SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County detention officer was 36 weeks pregnant when she crashed on her way home after a more than 17-hour shift. She had two fractures to her spine, several broken teeth and gave birth under an emergency cesarean section at San Antonio Military Medical Center. The Nov. 8 accident was the … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation, 90 days in jail and 600 hours of community service. Barrientes Vela had faced between two years probation and 10 years in prison after a jury on Sept. 1 found her guilty on two felony counts … Read more
SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County detention officer was 36 weeks pregnant when she crashed on her way home after a more than 17-hour shift. She had two fractures to her spine, several broken teeth and gave birth under an emergency cesarean section at San Antonio Military Medical Center. The accident was the fourth incident … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, 141 people were booked on DWI charges in Bexar County, according to data released by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. The data is based on cases that have been filed at the Justice Intake & Assessment Annex. The data shows that 139 people were … Read more
Stolen cremation ashes, burnt houses, and stalking were some of the events committed by this year’s most infamous exes. Stolen Ashes, broken hearts. Traditionally when someone is cremated they tend to remain put, but that wasn’t the case for one South Carolina woman who came home to find her house ransacked and her mother’s … Read more
A former boss and mentor to Michelle Barrientes Vela, the convicted former Bexar County constable, told the judge who will sentence her that he would hire her back into law enforcement. The sentencing procedures have been spread over months of hearings, but state District Judge Velia Meza had given both sides until the end of … Read more
Ken Bukowski, 60, left, flips tortillas at the Legacy Engineering booth during the fourth annual Bexar County Rodeo Breakfast on the Southside of San Antonio, Texas on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Matthew Busch, Contributor / For The San Antonio Express-News For those worried about how to get a free breakfast during rodeo season, have no … Read more