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MLB errors are on track to set a record low for the 3rd year in row
Read full article: MLB errors are on track to set a record low for the 3rd year in rowThere were just 2,459 errors entering the final weekend of the regular season, on track to finish as the fewest in a non-shortened year since 1960 when there were just 16 teams.
Two sergeants in one sheriffās office had sexual relations with deputies. Why was only one fired?
Read full article: Two sergeants in one sheriffās office had sexual relations with deputies. Why was only one fired?A male Comal County Sheriffās sergeant who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a subordinate deputy who worked for him at the courthouse complex was allowed to keep his job and retire years later, despite the same agency firing a female sergeant who violated similar rules on employee fraternization, personnel records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Comal Co. Sheriffās Officeās new program aims to protect elementary schools
Read full article: Comal Co. Sheriffās Officeās new program aims to protect elementary schoolsThe Comal County Sheriff's Office started a new program in June aimed at building up their reserve deputies in order to better protect elementary schools in Comal ISD.
COVID-19 pandemic blamed for dramatic rise in domestic violence cases in Comal County in 2020
Read full article: COVID-19 pandemic blamed for dramatic rise in domestic violence cases in Comal County in 2020NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas ā Domestic violence is on the rise in Comal County and the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame, officials said. āThe numbers are staggering,ā said Comal County District Attorney Jennifer Tharp. Tharp said domestic violence arrests were at 66% last year compared to 53% in 2019. Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds agrees with Tharp about whatās triggering the spike in crimes. āThe stress brought on by the epidemic, itself, and the increased usage of drugs and alcohol brought forth a number of domestic violence cases last yearā, Reynolds said.
Comal County to begin moving inmates into new $72 million jail next week
Read full article: Comal County to begin moving inmates into new $72 million jail next weekNEW BRAUNFELS, Texas ā In about a week, Comal County will begin moving inmates into the countyās new $72 million jail. The new facility is replacing the old jail built in 1985 to accommodate the countyās growing prisoner population. While touring the new jail Wednesday, Sheriff Mark Reynolds said the design was the result of extensive research. The jail features a pod design rather than a linear design. āOur pods are designed where everything, almost always everything, that an inmate would need or officers would have cause for, is located within that pod,ā Reynolds said.
Texas church shooter had pending sex assault case, officials say
Read full article: Texas church shooter had pending sex assault case, officials sayNEW BRAUNFELS, Texas ā A pending 2013 sexual assault case involving the shooter in Sunday's church massacre in Sutherland Springs has stirred reaction among some residents. Related: Ex-girlfriend of church gunman: 'Devin was a very disgusting person'Reynolds, who took office in January, said he's now reviewing what happened with the still pending sexual assault case and a disturbance call the following year involving Kelley. "Until you're proven guilty, you're not guilty," Fisher said. Related: Latest on Texas church shootingNew Braunfels resident Justin Harris said it doesn't bother him that Kelley was from New Braunfels. "It doesn't really seem like it reflects upon on the town or the people here, or myself.