DA investigator asked to be taken off task force as bad blood between SAPD and Bexar County DA's office continues

Ray Robert Saenz Jr. was arrested Tuesday in Austin by members of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force, San Marcos police said.

Investigators with the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force have located and extradited a man charged with murder to Bexar County, according to the DA’s office.

A fugitive in the 2019 slaying of a young San Antonio mother was arrested along the Texas-Mexico border, according to the U.S. Marshal’s Office.

A nationwide initiative focused on the investigation and arrest of violent fugitives and gang members with active arrest warrants led to the arrests of 66 violent fugitives recently in the San Antonio area.

A man who was listed as one of Comal County’s Top 10 Most Wanted by the Comal County Sheriff’s Office has been apprehended.

Police in Austin have arrested one suspect and are searching for another after a mass shooting on a crowded downtown street in which 14 people were wounded.

Police are searching for two people suspected in a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street in which 14 people were wounded, including two critically.

The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force made an arrest Thursday in the case of a fatal shooting and carjacking that left two people dead.

A man from Kansas City was arrested in San Antonio by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on five outstanding warrants, one of which included first degree murder, according to U.S. Authorities in Kansas City said they learned Meza fled to San Antonio. On Thursday, authorities in San Antonio said they were able to locate Meza at an address in the city and authorities were able to arrest him without an incident. Meza is being held in custody at the Bexar County Jail while awaiting extradition to Kansas City, according to authorities. “Our task force officers responded without delay and apprehended this suspect quickly, but more importantly, safely.”

SAN ANTONIO – A man who escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Three Rivers more than a month ago was captured Monday in San Antonio, officials with the United States Marshals Service said. Fidel Lawrence Rodriguez, who was serving a 10-year sentence on charges of possession with intent to sell, was discovered missing after an unannounced inmate count was conducted, U.S. Department of Justice officials said. Rodriguez was found at a motel in the 100 block of Kenley Place in San Antonio, where he was arrested and found to be in possession of a loaded firearm, cocaine and methamphetamines, officials said. “Our deputies and task force officers continue to face unforeseen dangers and put their lives on the line to serve justice, even during a time such as this.”The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force and San Antonio Police Department’s High Intensity Drug Traffic Areas unit were credited with the capture. No other details on the capture were immediately released.

SAN ANTONIO – The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is searching for a man wanted on two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Robert Lee Redd Jr., 49, has been on the run since May 2019 after an indictment was filed with the Bexar County 144th District Court. “The indictment alleged that Redd sexually assaulted a child through physical force and contact,” said Deputy U.S. “The child was under the age of 14 years old.”Search underway for man accused of sexually assaulting child under 6Redd’s last known place of residence was on San Antonio’s Northeast Side. Call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500 if you have any information that can lead to Redd’s arrest.

WACO – A man wanted by the San Antonio Police Department was arrested in Waco on Tuesday by the U.S. Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force. Authorities took into custody 27-year-old Pierson Hannah for his alleged involvement in a San Antonio pawn shop robbery. Hannah allegedly robbed a pawn shop at gunpoint and fled with cash and jewelry, police said. Hannah fled to Waco and was arrested at an apartment in the 1900 block of 9th Street without incident, authorities said.

SAN ANTONIO – The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is searching for Julio Sanchez Jr., 42, after an arrest warrant was issued for failing to comply with probation conditions. In February, a warrant was issued for Sanchez’s arrest for failure to comply with court-ordered treatment conditions and absconding from supervision. Sanchez’s original charge was indecency with a child through sexual contact. His last known place of residence was on the North Side of San Antonio. Call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500 if you have information that can lead to Sanchez’s arrest.

SAN ANTONIO – The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is searching for a convicted sex offender accused of failing to comply with his probation conditions. Timothy Lott, 49, was convicted in 2003 of aggravated sexual assault. The victim was a 9-year-old boy, according to online records. “His last known place of residence was on the Northeast Side of San Antonio,” said Deputy U.S. Call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500 if you have information that can lead to Lott’s arrest.

SAN ANTONIO – The Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is searching for Rogelio Rojas Jaramillo Jr. for failing to comply with sex offender registration conditions. “In December of last year, a warrant was issued for Jaramillo’s arrest following an indictment filed with the Bexar County 187th District Court," said Deputy U.S. In July 2012, Jaramillo, 27, was convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. He is also required to report a change of address with law enforcement for the rest of his life. Call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500 if you have any information that can lead to Jaramillo’s arrest.

Smith, who was critically wounded during the shootout, was in court Tuesday morning. He was charged with capital murder in Ruben Sanchez’s slaying and aggravated assault on a public servant in connection with the shootout. Smith was wanted for killing Sanchez a month earlier while he was allegedly trying to steal the victim's car. As jury selection was about to begin, Smith opted to plead guilty to the assault charge and to a reduced charge of murder in Sanchez's murder in what is called an "open plea." “In each case, I’m going to order a pre-sentencing report and we will come back at another day for sentencing,” Moore told Smith.

Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is asking for the public's help to find a man accused of a sex crime on a teenage girl. Ruben Rodriguez, 46, was accused of the attack on the girl, who was under the age of 16 in Jan. 2014. "Rodriguez is a known sexual predator and we definitely don't want this to happen again," said Bozeman. Rodriguez was last known to live on the Northwest side of San Antonio. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500.

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man wanted on charges he had sex with a teenage girl has managed to avoid arrest for more than a year and a half. The US Marshals Service Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is looking for Merlin Martinez, 37. He was indicted in September 2014 for three counts of indecency with a child through sexual contact. "His last known place of residence was on the north side of San Antonio," said Bozeman. If you have any information on Martinez's whereabouts, call the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force at 210-657-8500.