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The estate of a man who died at the Bexar County Jail in 2022 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bexar County, Bexar County’s Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Javier Salazar, according to court documents.
A man was charged in connection to the disappearance of a woman who was found dead in a field in east Bexar County last year, according to court records.
In a message to San Antonio-area police chiefs this week, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar provided details of a new streamlined process for providing care to prisoners needing medical attention at the jail.
Residents living in Somerset and Von Ormy know their areas along State Highway 16 are growing. However, with the growth, officials said crime is on the rise in both communities.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has placed the Bexar County jail out of compliance.
A 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.
Several area law enforcement agencies say a new directive from Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar puts public safety at risk.
A 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.
After five months, a man was charged with capital murder in connection with a shooting that left a 4-year-old girl dead and four other family members injured.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced two arrests in the shooting death of Desirae Rivera, a 21-year-old woman killed at a Southwest Side party in March.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar informed the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that the county’s Adult Detention Center is over capacity.
In an interview with KSAT-12 News reporter Daniela Ibarra, Javier Salazar, Democratic Party incumbent declared victory against Nathan Buchanan, the Republican Party challenger for Bexar County sheriff.
A man who was arrested Thursday after he was accused of assaulting a 69-year-old elections worker at a Southwest Side polling location bonded out of jail late Friday night.
A man is arrested after he allegedly assaulted a 69-year-old man elections clerk at a polling location, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
A man was arrested in connection with a shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured four other family members at a home on the Northeast Side of San Antonio, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Human remains were found in a field on the West Side of San Antonio by the owners of the property while they were cutting grass, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office found possible evidence in connection with a shooting that killed a 4-year-old girl and injured four other family members, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.
At least one person is expected to be arrested in connection with a major chop shop operation spanning multiple counties across Texas. Parts from more than 50 vehicles, worth millions, were found in south Bexar County, according to the sheriff.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar joined the KSAT Q&A to discuss how the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office handles dog attacks and how the sheriff’s office is handling the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua among other gangs in the area.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a fourth suspect in connection with an auto theft ring was arrested and booked into the county jail over the weekend.
A high-speed chase involving a wanted felon and suspected gang member ended in a crash and fatal shooting on the West Side, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office released some new details about the desperate attempt to save a one-year-old boy who was being mauled by dogs inside his babysitter’s home.
A high-speed chase involving a wanted felon and suspected gang member ended in a crash and fatal shooting on the West Side, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
A 1-year-old baby who was left with life-threatening injuries after a dog attack on Monday has died, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The number in homicides relating to domestic violence are doubling in Bexar County in just a year, according to Bexar County officials during a press conference.
A 36-year-old woman tasked with babysitting a 1-year-old baby has been arrested after multiple dogs attacked the child, who is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Isaac Martinez-Mendez, 38, and Alicia Dominguez Garcia, who turns 39 next week, were taken into custody after a raid at their home Thursday. Sheriff Javier Salazar said investigators found about $2.5 million in methamphetamine, plus cocaine and cash there.
Bexar County deputies arrested two people after finding more than $2.5 million worth of drugs at a South Side home.
Bexar County sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect Thursday in connection with a March 2024 homicide.
The Brooke Army Medical Center confirmed Wednesday that Stacey Dramiga, whose body was found on a Southeast Side trail earlier this week, was a “beloved” staff member.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner identified a body found along the Salado Greenway Trail with that of a missing woman.
A homicide investigation has been launched after a body believed to be that of a missing woman was found Monday on the East Side.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has issued a CLEAR Alert for a missing 63-year-old woman who was last seen leaving for an East Side walking trail.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the 36-year-old man who died after chasing a person seen dumping trash in a car lot Wednesday in Southeast Bexar County.
A 36-year-old man died after chasing a person for dumping trash in a car lot in southeast Bexar County, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
A 12-year-old student in the Northside Independent School District was arrested on Tuesday for making a threat to shoot another student, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy held a woman at gunpoint next to a damaged car last month as a sergeant with the agency laid on the ground gasping for air, according to a San Antonio police information report obtained by KSAT Investigates.
An accidental shooting at a child’s birthday party led to the arrests of two teenagers in connection with a pair of shootings near the gates of JBSA-Lackland in August.
With four months left in 2024, the homicide rate this year in Bexar County has already exceeded that of the past two years, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
As the 2024 election heads into the home stretch, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Colin Allred secured an endorsement from a high-profile elected official in Bexar County.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar endorsed 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris during a primetime speech Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention.
The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer for failing to pat down a teenager who shot and killed himself in the Bexar County Jail earlier this year.
Reflecting on safety inside the Bexar County Adult Detention Center following three deaths in 15 days.
BCSO has added an additional $5,000 to the reward money pool, bringing the total to $10,000. Investigators hope the extra money might lead to arrests in the case.
A 48-year-old man has been arrested and charged after his father’s body was found in a refrigerator in northeast Bexar County.
A man’s body was found “badly decomposed” inside a fridge in the garage of a northeast Bexar County home, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is requesting help from the public to find out who shot and killed a teenager over the weekend during a house party.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is requesting help from the public to find out who shot and killed a teenager over the weekend during a house party.
A 7-month-old boy was found and his mother was arrested after an AMBER Alert was issued early Friday, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
Jacobo Jimenez Sanchez, 26, was arrested in April on a domestic violence charge. That case, however, was dismissed on July 8, two days before he and Andrea Mena, also 26, were arrested on charges related to injuring their 4-month-old daughter.
With the Bexar County jail near its capacity, BCSO has been housing 120 to 150 inmates between the Burnet and Kerry County jails at any given time to ensure they have room. The inmates are all “paper ready,” meaning they have been convicted and are just waiting for Texas Department of Criminal Justice to pick them up and bring them to prison.
It appeared employees were keeping business going Tuesday morning at The Exception Squad jiujitsu studio. Its owner, Joseph Rene Caballero, 40, has been arrested on a charge of sexual assault of a child.
The owner and instructor of a martial arts school was arrested Saturday for the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old female student, according to Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai said there are people working around-the-clock to fix the rocky rollout of the new Odyssey system, but "there's no blame here."
The county implemented a new criminal software system called Odyssey to simplify the justice system process; however, issues have been ongoing for over a week.
Authorities say seven people have been arrested after smuggling 26 migrants near San Antonio, Texas, in a secret compartment of a trailer with little water and in sweltering heat.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has released the names and subsequent charges of seven people arrested for their alleged involvement with a human smuggling operation in south Bexar County.
Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies discovered 26 migrants in a suspected human smuggling operation on Thursday. News of the operation comes less than 48 hours after President Joe Biden’s executive order that limits asylum seekers went into effect.
Seven migrant smuggling suspects have been arrested and 11 migrants are hospitalized after a law enforcement sting near San Antonio.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene of a human smuggling operation in far south Bexar County.
A former Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant who received a $395,000 settlement from the county this spring told KSAT Sheriff Javier Salazar attempted to smear her name after she posted photos and videos of herself near the U.S. Capitol building during the January 6, 2021 riot.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar appeared on the KSAT Q&A to discuss his Tuesday visit to the White House after President Joe Biden revealed plans for immediate restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.– Mexico border.
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg will be among the Texas mayors in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for President Joe Biden’s announcement about the Texas border.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a woman’s death after her husband said he accidentally shot her, but the sheriff says his agency believes that’s not the case.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has changed its process for accepting outside resources at scenes after footage captured by KSAT showed a convicted sex offender standing with deputies in a city park as authorities searched for a missing mother and her son this spring.
A woman was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband Thursday morning in northwest Bexar County.
As the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office searches for the people responsible for killing a four-year-old girl and injuring her family, the sheriff described the weapon he said caused devastating damage.
A man who was barricaded inside a home in far Northeast Bexar County peacefully surrendered to law enforcement late Thursday, according to BCSO.
New information is coming forth the day after two men shot up a Northeast Side home, killing a 4-year-old girl and critically injuring four others.
Someone sprayed a home with gunfire, wounding five people. Three of them were children. One child later died.
A shooting at 7:40 p.m. on May 8, 2024, in the 6700 block of Windsor Hollow Drive killed a 4-year-old girl and critically injured four others, including two other children. A video from a neighbor’s home surveillance camera shows two men pulling up to the home on Windsor Hollow Drive in a gray vehicle, getting out of the vehicle and opening fire on the residence where five people were inside. The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office sent the video to KSAT in hopes of identifying the suspects and making arrests.
John Steven Lill, 48, is accused of sexually assaulting a client during a photo session, after giving the woman alcohol.
A Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant fired months after posting selfies outside the U.S. Capitol during the deadly 2021 riot has received a $395,000 settlement from the county, her attorney confirmed to KSAT Investigates.
Investigators are still trying to find out who or what killed Lucinda Gutierrez Delgado, 44. Her body was found Wednesday morning along a busy road near Highway 90 and Highway 211.
Three men were recently arrested after Bexar County deputies said they conspired with three other suspects in a car theft ring that operated out of a North Side shop.
A bad batch of drugs has led to an opioid overdose outbreak in Austin. Its proximity to San Antonio and surrounding areas has local officials on high alert.
Circle of Arms executive director Larissa Martinez said there is a growing push to prioritize conversations about mental health after the Bexar County Medical Examiner confirmed a young mother died by suicide this week.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a woman in her 30s or 40s was found dead along a road near Highway 90 and Highway 211. He said the body, which was discovered by a teen who spotted it from her school bus, appeared to have signs of trauma.
Some of the 49 migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard from San Antonio in 2022 can legally work in the US and can’t be deported because they are considered crime victims, according to multiple reports.
As you get ready to start your fiesta celebrations, it's likely you already have safety in mind. KSAT talked to law enforcement about their robust security plans. That includes what you can do to help.
A woman who was driving to work narrowly escaped injury after she got caught in some crossfire Tuesday morning near the Bexar County Magistrate’s Office.
