SAPD body-worn camera video shows officers failed to pat down teen who killed himself inside Bexar County Jail
Newly released body-worn camera video shows multiple San Antonio Police Department officers failed to thoroughly search a teen who killed himself while being booked into the Bexar County jail earlier this month.
Man arrested after being caught on camera trying to break into home with prybar, BCSO says
A 21-year-old man is behind bars on Monday after being caught on camera trying to break into a far West Side home with a prybar. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Culebra Road and Galm Road.
Man arrested after disabled daughter found severely malnourished with black eye, police say
A man is behind bars after police found his disabled daughter alone and malnourished with a black eye, according to San Antonio police. Edwin William Dones Garcia is being charged with injury to disabled โ SBI, the arrest affidavit said.
Suspect in deadly attacks in Bexar County, Austin was previously bonded out of jail by Texas Organizing Project
A man accused of capital murder following a series of attacks that left six people dead in Bexar County and Austin on Tuesday was bonded out of the Bexar County Jail by a Texas organization nearly two years ago.
BCSO: Man convicted of child sex assault beaten by fellow inmates after revealing his charges
A man sentenced more than a decade ago to 99 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child is recovering at a hospital after fellow inmates at the Bexar County Jail assaulted him, sheriffโs officials confirmed Friday.
New program to get mentally ill inmates held in limbo โcompetentโ enough for trial
There are 280 inmates at the Bexar County Jail that have been designated โincompetent to stand trialโ because of mental health issues, intellectual disabilities, or other problems. If they canโt make bail, theyโre stuck waiting for a bed in the heavily back-logged state hospital system.
Man tied up, tortured, injected with bleach prior to body being dumped behind Live Oak apartments, warrant states
A man whose body was found dumped behind vacant apartments in Live Oak last month was tied up, tortured and injected with bleach, a murder warrant obtained Thursday by KSAT Investigates shows.
Yet another Bexar County jail inmate dies in custody while held on low bond, criminal trespass charge
An inmate held at the Bexar County Jail for nearly half a year on a low level misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge died this month after suffering an apparent medical episode, BCSO officials conceded Friday.
Second Bexar County jail study focuses on morale improvements to fight staffing shortage
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.