SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s detention deputy was arrested on family assault charges Tuesday evening.
San Antonio police were called to the 700 block of Carolina Street around 7 p.m.
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SAPD said Benjamin Morales, 21, was arrested after he and a 23-year-old relative got into an argument, and he punched the victim multiple times.
The suspect is charged with assault bodily injury-family/household.
Morales was assigned to the BCSO Detention Bureau and has been employed with the department since February 2024. He is the third BCSO deputy arrested this year.
BCSO issued a probationary termination for Morales since the department had employed him for less than a year.
“This now former deputy knew the expectations upon him, as well as the ramifications of his actions. The agency mission will continue without him,” Sheriff Salazar stated.
BCSO said a separate concurrent administrative investigation is underway pending the outcome of the SAPD criminal case.
Morales’ bond was set at $2,500.
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