JAVIER SALAZAR

Familiar Faces Initiative Case Study: Bexar County, Texas Improving Outcomes through Coordinated Health and Justice Systems Bexar County is a Familiar Faces Initiative (FFI) Peer-Learning Site that models effective cross-sector data sharing and familiar faces programming to divert residents with behavioral health conditions such as mental illness and/or substance use disorders from jail to treatment. In … Read more

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office arrested two fugitives after they hit a patrol unit during a pursuit and were found with drugs and cash. Jorge Jimenez-Santos, 21, and Stephanie Rosales, 25, were each charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and felon in possession … Read more

A former Bexar County constable convicted on two felony charges of tampering with evidence in September was sentenced Wednesday to five years probation, according to a statement from the district attorney’s office. Michelle Barrientes Vela, 48, also received a 90-day jail sentence from Judge Velia Meza of the 226th District Court, was ordered to serve 600 … Read more

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is announcing the arrest and termination of a BSCO cadet after he was accused of chocking his girlfriend. In a release, BCSO says there was a fight between Ricardo Gutierrez and the woman after she told him she wanted to move back to her hometown. … Read more

SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office cadet was arrested Wednesday night after choking his girlfriend during an argument, according to BCSO officials. Ricardo Gutierrez, 20, is charged with assault-family-choking/strangulation, a third-degree felony. The charge stems from an incident at 5:40 p.m. Wednesday in the 7000 block of Culebra Road, according to BCSO. The … 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 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