Joshua Saunders
Photojournalist
Joshua Saunders is an Emmy award-winning photographer/editor who has worked in the San Antonio market for the past 20 years. Joshua works in the Defenders unit, covering crime and corruption throughout the city.
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KSAT Investigates year in review: From murky criminal justice issues to law enforcement shootings
Read full article: KSAT Investigates year in review: From murky criminal justice issues to law enforcement shootingsQuestionable actions in the criminal justice arena and two high-profile law enforcement shooting incidents were among the biggest stories covered by KSAT Investigates in 2024.
Changing narrative on SAPD officer’s death latest in pattern of conflicting info from Chief McManus at police shootings
Read full article: Changing narrative on SAPD officer’s death latest in pattern of conflicting info from Chief McManus at police shootingsWithin two days of an officer’s death, San Antonio police contradicted the chief’s own statement about how the shooting happened.
Victim: Bexar County DA left her in the dark on plea deal offered to man accused of beating her with a metal pipe
Read full article: Victim: Bexar County DA left her in the dark on plea deal offered to man accused of beating her with a metal pipeA Bexar County woman severely beaten outside an Elmendorf home in 2022 said prosecutors recently offered a plea deal without her consent to the man accused of attacking her.
Cost of transparency: Records show SAISD pays attorneys nearly a teacher’s salary to review requests
Read full article: Cost of transparency: Records show SAISD pays attorneys nearly a teacher’s salary to review requestsIn a year full of financial challenges KSAT Investigates found San Antonio Independent School District spent nearly a teacher’s salary’s worth on attorneys to review records requests made by news agencies.
Windcrest employee survey notes 'highly toxic' culture within police department
Read full article: Windcrest employee survey notes 'highly toxic' culture within police departmentA city of Windcrest employee survey this summer noted numerous morale issues and complaints about leadership, specifically within the town’s police department, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
BCSO records: Man’s detention officer position pulled due to wife’s devotion to La Santa Muerte
Read full article: BCSO records: Man’s detention officer position pulled due to wife’s devotion to La Santa MuerteA San Antonio man hired as a detention officer for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office had the job offer pulled days before starting at the academy because of his wife’s devotion to La Santa Muerte, a federal lawsuit and internal BCSO records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
‘Absolutely betrayed’: SA woman slams Sheriff Salazar after felony bully prank case is rejected by prosecutors
Read full article: ‘Absolutely betrayed’: SA woman slams Sheriff Salazar after felony bully prank case is rejected by prosecutorsA San Antonio woman who helped her son mix a drink that later sent an elementary school student to the hospital said the Bexar County Sheriff’s rushed to charge her with felony injury to a child, even though the child was not injured.
Lawsuit: Wimberley ISD, Hays County officials conspired to ruin teacher’s career
Read full article: Lawsuit: Wimberley ISD, Hays County officials conspired to ruin teacher’s careerA federal civil rights lawsuit filed earlier this year accuses school district and law enforcement personnel in Hays County of conspiring to destroy the teaching career of an instructor at Danforth Junior High School.
State Rep. 121 candidates LaHood, Swift host dueling rallies in San Antonio
Read full article: State Rep. 121 candidates LaHood, Swift host dueling rallies in San AntonioThe candidates in the running for Texas House of Representatives District 121. will have dueling rallies on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
SAPD officer suspended 30 days after drunken disturbance while DJing at real estate gala
Read full article: SAPD officer suspended 30 days after drunken disturbance while DJing at real estate galaA San Antonio Police Department officer was suspended 30 days after she was accused in March of causing a drunken disturbance at a real estate awards show where she had been hired to perform as a DJ.
Self-checks lead to early breast cancer diagnosis for San Antonio mother
Read full article: Self-checks lead to early breast cancer diagnosis for San Antonio motherMorgan Fernandez, 41, is sharing her story of positivity and perseverance after her breast cancer diagnosis, hoping to raise awareness about the disease.