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How to spot Phishing Messages

How to spot and report phishing messages!

The Federal Trade Commission’s definition of phishing is “when a scammer uses fraudulent emails or texts, or copycat websites, to get you to share valuable personal information.” &...

Quickly Lock Your Computer!

Quickly Lock Your Computer!

With all the sensitive information we access on our computers it is a security best practice to never leave an unattended PC unlocked. Even though it can be tempting to walk away and leave your computer unlocked for a brief mome...

Bring Back a Closed Tab

Bring Back a Closed Web Browser Tab

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Finding an IP Address

Need to find your IP address?  Follow these quick steps:  

1.    Type “cmd” in the Search box and press Enter.

2.    Where the cursor is located, type "ipconfig" and press Enter. 

3. &a...

Web Browsing - Tips & Tricks

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Welcome to Bexar County

County government plays an integral part in our daily lives. County officials provide a measure of local decision-making over important matters that affect our families and our communities. Learn more about the role Bexar County plays.

Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation

On Sept 6, 2022 Commissioners Court will consider the passage of one or more orders authorizing the issuance of one or more series of certificates of obligation for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the County

Notice of Intention to Issue Bexar County Hospital District Certificates of Obligation

On Sept 6, 2022 Commissioners Court will consider the passage of one or more orders authorizing the issuance of one or more series of certificates of obligation & authorizing one or more credit agreements in the name of the Bexar County Hospital District.

Bexar County River and Creeks Program Resolution

Resolution by the Bexar County Commissioners Court committing to next steps toward the implementation of the Bexar County River and Creeks Program to include the addition of 26.2 miles of trails to the existing creekway trail network.

Toltec Apartments

Christ Episcopal Chruch

Marnoch Homestead

The Dawson Massacre

The Rechel Stumpf House

Maverick Carter House

Scottish Rite Cathedral

Boldtville Schoolhouse

Hangar 9 - Brooks City Base

The Battle of Salado

The Battle of Medina

The Koheler House

Old San Antonio Bank Building

The Navarro House

The Halff House

John T. Floore Country Store

The Storming of Bexar

The Woll Invasion

The Woodward House and Women's Club

Wesley Peacock House

T C Frost Wool Warehouse

Bexar County Courthouse

T.C. Frost and the Frost Bank

Thomas C. Frost came to Texas from Alabama in 1855.

Erasmo Seguin

Born in San Antonio, Seguin helped to found the first public school in San Antonio.

Coker Cemetery

Old St Mary's College

In 1852, 4 members of the Society of Mary began construction of this building.

The Canary Islanders

Following a sea and land voyage of over a year, 56 Canary Islanders arrived in San Antonio in 1731.

Flood Insurance Rate Map Appeal Period (Deadline: 30 April, 2022)

The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided Bexar County with preliminary copies of the revised report for the unincorporated areas of Bexar County.  Hard copies of the preliminary revised Flood I...

4/1/2019 - Sex offender receives 8 life sentences for sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl

A convicted sex offender received a total of eight life sentences after he was convicted on charges he sexually assaulted a child and filmed it.

A Bexar County jury found Jose Trinidad Gonzalez, 36, guilty Friday in the 226^th District Court. Gonzalez was a...

4/19/2018 - Guilty Verdict for Deandre Dorch, Accused of Tying up Children in Backyard

San Antonio, Texas, April 19, 2018: Yesterday, a Bexar County Jury in Impact Court
found DeandreDorch, age 38, guilty of two counts of Injury to a Child causing Serious
Bodily Injury and two counts of Abandonment of a Child. Dorch will be sentencedby J...

2/13/2018 - Life without Parole for Defendant who Sexually Assaulted two Young Girls

San Antonio, Texas, February 13, 2018: Last week, the judge of the 399^th District Court sentenced Tracy Cobbs, age 41, to
confinement for life without the possibility of parole. Previously, a jury inthe 399^th District Court had found ...

1/30/2018 - Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years for Injuring 9-week-old

San Antonio, Texas, January 30, 2018: Yesterday, a Bexar County
Jury in the 175^th District Court sentenced Sierra Fisher, age 22, to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Last Friday, jurors found her guilty of a 2014 Injury to C...

Grand Jurors Return Fifth Indictment Against Genene Jones for 1981 Death of Paul Villarreal

San Antonio, Texas, October
31^st, 2017:  This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against Genene Jones, age 66, for the September 24, 1981 murder of 3-month-old Paul Villarreal.  

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10/16/2017 - Guilty plea for Porucha Phillips Accused of Tying up Children in Backyard results in 50

San Antonio, Texas, October 16, 2017: District Attorney Nico LaHood announced Friday that Porucha Phillips, age 34, entered a plea to two counts of Injury to a Child – Serious Bodily Injury and received a sentence of 50 years in prison. She will...

9/13/2017 - 88-Year Prison Sentence Handed Down to Step-Grandmother for Death of 5-Year-old Boy

San Antonio, Texas, September 13, 2017: Last night, a Bexar County jury in the 379th District Court sentenced Gloria Proo, age 52, to 88 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On Monday, jurors found Proo guilty of Injury to a Child Causing Se...

7/10/2017 - 60-Year Prison Sentence for Man Convicted in Grandson’s Murder

San Antonio, Texas, July 10, 2017: Today, 379th District Court Judge Ron Rangel sentenced Joel Soto to 60 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Last month, a Bexar County jury found Soto guilty of the murder of his 2-year-old grandso...

05/29/2015 - 60-Year Sentence for Man who Sexually Abused Girl

Yesterday, visiting Judge Raymond Angelini sentenced Jimmy Vera, age 41, to 60 years in prison. Jurors in the 187th District Court convicted Vera of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child after deliberating for four hours.

In February 2014, Vera sexually...Read on...

05/28/2015 - 35-Year Sentence in Case Where Boy was Badly Burned

Yesterday, 399th District Court Judge Ray Olivarri sentenced Matthew White, age 27, to 35 years in prison. Earlier this month, White entered a no contest plea to the charge of Injury to a Child Intentionally/Knowingly Causing Serious Bodily Injury.

In ...Read on...

05/26/2015 - Life Without Parole Sentence for Man who Sexually Abused Girl

This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 399th District Court sentenced Elias Juarez, age 66, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On Friday, it took jurors less than three hours to convict him of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a young child...Read on...

05/20/2015 - 40 Year Sentence for Man Who Badly Beat 4-year-old Girl

Yesterday, Judge Melisa Skinner of the 290th District Court sentenced Ray Garcia, Jr. to 40 years in prison. Garcia was charged with nine counts of Injury to a Child Causing Seriously Bodily Injury and Injury to a Child Causing Bodily Injury.

In April ...Read on...

Grand Jury indicts woman, man for first-degree abuse of child

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 199 felony indictments.

Marissa Salas and Thomas Torres are charged in separate indictments with assault by intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child by omission. The first count of...

Jury sentences SA man to 52 years in prison for continuous family violence

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a local man to 52 years in prison for a charge of continuous family violence.

Steve Herrera, 41, was found guilty on Tuesday. During the trial, evidence showed Herrera and the victim had been in a relationship for years. Recor...

Grand Jury indicts man for June 2022 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 292 felony indictments.

Paul Terriquez Jr. is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 10, 2022, Terriquez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Alexis Rios by shooting Rios with a ...

Grand Juries hand down indictments in separate murder, manslaughter cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 113 felony indictments.

Vaughan Skirvin is charged with murder. The first count of the indictment alleges that on Nov. 11, 2021, Skirvin intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Joshua Huron by shooti...

Grand Jury indicts man for home break-in, sexual assaults

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 201 felony indictments.

Gino Bonocini is charged in a multi-count indictment. The first count of the indictment charges Bonocini with burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony by force. The ind...

Statement from DA Gonzales on Barrientes Vela verdicts

The following may be attributed to Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales: 

“I want to thank the jury for their service over these last two weeks. They stayed focused on this complex case and found the former constable guilty on two...

Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for deadly hit and run crash

A Bexar County Judge sentenced a San Antonio man to 18 years in prison for a 2020 hit and run accident that left a motorcyclist dead.

Christopher Norton, 32, pled guilty in July to a charge of failure to stop and render aid resulting in death. Evidence sho...

Jury sentences man to life in prison, fine to pay off debt that led to deadly shooting

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to life in prison for the murder of another man.

Richard Vallejo, 28, was found guilty Thursday of the June 2020 shooting death of Andrew Gomez. Evidence showed Gomez went to the home where Vallejo’...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 242 felony indictments.

Quovante Walls is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 31, 2022, Walls intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Mario Miller by shooting Miller with a deadly...

S.A. man receives 2 life sentences for shooting at State Troopers

A San Antonio man was sentenced to life in prison for firing 25 rounds from a AR-15 rifle at state troopers during a pursuit.

Martin Mercado, 33, was found guilty by a jury in June on two charges of attempted capital murder of a police officer and one char...

Grand Jury hands down indictment for April 2022 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Jurors handed down 264 felony indictments.

Kenith Harden is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on April 27, 2022, Harden intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Darion Dixon by shooting Dixon with a deadl...

Plea deals end in 40 year sentence for murder, 35 years for intoxication manslaughter cases

A San Antonio woman was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for the shooting death of a man she met on a social media site.

Aliza Cantu, 26, pled guilty to murder Wednesday in the 186^th District Court. Evidence showed on July 14, 2019, Cantu met Marc Ant...

Jury sentences man to 70 years for brutal murder of local woman

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 70 years in prison for the brutal 2020 murder of a woman.

Rafael Castillo, 27, was convicted Tuesday of murder. Evidence showed Castillo became angry with Nicole Perry inside a home on Nov. 19, 2020. &...

Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing child, uploading images

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 40 years in prison on charges he sexually assaulted a young child.

Brandon Garza, 23, pled guilty to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child Tuesday. Investigators in North Carolina and Texas discovered Garza was...

Man sentenced to 50 years in prison for 2021 double murder

A Devine man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for a 2021 shooting that left two people dead.

Fernando Rojas, 39, pled guilty Tuesday to charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Evidence showed on Aug. 3, 2021, Rojas had been involv...

Pair indicted by Grand Jury for abducting, shooting man

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 232 felony indictments.

Uriah Huffman and Darryl King are charged in separate indictments with the following:

• Aggravated kidnapping: The indictments allege that on April 23, 2022, Huffman and King intentional...

S.A. woman indicted on charges she caused her child's death

A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted a local mother on charges she caused her child’s death.

D’Lanny Chairez was indicted this morning for injury to a child-intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child. The indi...

S.A. man sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting death of girlfriend

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 50 years in prison for the August 2020 shooting death of his girlfriend.

Jorge Izquierdo, 31, was found guilty of murder Thursday. Evidence showed Izquierdo returned to the home with Cora Nickel on Aug. 20...

Jury sentences man to 46 years on charges of indecency with a child

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 46 years in prison for inappropriately touching a young girl.

A jury found Arnoldo Diaz, 53, guilty of two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure on Thursday. Durin...

Grand Jury indicts man for Feb. 2022 intoxication manslaughter case

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 201 felony indictments.

Raul Gomez is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 12, 2022, Gomez operated a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, and did by reas...

S.A. man sentenced for having pornographic images of children on multiple devices

A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for uploading sexually explicit photos of children via his email account.

Anthony Speller, 49, was charged with 60 counts of possession of child pornography, a third degree felony. A tip from the Na...

Bexar County Grand Jury hands down indictments in family violence, child pornography cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 284 felony indictments.

Elijah Gonzales is charged in separate indictments:

• Assault of pregnant person: This indictment alleges that on Aug. 24, 2021, Gonzales intentionally, knowingly and reckless caused bod...

Woman sentenced to 12 years in prison for intoxication manslaughter case

A local woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed a man in front of his family.

Blanca Torres, 42, was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter in March for the Oct. 16, 2018, crash. Evidence showed Mauricio Rodriguez...

Grand Juries indict couple for endangering children, man for stealing gold medals

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 250 felony indictments.

Paul Kinsey and Danielle Kinsey are charged in separate indictments with endangering a child. The four-count indictments allege that on May 23, 2022, Paul and Danielle Kinsey reckless...

Jury sentenced SA man to 50 years for sexually abusing girl multiple times for 2 years

A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a child.

On Wednesday, a jury in the 399^th District Court found David Oscar Saldivar, 37, guilty of the charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child. Evidence showed that Saldi...

Bexar County Grand Jury hands down indictments in trafficking, child pornography cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 253 felony indictments.

Juan Carlos Diaz-De La Cruz is charged in a multiple-count indictment with the following:

• Trafficking a child to engage in sexual conduct: This count alleges that on July 6, 2021, Diaz...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for 2016 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 73 felony indictments.

Jorge Rivera is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 21, 2016, Rivera intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Javier Soto by striking Soto with a deadly wea...

S.A. man, 59, sentenced to 70 years in prison for violent attack on woman

A San Antonio man is headed to prison for a violent attempted rape of a woman.

Gary Franz DeVaughn, 59, was found guilty following a jury trial in April for charges of attempted aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. &nb...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for March 2022 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 285 felony indictments.

Mathew Wiessing is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on March 10, 2022, Wiessing intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Michael Echaniz by shooting Echaniz wit...

Man indicted for March 2022 deadly drunk driving crash

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 197 felony indictments.

Christopher Del Toro is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on March 27, 2022, Del Toro operated a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, a...

Jury sentences SA man to two 40-year sentences for sex assault of child

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a local man to two 40-year prison sentences for sexually assaulting a young girl.

Juan De Los Santos-Salas, 37, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony. During the trial, p...

Murder defendant arrested after 6 months on the run

A murder defendant who cut off his GPS monitor while on bond awaiting trial was arrested late Tuesday.

Amir Powell posted $150,000 bond in September 2020. Court-ordered conditions of his release required Powell to wear a GPS monitor while under partial hou...

Bexar County DA cracking down on illegal devices that make pistols automatic weapons

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales is encouraging law enforcement officers to file criminal cases against people who have “switches” to make their legal firearms into fully automatic weapons. 

In Bexar County, officers...

Grand Juries indict 3 in separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 207 felony indictments.

Michael Dines is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on March 13, 2022, Dines intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Kerstin Marie Taylor by shooting Taylor with...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 3 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Jurors handed down 279 felony indictments.

Enrique Lara is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 28, 2022, Lara intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Maria Virginia Hernandez by shooting Hernandez ...

"Med Center Rapist" pleads guilty to remaining cases

The “Med Center Rapist” pled guilty this morning to a Jan. 2017 attack of a local woman inside her apartment.

Anton Harris, 23, was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of “Alice Smith.” Evidence showed Harris a...

Man sentenced to prison for Dec. 2020 murder

Daniel Calvillo, 29, a citizen of Piedras Negras, pled guilty to the Dec. 9, 2020, murder of Giovanna Barrera. Evidence showed Calvillo walked up to Barrera while she was sitting in a car and demanded her cell phone before he shot her. 

In exchang...

Grand Jury indicts man for fatal Dec. 2021 shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 306 felony indictments.

Aaron Gutierrez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 16, 2021, Gutierrez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Maria Gonzales by shooting Gonzales wit...

Grand Jury hands down indictments for 7 accused of smuggling drugs into Bexar County Jail

This afternoon, a Bexar County Grand Jury handed down multiple indictments against alleged gang members who conspired to exchange money and drugs in the Bexar County Jail with the assistance of a former detention officer.

The separate indictments allege th...

Driver sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing teen who tried to escape moving car

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for driving under the influence of drugs and killing a 16-year-old girl who tried to get out of the moving car.

Steven Xzavier Medina, 20, pled guilty to a charge of intoxication manslaughter in...

S.A. man convicted of fatal bar shooting sentenced to 30 years in prison

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 30 years in prison for a fatal bar shooting.

David Hinojosa, 32, was found guilty on a murder charge earlier this week. Joseph Torres, 37, and David Hinojosa were both regulars at the Sugartime Lounge in t...

Grand Juries hand down indictments in capital murder, murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 325 felony indictments.

Michael Burger is charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 20, 2022, Burger intentionally and knowingly caused the death of William Burger by shooting William ...

Grand Jury indicts man for murder, couple for causing multiple injuries to child

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 110 felony indictments.

Auguston Medelez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 11, 2021, Medelez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Francisco Mendoza by shooting Mendoza wi...

Woman convicted in murder for hire scheme sentenced to 20 years in prison

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a woman to 20 years in prison for paying an undercover officer to kill a woman.

Angelica Navarro-DePaz, 44, was found guilty this week of solicitation of capital murder for remuneration. Evidence included an August 2017 video ...

Man sentenced to 55 years in prison for indecency with a child

A San Antonio man convicted of sexually abusing a child for six months was sentenced to 55 years in prison. 

Efren Moreno, 33, was charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child and Indecency with a Child by Contact. The crimes happened between M...

Former BCSO deputy indicted for tampering report on inmate attack

A former Bexar County detention deputy was indicted today on charges he altered a government document to cover up an attack on an inmate.

A four-count indictment alleges that on Feb. 7, 2021, Victor Collins knowing that an investigation was pending, to-wit...

S.A. man sentenced to 40 years in prison for attacking girlfriend with baseball bat

A San Antonio man who pled not guilty to a brutal attack on his former girlfriend was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday. Prosecutors were able to obtain the conviction and sentence in his case without the assistance of the victim.

Juan Antonio Rivera...

Pair indicted for Jan. 2022 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 329 felony indictments.

Felix Hernandez and Stacy Mae Lynn Page are charged in separate multi-count indictments. The first count of the indictment is for murder. It alleges that on Jan. 22, 2022, Hernandez a...

Woman sentenced to 18 years in prison for her role in fatal shooting

This morning, a Bexar County Judge sentenced a woman to prison for her role in the murder of her boyfriend.

Enederia Flowers, 26, pled guilty to a murder charge in January 2020. Flowers was accused of going to Isaiah Roper’s family’s ho...

Grand Juries indict two people for separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 189 felony indictments.

Joseph Harris is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 28, 20221, Harris intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Isaiah Orozco by shooting Orozco with a dea...

S.A. man changes plea to guilty in double murder trial

After more than two days of testimony, a San Antonio man on trial for capital murder changed his plea from not guilty to guilty of murder.

Johnathan Johnson, 28, is accused of the March 4, 2019, shooting deaths of Andre Rangel, 19, and Katrina Casarez, 18....

Woman indicted for Jan. 2022 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 190 felony indictments.

Debra Ann Guerra is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Jan. 15, 2022, Guerra intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Aldo Rafael Urbie by shooting Urbie with ...

Convicted felon sentenced to life in prison for armed holdup of S.A. family

A convicted felon who was released from prison and returned to San Antonio to commit a string of armed robberies was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday.

John Casarez, also known as Pete Rojas, was found guilty of aggravated robbery. Evidence showed Casa...

D.A. Gonzales statement on criminalization of abortion

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales joined four other elected District Attorneys who elect not to use the criminal justice system to prosecute Texans for personal health care decisions.

The District Attorneys stand with Starr County District Attorn...

DA's Office investigators assist in locating, returning wanted murder suspect to Bexar County

Investigators with the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office assigned to the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force helped locate and return a man charged with murder to Bexar County.

Francisco Javier Velasquez, 37, was free on a $100,000 ...

Grand Jury indicts man for Jan. 2022 shooting that killed 1, wounded 4

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 220 felony indictments.

Ol Wallace is charged in multiple indictments stemming from the same incident.

• Murder: The indictment alleges that on Jan. 17, 2022, Wallace intentionally and knowingly caused the deat...

Grand Jury indicts man for Dec. 2021 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 248 felony indictments.

Bryan Gonzalez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 6, 2021, Gonzalez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Santiago Sanchez by shooting Sanchez with ...

Man convicted of 1987 rape, asphyxiation sentenced to life in prison

A Bexar County jury found a man guilty of a cold case killing from 1987.

Larry Moore was convicted of capital murder Friday in the sexual assault and asphyxiation of Dianna Lowery on January 29, 1987. Moore was Lowery’s neighbor and landlord. DNA evidence ...

Statement from D.A. Gonzales on dismissal of case against BCSO deputy

The following is attributed to Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales:

On March 25, 2022, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case against Deputy Brandin Moran for the shooting of Mr. Jesus Garcia. This case was heartbr...

Man indicted for fatal Christmas 2021 shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 257 felony indictments.

Mason Lubitz is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 25, 2021, Lubitz intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Trevor James Beeman by shooting Beeman with a...

Former SAPD officer indicted for unlawful restraint

A Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a former San Antonio police officer Tuesday on felony charges.

Michael Brewer is charged with unlawful restraint exposing a complainant to a risk of serious bodily injury. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 26, 2019, Bre...

Drunk driver sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing her nephew

A San Antonio woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for driving drunk and killing her nephew.

Rebecca DeLeon, 39, pled guilty to a charge of intoxication manslaughter Tuesday. Evidence showed that on Sep. 27, 2020, DeLeon was driving on the 5400 blk. o...

SA man sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting SAPD officer

A San Antonio man facing multiple felony charges pled guilty to the crimes in exchange for prison time.

Adrian Cardenas, 23, pled guilty to attempted capital murder of a police officer, aggravated assault and robbery. Evidence showed that on Oct. 5, 2020, ...

Bexar County deputy indicted for fatal shooting

A Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a Bexar County deputy Monday for manslaughter.

The indictment alleges that on March 9, 2020, Brandin Moran recklessly caused the death of Jesus Garcia by discharging a deadly weapon (firearm) at and in the direction of Ga...

Trio indicted for Sep. 2021 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 305 felony indictments.

Gary Clark, Deymont Franklin and Jamari Nickerson are charged in separate indictments with murder. Each indictment alleges that on Sep. 30, 2021, Clark, Franklin and Nickerson committ...

S.A. woman indicted for fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 197 felony indictments.

Krystal Rodriguez (SID: 1156859) is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 17, 2021, Rodriguez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Jared Rodriguez by sho...

SA man sentenced to 50 years in prison for Feb. 2020 murder

A San Antonio man was found guilty and sentenced to 50 years in prison for murder and other felony charges.

Greg Delgado, 36, is charged with the Feb. 21, 2020, shooting death of Luis Guerrero. Guerrero was driving a truck when he was shot and crashed into...

Former San Antonio police officer indicted for deadly conduct

A former San Antonio police officer has been indicted on a charge stemming from an officer-involved shooting.

Oscar Cruz was indicted for deadly conduct. The indictment alleges that on March 9, 2020, Cruz knowingly discharged a firearm at and in the direct...

D.A. Gonzales: Parents will not be prosecuted for protecting their children

The following is a statement from D.A. Gonzales:

Parents will not be prosecuted for protecting their children.

Grandparents will not be prosecuted for loving their grand-children.

Doctors will not be prosecuted for providing medical care for their patients.

T...

Bexar County Commissioners approve funding for investigators to assist with protective orders

This morning, Bexar County Commissioners unanimously approved a request from Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales for additional investigators for the Family Justice Center.

The priority of investigators at the FJC is to serve high-risk respondents ...

S.A. man indicted for fatal Dec. 2021 stabbing

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 271 felony indictments.

Rene Devora is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 2, 2021, Devora intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Miranda Kennedy by cutting and stabbing Kennedy...

S.A. woman sentenced to prison for stealing $667,000 from Windcrest church

A San Antonio woman is headed to prison after admitting that she stole more than half a million dollars from a Windcrest church.

Lavelle Wilson pled guilty to theft and misapplication of fiduciary property from New Creation Christian Fellowship on Feb. 4 i...

Grand Jury hands down indictments for 2 separate 2021 murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 178 felony indictments.

Darren Doze is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 2, 2021, Doze intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Ronald Doze by shooting Ronald Doze with a deadly ...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 343 felony indictments.

Dwight Sanchez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 13, 2018, Sanchez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Zachariah Bostic by shooting Bostic with a...

Former SA Park Police officer indicted on felony charge

A former San Antonio Park Police officer is charged with tampering with a governmental record.

A Bexar County Grand Jury returned the indictment on Jan. 6, 2022. It alleges that on Jan. 8, 2020, David Rene Garcia (SID: 822053) did, with intent to defraud a...

Jury sentences man who murdered his cousin to 33 years in prison

A jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 33 years in prison for the shooting death of his cousin.

On Friday, the jury found Edison Carraman, 23, guilty of murder. During the trial, evidence showed that Carraman had an argument with family members and that he ...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for Dec. 2020 crash that left two people dead

This week, two new Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 61 felony indictments. 

Alejandro Montoya Rodriguez is charged in two separate indictments with intoxication manslaughter. The indictments allege that on Dec. 24, 2020, Montoya Rodriguez ope...

Grand Jury hands down indictment for July 2020 robbery/murder of man

This week, a Bexar County Grand Jury handed down 144 felony indictments, bringing an end of service for the two Grand Jury panels from the 227^th and 437^th District Courts. During their six-week terms, the two panels issued 1,789 true bills of indictment.

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S.A. man who killed 11-month-old boy sentenced to life in prison

A San Antonio man convicted last month of murdering his girlfriend’s baby was sentenced to life in prison this morning.

Last month, a jury convicted Miguel Gutierrez, 27, for the Nov. 3, 2017, death of Xzavier Cortez. Evidence showed Gutierrez ad...

Bexar County Grand Jury issues no bill of indictment for Aug. 2020 fatal shooting by BCSO deputy

This afternoon, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Civil Rights Division presented the Aug. 25, 2020, fatal shooting of Damian Daniels by Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Deputy John Rodriguez to a Grand Jury. After their review, a no b...

Man indicted for manslaughter for March 2021 reckless shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 368 felony indictments.

Jonathan Villegas is charged with manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on March 29, 2021, Villegas recklessly caused the death of Luis Castelar by discharging a deadly weapon (fi...

Wanted man who killed college student in wrong way crash sentenced to 60 years in prison

A San Antonio man who hit and killed a 20-year-old college student while trying to avoid returning to jail was sentenced to 60 years in prison for murder.

Joseph Woolard, 37, pled guilty to murder in the 144^th District Court this morning. Woolard had warra...

2 former SAPD officers indicted on charges of aggravated assault by a public servant

On Wednesday, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned indictments against two former San Antonio Police officers for charges of aggravated assault by a public servant.

The separate indictments allege that on Jan. 16, 2020, Carlos Castro and Thomas Villarreal in...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments for 5 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 269 felony indictments.

Jorge Joseph Alvarado is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 11, 2019, Alvarado intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Melissa Alvarado by shooting Melis...

Jury sentences man to 55 years in prison for Subway restaurant robbery

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a local man to 55 years in prison for the robbery of a Westside restaurant Thursday.

Raul Medel, 31, was found guilty of the March 19, 2019, robbery of a Subway located at 4638 W. Commerce. The victim said around 2:30 in the a...

Man indicted for Sep. 2021 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 290 felony indictments.

Julius Inteus Burge is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 14, 2021, Burge intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Benjamin Michael Holl by shooting Holl ...

San Antonio man who killed his wife sentenced to 35 years in prison

This morning, a San Antonio man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2019 shooting death of his wife.

Brian Jorge Ramos, 41, pled no contest to a murder charge in the 290^th District Court. A judge found him guilty of the April 1, 2019, killing of hi...

Bexar County woman indicted on child abuse charges

A Bexar County woman has been indicted on multiple charges of child abuse.

Lakendra Monique Williams is charged with assault-intentionally/knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child. The 18 count indictment alleges that on Feb. 18, 2021, Williams i...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in two murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 265 felony indictments.

Reyes Huerta Gallegos is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on July 7, 2019, Gallegos intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Cecilia Huerta Gallegos by manner a...

Man indicted for capital murder in Aug. 2021 shooting that left 2 dead, 1 hurt

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 202 felony indictments.

Fernando Rojas is charged in two separate indictments.

• Capital murder of multiple persons: This indictment alleges that on Aug. 3, 2021, Rojas intentionally and knowingly caus...

DA's Office, law enforcement operation ends with 7 indicted for soliciting children for sex

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted seven people arrested in a four-day undercover operation by the Bexar County District Attorney’s office, the Olmos Park Police Department and the Texas Attorney General’s Office Child Ex...

San Antonio man sentenced to 12 years in prison for sharing child sex abuse images on Tumblr

A San Antonio man was sentenced to twelve years in prison for one count of promotion of child pornography, a second degree felony. 

John Alan Fuentes, 37, was arrested on June 3, 2020, after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited...

Two men indicted for capital murder of three people in Aug. 2021

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 228 felony indictments.

Daniel Barragan and Eduardo Delarosa are charged in separate indictments with multiple felony offenses.

• Capital murder of multiple persons: The indictments allege that on Aug. 15, 2021...

Grand jury indicts man for July 2021 fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 259 felony indictments.

Jose Damian Canales is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on July 16, 2021, Canales intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Steven Lawrence Byars by shooting Bya...

Woman sentenced to 8 years in prison for cover-up of death of Baby King Jay

On Friday, a woman charged for her role in the cover-up of the death of an 8-month-old boy was sentenced to prison.

Angie Torres, 48, pled guilty in the 227^th District Court to a charge of tampering with evidence with intent to impair, a third degree felon...

Grand Jury hands down first indictment for solicitation of a prostitute

This week, Bexar county Grand Juries handed down 196 felony indictments.

Larry Vaquera is the first person in Bexar County charged with solicitation of a prostitute, a law that took effect Sep. 1, 2021. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 16, 2021, Vaquera...

Man indicted for murder; murder defendant indicted for bail jumping

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 255 felony indictments.

Leopedo Mora is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 13, 2021, Mora intentionally and knowing caused the death of Kenneth Salazar by shooting him with a deadly wea...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for Jan. 2020 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 203 felony indictments.

Anthony Nash is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Jan. 7, 2020, Nash intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Anthony Sanks by shooting Sanks with a deadly we...

S.A. man gets 7 year sentence for guilty plea in child porn case

A San Antonio man was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday after he pled guilty to having child abuse materials and images of bestiality on his cell phone.

Isidro Ibarra Moreno, 35, entered a pre-indictment plea of guilty to possession of child porno...

SA man who wrote nearly $1 million in hot checks receives maximum prison sentence

A San Antonio man convicted of writing tens of thousands of dollars’ in hot checks has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

John Cardenas, 36, was found guilty by a jury in the 290^th District Court in July on a charge of theft of service. Eviden...

Local man sentenced to prison for uploading child pornography

A San Antonio man was sentenced to six years in prison after he pled guilty Monday to two indictments for possession of child pornography in the 226^th Judicial District Court, Judge Velia Meza presiding.

Jose Villarreal, 34, was arrested in November 2020 a...

Grand Jury indicts Universal City man for July fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 234 felony indictments.

Kiet Tuan Nguyen (SID: 1150197) is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on July 5, 2021, Nguyen intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Ryan Vo by shooting Vo with...

San Antonio man indicted for fatal June 2021 shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 225 felony indictments.

Devonte Riondo Campbell is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 20, 2021, Campbell intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Parnell Keith Curtis by shooting...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate June 2021 murders

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 182 felony indictments.

Miguel Garcia Gonzalez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 13, 2021, Gonzalez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Frank Hammonds by striking Hammon...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for June capital murder of woman, unborn child

This week, Bexar County Grand handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Dillon Leigh Meckel is charged with capital murder of multiple persons. The indictment alleges that on June 19, 2021, Meckel intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Laura P...

Former BCSO deputy indicted for unlawful search during traffic stop

On Monday, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a former deputy with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office for multiple charges stemming from a traffic stop.

The first count of the indictment charges Joel Chavez with official oppression. It alleges tha...

Manslaughter indictment handed down for Nov. 2020 fatal car crash

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 242 felony indictments.

Ivan Joseph Duran is charged with manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 15, 2020, Duran recklessly caused the death of Dominique Orta by driving and operating a motor vehi...

Bexar County DA to defer to TEA on mask mandates

District Attorney Joe Gonzales issued the following statement regarding inquiries about how Bexar County’s schools should respond to today’s order by the Texas Supreme Court:

“On August 19, 2021, the Texas Education Agency iss...

D.A. Gonzales statement on Texas Supreme Court order on mask mandate

In response to today's ruling from the Texas Supreme Court on the limited mask mandate in Bexar County, District Attorney Joe Gonzales issued the following statement: 

While I am personally disappointed in the order handed down today by t...

Former BCSO detention officer indicted for assault on inmate

On Monday, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office detention officer for an attack on an inmate.

Jaime Soto is charged in a two count indictment with official oppression. The first count of the indictment alleges...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for fatal Nov. 2020 shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 267 felony indictments.

Kristopher Anthony Espinoza is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 21, 2020, Espinoza intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Cecilio Soria by shooting So...

D.A. Gonzales statement on Judge Arteaga granting temporary injunction for limited mask mandates

This afternoon, Bexar County Judge Antonia Arteaga, 57^th Civil District Court ruled in favor of a request for a temporary injunction that allows Bexar County and the City of San Antonio, as well as local schools, to require masks in an effort to prevent t...

Two separate murder cases among 241 felony indictments handed down this week

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 241 felony indictments.

Amari Daijanea Gardner is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 14, 2021, Gardner intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Anthony Oneal Easterling by shootin...

Statement from D.A. Gonzales on temporary restraining order allowing limited mask mandate

This afternoon, Bexar County Judge Antonia Arteaga granted a joint application for a temporary restraining order filed by the City of San Antonio and Bexar County which restrains the enforcement of certain provisions of Governor Abbott’s executive order G...

Jury sentences man to death for killing SAPD Det. Benjamin Marconi

On Friday, a Bexar County jury sentenced a convicted cop killer to death by lethal injection.

Otis McKane, 35, was convicted last month of a charge of capital murder of a police officer. A jury in the 379^th District Court found McKane guilty of the Nov. 20...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 5 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 246 felony indictments.

Xavier Carlos Arteaga is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 2, 2021, Arteaga intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Rene Galan by shooting Galan with a d...

Statement from D.A. Gonzales on suspension of jury service

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales released the following statement:

"While we had hoped the return of jurors on June 1, 2021, would be a beginning of more normal court operations, we understand Judge Ron Rangel’s order to suspend j...

S.A. man indicted for super aggravated sexual assault of a child, child pornography

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 219 felony indictments.

Jonathan Garrett (SID: 1147282) is charged in multiple indictments. One charges Garrett with super aggravated sexual assault of a child. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 7, 2021, G...

Former SAPD officer indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a former San Antonio police officer for a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

The first count of the indictment alleges that on Sep. 27, 2020, John Edward Schiller intentionally, knowingly and...

Man indicted for April 2021 family violence murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 218 felony indictments.

Robert D. Martin is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on April 25, 2021, Martin intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Crystal Ferguson by strangling Ferguson ...

Bexar County DA's Conviction Integrity Unit assists two men in exoneration for 2017 drug sting

Two San Antonio men who were convicted of drug charges have been exonerated.

John Gabriel Cape and Louie Garcia were arrested in Aug. 2017 after a confidential informant told investigators that they would find methamphetamine at a San Antonio home. The men...

Grand Jury indicts man for March 2021 capital murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 237 felony indictments.

Noah McGary is charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on March 5, 2021, McGary intentionally caused the death of Hector Chavera by shooting Chavera with a deadly wea...

S.A. man sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a child

This morning, a 42-year-old San Antonio man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

John Christopher Delgado pled guilty in the 227^th District Court. He was arrested March 20, 2020, after a Cyber tip from G...

Grand Jury indicts man for Nov. 2020 murder

This week, two newly-impaneled Bexar County Grand Juries began their terms by handing down 130 felony indictments.

Clyde Poindexter (SID: 666722) is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 9, 2020, Poindexter, with intent to cause serious ...

Man gets 40 year prison sentence for beating 93-year-old to death

A San Antonio man charged with the beating death of a 93-year-old man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Damian Jimenez, 24, pled guilty to murder in the 437^th District Court this morning. Jimenez was accused of confronting Lupe Martinez outside a c...

Man indicted on multiple charges stemming from March 2021 deadly car crash

This week, two Bexar County Grand Juries completed their terms by handing down 242 felony indictments.

Selena Marie Hernandez and Daniel Reynaldo Telles are charged in separate indictments with assault – intentionally/knowingly causing serious bo...

S.A. man sentenced to prison for 2018 murder of his girlfriend

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend on her 19^th birthday.

Joshua Garcia pled guilty to the Oct. 9, 2018, murder of Erin Castro. The couple went out to celebrate Castro’s 19th birthday. An argument ensued a...

Former juvenile detention officer indicted for injuring detainee

A former juvenile detention officer is facing trial on charges he injured a child who was in custody.

Ramon Montanya was indicted by a Bexar County Grand Jury on June 23, 2021, for a charge of assault causing serious bodily injury to a child. The indictmen...

Man sentenced to 40 years for death of Baby King Jay Davila

This morning, a man accused of causing the death of an 8-month-old San Antonio infant was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

Christopher Davila, 37, was found guilty of injury to a child causing the death of King Jay Davila. Christopher Davila initially repo...

Kerrville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for S.A. murder

A Kerrville man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for a murder last summer in a San Antonio parking lot.

Daniel Rodriguez, 33, was shot June 1, 2020, during a dispute outside a motel in the 2100 blk. SW Loop 410. Rodriguez died from his injuries. S...

S.A. man sentenced to 29 years in prison for 2011 murder

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 29 years in prison after he pled guilty to murder and aggravated robbery.

Joe Albert Gover, 27, pled guilty to his role in the June 26, 2011, death of Benjamin Briones. Briones was hit, kicked and struck with a bat during...

Indictments issued in 2 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 269 felony indictments.

Kevin Perez is charged with murder. The first count of the indictment alleges that on Dec. 29, 2020, Perez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Arnulfo Cortez by shooting C...

S.A. man sentenced to prison for uploading child pornography on social media

A San Antonio man was sentenced to five years in prison after he pled guilty today to promotion of child pornography in the 437^th Judicial District Court, Judge Melisa Skinner presiding.

Jason Chavez, 29, was arrested in November 2020 after a tip from the ...

S.A. man to spend the rest of his life in prison for years-long sexual abuse of young girls

A San Antonio man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after he was convicted of continuous sexual abuse of a child.

John Anthony Clede, 46, was accused of sexually abusing two young girls from June 2015 through November 2018. During the course of a fou...

Indictments issued by Bexar County Grand Juries in 3 separate murders

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 233 felony indictments.

Maranda Merrie Garcia and Krystle McCord are charged with murder. The separate indictments allege that on April 5, 2021, Garcia and McCord intentionally and knowingly caused the death...

Statement on request by family of Damian Daniels to release video

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales released the following statement on Monday, June 14, 2021:

The shooting death of Mr. Daniels involving Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies is currently under review by the Civil Rights Division of the Bexar Co...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for murder, aggravated kidnapping

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 233 felony indictments.

Francisco Saul Miranda is charged in one indictment with murder. That indictment alleges that on March 11, 2021, Miranda intentionally and knowingly caused the death of David Garcia b...

S.A. man sentenced to prison for possession child pornography

A San Antonio man was sentenced to four years in prison after he pled guilty today to possession of child pornography.

Nicolas Dovalina, 26, was arrested in June 2020 after a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported Dovalina...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for intoxication manslaughter

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 227 felony indictments.

Mario Preciado is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 7, 2020, Preciado operated a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated, and did b...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for March 2021 family violence-related murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 203 felony indictments.

Jarren Diego Garcia is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on March 5, 2021, Garcia intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Mark Ramos by shooting Ramos with a de...

Grand Jury indicts 2 men for 2019 capital murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 219 felony indictments.

Armando Eric Narvaez and Zion Michael Talavera are charged with capital murder – other felony. The indictments allege that on July 30, 2019, Narvaez and Talavera intentionally caused ...

D.A. Joe Gonzales asks crime victims for patience as jury trials slowly resume in Bexar County

As Bexar County Courts prepare to resume jury trials for the first time in more than 14 months, District Attorney Joe Gonzales has published a message to local crime victims: please be patient.

COVID-19 protocols brought jury trials to a halt in March 2020...

Two Bexar County men sentenced to prison in separate child pornography cases

Two men, including a former corrections officer with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division, were sentenced to prison after each pleaded guilty to possession of child abuse materials.

This morning, David Love, 41, received a five y...

Former SA police officer indicted on charges he misused public information

On Tuesday, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a former San Antonio police officer for misusing public information.

The two-count indictment alleges that on May 2, 2019, Ronaldo Segovia, 40, with intent to harm or defraud another, namely, Victor Lara, disc...

S.A. man indicted for Feb. 2021 family violence-related capital murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 260 felony indictments. 

“As these 24 citizens conclude their service over these last two months, I want to acknowledge the vital role they play in the criminal justice system. T...

Bexar County Detention Officer indicted for alleged assault on inmate

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a Bexar County Detention Officer for an alleged attack on an inmate.

Eduardo Sanchez is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant causing serious bodily injury and official oppression. Both charges...

Two men indicted for Oct. 2019 murder

This week Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Richard Villanueva and D’Quintin Williams are charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Oct. 9, 2019, Villanueva and Williams intentionally and knowingly ...

S.A. man sentenced for soliciting child through Snapchat

A San Antonio man was sentenced to prison Monday for soliciting a child through social media.

Andrew Cummings, 20, was found guilty Monday of a charge of online solicitation of a minor under 14 years old. Evidence in the case showed Cummings met the child ...

Bexar County D.A. issues statement on verdicts in Derek Chauvin case

Following the guilty verdicts in the cases against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales issued the following statement:

"George Floyd’s final 9 minutes and 29 seconds in handcuffs, on the ground,...

S.A. mother of missing toddler indicted by Bexar County Grand Jury

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted the mother of a missing toddler on a charge of tampering with evidence.

The charge reflects that on March 15, 2021, D’Lanny Reaneille Chairez, knowing that an investigation was in progress did inte...

S.A. man indicted for Feb. 2021 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 250 felony indictments.

Joan Francisco Paulino is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 3, 2021, Paulino intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Michael Garcia-Sanchez by...

D.A. Joe Gonzales releases Midterm Report

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales has released a Midterm Report detailing how the office progressed in the first two years under his leadership, most of which was greatly impacted by COVID-19.

“It is important for the public to know how the Distr...

S.A. man indicted for capital murder of child

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 165 felony indictments.

D’Morea Keys is charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 15, 2020, Keys intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Donita Henry-Philli...

Bexar County man exonerated for 2009 assault case that was recanted

A local man convicted in 2010 for a family violence assault has been exonerated with the assistance of the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office Conviction Integrity Unit.

Mikhail Timofeyev, now 45, was accused of punching his boyfrien...

Woman indicted on charges connected to fatal car accident

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 240 felony indictments.

Natalie Saldana is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 22, 2019, Saldana operated a motor vehicle in a public place while intoxicated...

Former BCSO deputy sentenced to prison for exposing himself to child

This morning, a Bexar County Judge sentenced a former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy to 3 years in prison for exposing himself to a child.

Andres Ibarra, 27, pleaded no contest to indecency with a child by exposure. Ibarra left the BCSO pri...

Man indicted by Bexar County Grand Jury for fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 250 felony indictments.

Jesus Monsivais Jr. is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 29, 2020, Monsivais intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Oscar Rene Castillo Jr. b...

Bexar County DA Joe Gonzales in Opposition to S.B. 21 in the 87th Texas Legislature

The limited space in county jails should be reserved for those who are a danger to our community. As currently written, Texas Senate Bill 21 would have a detrimental impact on Texas’ criminal justice system. This bill would limit Judicial discre...

Pair indicted by Bexar County Grand Jury for robbery, double murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 250 felony indictments.

James Miller and Jaylen Dears are charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 17, 2020, Miller and Dears intentionally caused the deaths of Bobby Carter an...

D.A. Joe Gonzales condemns apparent hate crime attack on San Antonio Restaurant

The weekend vandalism of San Antonio’s Noodle Tree restaurant appears to be a deplorable sign that Bexar County’s Asian American community is the latest target of hate-motivated crime.

“I have seen the horrific acts of violenc...

Former S.A. teacher sentenced to prison for having sex with student

A former San Antonio teacher has been sentenced to prison after admitting he had sex with a student.

Jose Eduardo Hernandez, 45, pled guilty to sexual assault of a child Tuesday in the 144^th District Court. Evidence showed in 2019 Hernandez, a Lanier High ...

Former jail nurse, detention officer indicted by Bexar County Grand Jury

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury handed down three indictments connected to a single alleged incident inside the Bexar County Jail.

The separate indictments allege that on May 3, 2018, Maricela Leija and Thomas Lucero intentionally and knowingly pro...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 280 felony indictments.

Priscilla Caballero is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Jan. 5, 2021, Caballero intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Yvette Salinas by shooting Sa...

Bexar County D.A. to business owners: You have the right to require masks on premises

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales is encouraging Bexar County residents to continue wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, regardless of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-34 that lifts the state’s mask...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for fatal stabbing

A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted a local man for murder.

The indictment alleges that on Nov. 21, 2020, Richard Luna also known as Dask, intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Isaac Cantu by cutting and stabbing Cantu with a deadly weapon (kn...

Capital murder case among nearly 270 felony indictments handed down this week

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 270 felony indictments.

“The terms of the Grand Juries impaneled by the 144^th District Court and the 226^th District Court concluded this week. These two Grand Juries have handed down 1,815 f...

Assistant District Attorney Matthew Howard named Director of Conviction Integrity Unit

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales has named Matthew Howard the Director of the Conviction Integrity Unit.

Matthew has been with the District Attorney’s Office since 2013. He has worked in the Conviction Integrity Unit since 2015. Matthe...

Bexar County man sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl

A Bexar County man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a 10-year old girl.

Justin Anthony Gonzales, 29, was charged by indictment with aggravated sexual assault of a child. The offenses were alleged to have occurred in January and...

Pipe burst damages equipment, files in Bexar County District Attorney's Office

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office is assessing damage caused by a burst pipe to a portion of its offices in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. While Bexar County facilities were closed all week due to inclement weather, the water damage...

Two indicted by Bexar County Grand Juries in separate financial schemes

This week, Bexar County Grand Jurors handed down nearly 300 felony indictments.

Lavelle Wilson Ruvader is charged with theft of $300,000 or more. The two count indictment alleges that between Jan. 6, 2014, and Sep. 12, 2019, Ruvader, also known as Lavelle ...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down nearly 300 felony indictments for week ending Feb. 5, 2021

This week, Bexar County Grand Jurors handed down nearly 300 felony indictments.

Gregory Morrison is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 3, 2020, Morrison intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Ann Black by shooting her with a ...

Bexar County Grand Juries indict two men for deadly car accidents

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 320 felony indictments.

Christopher Thomas Norton is charged with failure to stop and render aid causing death. The indictment alleges that on Nov. 9, 2020, Norton intentionally and knowingly drove...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts SAPD officer for bribery, child pornography charges

This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury handed down multiple indictments against a San Antonio police officer.

Erik Rodriguez is charged in two-count indictment with bribery and misuse of public information The first count of the indictment alleges that on...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for fatal shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Mason Alvarado is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 16, 2020, Alvarado intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Cyrus Holmes by shooting Holmes...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down more than 300 indictments

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 300 felony indictments.

David James Estrada Jr. is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 5, 2020, Estrada did then and there commit or attempt to commit the felony offense of agg...

Bexar County D.A.'s Office completes additional review into shooting death of Marquise Jones

This afternoon, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales and two of his senior staff met with the family of Marquise Jones to discuss the additional review of the officer-involved shooting that resulted in Mr. Jones’ death. The family was inf...

Bexar County Commissioners approve funding for additional family violence prosecutors

This morning, Bexar County Commissioners approved a request from District Attorney Joe Gonzales for additional resources to help with a growing number of family violence cases.

The $350,624 request includes two misdemeanor prosecutors, a felony prosecutor ...

Bexar County Assistant District Attorney Daryl Harris to lead Civil Rights Division

This afternoon, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales announced Assistant District Attorney Daryl Harris will lead the office’s newly created Civil Rights Division.

Bexar County Commissioners approved funding for the division in October 202...

Bexar County D.A. publishes magistration, felony criminal trial data

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has added two more dashboards with data of incoming cases. One details cases filed at magistration after an individual is arrested; the other details the current caseload of the Criminal Trial Division...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate capital murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 360 felony indictments.

Trevon Chaney, Roger Troy Koontz Jr. and Aviar Maleek Smith are charged with capital murder – other felony. Three separate indictments allege that on Sep. 22, 2020, Chaney, Koo...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 3 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 260 felony indictments.

Maria Del Rosario Mendez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on March 27, 2020, Mendez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Jose Salvador Tellez-T...

Cite and Release data available on Bexar County D.A. website

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has added a Cite and Release dashboard to its website. The interactive graphic includes data from the date law enforcement began participating on July 1, 2019, through July 30, 2020. To see the dashboa...

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reforms death sentence in Bexar County capital murder case

On Nov. 25, 2020, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued an opinion in the case of a Bexar County man convicted of capital murder, reforming his death sentence to life in prison due to intellectual disability.

Geronimo Gutierrez, who is now 43 years ol...

Woman indicted by Bexar County Grand Jury for intoxication manslaughter

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 340 felony indictments.

Mariana Campos-Jimenez is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The first count of the indictment alleges that on May 23, 2020, Campos-Jimenez operated a motor vehicle in a p...

Bexar County D.A. Joe Gonzales, County Court Judges announce major change for family violence cases

For more than a decade, misdemeanor family violence cases have been assigned to County Court 7 and County Court 13. When the COVID-19 protocols were put into place, all courts ceased having jury trials and most moved to virtual hearings – a much slower pr...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in capital murder, murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Kevin Ray Clark is charged with manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on May 3, 2020, Clark did recklessly cause the death of Miranda Martinez by discharging a deadly we...

Grand Juries indict men for separate murder, manslaughter cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Fabian Rene Arredondo is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and causing serious bodily injury. The indictment alleges that on Sep. 16, 2020, Arredondo inte...

S.A. man receives 12 year sentence for intoxication manslaughter charge

A San Antonio man who pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter earlier this year has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a woman who was delivering food.

On Dec. 2, 2018, Jennifer White, 33, was stopped at a light at the intersection of Perrin...

Grand Jury indicts man for family violence-related murder

This week, two newly-impaneled Grand Juries began their service to Bexar County by handing down more than 100 felony indictments in just two days.

Jorge Izquierdo is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 20, 2020, Izquierdo intentionally...

Convicted sex offender sentenced for sex attack on 64-year-old woman

This afternoon, a convicted sex offender was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. Due to COVID-19 procedures, the hearing was conducted via Zoom.

Clovis Joseph Schexnayder, 47, was accused of the Sep. 2016 attack on a 64-year-old ...

Grand Jury indicts pair for capital murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 230 felony indictments.

Dorian Murphree and Kyle Phillips are charged with capital murder. The indictments allege that on July 14, 2020, Murphree and Phillips intentionally caused the death of Jasm...

Bexar County District Attorney’s Office makes family violence data available online

In a first for Bexar County, District Attorney Joe Gonzales has made family violence data available online. The two dashboards present the data in different ways. One details incoming family violence and sex assault cases comparing September 2019 to Septe...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for capital murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 270 felony indictments.

Rogelio Sanchez is charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on July 5, 2020, Sanchez intentionally caused the death of Christina De La Cruz by shooting her with...

Bexar County Commissioners approve funding for new District Attorney’s Civil Rights Division

This morning, Bexar County Commissioners approved a request from Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales for funding to establish a Civil Rights Division. The division will include two prosecutors, an investigator and an advocate at a cost of $385,984...

Bexar County District Attorney's Office seeks to create Civil Rights Division

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales will announce the creation of a Civil Rights Division to handle officer-involved shootings. It will consist of two prosecutors, an investigator and a victim’s advocate. The team will respond to the sce...

More than 300 felony indictments handed down between Oct. 12-15

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 300 felony indictments.

Alejandro Rodriguez Garcia is charged with intoxication manslaughter. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 22, 2020, Garcia operated a motor vehicle in a public place while i...

Bexar County District Attorney's Office creates Election Response Team

In his capacity as Bexar County’s Criminal District Attorney, Joe Gonzales also has a duty to advise the Bexar County Elections Office. On the first day of Early Voting, Gonzales announced the creation of a District Attorney Election Response Te...

2 men indicted for separate sex offenses

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 250 felony indictments.

Jose Rodriguez Chucuan is charged in a multi-count indictment. The indictment alleges that on May 3, 2020, Chucuan committed one count of aggravated kidnapping and four counts of sexu...

Bexar County D.A. statement on possible election interference

In August, I became aware of what appeared to be a concerted effort to interfere in the political process within Bexar County. Accordingly, I asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for an opinion in order to help better define the scope of the powers of ...

Bexar County man indicted for making active shooter threat to Ft. Hood

A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted Mario Pena with felony terroristic threat. The indictment alleges that on July 31, 2020, Pena threatened to commit an offense involving violence to property of the United States of America, to-wit: posting on social ...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate murder cases

During the week of Sep. 21-25, 2020, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 265 felony indictments.

Isaiah Andres Enriquez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 9, 2020, Enriquez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Michael A...

Bexar County Grand Jury hands down indictment for June 2020 murder

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Gilberto Perez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 29, 2020, Perez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Moses Johnson by shooting Johnson ...

D.A. Joe Gonzales statement on case of local community activist

Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales released the following statement:

“On September 10, 2020, Jourdyn Parks, a local community activist, was arrested and charged with child abandonment. The case was originally reviewed and accepted at ...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in murder, child sex cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 200 felony indictments.

Greg Delgado is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 21, 2020, Delgado intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Luis Guerrero by shooting Guerrero wi...

D.A. Joe Gonzales statement on meeting with family of Marquise Jones

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales issued the following statement:

This afternoon, I met with the family of Marquise Jones and some of their representatives. The family’s civil attorney recently provided additional information from the F...

2 indicted by Bexar County Grand Juries for separate murders

During the week of August 31 through September 4, 2020, two newly-impaneled Bexar County Grand Juries began their service by handing down more than 100 felony indictments.

Jacob Riley Embrey is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 1, 20...

Bexar County D.A. statement on meeting with attorneys for Damian Daniels

This morning, the Bexar County District Attorney and other staff members met with the family of Damian Daniels, with their attorneys.

During the meeting, District Attorney Joe Gonzales explained that the BCSO is still investigating the shooting and has not...

Bexar County D.A. dismisses charges against jogger

This afternoon, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales dismissed two charges of assault on a peace officer against Mathais Ometu in the interest of justice and at the request of the complainants. Both complainants are San Antonio Police Officers.

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Statement on Arrest of Mathais Ometu by SAPD

On Friday,  Aug. 28, 2020, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales issued the following statement on the arrest of Mathais Ometu:

Mr. Ometu was arrested and charged on Aug. 25, 2020, by the San Antonio Police Department with two different coun...

DA Gonzales on Voter Intimidation

District Attorney Joe Gonzales submitted a request to the Texas Attorney General on Wednesday in order to understand the scope of his authority to ensure that neither private actors nor government officials infringe on Texans’ right to choose th...

2 men indicted for separate murders

During the week of Aug. 17-21, 2020, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 200 felony indictments.

Thomas Leonard Roberts is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on June 3, 2020, Roberts intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Ap...

Bexar County DA requests AG opinion about prosecuting officials who disenfranchise voters

Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales is requesting a legal opinion from the Texas Attorney General in order to better define the scope of his authority related to the prosecution of federal officials who intentionally disenfranchise Texas voters...

Bexar County Grand Jury hands down indictment in fatal family violence case

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 200 felony indictments.

Michael Gonzales is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 24, 2020, Gonzales intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Miranda Milowski by cutting an...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts man for shooting 3 in May 2020

During the week of Aug. 3-7, 2020, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 220 felony indictments.

Three separate indictments charge Taron Larry Bowie with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The indictments allege that on May 13, 2020, Bowie use...

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in capital murder, murder cases

During the week of July 27-31, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 230 felony indictments.

Zion Limon is charged with capital murder of multiple persons. The indictment alleges that on May 2, 2020, Limon intentionally and knowingly caused the deat...

Bexar County Grand Juries indict man for March 2020 murder

During the week of July 20-24, 2020 , Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 200 felony indictments.

Joseph William Woolard is charged in three indictments alleging the following:

• Murder: On March 4, 2020, Woolard did commit or attempt to commit the f...

Bexar County Grand Jury indicts pair for April 2020 capital murder

During the week of July 6-10, 2020, two newly impaneled Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 150 felony indictments.

Angel Jonathan Koenigstein and Nathaniel Velasquez are co-defendants in three separate indictments. One indictment charges the p...

Bexar County Grand Juries indict two men for separate April 2020 murders

From June 29 through July 2, 2020, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down more than 260 felony indictments.

Trey Larenz Duncan is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on April 21, 2020, Duncan intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Regi...

Three Deaths Cases are Focus of Grand Juries' Attention

Bexar County Grand Juries indicted more than 360 felony cases this week. Three of
those indictments related to crimes involving a death.

Agrand jury indicted Juan Fragosa for murder. The indictment alleges that on
August 31, 2019, Fragosa intentionally...

This week in the Bexar County Grand Jury

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down nearly 270
felony indictments for a variety of offenses – including drug-related offenses,property crimes and violent crimes. Four of those indictments were for crimes involving deaths.

Taymor M...

Bexar Criminal District Attorney Weighs in on Rodney Reed case.

Bexar Criminal District Attorney Weighs in on Rodney Reed case. .’The Criminal District Attorney’s office has released the letter.

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Jury finds Cantu Guilty of Murder

A Bexar County jury found Ricky Cantu guilty of murder.  Cantu,
58, was accused of driving while intoxicated on February 24, 2018, when he struckand killed a motorcyclist, Rudy Borrego.  Cantu
was charged with murder instead of intox...

Brutal Murder Brings Life Sentence for Defendant

A man convicted of the brutal murder of a
San Antonio college student was sentenced this morning to life in prison.

Ernesto Esquivel Garcia, 21, was convicted in August forthe June 2018 murder of Jared Vargas, 20. Vargas had been missing for three
days...

Statement on Plea to the Jurisdiction Ruling in Bexar County Precinct Two Litigation

A Bexar County District Court today heard a plea to the jurisdiction filed by attorneys from the
Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office, who represented Bexar Countyin this matter.

Former Bexar
...

Man Gets 65 Years in 2018 Murder

SAN ANTONIO – A man
found guilty for his role in a 2018 murder was sentenced to 65 years in prisonon Tuesday.

Joseph Alvarado was sentenced to 65 years in the murder of Tarik Ross, who was shot and killed on March 6, 2018, by individuals who s...

Bexar Grand Jury Indicts Andre McDonald

A Bexar County Grand jury indicted Andre McDonald this morning on two felony charges related to the death of his wife, Andreen.  

McDonald was first indicted on a charge of murder.  The indictment alleges that on February 28, 2019, Andre ...

Bexar County Grand Juries Busy

Since September 1st, Bexar County Grand Juries have handed down indictments in 396 felony cases – 135 of these involve family or domestic violence and are assigned to the Family Violence division of the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney&am...

Theft/Exploitation of Elderly Offense Brings Life Sentence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 6, 2019

Theft/Exploitation of Elderly Offense Brings Life Sentence

The Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office asked for and received the maximum sentence in a theft/exploitation of elderly case ...

Bexar County Criminal DA's Office clarifies policy on marijuana prosecution

Clarification of DA Policy regarding Marijuana Prosecution

1. Since May 16, 2019, it has been and continues to be the policy of the Bexar County D.A.’s Office to refuse prosecution of Possession of Marijuana under 1 ounce.

2. Individuals that are found ...

Bexar Grand Juries Keep Busy

Bexar County grand juries handed down indictments in 275 felony cases last week, including charges for capital murder, murder and intoxication manslaughter.

Shandrick
Van Anthony Buckley is charged with Capital Murder-Incarcerated for Murder. Th...

08/29/2019 Former BIRD bakery manager sentenced

A
former manager of BIRD bakery was sentenced yesterday to four years inprison for stealing thousands of dollars from the business.  She was also ordered to pay $124,000 in restitution.

Jessica Martinez, 24, pled no contest to Misappl...

8/26/2019 - Bexar County Grand Juries Issue Five Indictments in Four Murder Cases

Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 359 felony indictments last week, including five indictments in four murder cases. Two of the murder cases are being handled by the District Attorney’s Office Family Violence Division. The other two murder c...

8/9/2019 - Bexar County Grand Jury indicts murder defendant

This week, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Colin Christian King on a charge of murder.

The indictment alleges that on May 2, 2019, King intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Shane Bourret by shooting him with a deadly weapon (a firearm).

King&a...

7/29/2019 - DA's Office volunteers at SA Food Bank

On Saturday, dozens of employees of the Bexar County District Attorney's Office volunteered to help the San Antonio Food Bank.

If you'd like to volunteer to help, click here. If you want to donate food or money to the San Antonio Food Bank, click here.

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7/24/2019 - 'Medical Center Rapist' enters guilty plea

Anton Jamail Harris pled guilty Wednesday to five charges of aggravated sexual assault.

Harris, 20, was accused of raping women in the Medical Center area from June 2016 until May 2017. Harris’s case was set for trial next week in the 399^th Distr...

7/18/2019 - Grand jury votes not to indict SAPD officer for Oct. 2018 shooting

On Wednesday, a Bexar County grand jury voted not to indict San Antonio Police Officer Steve Casanova for the death of Charles Roundtree, Jr., a bystander who was killed during an officer-involved shooting on October 17, 2018.

Davante Snowden was indicted ...

7/3/2019 - Statement on hemp/marijuana case filing policy

In response to a law signed by Texas Governor Greg Abbott that defines hemp and changes the definition of marijuana, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales has joined three other Texas District Attorneys in a policy of not accepting criminal charges ...

6/6/2019 - DA's Office, Public Defender's working to help victims of former attorney

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office and the Bexar County Public Defender’s Office are asking former clients of now-disbarred attorney Mark Benavides to come forward to have their cases reevaluated.

Benavides was convicted in 201...

5/16/2019 - Update on new DA initiatives & policies

Family Violence.

The newly created Family Violence Unit handles crimes involving allegations of domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual abuse.  The number of felony prosecutors assigned to these cases have been increased from 22 to 35 (an incre...

Bexar County District Attorney's Office seeking death penalty in fatal SAPD officer shooting

"When I ran for District Attorney in 2018, I promised the citizens of Bexar County that I would seek the death penalty only in the worst of the worst cases. The facts of this case meet that standard. After months of reviewing all of the evidence in t...

4/24/2019 - BCSO deputy indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon

This past Tuesday, a Bexar County grand jury returned a two count indictment against Andrew McDermott, a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

McDermott, 27, was charged in a two count indictment with aggravated robbery and aggravated assault wit...

4/23/2019 - Bexar County D.A. Joe Gonzales issues new guidelines for criminal trespass arrests

In response to the deaths of homeless and mentally ill people being held in jail on criminal trespass charges, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office instituted the following policy effective Saturday, April 20, 2019:

Until further notice, we will be ...

4/18/2019 - Grand jury indicts man for shooting that killed BCSO K9 Chucky

A Bexar County grand jury returned multiple indictments on charges connected to a January 25, 2019, shooting that left Chucky, a Bexar County Sheriff's Office K9, dead from injuries suffered in the incident.

One of indictments alleges that Matthew Mireles ...

4/3/2019 - Three indicted on charges related to infant's death

A Bexar County grand jury indicted three people for their alleged roles in the death of baby King Jay Davila and concealing of evidence of the crime.

Christopher Davila is charged with Injury to a Child causing Serious Bodily Injury. The indictment alleges...

4/1/2019 - Sex offender receives 8 life sentences for sexually assaulting 7-year-old girl

A convicted sex offender received a total of eight life sentences after he was convicted on charges he sexually assaulted a child and filmed it.

A Bexar County jury found Jose Trinidad Gonzalez, 36, guilty Friday in the 226^th District Court. Gonzalez was a...

3/29/2019 - Bexar County grand jury indicts former BCSO jailer for assault on inmate

Thursday, a Bexar County grand jury returned an indictment against former Bexar County Sheriff's Office Detention Officer Raul Macias Gonzales, age 31.

Gonzales was charged in a four-count indictment with Official Oppression, Violation of Civil Rights, Agg...

3/28/2019 - SA man sentenced to 25 years in prison for stabbing

A Bexar County judge sentenced a man to 25 years in prison for a near-fatal attack on a Walmart store employee.

Travis Cobb was shoplifting inside the store in July 2017. An employee tried to stop him and Cobb severely stabbed him. The victim identified Co...

3/20/2019 - BCSO jailer convicted for lying about assault on inmate

On Monday, the jury in the 187th Criminal District Court convicted Michael Fernandez, a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office detention officer, of Tampering with a Governmental Record, a Class A Misdemeanor.The charges against Michael Fernandez arose f...

3/13/2019 - Former ESD2 Administrator pled guilty to theft by public servant $30,000-$150,000

The Administrator for several Emergency Services Districts admitted to a scheme that defrauded Bexar County taxpayers of thousands of dollars.

Gil Muniz Perez, 62, pled guilty to theft by public servant $30,000-$150,000 – a second degree felony. ...

3/13/2019 - Grand jury returns no-bill in case involving BCSO deputies

On Tuesday, a Bexar County grand jury returned a no-bill of indictment in the Dec. 21, 2017, shooting death of Amanda Jones. The shooting also resulted in the death of Kameron Prescott, a 6-year-old bystander.

After carefully reviewing and considering the ...

5/22/2018 - Guilty Verdict for Woman who Shot Boyfriend during Argument

Today, a Bexar County Jury in the 144^thDistrict Court found Jamie McCord, age 30, guilty of the Murder of Ryan Perez.McCord will be sentenced by Judge Lorina Rummel at a later date. <_o3a_p>

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In
February 2017, Jamie McCord was arguing with her boyfri...

5/17/2018 - Life Sentence for Man Who Killed Friend over Stolen Welder

San Antonio, Texas, May 17, 2018: Last week, it
took a Bexar County Jury in the 226^th District Court less than fiveminutes to find Jim Longoria, age 70, guilty of the Murder of Gary Davila. The
same jury sentenced Longoria to life in prison i...

4/19/2018 - Guilty Verdict for Deandre Dorch, Accused of Tying up Children in Backyard

San Antonio, Texas, April 19, 2018: Yesterday, a Bexar County Jury in Impact Court
found DeandreDorch, age 38, guilty of two counts of Injury to a Child causing Serious
Bodily Injury and two counts of Abandonment of a Child. Dorch will be sentencedby J...

4/6/2018 - Celebration of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

San Antonio, Texas, April 6, 2018: Over
thirty agencies have joined together to plan events for National Crime Victims’Rights week which will be celebrated from April 8 – 14, 2018.  This year's theme, "Expand the Circle...

4/1/2018 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for March 2018

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal programthis past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 3/1/2018 through 11:59 p.m. on 3/31/2018
there were 530 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 263blood draws. &nb...

3/1/2018 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for February 2018

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program
this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 2/1/2018 through 11:59 p.m. on 2/28/2018there were 443 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 227
blood draws.  Below is a brea...

2/13/2018 - Life without Parole for Defendant who Sexually Assaulted two Young Girls

San Antonio, Texas, February 13, 2018: Last week, the judge of the 399^thDistrict Courtsentenced Tracy Cobbs, age 41, to
confinement for life without the possibility of parole. Previously, a jury inthe 399^th District Court had found Cobbs guilty on tw...

2/13/2018 - Defendant found Guilty for Sexually Assaulting two Young Girls

San Antonio, Texas, February 13, 2018: Last week, a Bexar County Jury in the 227^thDistrict Court found Benjamin Escobedo, age 46, guilty of one count ofContinuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Sexual Assault of a Child and
two counts of Indec...

2/9/2018 - Grand Jury Indicts Larry Moore for the 1987 Capital Murder of Dianna Lowery

San Antonio, Texas, February 9, 2018: On Monday, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment for Capital Murder, charging Larry Moore, age 64, with intentionally causing the death of Dianna Lowery by strangulation while committin...

2/1/2018 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for January 2018

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program
this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 1/1/2018 through 11:59 p.m. on 1/31/2018there were 480 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 285
blood draws.  Below is a brea...

1/30/2018 - Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years for Injuring 9-week-old

San Antonio, Texas, January 30, 2018: Yesterday, a Bexar County
Jury in the 175^th District Court sentenced Sierra Fisher, age 22, to 20 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Last Friday, jurors found her guilty of a 2014 Injury to Child &...

1/30/2018 - Couple Found Guilty in Dog Attack Case

San Antonio, Texas, January 30, 2018: Last week, jurors found Alphonso McCloud and
Sanyelle McCloud guilty of a 2017 dog attack that left 73-year- old widow DorisMixon-Smith with an amputated left arm above the elbow.  The jury in the 187^th Di...

1/17/2018 - Defendant in “Hell’s Gate” Murder Sentenced to 99 Years

San Antonio, Texas, January 17, 2018: Today, a Bexar County jury in the 290^thDistrict Court sentenced Robert Martinez, age 21, to 99 years in the TexasDepartment of Criminal Justice. Last Friday, jurors found Martinez guilty of the
2015 Hell&rsqu...

1/1/2018 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for December 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program
this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 12/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 12/31/2017there were 529 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 261
blood draws.  Below is a br...

12/15/2017 - Bexar County Grand Jury Indicts Man Who Set Fire that Killed Firefighter

San
Antonio, Texas, December 15, 2017:  Tuesday,a Bexar County Grand Jury returned five indictments against Emond Johnson, age
39, for the charges of Felony Murder, Arson resulting in Death, two charges ofArson and Bodily Injury, and Arson-...

12/1/2017 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for November 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program
this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 11/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 11/30/2017there were 515persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 258
blood draws.  Below is a bre...

11/27/2017 - 2nd Public Safety Town Hall Meeting

11/26/2017 - District Attorney Nico LaHood Launches Public Safety Town Hall Tour

Corporation Indicted for Environmental Crime Arising from Failed Septic Systems at Mobile Home Park

San Antonio, Texas, November 9, 2017: Today the Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment charging SAN MAN, Inc., a Texas corporation, with the environmental crime of “Intentional or Knowing Unauthorized Discharge of a Pollutant”...

11/1/2017 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for October 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program
this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 10/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 10/31/2017there were 494 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 250
blood draws.  Below is a br...

Grand Jurors Return Fifth Indictment Against Genene Jones for 1981 Death of Paul Villarreal

San Antonio, Texas, October
31^st, 2017: This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of
indictment against Genene Jones, age 66, for the September 24, 1981 murder of3-month-old Paul Villarreal. 

“These are y...

10/17/2017 - Life Sentence for Man who killed Wife in Living Room

San Antonio, Texas, October 17th, 2017: On Friday, a Bexar County jury in Impact Court found George Chapple, age 64, guilty of the murder of his wife Kathy Ryder, age 56. Jurors sentenced Chapple to life within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

On ...

10/16/2017 - Guilty plea for Porucha Phillips Accused of Tying up Children in Backyard results in 50

San Antonio, Texas, October 16, 2017: District Attorney Nico LaHood announced Friday that Porucha Phillips, age 34, entered a plea to two counts of Injury to a Child – Serious Bodily Injury and received a sentence of 50 years in prison. She will...

10/13/2017 - Bexar County Family Justice Center Fashion Show Luncheon in Observance of Domestic Viol

WHAT: The second annual Bexar County Family Justice Center Foundation Fashion Show Luncheon will be held Friday, October 20th, 2017 in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The “Sisterhood of Strength & Style” s...

10/13/2017 - Two Consecutive Life Sentences for Defendant Who Killed 5 Year Old

San Antonio, Texas, October 11, 2017: On Monday, Bexar County Judge Sid Harle, presiding judge of the 226th District court sentenced Abdi Abdi, age 20, to two life sentences within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Abdi pled guilty to both murder ...

9/27/2017 - DA LaHood Announces Upcoming Cite and Release Pilot Program

San Antonio, Texas, September 27, 2017: Today, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood, alongside County Judge Nelson Wolff and Sheriff Javier Salazar announced the creation of an upcoming Cite and Release pilot program aimed at low-level, non...

9/13/2017 - 88-Year Prison Sentence Handed Down to Step-Grandmother for Death of 5-Year-old Boy

San Antonio, Texas, September 13, 2017: Last night, a Bexar County jury in the 379th District Court sentenced Gloria Proo, age 52, to 88 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On Monday, jurors found Proo guilty of Injury to a Child C...

9/7/2017 - Grand Jury Indicts Accused Serial Rapist Who Targeted Medical Center Area

San Antonio, Texas, September 7, 2017: Today, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned six indictments against Anton Jamail Harris, age 18, for the charges of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Aggravated Robbery. Beginning in June 2015, the defendant went on a two ...

9/1/2017 - DWI “No Refusal” Arrests for August 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 8/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 8/31/2017 there were 394 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 184 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...

8/11/2017 - 30-Year Prison Sentence for Drunk Driver Who Killed Teen with Muscular Dystrophy

San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2017: This week, 290th District Court Judge Melisa Skinner sentenced Richard Sanchez, age 50, to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Sanchez pleaded “no contest” to the charges of Intoxi...

8/1/2017 - DWI "No Refusal" Arrests for July 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 7/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 7/31/2017 there were 469 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 182 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...

7/1/2017 - DWI "No Refusal" Arrests for June 2017

San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 6/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 6/30/2017 there were 443 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 214 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...

Notice of Funding Availability- CDBG, HOME, HOME-ARP, and ESG (Program Year 2022)

Notice of Funding Availability - CDBG, HOME, HOME-ARP, and ESG (Program Year 2022)

Each year, Bexar County receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) ...

Notice of Funding Availability and Technical Assistance Workshop (Program Year 2022-2023)

Each year, Bexar County receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop v...

Public Hearing Recording - Precinct 4 02.24.22

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Public Hearing Recording - Precinct 3 02.22.22

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Public Hearing Recording - Precinct 2 02.17.22

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Public Hearing Recording - Precinct 1 02.15.22

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Aviso de audiencias públicas para la presentación de solicitudes para fondos disponibles

Condado de BexarAviso de audiencias públicas para la presentación de solicitudes para fondos disponibles en octubre del 2022 para los programas CDBG, HOME, HOME-ARP y ESG del año del programa 2022 

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Notice of Program Year 2022 Public Hearings for Submission of Applications

Bexar County Notice of Program Year 2022 CDBG, HOME, HOME-ARP, and ESG Programs Public HearingsFor Submission of Applications for Funding Available in October 2022

Bexar County Economic and Community Development Department (ECD) is holding virtual...

NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY

Eligible Federally Registered Non-Profits 501(c)(3) and Governmental Entities can submit applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs.

Public Comment Period for the 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance And Evaluation Report

BEXAR COUNTYCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISIONPUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE 2020 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT (OCTOBER 1, 2020 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2021) 

Bexar County will make its 2020 Program Year Consolidated Annual Performanc...

Bexar County Consolidated Plan Public Notice 2021

Bexar County will hold virtual input sessions open to the general public on the following dates: 

• Tuesday, February 2 at 6:30 PM- Precinct 1
• Thursday, February 4 at 6:30 PM- Precinct 2
• Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 PM-Precinct 3
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Public Notice - Kitty Hawk Flats Multifamily Development Project

Public Notice - Kitty Hawk Flats Multifamily Development Project

2020 Public Hearings - Housing and Urban Development

Come give your input and help identify housing and community development needs in Bexar County.

2019 Aviso Al Público - Español

Plan de acción de un año 2019 del condado de Bexar

2019 Public Hearings

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Notice: Home Reprogramming Action

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2019 Current Advertisements

Information on the final selection of CDBG, HOME, and ESG Projects

[full] Volunteer Deputy Registrar Certification Training 2021-2022

Volunteer Deputy Registrar Certification Training 2021-2022

We are excited to announce the return of the Volunteer Deputy Registrar Training Program.

In order to ensure everyone’s safety, the following 3 options are available at this time to become a Volunt...

ME Case #2022-0782

Date Found: 3/22/2022

Description: 

• White (to include Latin) male
• Greater than 50 years old
• Approximately 5'8” (+ or – 2 inches)
• Weight unknown

The decedent was wearing a Texas Tech Basketball sweatshirt size XL, a t-shirt ...

ME Case #2021-1624

Date Found: 5/29/2021

Description: 

• Most likely a white male
• Approximately 40 - 60 years old
• Approximately 5'8"
• About 140 lbs.

He had one tattoo of a flag, heart, and ribbon on his left upper arm. 

The decedent was discovered in t...

ME Case #2021-0567

Date Found: 2/15/2021

Description: 

• White or Hispanic male
• Approximately 50 - 60 years old
• 5'5" tall
• Weighed 195 lbs.

He had no tattoos. 

The decedent was discovered in the 6800 block of West Military Dr (78227).

Case Numbers

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ME Case #2020-2888 - Identified

Date Found: 11/4/2020

Description: 

• Caucasian or Hispanic female
• Approximately 20 - 40 years old
• Approximately 5’3” - 5’7” tall

The decedent had brown wavy hair.

The decedent was discovered in the 6200 block of South New Braunfels Avenue in San Antonio...

ME Case #2019-2204

Date Found: 5/5/2019

Description: 

• Hispanic/Latino male
• Approximately 40 - 70 years old
• 5'7" tall
• Weighed 103 lbs.

The decedent was discovered unresponsive at a VIA bus stop in downtown San Antonio. He was transported to a local hospital ...

ME Case #2019-1686

Date Found: 7/10/2019

Description: 

• White male
• Approximately 30 - 60 years old, with greater likelihood being between 50 - 60 years old
• Approximately 5'7" - 6'1" tall
• Weight unknown

He had a scorpion tattoo on his upper back...

ME Case #2017-1879

Date Found:8/24/2017

Description: 

• Black Male
• Approximately 30 - 50 years old
• 5'11" tall
• Weighed 270 lbs.

He was wearing a black short sleeved t-shirt, blue jeans, green shorts and black Nike shoes.

The decedent was discovered lying unresp...

ME Case #2015-1249

Date Found: 6/12/2015

Description: 

• White male
• Between 45 - 65 years old
• 5'8" tall
• Weighed 192 lbs 

His hair was gray or partially gray and about 1 inch in length. He had a gray beard and mustache and brown eyes. 

He was ...

ME Case #2015-0251

Date Found: 1/28/2015

Description:

• White male
• Between 45-65 years old
• 5'8" tall
• Weighed 164 lbs.

He had brown hair about 7 inches in length. He had a brown/gray colored beard and mustache and his eye color was not known. He was wearing a...

ME Case #2021-1747 - Identified

Date Found: 6/11/2021

Description: 

• Most likely a white male
• Approximately 20 - 40 years old
• Approximately 5'8" - 5'10"
• Weight unknown
• Shirt found with decedent was a size medium
• Pants found with decedent were a size small

The decedent was disc...

ME Case #2019-2301 - Identified

Date Found: 9/17/2019

Description: 

• Hispanic and/or Indian female
• Approximately 25-45 years old
• Approximately 5'3", but may range between 4'11" to 5'8"

She was wearing a green Old Navy t-shirt (XL), green underpants, dark 'Roundtree Yor...

Alamo RMA Board of Directors Meeting

Cancelled The meeting of the Alamo RMA Board of Directors is scheduled for Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. The next Meeting of the Alamo RMA Board of Directors is scheduled for Wednesday September 21, 2022 at 3:00 PM.

Residential Homestead Exemption Reminder

Albert Uresti reminds Homeowners that applying for a Residential Homestead Exemption is free with the Tax Office. Beware of Companies charging a processing fee to apply for this exemption.

Lobbies are Open!

1. OUR LOBBIES ARE OPEN! All persons conducting business in the Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office  are encouraged to wear a facial covering.  Due to limited seating, only two persons per transaction will be allowed in the building. ...