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Bexar County District Attorney ponders next move in Medical Center rape cases

SAN ANTONIO – After Anton Harris, 20, was convicted Wednesday of raping a nurse in her apartment in May 2017, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales began evaluating four other Medical Center rape cases in which Harris is a suspect. Assistant District Attorney Daryl Harris, who prosecuted the 2017 case that ended with a 99-year sentence for Harris, said he is ready to go to trial in the other cases. Since they testified and told their story during Harris' trial, to try their cases would mean another trip to the witness stand. Daryl Harris recalled what one woman said following Anton Harris’ trial as the best-case scenario in resolving the remaining cases. I’m a survivor,’” Daryl Harris said.

Medical Center rapist was questioned by police in 2015 and released

SAN ANTONIO – Two years before he raped and robbed a nurse in her Medical Center apartment, Anton Harris, 21, groped a woman in a stairwell at her Medical Center apartment, according to prosecutors in the Harris trial. On Wednesday, he was convicted of raping and robbing the nurse on the night of May 28, 2017. I felt someone grab and put their hand underneath my bottom," the woman testified. Punishment phase begins in Medical Center rape trialA police officer testified that he stopped Harris while investigating that attack as well as other sexual attacks police had been investigating in the area, but released him. Anton Harris found guilty in Medical Center rape trialHe is facing a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Punishment phase begins in Medical Center rape trial

SAN ANTONIO – After deliberating for five hours on Thursday, the jury found Anton Harris, 21, guilty on rape and robbery charges. Harris, known as the Medical Center Rapist, allegedly forced his way into the apartment of a nurse, raped her and stole her watch, iPhone and iPad. “What happened to Jane at her Mission Ranch apartment on May 28, 2017, was the last of the defendant’s crimes,” prosecutor Daryl Harris told the jury Thursday as the punishment phase of Anton Harris’ trial began. Prosecutors say they plan to call at least 20 witnesses to the stand during the trial’s punishment phase. “This young man, you will learn, had to endure stuff in his childhood that wasn’t normal.”Anton Harris found guilty in Medical Center rape trialHarris is facing a maximum punishment of life in prison.

Anton Harris found guilty in Medical Center rape trial

SAN ANTONIO – After deliberating for about five hours Wednesday, a jury delivered guilty verdicts in the trial of accused Medical Center rapist Anton Harris. Harris is on trial for the rape and robbery of a nurse in her Medical Center apartment on May 28, 2017. It’s the first of five rape cases against Harris to go to trial. “This trial has laid out what was Jane’s worst nightmare come true,” prosecutor Daryl Harris told the jury. “And, unfortunately, the state’s key witness, Jane, couldn’t tell you it was him.”But, according to prosecutors, DNA evidence pointed to Harris.

Detectives say gold watch is key evidence in Medical Center rape case

SAN ANTONIO – A gold watch that prosecutors say belonged to a woman Anton Harris is accused of raping and robbing was found in Harris' apartment a week after the 2017 attack. Harris, the accused “Medical Center rapist,” has been indicted in the sexual assaults of five women in the Medical Center area during 2016 and 2017. The victim’s attacker, whom she described as a slim African-American man wearing a gray hoodie, also took her rose gold watch, according to the woman. During Harris' trial, detectives told the jury what they found during a search of Harris' apartment. “There was a rose gold-colored Fossil watch that had like a gemmed face to it,” said Sgt.

Woman tells of frightening late-night encounter with accused ‘Medical Center rapist'

“I saw this male all of a sudden pop up out of the big bush that was there,” Kimberly Perez testified. Perez’s description of the man who startled her matched the one given by the rape victim. The victim’s description combined with video from a nearby gas station and DNA evidence led to Harris’ arrest. Harris was 17 years old and had just graduated from Marshall High School when he was arrested. The victim of the rape for which Harris is on trial is expected to testify when the trial resumes.

Jury hears emotional account from victim of alleged ‘Medical Center rapist’

SAN ANTONIO – An emotional account recorded on a police officer's body camera of a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted was played for the jury Wednesday as the trial of the alleged "Medical Center rapist" began. Alleged Medical Center rapist claimed innocence after accepting plea deal, judge saysThe woman said that her attacker fled on foot following the incident. The woman's neighbor, Crystal Montez, testified that she heard the victim's scream for help. Montez testified. “She goes, ‘Please, I was raped,’” Montez testified.

Jury selection begins in ‘Medical Center rapist’ case after plea deal struck down by judge

SAN ANTONIO – Jury selection began Tuesday in the case of the so-called Medical Center rapist. Anton Harris is accused of terrorizing the Medical Center area for about two years and committing five sexual assaults. Alleged Medical Center rapist claimed innocence after accepting plea deal, judge says[HI1]Last August, Harris pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault as part of a plea deal. But Judge Frank Castro rejected the plea deal, sending the case to trial. Harris is now facing the possibility of life in prison on each charge instead of the 40-year sentence he would have gotten from the plea deal.

First trial date set for alleged San Antonio medical center rape suspect

"There's five aggravated sexual -- alleged sexual assaults -- all of them allegedly involving guns and knives. August 16, 2015Location: 8000 block of Oakdell WayThe victim told authorities she was walking back to her apartment when she heard footsteps behind her. The woman told authorities the man put a black shirt over her head and put her in a headlock as he dragged her backward. The woman told police she asked who was there, but got no response the two times the suspect knocked. The woman told police he demanded her car, but the woman responded asking why he was doing this to her.

Alleged Medical Center rapist claimed innocence after accepting plea deal, judge says

SAN ANTONIO - In a rare move, a Bexar County judge on Monday rejected the plea deal for accused Medical Center rapist Anton Harris, 20. "Theres five aggravated sexual -- alleged sexual assaults -- all of them allegedly involving guns and knives. The woman told authorities the man put a black shirt over her head and put her in a headlock as he dragged her backward. The woman told police she asked who was there, but got no response the two times the suspect knocked. The woman told police he demanded her car, but the woman responded asking why he was doing this to her.