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A man was sentenced to 48 years in prison on Wednesday for killing two people in 2020.e.

The dismissal of the assault causing bodily injury charge against Carlos Castro is the latest setback for the Bexar County District Attorney Office’s Civil Rights Division, which was created in 2020 to investigate shootings and possible uses of excessive force by law enforcement officers.

Marcus Davila, 40, has been formally charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attack by dog with serious bodily injury.

Several cases more than six-months old remain with no indictment.

DA investigator asked to be taken off task force as bad blood between SAPD and Bexar County DA's office continues

Christian Henricksen has been a part of Bexar County DA's office DA Joe Gonzales took office in 2019.

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that it will be recusing itself from Erik Cantu’s evading arrest cases.

Gonzales did not disclose campaign advice from Wren Collective on campaign finance reports.

Mariah Gardner reacts after DA announces they will be seeking the death penalty against Stephen Clare.

The Bexar County District Attorney spent $49,500 on a holiday public safety campaign, according to records obtained by KSAT.

It was a year of ups and downs for the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in 2023.

Two previously charged with capital murder were given a 22-year plea deal on the lesser charge of aggravated robbery.

Two men previously charged in a capital murder case had their charges reduced or dismissed on Thursday.

Jaime Ybarra Cruz was previously charged with intoxication manslaughter but sentenced per plea deal on charge of manslaughter.

Paris Shaw's murder charge lessened to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

‘I’m very frustrated.’ State Rep John Lujan said he is looking into it

On average, Gonzales dismisses 45.7% more cases than former DA Nico LaHood, according to a KSAT analysis of quarterly county reports.

SAPOA has released two videos highlighting what they say are missteps by the District Attorney.

Daniel Garcia charged with the murder of 5-year-old Dominic Aguilar-Acevedo.

Christina Rodriguez has been released from jail after charge dropped late Monday.

Daniel Garcia charged in the 2021 murder of 5-year-old Domenic Aguilar-Acevedo.

KSAT reporting may have helped the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office uncover what they’re calling a technical issue that delayed indictments in a child death case for more than a year.

San Antonio Police Chief William McManus reacted Wednesday to an allegation of mishandled evidence made by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

The District 7 town hall is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Doris Griffin Senior One Stop Center located at 6157 Northwest Loop 410 #410.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales spoke about the consequences of Texas' constitutional carry law during a public safety town hall.

Jesse Garcia is accused of shooting three San Antonio Police officers. The police chief has questioned why some of Garcia's previous criminal cases were dragging, the Bexar County District Attorney's Office says the delays were due to SAPD.

A San Antonio man plead guilty to a 2019 murder in which he fatally shot another man during an argument at an illegal game room, according to the Bexar County District Attorney.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are asking Georgia's highest court to prevent the district attorney who’s been investigating his actions in the wake of the 2020 election from prosecuting him.

A new bill the governor signed into law last week will have a direct effect on district attorneys across the state who currently aren’t prosecuting certain laws.

A 63-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a Bexar County jury handed down a guilty verdict for continuous sexual abuse of a child, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

As the Manhattan district attorney’s office again ramps up its yearslong investigation of Donald Trump, a new book by a former prosecutor who once led the probe details just how close the former president came to getting indicted — and laments friction with the new D.

A pandemic, backlog and retaining staff have been some of the problems that District Attorney Joe Gonzales had to face in his first term.

The Uvalde mayor Don McLaughlin is speaking about the lawsuit filed against the district attorney Christina Mitchell nearly one week ago.

Rebekah Arreguin, 55, is accused of threatening to harm attorney Nico LaHood and his family.

Erik Cantu is on life support and “literally fighting for his life every minute” after being shot by a San Antonio Police Officer in the parking lot of a McDonald’s on Oct. 2, according to the Cantu family’s lawyer.

The charges filed against a teenager who was shot by a now former-SAPD officer have been dismissed, according to Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales.

A man and his 17-year-old son have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant.

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales weighed in after the leak of the United States Supreme Court’s draft ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade and assured the public he would continue to fight for women’s reproductive rights.

Find the latest, updated election results for the 2022 primary election in Texas on March 1, 2022.

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A man was indicted by a Bexar County grand jury Friday for murder and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

A 47-year-old mother is being charged with 39 criminal counts, including felony child abuse, sexual assault, and providing alcohol to minors, according to California authorities.

A 27-year-old San Antonio man was sentenced to 29 years in prison after pleading guilty to a 2011 murder and robbery, according to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

A suspect has been indicted in the death of a man who was struck by a stray bullet as he drove along Loop 410 on the Northwest Side late last year.

A new midterm report gives the public an overview of the work being done by District Attorney Joe Gonzales and his office.

SAN ANTONIO – Though former attorney Mark Benavides is serving an 80-year prison term for trading his legal services for sex, his case is still under review by the Bexar County District Attorney’s office. According to testimony during his trial, Benavides would trade his legal representation for sex from at least six clients. Howard is the head of Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales’ Conviction Integrity Unit. Ad“What this division does is it grades our paper to make sure that these convictions have integrity,” Gonzales said. “We’re going to do the right thing, even when no one is looking”, Gonzales said.

SAN ANTONIO – The number of court cases awaiting trial continues to grow at an alarming rate, and Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales is wrestling with ways to resolve the cases. It has been almost a year since a moratorium on jury service was ordered due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. RELATED: Sheriff making changes at the Bexar County jail to address court case backlogAbsent jury trials, Gonzales has pre-trial diversions and plea bargains among his options for resolving cases. Ad“It takes all parties,” Gonzales said. “It takes the willingness of defense attorneys, the willingness of the accused and the willingness of courts to work with us.”Another issue Gonzales said he must deal with is contacting victims.

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales announced Friday that his office has added two new dashboards to its website. The DA’s office website now includes information on cases in the Central Trial Division that involve serious felonies and magistrate cases. “What I’ve done is created these dashboards in an effort to be more transparent to the public,” Gonzales said. “This is, for lack of a better way to put it, our progress report.”Gonzales is midway through his first term as District Attorney. Late last year, Gonzales created the first dashboards dealing with family violence cases and the cite-and-release program involving low-level drug offenses.

SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted a woman who San Antonio police say drove her Mercedes Benz sedan head-on into an SUV, killing the driver, in May. Mariana Campos-Jimenez, now 21 years old, has been formally charged with intoxication manslaughter, the District Attorney’s office announced on Friday. The first count of the indictment states that the woman drove while she was intoxicated, causing the death of Gabriel Gallegos, 44, according to the DA’s office. The second count states that she drove the wrong way and failed to avoid hitting Gallegos’s SUV. The DA’s office said the case is pending in the 175th District Court.

Bexar County District Attorney looks back at first year in officePublished: January 3, 2020, 6:17 pmLooking back at his first year as the Bexar County District Attorney, Joe Gonzales said that after he won the 2018 election, he knew that he was facing a big job.

San Antonio – Looking back at his first year as the Bexar County District Attorney, Joe Gonzales said that after he won the 2018 election, he knew that he was facing a big job. “We knew that we were going to have to hit the ground running,” Gonzales said Friday. “One of my concerns was bringing criminal justice reform to Bexar County, and I believe that we’re doing that,” he said. Gonzales’ office records indicate that the number of cases is 1,166. Several high-profile criminal cases set to be tried in San Antonio in early 2020During his campaign, Gonzales promised that addressing family violence cases would be among his priorities.

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County District Attorney’s office on Wednesday announced it will not prosecute the aggravated perjury case against a Bexar County Precinct 2 deputy constable. Online court records show that Moreno was released from jail and that the District Attorney's Office rejected the charge. Christian Henricksen, the chief of litigation for the District Attorney's Office, said that based on the information in the warrant, prosecutors did not feel comfortable moving forward. "The District Attorney’s Office will reconsider prosecution if sufficient evidence is presented at a later date." According to KSAT records, Moreno and Barrientes-Vela have been involved in a series of tumultuous events within the past two years.