SAN ANTONIO – A federal law enforcement agency is responsible for the arrest of a San Antonio man who allegedly attempted to sexually assault a woman inside her Northwest Side apartment last year.
According to Bexar County jail records, the U.S. Marshals Service was the agency that took Jesus Carlos Rivera, 43, into custody before he was booked into jail Feb. 12.
In a San Antonio Police Department affidavit from September 2025 obtained by KSAT, a 31-year-old woman said she saw Rivera — a maintenance man who also lived at the same Northwest Side apartment complex — was in between drinks with friends and working on her sink on July 8, 2025.
After his friends left, the woman told police Rivera returned to her apartment and “knocked on the door loud.” When the woman opened the door, she told authorities Rivera “pushed her,” “entered” the apartment and locked the door behind him.
Rivera then began “kissing” her face as well as fondling and grabbing intimate parts of her body, the affidavit stated. He attempted to unbutton her jean shorts, but the woman told SAPD that she repeatedly pushed Rivera’s hand away.
While the woman said she didn’t scream because she had “small children” in the apartment, her 4-year-old daughter came out of a room “crying and yelling,” according to the affidavit. After seeing her daughter, the woman told officers that she was able to push Rivera out of the apartment and lock her front door.
In the affidavit, the woman said Rivera lived at the complex with his wife and children, but they moved out one day after he allegedly barged into her apartment. She later identified Rivera in a photo lineup on Aug. 21, 2025, authorities said.
In a Tuesday statement to KSAT, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson said Task Force Officers with the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force began following a man who matched Rivera’s description Feb. 12 after he left an apartment complex in the 4400 block of Gardendale Road in a gray SUV.
Those officers continued following Rivera, who traveled onto West Loop 410, and later requested additional backup from the U.S. Marshals Service and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers.
According to the U.S. Marshals spokesperson, a traffic stop was initiated on U.S. Highway 90 westbound near Mechler Lane in far west Bexar County. After confirming his identification and an outstanding warrant, authorities said Rivera was arrested and transported to the Bexar County Adult Detention Center.
Bexar County court records show a judge set Rivera’s bond at $50,000. As of Tuesday afternoon, Rivera remains in custody, jail records indicate.
He is facing an attempted sexual assault charge, which is considered a third-degree felony. Jail records show Rivera is also facing an illegal entry from a foreign county charge.
Rivera’s next court appearance, a pre-indictment hearing, is scheduled for May 12, according to court records.
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