26.
The hearing, which was originally scheduled for late January, has been delayed before. Attorneys for Cantu and his ex-girlfriend had asked for additional time to review information.
Prosecutors presented hours of evidence Monday afternoon, with Cantu’s ex-girlfriend, Emily Proulx, among the witnesses who testified.
Cantu, 21, is accused of breaking into Proulx’s home in early December and stealing her tablet. Proulx has since asked the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to drop the burglary charge.
During the hearing, GPS evidence and testimony from a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy assigned to monitor Cantu’s house arrest device indicated Cantu was at Proulx’s apartment while on house arrest.
That burglary arrest triggered this hearing, since Cantu was on probation and under GPS monitoring in a pair of evading arrest cases.
Cantu’s early December arrest was his latest brush with the law since he was shot multiple times in 2022 by ex-San Antonio police officer James Brennand in a McDonald’s parking lot.
The burglary incident happened less than a month after Cantu was sentenced to eight years of probation for violating the terms of his probation from two evading arrest cases last year.
After Cantu’s arrest, prosecutors moved to revoke his probation.
Brennand, who has been charged with aggravated assault by a public servant, is scheduled to next appear in court in mid-April.
Cantu faces up to six years in prison.
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