Posted on: October 20, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 16, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 15, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 15, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 9, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 2, 2020
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 2, 2020
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 25, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 17, 2020
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 16, 2020
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 11, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 8, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 4, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2020
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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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 28, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 21, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 19, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 14, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 13, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 5, 2020
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 25, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 15, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 28, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 11, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 9, 2019
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
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 2, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 2, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 16, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 6, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 5, 2019
Clarification of DA Policy regarding Marijuana Prosecution
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.
Individuals that are found ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 3, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 29, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 26, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 9, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 24, 2019
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 399th Distr...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 18, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 3, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 6, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 16, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 8, 2019
"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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 24, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 24, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 18, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 3, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 1, 2019
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 226th District Court. Gonzalez was a...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 29, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 28, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 20, 2019
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 13, 2019
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. ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 13, 2019
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 22, 2018
Today, a Bexar County Jury in the 144thDistrict 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 17, 2018
San Antonio, Texas, May 17, 2018: Last week, it
took a Bexar County Jury in the 226th 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 19, 2018
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 6, 2018
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 1, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 1, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 13, 2018
San Antonio, Texas, February 13, 2018: Last week, the judge of the 399thDistrict Courtsentenced Tracy Cobbs, age 41, to
confinement for life without the possibility of parole. Previously, a jury inthe 399th District Court had found Cobbs guilty on tw...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 13, 2018
San Antonio, Texas, February 13, 2018: Last week, a Bexar County Jury in the 227thDistrict 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 9, 2018
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 1, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 30, 2018
San Antonio, Texas, January 30, 2018: Yesterday, a Bexar County
Jury in the 175th 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 &...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 30, 2018
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 187th Di...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 17, 2018
San Antonio, Texas, January 17, 2018: Today, a Bexar County jury in the 290thDistrict 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 1, 2018
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 15, 2017
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-...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 1, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 27, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, November 27, 2017: District Attorney Nico LaHood and The Bexar County Criminal
District Attorney’s Office will be hosting a series of Town Hall meetingsfocused on public safety for our community at-large. A Town Hall meeti...
Posted on: November 26, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, November 13, 2017: District Attorney Nico LaHood and The Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office will be hosting a series of Town Hall meetings focused on public safety for our community at-large. A Town Hall meeting ...
Posted on: November 9, 2017
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”...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 1, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 31, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, October
31st, 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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 17, 2017
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.
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 16, 2017
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 13, 2017
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 13, 2017
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 27, 2017
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 13, 2017
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 7, 2017
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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 24, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, August 24, 2017: This week, Felony Impact Court Judge Laura Parker sentenced Markus Lorenzo Scott, age 39, to 45 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the charge of Injury to a Child Causing Serious Bodily Inju...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 23, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, August 23, 2017: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 186th District Court sentenced Charles Ray Hall, age 31, to life in prison for the 2014 murder of his neighbor Lawrence Carroll. Last Friday, jurors found Hall guilty of the m...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 22, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, August 22, 2017: Last week, Bexar County jurors in Felony Impact Court sentenced Juan G. Rodriguez, age 32, to life in prison and an additional 20 years behind bars. Jurors took less than 15 minutes to find Rodriguez guilty of Aggravat...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 14, 2017
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...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 1, 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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 25, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, July 25, 2017: Today, 144th District Court Judge Lorina Rummel sentenced Juan Perez-Turrubiate to 10 years for Intoxication Assault, 10 years for Failure to Stop and Render Aid with Serious Bodily Injury and 5 years for Failur...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, July 13, 2017: This week, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against Gilbert Muniz Perez, age 61, for one count of Misapplication of Fiduciary Property $30,000-$150,000; one count of Theft by Public S...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 1, 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 ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 29, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 29, 2017: This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned two new murder indictments against Genene Jones. The new indictments are for the July 3, 1981 murder of 8-month-old Richard "Ricky" Nelson and for the January 17...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 26, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 26, 2017: On Friday, Judge Laura Parker from the Felony Impact Court, sentenced 40-year-old Arthur Whitley to 50 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Earlier that day, Judge Parker found Whitley guilty of th...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 26, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 26, 2017: Last week, a Bexar County jury in the 227th District Court sentenced San Juan Garcia, age 57, to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Jurors found Garcia guilty of DWI 3rd or More with a deadly ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 21, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 21, 2017: This morning, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against Genene Jones for the September 16, 1981 murder of 2-year-old Rosemary Vega. Last month, our office announced the indictment against Jones...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 16, 2017: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury sentenced Julian Martinez, age 19, to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the March 2016 murder of Amanda Acosta. On Thursday, jurors found Martinez guilty of Acos...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, June 1, 2017: A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted Armando Rodrigo Garcia-Ramires, age 36, for two counts of Capital Murder in connection with the death of 15-year-old Jennifer Delgado and her unborn child.On March 6, 2017, ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 5/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 5/31/2017 there were 470 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 233 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 30, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 30, 2017: Last week, a Bexar County jury sentenced 37-year-old Sherman Robinson to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On Wednesday, jurors found Robinson guilty of Aggravated Assault With a Deadly Weapon Against ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 25, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 25, 2017: Today, a Bexar County Grand Jury returned a true bill of indictment against Genene Jones, age 66, for the 1981 murder of Joshua Sawyer. Jones is suspected of killing up to 60 infants. She is currently incarcerated in the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 24, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 24, 2017: Today, a Bexar County jury in the 186th District Court sentenced Richard Luis Amezquita, age 37, to 60 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the murder of Kerry O’Toole.On November 7, 2015, Amezq...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 12, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 12, 2017: This week, 399th District Court Judge Frank Castro sentenced Kenneth McGraw, Jr. to 40 years in prison for committing theft valued at $20,000 to $100,000—a third-degree felony.On October 24, 2016, in ex...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 11, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 11, 2017: Yesterday, a Bexar County jury sentenced Daniel Jeremy Torres, age 21, to 65 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a $10,000.00 fine. On Tuesday, jurors found Torres guilty in the murder of Jesse ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 2, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, May 2, 2017: Today, Visiting Judge Raymond Angelini sentenced Rosalio Anthony Barraza, age 22, to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In late March, a Bexar County jury in the 290th District Court took just 30 minutes...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: May 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 4/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 4/30/2017 there were 585 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 246 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 13, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, April 13, 2017: Today, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Jose Luis Rojas, age 34, and Jason Prieto, age 35, for Capital Murder.On January 22, 2017, Rojas and Prieto were both armed with guns when they stormed into the Kay Jew...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 11, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, April 11, 2017: A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted Rosemary Diaz, age 59, for two cases of Injury to a Child or Disabled Individual. The charges stem from two separate incidents on February 1st and 2nd, 2017, where Diaz, a former s...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 7, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, April 7, 2017: Yesterday, officers with the San Antonio Police Department’s Repeat Offender Program, or ROP, arrested Andrea Vasquez, age 44, for four felony cases of Theft. A Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Vasquez as a res...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: April 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 3/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 3/31/2017 there were 439 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 201 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 31, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 31, 2017: A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted a couple for causing horrific injuries to a 21-month-old girl. Isaac Andrew Cardenas, age 24, was indicted for two counts of Super Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. The victim&...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 23, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 23, 2017: Today, a Bexar County jury in the 290th District Court took just 30 minutes to find Rosalio Anthony Barraza, age 21, guilty of the 2013 murder of Isaac Arocha.On July 20, 2013, Barraza and Arocha got into a verbal alter...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 10, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 10, 2017: Yesterday, 437th District Court Judge Lori Valenzuela sentenced Tyler Mosley, age 23, to a total of 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the offenses of Intoxication Manslaughter and Intoxication Ass...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 9, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 9, 2017: Yesterday, a Bexar County jury in the 187th District Court sentenced Benjamin Poehlmann, age 34, to 35 years in Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Jurors convicted Poehlmann of the 2014 Christmas Day murder of Roxann ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 9, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 8, 2017: Today, Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood alongside Senators Carlos Uresti and Donna Campbell, and State Representative Barbara Gervin-Hawkins announced the filing of a bill that would give prosecutors a...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 3, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, March 3, 2017: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 187th District Court convicted two former San Antonio Police Department officers on more than a dozen counts each for the charges of Sexual Assault, Compelling Prostitution, and...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: March 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 2/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 2/28/2017 there were 390 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 179 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 23, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, February 23, 2017: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 227th District Court sentenced Darnell Rogers, age 23, to 32 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On Wednesday, jurors convicted Rogers of the first d...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 22, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, February 21, 2017: Today, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Jose Baldomero Flores III, age 36, for two separate Capital Murders and one count of Arson of a Habitation.Flores is alleged to have committed the murder of Esmerald...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 10, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, February 10, 2017: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 186th District Court sentenced Dustin Lee Osborne, age 22, to 80 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and assessed a $10,000.00 fine. On Wednesday, jurors found...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 1, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 1/1/2017 through 11:59 p.m. on 1/31/2017 there were 425 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 189 blood draws. Below is a breakdo...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 17, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, January 17, 2017: Last Friday, 379th District Court Judge Ron Rangel sentenced Eric Scott Hemphill, age 36, to 40 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Hemphill entered “no contest” pleas to...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 12, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, January 12, 2017: Today, jurors in the 226th District Court sentenced David Alexander Zuniga, age 18, to Life in prison. Yesterday, it took jurors just 15 minutes to find Zuniga guilty in the murder of Jesse Richards. On December 20, 2...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 6, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, January 6, 2017: Yesterday afternoon, a repeat sex offender was committed to continued supervision upon his release from prison. A Bexar County jury in the 186th District Court unanimously found Richard Paul Barnes, age 66, to be a sex...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: January 5, 2017
San Antonio, Texas, January 5, 2017: Today, 290th District Court Judge Melisa Skinner sentenced former Bexar County Detention Guard Avery Lawrence, age 32, to the maximum sentence. In late November, a Bexar County jury found Lawrence guilty of Official Op...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: February 3, 2017
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 12/1/2016 through 11:59 p.m. on 12/31/2016 there were 420 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 217 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of th...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 12, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, December 12, 2016: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 290th District Court found Demond Franklin, age 31, guilty of Capital Murder. Because the State was not seeking the death penalty in this case, Franklin received an...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 8, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, December 8, 2016: Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood announces the launch of the new Border Prosecution Unit in Bexar County. The Border Prosecution Unit will focus on the prosecution of any border crime-related cases,...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 7, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, December 7, 2016: Late yesterday afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 437th District Court took less than 10 minutes to sentence Michael Scott Quinn, age 53, to life in prison and assessed a $10,000.00 fine. On Monday, jurors...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: December 29, 2016
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 11/1/2016 through 11:59 p.m. on 11/30/2016 there were 405 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 206 blood draws. Below is a breakd...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 30, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, November 30, 2016: Today, multiple law enforcement agencies took part in the arrest of Jose Baldomero Flores III, age 36, for his alleged involvement in two separate Capital Murders. This morning’s arrest was the result of a ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 29, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, November 29, 2016: A Bexar County Grand Jury has returned multiple indictments against defendant Johnny Joe Avalos, age 29. The initial indictment alleged that Avalos committed the Capital Murder of Natalie Chavez in the course of an A...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 17, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, November 16, 2016: A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted Ricardo Hernandez, age 21, for the Capital Murder of 4-year-old Jordan Altamirano.
On August 20, 2016, Jordan passed away at Children’s Hospital of San Antonio. Earlier that...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 2, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, November 2, 2016: This afternoon, Visiting Judge Raymond Angelini sentenced Faustino Vasquez, age 35, to Life in prison. Last week, Bexar County jurors took just 30 minutes to find Vasquez guilty of the March 2015 murder of Pete Gonzal...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: November 28, 2016
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 10/1/2016 through 11:59 p.m. on 10/31/2016 there were 490 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 234 blood draws. Below is a breakd...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 27, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, October 26, 2016: Today, 144th District Court Judge Lorina Rummel sentenced Frederick Lee, age 39, to 30 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On September 26, 2016, a Bexar County jury found Lee guilty of one count of Sex...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: October 24, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, October 24, 2016: On Friday, 144th District Court Judge Lorina Rummel sentenced Jeffrey Farris, age 52, to 12 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Last month, Farris pleaded no contest to the charge of Driving While Intox...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 16, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, September 16, 2016: Yesterday afternoon, 186th District Court Judge Jefferson Moore sentenced Antonio Torres, age 39, to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. On August 19th of this year, a Bexar County jury took under ...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 12, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, September 12, 2016: On Friday afternoon, a Bexar County jury sentenced Zachary Wade Lenius, age 32, to 60 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Earlier in the week, the defendant had pleaded guilty to Murder.
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 2, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, September 2, 2016: Earlier this week, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted Frank Gomez, age 28, and Manuel Watson, age 22, for the Capital Murder of 7-year-old Iris Rodriguez. Additionally, the defendants were indicted for two counts of ...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: September 1, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, September 1, 2016: This afternoon, a Bexar County jury in the 175th District Court sentenced Darrel Keith Bowser, age 49, to 99 years in prison without the possibility of parole and assessed the maximum fine of $10,000.00. On Wednesday...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 31, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, August 31, 2016: Yesterday, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted three men suspected in the shooting death of 5-year-old Ana Garza.
Abdi Abdi, age 18, Murjan Abdi, age 19, and Christian Lopez, age 19, were all indicted for Capital Mur...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: August 11, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, August 11, 2016: Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nico LaHood announces the launch of the county's first felony Pre-Trial Diversion Program. The new program is offered to first-time, non-violent offenders, charged with a certai...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 29, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, July 29, 2016: Yesterday, a Bexar County Grand Jury indicted a trio connected to a child abuse case where two children were found tied up in the backyard of a northeast Bexar County home. Porucha Phillips, age 34, is charged with three...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 21, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, July 21, 2016: Today, Bexar County jurors in the 175th District Court took just 20 minutes to sentence Jose Gutierrez, age 34, to life in prison and assessed a $10,000.00 fine. Jurors found Gutierrez guilty of the 2013 shooting murder ...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 19, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, July 19, 2016: Yesterday, 437th District Court Judge Lori Valenzuela sentenced Jose L. Hernandez, age 59, to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Earlier this year, Hernandez pled no contest to Felony Murder.
In Aug...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 14, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, July 14, 2016: Earlier this week, investigators with the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Office along with the BCSO Fugitive Apprehension Unit targeted 105 hot check defendants who were fugitives and had warrants out for thei...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: July 1, 2016
San Antonio, Texas: During the No Refusal program this past month, beginning at 12:01 a.m. on 6/1/2016 through 11:59 p.m. on 6/30/2016 there were 444 persons arrested for driving while intoxicated offenses and 231 blood draws. Below is a breakdown of the ...
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District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 30, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2016: Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Nicholas “Nico” LaHood announces the launch of the new Law Enforcement Integrity Unit. The Law Enforcement Integrity Unit will focus on the investigation and review of officer-invo...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 28, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, June 28, 2016: Today, a Bexar County jury in the 379th District Court sentenced Crystal Williams, age 31, to 99 years in prison and assessed a $10,000.00 fine in connection with the death of 5-year-old Josiah Williams. Last week, Willi...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 17, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, June 17, 2016: Yesterday, a Bexar County jury in the 187th District Court took just 20 minutes to sentence Robert Carlos Delcid, age 37, to life in prison. Earlier that day, jurors found Delcid guilty of Murder.
On July 2, 2014, Ji...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, June 16, 2016: This afternoon, 290th District Court Judge Melisa Skinner sentenced Carl Bailes, age 40, to five life sentences and eight 20-year sentences. Earlier today, a Bexar County jury found Bailes guilty of 5 counts of Aggravate...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases
Posted on: June 14, 2016
San Antonio, Texas, June 14, 2016: Late yesterday afternoon, 175th District Court Judge Mary Roman sentenced Carlton Jenkins, age 24, to 18 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the charge of Intoxication Manslaughter. Jenkins was also se...Read on...
District Attorney Press Releases