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.

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.

An arbitrator has upheld the termination of a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant, nearly a year after she posted multiple photographs on Facebook showing her near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as a protest erupted into a deadly riot, agency officials confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders.

From mass vaccinations and the end of pandemic restrictions in Texas to a historic winter storm and the last lap for some local leaders, 2021 delivered one overcrowded news cycle after another.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who posted multiple photographs on Facebook showing her near the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 as a protest erupted into a deadly riot has been fired, BCSO officials confirmed Wednesday night.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant who posted multiple photographs on Facebook showing her near the U.S. Capitol during January’s deadly insurrection has been handed a notice of proposed dismissal over an unrelated incident at the jail, BCSO officials confirmed this week.

SAN ANTONIO – The inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden is just days away and the investigation into last week’s Capitol riot is still ongoing. The FBI is still searching for suspects involved, and some San Antonians are feeling the heat. However, other connections to rioters from San Antonio haven’t surfaced. As of this week, 70 arrests have been made so far nationwide. RELATED: From Baked Alaska to a guy with horns: notable riot arrests

A Bexar County Sheriff’s lieutenant under investigation for being at a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week claims she was hundreds of feet behind rioters and was unaware of the bloodshed taking place in front of her.

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana File)Texans who were involved in Wednesday’s siege upon on the U.S. Capitol were not shy about it on their own social media accounts. Texans among the mob who stormed the Capitol included a former mayoral candidate, a real estate agent, a lawyer and a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy. Videos Cudd posted on her own Facebook have gone viral. A lieutenant with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is under investigation after she posted photos of the incident on her Facebook.

Lt. Roxanne Mathai, who was pictured in a red, white and blue mask and draped in a President Donald Trump flag, posted photos throughout the day Wednesday as the world watched Washington, D.C.