Responding SAPD officer cites miscommunication on tactical plan at Melissa Perez’s home
Read full article: Responding SAPD officer cites miscommunication on tactical plan at Melissa Perez’s homeA chaotic Friday in court ended with a witness invoking their constitutional right, multiple denied mistrials and why a plan to enter Melissa Perez’s home never materialized.
Ex-sergeant on trial ‘OK’d decision to enter Melissa Perez’s home, SAPD officer says
Read full article: Ex-sergeant on trial ‘OK’d decision to enter Melissa Perez’s home, SAPD officer saysA San Antonio police officer ended his nearly four-day stint on the stand on Thursday, and a second SAPD officer offered insight as to why he entered a Southwest Side woman’s apartment before it became a deadly encounter.
San Antonio man gets 20-year plea deal for 2019 murder after testifying against codefendant
Read full article: San Antonio man gets 20-year plea deal for 2019 murder after testifying against codefendantSebastian Espinar took part in a deadly shooting and robbery in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison after taking a plea deal.
Two different versions of deadly 2019 shooting presented during day one of capital murder trial
Read full article: Two different versions of deadly 2019 shooting presented during day one of capital murder trialOpening statements during a capital murder trial presented two different versions of what happened in a deadly shooting.
Puerto Rico seeks U.S. waiver as diesel dwindles after storm
Read full article: Puerto Rico seeks U.S. waiver as diesel dwindles after stormPuerto Rico’s governor requested that the U.S. government waive a federal law to allow for more fuel shipments to the island amid concerns over a dwindling supply of diesel in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.
Trial begins in case of missing California college student
Read full article: Trial begins in case of missing California college studentOpening statements have begun in the case of Kristin Smart, who disappeared during her freshman year at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo more than 25 years ago.
Builders hurt protected areas in climate-weary Puerto Rico
Read full article: Builders hurt protected areas in climate-weary Puerto RicoPuerto Rico's Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into destruction in an ecological reserve that protects one of the island’s most extensive mangrove forests.
‘He just got really sick’: Texas mom says infant died after consuming formula that was later recalled
Read full article: ‘He just got really sick’: Texas mom says infant died after consuming formula that was later recalledA Rio Grande Valley mother claims her infant son died from a bacterial infection after consuming powdered infant formula that was later recalled.
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Woman charged with murder in alleged love triangle indicted by Bexar County grand jury
Read full article: Woman charged with murder in alleged love triangle indicted by Bexar County grand jurySAN ANTONIO – A 35-year-old woman has been indicted by a Bexar County grand jury in connection with what police said was a love triangle slaying. The indictment alleges that Priscilla Caballero shot and killed Yvette Salinas around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 5 at a home in the 150 block of Seashell Drive. Investigators said it appears Caballero and Salinas were both “romantically involved” with the same man, who also lived at the home. Salinas went to the home to confront Caballero, police said. At some point during the confrontation, Caballero fired one shot at the woman, according to SAPD.
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San Antonio boy, 4, loses both parents to COVID-19 months apart
Read full article: San Antonio boy, 4, loses both parents to COVID-19 months apartSAN ANTONIO – Rozie Salinas never thought her 4-year-old grandson, Raiden Gonzalez, would experience immeasurable loss at four years old. Raiden’s parents, Adan and Mariah Gonzalez, died from COVID-19 four months apart from one another. In October, Salinas’ daughter, 29-year-old Mariah, began to experience chest pain and had difficulty breathing. That was the last time Salinas saw her daughter before she died. Mariah died days after being admitted to the hospital.
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Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, city
Read full article: Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, cityCHICAGO – A Black woman who was seriously injured when a suburban Chicago police officer shot her and killed her boyfriend is suing the officer who opened fire and the officer who initially questioned them minutes earlier. Police have said a second officer — identified in the lawsuit as Salinas —- later stopped the couple's car. They have said that as Salinas approached, the vehicle started moving in reverse and the officer opened fire. It accuses Salinas of using excessive force when he fired at Williams, 20, and Stinnette, a 19-year-old Black man, as they sat in Williams' car, unarmed. Salgado acknowledged that he resisted arrest and said in the suit that he has since pleaded guilty to that charge.
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Judge denies bond reduction in arson case, cites governor’s executive order
Read full article: Judge denies bond reduction in arson case, cites governor’s executive orderFollowing her release from the hospital for treatment of burns over 25% of her body, Salinas was arrested on arson charges and jailed in lieu of $75,000 bond. ‘You want to f*** with me’: Woman accused of torching man’s car before they both caught fireOn Thursday, Salinas’ lawyer, Angela Tavares, asked that her client be released on a personal recognizance bond. He also told the court that his mother’s ex-boyfriend, Alejandro Megana, told him that the fire was an accident. “I cannot get the adequate medicine for my pain, so pain is always an issue,” she testified from jail during Thursday’s remote hearing. Greg Abbott last spring that forbids personal recognizance bonds in violent felony cases, Judge Velia Meza denied Salinas’ request and ordered that her $75,000 bond remain in place.
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San Antonio third grader sews masks for neighbors, healthcare workers, Bexar County constables
Read full article: San Antonio third grader sews masks for neighbors, healthcare workers, Bexar County constablesSAN ANTONIO – Long before the mask ordinance went into effect in San Antonio, a local third grader from Elrod Elementary was making masks for his neighbors, healthcare workers and even for people as far as Singapore. “So, I taught him how to crochet, so, he started making ear straps, (he would )crochet the yarn. He picked it up really quickly.”Mateo started making the masks for his neighbors, and then, the requests started coming in. “She works at the nursing facility and she said they needed face masks because they didn’t have any. “We’re always telling him how proud we are.”COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019.
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