BEXAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office announced that there will be increased patrols and new task force at two high schools in San Antonio starting on March 20.

A former Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy fired in 2020 amid accusations that he illegally strip searched women has died while awaiting trial for kidnapping.

An Edgewood Independent School District police officer seen on cell phone camera footage kneeling on the neck of a teenager late last year had previously been dismissed by the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office for excessive force, personnel records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

San Antonio fire fighters were working to put out a fire in South Bexar County and portions of Hwy. 281 were closed due to the incident.

Auto glass shop owners said there’s been a boom in business due to the increase in vehicle break-ins and the shortage of supplies that has continued since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has released few details about the shooting of Ted Johnson Jr., 15, beyond saying he was found unresponsive and shot multiple times in the 500 block of Lucrezia at 12:10 a.m. Sunday. He pronounced dead at University Hospital less than an hour later.

Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies found $200,000 worth of cocaine during a traffic stop on the city's Northside.

A winter storm has brought ice and sleet to Central Texas, causing dangerous road conditions and one confirmed death in a 10-car pile-up.

The plaintiff, who said he was held for three days after making bail, is asking that his suit be certified as a class action.

A man who was shot by the San Antonio police during an incident at a West Side motel has died, BCSO said.

A man with a lengthy criminal record and several active warrants was arrested late last week on multiple additional charges.

A search is underway for a 27-year-old man last seen in far South Bexar County, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Two men were found dead after a reported shooting in front of an apartment complex in the far Westside of Bexar County on Thursday, January 19.

'My understanding is that the cadet, throughout times on his shift, felt endangered, felt threatened,' Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in searching for a man who they say stole $55,000 worth of equipment from a construction site.

A man was arrested after stealing a Ruffles truck from a Walmart store in Converse, Bexar County Sheriff's Office said.

Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies are hitting the streets as they work to keep drunk drivers off the road.

The number of incidents of Bexar County detention officers using force on inmates has dropped this year, after a noticeable spike in 2021, records analyzed by KSAT Investigates show.

A human skull was discovered late Thursday afternoon in a wooded area of southwest Bexar County, Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

Fifteen deputies, ranging from newly hired temporary jailers to longtime veterans of the agency, ended up on the wrong aside of the law this year, compared to just seven arrested officers from SAPD.

That total of 22 arrests was a slight decline from the 25 reported last year.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s detention officer was suspended 15 days earlier this year after an investigation determined he failed to lock a jail unit door, leading a group of inmates to assault one another.

Prosecutors say one of the shots Mireles fired hit the 5-year-old Belgian Malinois. However, Mireles's indictment does not specifically claim he killed Chucky, but rather that he shot at the dog, which would likely kill or injure it.

The temporary loss of what some residents call the city’s “24/7 police coverage” has pitted neighbor against neighbor with one faction blaming Waldrop and the other blaming a law enforcement agency that detractors say lacked initiative and clear operating standards.

Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies have lost out on more than $680,000 in accrued leave each of the past two years, internal records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Though jail staffing was just one aspect of the review by American Correctional Consultants, it remains one of the primary focuses for commissioners, who approve millions of dollars for forced overtime at the jail every year.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man they believe shot a young woman in the head on Thanksgiving night.

A 20-year-old Texas woman is accused of breaking into her boyfriend's home and setting the house on fire after another woman, who turned out to be a relative, answered his phone.

A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy who repeatedly yelled at female sergeants in a series of incidents this spring was suspended 15 days, BCSO discipline records show.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended after an internal investigation found he advised the son of Somerset Independent School District’s superintendent to delete explicit photos and a video of a female classmate off his phone.

Perry was arrested Thursday for failing to stop and provide information, and SAPD says it also will file DWI charges.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office released a new sketch of a sexual assault suspect who reportedly committed the act on Halloween.

San Antonio inmates allegedly posted videos on instagram and made phone calls while they hid in a utility closet.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office is searching for a sexual assault suspect who entered a home through an open garage door.

Two teens have already been charged with murder.

Two teenagers are in custody after targeting the wrong house and fatally shooting a woman in a drive-by shooting on the far West Side.

Reports surfaced Monday about a former Army combat medic and San Antonio woman who is a person of interest in the investigation into immigrant flights.

Salazar appears to be the first law enforcement official announcing a criminal probe of the political stunt.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office said it had launched a probe into the operation, which it said transported migrants who had been housed at a shelter in San Antonio to Florida and subsequently to the Massachusetts island.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has opened an investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' flight that took 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Two families made strong accusations Monday against Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his office for the handling of shooting deaths of two young girls and their mother in the Anaqua Springs neighborhood in Boerne in 2019.

A man is behind bars after he was discovered with over $1 million in narcotics, along with drug paraphernalia and weapons, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

Bexar County officials said Friday afternoon that a ruptured gas line closed down Potranco on the Far Westside.

The Sheriff's Office has reopened the highway in far west Bexar County after an accident caused horses to get loose on the roadway on Friday morning.

Sheriff Javier Salazar described the incident as a 'drunken act of stupidity.'

Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a Converse Walmart Saturday afternoon, August 27, 2022.

Bexar County Sheriff’s detention officers and deputies who have applied for COVID-19 workers’ compensation benefits since the start of the pandemic have been denied more than 75 percent of the time, records obtained by KSAT Investigates confirm.

News of the alleged scheme follows the weekend arrest of another county law-enforcement official on criminal mischief charges.

Officials ask individuals in the mall to shelter in place.

Deputy Victor Jimenez III on March 10 brought a prisoner into the Bexar County Jail’s south tower for processing. The prisoner was then searched by a deputy from the agency’s Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) who found the prisoner in possession of a loaded 9mm semi-automatic handgun, according to Jimenez’s suspension report.

An attorney for the former Bexar County Precinct 2 constable provided evidence to Judge Velia Meza on July 21, including multiple rounds of live ammunition as well as letters in which someone threatened to kill Barrientes Vela.

The Bexar County Sheriff's Office shuts down lanes of major San Antonio road due to a fatal accident.

Noe Avila, 43, is charged with a first-degree felony after assaulting a family member at his home on Sunday, July 24, 2022.

A Bexar County sheriff’s corporal arrested last week on a felony family violence charge used his forearm to cover the mouth of his victim and then squeezed her neck to the point that she temporarily could not see or hear, an arrest warrant obtained Monday by KSAT Investigates shows.

A Bexar County sheriff’s deputy taken into custody just after midnight Monday is accused of beating a woman inside a West Bexar County home and then threatening her with a handgun, BCSO officials have confirmed.

Bexar County is taking steps to fire a deputy arrested for allegedly choking a female family member over the weekend.

Bexar County is taking steps to remove a deputy that ran from San Antonio Police during an alleged DWI, July 1, 2022.

The two suspects abandoned their vehicle.

A former Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy has been convicted by a jury on multiple counts of child sex abuse.

The suspect had an active homicide warrant.

The teen was reportedly upset due to low school grades.

He was wearing a ski mask, tactical gear, and carrying a handgun

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said the accused robber appeared to have specifically targeted the victims.

More than two years after her husband became the first Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy to die of complications from COVID-19, Pauline Pezina De La Fuente continues a drawn out legal battle for his county death benefits.

The victim was reportedly left on the road side for hours.

The assistant principal says the student hit her as well.

Pinky had his car impounded during a street race.

He was left tied up and alone to die, deputies said.

A Bexar County dispatcher received high praise from the sheriff for the part she played during a tense murder-suicide call late last month.

He reportedly beat the puppy after it urinated on him.

A search warrant for the property where a Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy was shot and a suspect was killed last week included the information for the wrong person, BCSO officials admitted Monday.

BCSO is asking for those in the area to stay inside.

In his first public comments since being cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the shooting death of a man in Elmendorf in 2020, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brandin Moran said Thursday his brief indictment for manslaughter had a significant emotional impact on him and his family.

Both are now charged with a string of offenses.

Video of the 2015 incident appears to show the suspect raise his hands before two deputies open fire.

Witness videos key evidence in case against to Bexar County Deputies who shot and killed Gilbert Flores in 2015.

A grand jury has indicted a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy for shooting and killing a man inside a home in Elmendorf in 2020, court records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy resigned this month, weeks after he was accused in a criminal complaint of exploiting the finances of an elderly woman.

A man has been charged with felony assault of a peace officer after Bexar County Sheriff’s investigators said he dragged a deputy with his truck following a dispute over a rodeo parking detail.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying a suspect they say shot and killed a horse in Southeast Bexar County Jan. 11.

The owner discovered his horse dead.

All seven suspects were drivers or passengers of vehicles stopped by Bexar County Sheriff’s investigators Thursday afternoon after they left a property in the 11200 block of Briggs Road, where a neighbor had reported seeing 50 people exit a tractor trailer.

A man who was in custody for a drug charge died Tuesday morning due to a pulmonary illness, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

Avoid the area, BCSO said.

Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating a deadly crash involving a dump truck on Highway 90 on the Far West Side.

With commissioners poised Tuesday to approve a bundle deal including upgraded body camera technology, Salazar promised to implement the 10-day policy.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is on pace to go over budget on jail overtime, though Sheriff Javier Salazar hopes a new union contract could help slow things down.

The crash happened Thursday around 2 p.m.

People began lining up early Monday for a chance to get COVID-19 vaccines and tests, courtesy of the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

An arbitrator has upheld the termination of a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant, nearly a year after she posted multiple photographs on Facebook showing her near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as a protest erupted into a deadly riot, agency officials confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders.

A veteran Bexar County Sheriff’s sergeant retired in lieu of being terminated this week, amid an investigation into whether he acted inappropriately during a covert law enforcement investigation, the KSAT 12 Defenders have confirmed.

A Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy accused of striking a teenager while he was in handcuffs nearly two years ago was indicted Tuesday on charges of official oppression and assault causing bodily injury, court records show.

A combined 25 peace officers from SAPD, BCSO charged in 2021; up 20% from 2020

A San Antonio mother is still waiting to learn how her son died after his remains were found on private property Dec. 4.

He was found unresponsive inside his unit.

Public court proceedings, conversations with sources and case records reveal ongoing communication lapses and mishandling of evidence between the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office and the area’s two largest law enforcement agencies: the San Antonio Police Department and the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

A convicted thief with a long history of accepting payments for work he never completed was taken into custody Tuesday morning and charged in connection to two felony theft cases.

Patricia Scharmann says her mare, Stormy, was shot at least four times. A blood trail and trampled grass starting about 25 yards from the fence line show where the horse stumbled and collapsed, ultimately dying with gruesome wounds.

Search efforts are underway for a 15-year-old girl in northeast Bexar County after she was reported missing just a few days ago, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.

He was stung more than 300 times.