Robert Roberson’s case spotlights Texas’ GOP divide on criminal justice
Read full article: Robert Roberson’s case spotlights Texas’ GOP divide on criminal justiceTexas’ junk science statute has remained hamstrung for the last decade. So too have other criminal justice reforms, despite efforts from the Texas House.
Husband of Guadalupe County district clerk pleads guilty to felony theft, ordered to pay $245K in restitution
Read full article: Husband of Guadalupe County district clerk pleads guilty to felony theft, ordered to pay $245K in restitutionThe husband of Guadalupe County District Clerk Linda Balk was sentenced to seven years of community supervision and ordered to pay more than $245,000 in restitution as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors filed with the court this summer, records show.
Former Eagle Pass detective sentenced to 10 years in prison for running migrant stash houses
Read full article: Former Eagle Pass detective sentenced to 10 years in prison for running migrant stash housesHazel Eileen Diaz received nearly $40,000 in cash and money transfers for letting human smugglers use her rental properties.
Former Clemens High School teacher arrested on 10 felony charges, accused of improper relationship with student
Read full article: Former Clemens High School teacher arrested on 10 felony charges, accused of improper relationship with studentDavid Rios, 47, was arrested late last week on 10 felony charges, including aggravated sexual assault of a child, four counts of sexual assault of a child and five counts of having an improper relationship between and educator and student, Guadalupe County Jail records show.
Brad Simpson faces federal charge for illegally owning short-barreled rifle, records show
Read full article: Brad Simpson faces federal charge for illegally owning short-barreled rifle, records showBrad Simpson is facing a federal charge for illegally owning a firearm, according to court records obtained by KSAT Investigates on Tuesday evening.
Mother seeks justice after son’s murder case dismissed; suspect rearrested on new charges
Read full article: Mother seeks justice after son’s murder case dismissed; suspect rearrested on new chargesMore than five years after her son Terrence Scott was fatally shot, Phyllis Little says justice has yet to be served.
2016 capital murder case ends in life sentence for one defendant, dismissal for another defendant
Read full article: 2016 capital murder case ends in life sentence for one defendant, dismissal for another defendantA capital murder case dating back to 2016 ended Friday after one defendant was sentenced to life in prison and the other had his case dismissed.
San Antonio sports card collector files $200,000 lawsuit against memorabilia company
Read full article: San Antonio sports card collector files $200,000 lawsuit against memorabilia companyA San Antonio sports card collector is seeking more than $200,000 in a lawsuit filed against a memorabilia company alleging that his items, including rare sports cards and Rolex watches, were not returned after being consigned for sale.
Teen accused of two murders awaits certification hearing
Read full article: Teen accused of two murders awaits certification hearingThe murder trial for a 16-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting a 25-year-old woman in a 2022 drive-by has been delayed as he awaits a hearing on a second, unrelated murder charge.
Federal jury finds man guilty of three human smuggling-related crimes
Read full article: Federal jury finds man guilty of three human smuggling-related crimesA La Pryor man has been convicted on three counts of human-smuggling-related crimes for his involvement in a March 2022 operation, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
Texas can investigate people for alleged vote harvesting as legal battle over 2021 law continues playing out
Read full article: Texas can investigate people for alleged vote harvesting as legal battle over 2021 law continues playing outA federal judge had ruled Senate Bill 1 unconstitutional, but an appeals court says the law can remain in effect as Texas appeals that previous decision
Why is a former fire union boss’s arrest not in Bexar County’s public court records?
Read full article: Why is a former fire union boss’s arrest not in Bexar County’s public court records?A criminal case against the controversial former head of the San Antonio fire union appears to have vanished into smoke — at least, in the public record.
Man sentenced to 70 years in prison for shooting, killing teen at party
Read full article: Man sentenced to 70 years in prison for shooting, killing teen at partyA 21-year-old man convicted of fatally shooting a teenage girl at an apartment party in 2022 was sentenced to 70 years in prison on Monday.
Brad Simpson’s bond reduction hearing canceled Tuesday due to his federal detainer
Read full article: Brad Simpson’s bond reduction hearing canceled Tuesday due to his federal detainerBrad Simpson’s bond reduction hearing for Tuesday morning has been canceled due to a federal detainer, or hold, that was placed on Simpson last week, KSAT confirmed Monday.
Uvalde city officials release missing footage from officers responding to 2022 Robb Elementary shooting
Read full article: Uvalde city officials release missing footage from officers responding to 2022 Robb Elementary shootingThe new videos largely affirm prior reporting and investigations that detailed law enforcement’s failures to confront the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
Man sentenced to 50 years for fatally shooting girlfriend outside Valero gas station in 2023
Read full article: Man sentenced to 50 years for fatally shooting girlfriend outside Valero gas station in 2023Giovanni Paschal — who pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend — was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison, bringing some level of closure to the victim’s grieving family.
Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortion
Read full article: Galveston man drops wrongful death claims against women who allegedly helped his ex-wife get an abortionMarcus Silva and the women agreed to drop lawsuits against each other just days before they were set to go to trial.
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller subpoenaed to testify in his former political consultant’s criminal trial
Read full article: Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller subpoenaed to testify in his former political consultant’s criminal trialTodd Smith was indicted in 2022 on felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to taking money in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by Miller’s office.
Ex-SAPD officer hired as rodeo’s public safety director despite plea deal in public corruption case
Read full article: Ex-SAPD officer hired as rodeo’s public safety director despite plea deal in public corruption caseA former San Antonio police officer who pleaded no contest in a public corruption case last year has been hired as the public safety director of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo.
Former John Jay High School student on trial for murder of classmate claims self-defense
Read full article: Former John Jay High School student on trial for murder of classmate claims self-defenseA jury will have to decide this week whether the fatal stabbing of a John Jay High School student during a lunch break last year was an act of murder or self-defense.
Former NISD teacher sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse images
Read full article: Former NISD teacher sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for distributing child sexual abuse imagesA San Antonio man was sentenced Friday in federal court in Del Rio to 192 months in prison for distribution of child sexual abuse images.
Supreme Court to review death penalty appeal challenging Texas’s DNA testing law
Read full article: Supreme Court to review death penalty appeal challenging Texas’s DNA testing lawRuben Gutierrez was sentenced to death for the 1998 Brownsville murder of an elderly woman. His execution was stayed in July.
Defense experts dispute starvation as cause of 4-year-old boy’s death
Read full article: Defense experts dispute starvation as cause of 4-year-old boy’s deathTwo medical experts on Tuesday disputed an autopsy report that concluded that a 4-year-old boy died of starvation in the trial of a man charged in the death of his son.
Family left in limbo while only car is held as evidence following death of mother, wife
Read full article: Family left in limbo while only car is held as evidence following death of mother, wifeFor the last three weeks, Sam Yeigh and his three kids have tried to learn to survive without a wife and mother.
New judge appointed in case of 3 ex-SAPD officers charged in connection with fatal shooting of woman
Read full article: New judge appointed in case of 3 ex-SAPD officers charged in connection with fatal shooting of womanThe case of three former San Antonio police officers charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman inside her apartment last summer has been moved to Judge Ron Rangel’s 379th Criminal District Court.
‘Extreme case of sour grapes’: Southwest Airlines loses early attempt to block new San Antonio Int’l Airport lease
Read full article: ‘Extreme case of sour grapes’: Southwest Airlines loses early attempt to block new San Antonio Int’l Airport leaseSouthwest Airlines failed to stop a new lease agreement that would keep it out of the new terminal being built at San Antonio International Airport.
Ex-NISD instructional aide indicted, accused of assaulting and sexually abusing student with autism
Read full article: Ex-NISD instructional aide indicted, accused of assaulting and sexually abusing student with autismA former instructional assistant at Connally Middle School was indicted Wednesday on charges that he violently assaulted a student with a disability, touched her genitals and forced the girl to touch his genitals during a series of incidents earlier this year.
Trial date set for three former SAPD officers charged in connection with fatal shooting of woman inside her apartment
Read full article: Trial date set for three former SAPD officers charged in connection with fatal shooting of woman inside her apartmentA trial date has been set for three former SAPD officers charged with fatally shooting a woman inside her apartment last summer.
Judge recused from case involving 3 ex-SAPD officers charged in connection to fatal shooting of woman
Read full article: Judge recused from case involving 3 ex-SAPD officers charged in connection to fatal shooting of womanJudge Stephanie Boyd of the 187th District Court will not be presiding over the case of three former SAPD officers charged with fatally shooting a woman inside her apartment last summer.
Attorney General Ken Paxton targets El Paso nonprofit that offers legal services to migrants
Read full article: Attorney General Ken Paxton targets El Paso nonprofit that offers legal services to migrantsAttorney General Ken Paxton has investigated at least five organizations this year that do immigration-related work.
Man sentenced to 5 years probation, 180 days in jail in connection with crash that killed unborn child
Read full article: Man sentenced to 5 years probation, 180 days in jail in connection with crash that killed unborn childThe trial for Constantino Tristian-Coronado, who is accused of causing a crash that led to the death of an unborn child, reached a verdict on Tuesday.
Images of black eyes, protruding bones of 4-year-old boy shown at his father’s trial
Read full article: Images of black eyes, protruding bones of 4-year-old boy shown at his father’s trialJurors in the trial of a man accused of starving his 4-year-old son to death saw disturbing video of injuries the boy suffered about four weeks before he died.
Footage shows Medina County sheriff’s deputy shoot handcuffed teen in eye with high-propulsion pepper spray gun
Read full article: Footage shows Medina County sheriff’s deputy shoot handcuffed teen in eye with high-propulsion pepper spray gunThe hours of footage from the June 2023 incident, released by the Medina County District Attorney’s Office earlier this summer, shows now-former deputy Jonathan Nunemaker becoming increasingly agitated as teenage robbery suspect Branden Sanchez kicked and head-butted the inside of Nunemaker’s patrol vehicle following a late-night traffic stop.
Prosecution, defense disagree whether 4-year-old boy was starved to death
Read full article: Prosecution, defense disagree whether 4-year-old boy was starved to deathHow did a 4-year-old boy die and whose to blame for it? Those questions were the focus of opening arguments Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with starving his son to death.
Open Court: Trial for father accused in son’s starvation death begins Tuesday
Read full article: Open Court: Trial for father accused in son’s starvation death begins TuesdayThe trial for Brandon Cervera, a man accused in the starvation death of his 4-year-old son, Benjamin Cervera, is set to begin Tuesday in the 186th District Court.
Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united front
Read full article: Latest effort to block school ratings cracks Texas districts’ once-united frontDozens of districts sued Texas saying the ratings painted an unfair picture of their schools. Others voluntarily have released their own.
Cards Against Humanity says in new lawsuit that SpaceX has destroyed some of its South Texas property
Read full article: Cards Against Humanity says in new lawsuit that SpaceX has destroyed some of its South Texas propertyThe card game company crowd-funded money to buy the land in an attempt to block a portion of Donald Trump’s border wall.
Judge sentences couple convicted in deadly dog attack to 15, 18 years in prison
Read full article: Judge sentences couple convicted in deadly dog attack to 15, 18 years in prisonChristian Moreno was sentenced to 18 years in prison while Abiliene Schnieder was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a dog attack that killed an elderly man.
Former San Antonio Veterans Affairs contracting official sentenced in bribery case
Read full article: Former San Antonio Veterans Affairs contracting official sentenced in bribery caseA former Veterans Affairs contracting official from San Antonio was sentenced to four years probation and six months of home detention related to a bribery case.