SAN ANTONIO – A mother and daughter were taken into custody this week after allegedly assaulting and robbing two New York Knicks fans after Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
San Antonio police arrested Destiny Lezzet Converse, 28, on Monday and booked her into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center the next day, jail records show.
Converse faces one count of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, and one count of robbery, a second-degree felony, records indicate.
Maria Victoria Gomez, 46, was arrested Wednesday by SAPD for the same charges and booked into the Bexar County jail on Thursday, records show.
Cellphone video leads to arrests
San Antonio police officers responded to the assault on Saturday, June 13, at the intersection of Navarro and East Houston streets, according to Converse and Gomez’s arrest affidavits.
Both of the victims were wearing New York Knicks gear when Converse, Gomez and two other suspects confronted them, the warrants said.
Several bystanders used their cellphones to record the altercation. Converse and Gomez were allegedly seen on video assaulting the victims and stealing their Knicks hats, the affidavits said.
The video shows Gomez and Converse punching both of the Knicks fans and kicking a male victim in the head repeatedly, court documents said.
Converse allegedly punched both of the victims in their heads multiple times. The victims suffered injuries that required them to be hospitalized, authorities said.
According to Converse’s arrest affidavit, she’s Gomez’s daughter. A video posted on Gomez’s social media page from the night of the incident shows Converse wearing the same clothes, and her “distinct” Virgin Mary back tattoo is visible.
Converse’s clothes and back tattoo were “clearly evident” on a cellphone video obtained by one of the victims and are “an exact match,” court documents said.
The cellphone video also shows the vehicle that Gomez entered, which belongs to her husband, following the assault, an affidavit stated. Converse was seen getting into the same car as Gomez.
When questioned about the assault, the warrant said Gomez’s husband confirmed that she was involved in the incident.
Converse, Gomez and two other suspects allegedly stole both of the victims’ hats and clothes they purchased from the NBA Finals game. The stolen merchandise is worth approximately $600, court documents said.
One of the victims suffered an acute displaced fracture of the right orbital bone, according to an affidavit.
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