Man stabbed while walking home from store on North Side, police say
San Antonio police are investigating after a man was stabbed on the city’s North Side early Thursday morning.
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Trial date set for man accused of setting 2017 fire that killed first responder
Emond Johnson is accused of setting his own business on fire, due to being late on rent payments. The blaze killed a firefighter and injured others. SAN ANTONIO — The trial for the man accused of starting a fire that killed a San Antonio firefighter is set to begin Sep. 18, after attorneys for Emond … Read more
Self-defense instructor urges women to learn how to protect themselves after 2 attempted kidnappings
As San Antonio police continue the search for a suspect who attempted to kidnap a woman and child on the Southeast Side last weekend, a self-defense instructor in that part of town is urging women to take a class to learn to protect themselves.
Texas Senate bill would make possession of stolen catalytic converters a crime
Senate Bill 224 would make it a state jail felony for anyone who is found in possession of a stolen catalytic converter. AUSTIN, Texas — A bill to put a stop to catalytic converter thefts is soon headed to the Texas Senate floor for a final vote after a criminal justice committee unanimously approved it … Read more
Surveillance video shows harrowing attack where a grandfather and his friend were stabbed
Police believe the attack on San Antonio’s south side was random. Jose Mendez Alfaro has the scars to show what he survived. SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio grandfather stabbed in the face in an random attack is recounting what happened outside his southside home Monday. He and his friends were about to cook tripas … Read more
Man arrested, charged with 2019 murder of Atascosa County woman
Tiffany Lynette Garza was killed in 2019, investigators say. Four years later, a suspect has been arrested and charged with her murder. SAN ANTONIO — An arrest has been made in the 2019 murder of 37-year-old Tiffany Lynette Garza, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s office said in a social media post. Jeffery Lee Devorah has been … Read more
Boyfriend arrested, charged with 2019 murder of Atascosa County woman
Tiffany Lynette Garza was killed in 2019, investigators say. Four years later, her boyfriend has been arrested and charged with her murder. SAN ANTONIO — An arrest has been made in the 2019 murder of 37-year-old Tiffany Lynette Garza, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s office said in a social media post. Jeffery Lee Devorah, Garza’s boyfriend, … Read more