1 day agoResidents of troubled east Bexar County mobile home park told it is shutting downPeople living at an east Bexar County mobile home park have been told they have a month to move out after the current owners decided to shut down the operation, according...
1 day agoResidents of troubled east Bexar County mobile home park told it is shutting downResidents of troubled east Bexar County mobile home park told it is shutting down
2 days agoSAPD officer had an unusual offer: Beat him in a fight and you could go freeOfficer Matthew Belver remains a police officer after two indefinite suspensions.
2 days agoUnderstand: How arbitration plays out for disciplined San Antonio police officersPolice officers have the right to appeal any disciplinary action against them. So how does the process work?
2 days agoOff-duty cop who beat fiancee with rock was only SAPD officer to have firing upheld in 2019In May 2018, a night out attending a concert with her fiance and friends ended with Cooper-Nurse in a San Antonio emergency room, moaning in pain, suffering from shattere...
2 days agoWATCH: ‘Broken Blue’ investigative special digs into police discipline at SAPDOfficers were granted a reinstatement after they were fired in 67.5% of cases in the last decade, according to data obtained by KSAT under public information law.
2 days agoFormer Poteet leaders say they were not briefed on city administrator’s violent night with girlfriend prior to hiring him
3 days agoBexar County Jail inmate found dead overnight identified, may have been waiting for COVID-19 testThe inmate that was found dead overnight at the Bexar County Jail early Sunday morning has been identified, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
Family confirms COVID-19 related death of state hospital employee; facility at emergency staffing levelThe family of a longtime nursing assistant at the San Antonio State Hospital confirmed this week that she died of COVID-19 complications.
Wilson County trio released on bond following arrest in connection to donkey theftThree women, including a board member of the Floresville Independent School District, have been released on bond following their arrests Wednesday on charges related to t...
Arrest warrants issued for Floresville ISD board member accused of donkey theftA board member of the Floresville Independent School District is wanted on multiple misdemeanor charges in Wilson County after investigators said she and two other people...
San Antonio paramedic fired after felony family violence convictionA San Antonio Fire Department paramedic found guilty of a felony family violence charge earlier this year has been terminated, paperwork released to the KSAT 12 Defenders...
Embattled Edgewood ISD trustee defies board, says she will not resign after ‘racist, malicious’ Facebook postThe vice president of Edgewood Independent School District’s board of trustees said Monday she will not resign, despite a growing backlash over a Father’s Day weekend Fac...
Requests for coronavirus grant funds far outweigh availability, records showRequests from local governments for coronavirus relief funds greatly exceed the amount of money that will be made available to the region that includes San Antonio and Be...
Family of cold case murder victim says Bexar County DA left them in the dark on dismissalWhen law enforcement officers in Northern California took Bradford Hudson into custody late last year, the family of Martha Batchelor believed the man who killed and sexu...
SAPD officer who gave homeless man a feces sandwich won’t return to the force following arbitrator’s decisionA San Antonio Police Department officer who admitted to giving a homeless man a feces sandwich will not return to the force after a third-party arbitrator on Friday refus...
Sources: SAPD Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño retiringSan Antonio Police Department Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño will retire, effective Friday, multiple sources confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders.
San Antonio nursing home at center of outbreak sued over patient’s COVID-19-related deathTwo adult children have sued a San Antonio nursing home for what they say was the COVID-19-related death of their father.
Defenders Debrief: Municipalities charging drivers a fee for crash cleanupThe Defenders’ Tim Gerber joins GMSA@9 to talk about what some San Antonio area municipalities are doing by charging drivers for cleaning up accident scenes.
San Antonio park police supervisor avoided suspension after racist joke about black, Hispanic peopleA sergeant with the San Antonio Park Police Department avoided being suspended and instead received a written reprimand late last year after he admitted telling a racist ...
Defenders: Some San Antonio-area municipalities charging drivers clean up fee for car crashesIf you’re involved in a serious car crash, you expect the police and fire departments to respond. What you probably don’t expect is to get a bill for that response, but t...
Records: Bexar County staff misinformed on coronavirus relief grantMultiple Bexar County employees involved in its application for Coronavirus relief money were incorrectly told last month that a majority of the funds for this area had a...
Defenders Debrief: ‘Broken Blue’ special to air Friday at 7 p.m.The Defenders’ Dillon Collier and Tim Gerber join GMSA@9 to talk about their upcoming special “Broken Blue” that airs on Friday at 7 p.m.
In midst of COVID-19 pandemic, Bexar County budget director resignsBexar County Budget Director Seth McCabe has resigned his position, a memo obtained Wednesday by the KSAT 12 Defenders confirms.
Squatter accused of forging signatures of dead couple on a fake deed. So why wasn’t she charged?An area woman investigated in at least six felony cases in Bexar County since 2017 has never been prosecuted, leaving people who said they were victimized by her to quest...
Suspect in West Avenue apartment murder was free on a PR bond, avoided re-arrest despite several court violationsThe San Antonio man accused of murdering a woman inside a near North Side apartment Wednesday had been released on a personal recognizance bond months earlier and had rem...
Mike Helle, longtime president of San Antonio Police Officers Association, to step down at end of termDetective Mike Helle, the longtime president of the San Antonio Police Officers Association, confirmed to KSAT Thursday that he will step down at the end of his current t...
San Antonio woman charged with damaging property downtown during quieter night of protestingA San Antonio woman was taken into custody and charged with criminal mischief Sunday evening after police said she damaged property at Rivercenter Mall.
BAMC doctors saved their lives. Now BAMC bills threaten their livelihood.After receiving lifesaving care at Brooke Army Medical Center, two men are facing medical bills so high they're threatening their livelihoods.
BCSO asks state for $468K reimbursement after housing inmates meant for state prisonsBexar County Sheriff’s officials have asked the state to reimburse the agency more than $468,000 for costs related to housing inmates who were supposed to be transferred ...
He qualified for a PR bond, but Gov. Abbott’s order kept him in jail. Now he has COVID-19.A Bexar County Jail inmate who qualified for release without paying bond last month has contracted COVID-19 while still in custody, multiple people familiar with his case...
He fought to get out of jail during the pandemic. Now the real battle begins.The attorney of a former Bexar County Jail inmate held for months on a technical parole violation has filed a federal lawsuit accusing state officials of violating his cl...
Former owner of east Bexar County mobile home park arrested, accused of diverting $9,000 in waterThe former owner of a troubled east Bexar County mobile home park has been arrested after sheriff’s investigators said he installed piping to illegally divert more than $...
San Antonio renters pressured by management, told to vacate during COVID-19 pandemicMore than 7,600 people who have applied for emergency housing assistance through the city’s Neighborhood and Housing Services Department since mid-March.
Deputy accused of unauthorized traffic stops previously suspended for interfering with family violence caseThe KSAT 12 Defenders have uncovered the personnel file of a Bexar County deputy accused of making unauthorized traffic stops.
‘This is the worst’: SA family details disputes with renters who can’t be evicted because of COVID-19In early March, Amber Martinez’s family decided to rent out the small efficiency behind their home on Hermine Boulevard. Nearly two and half months later, the family has ...
Lawsuit accuses Bexar County DA of not paying breath test vendor for months of workA lawsuit filed in federal court in San Antonio earlier this year accuses Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales and his office of not paying its former vendor for b...
Sources confirm COVID-19 outbreak at second Southeast Side nursing homeAt least 15 residents and staff members have tested positive for COVID-19 at a Southeast Side nursing home, multiple sources confirmed to KSAT 12 Monday night.
UTSA students taking summer classes hit with mandatory feesUniversity of Texas at San Antonio students enrolled in summer courses will be required to pay mandatory fees, even as universities across the country waive them.
Bexar County budget staff questioned judge’s full-time pay in 2019, were instructed to stand downBexar County budget employees who last year questioned why a justice of the peace continued to collect full-time pay were instructed to leave the increase in place, email...
Inmate contracted COVID-19 at Bexar County Jail, then bonded out. Now what? Officials at the jail claim that only three of these inmates have been released back into the public. Multiple Bexar County Sheriff’s Office sources who spoke with the KS...
90 calls in single day, 6 weeks of trying, still no benefits: One Texan's experience with unemployment office
‘Just a matter of time before people start snapping’: Inmate says spoiled food served at Bexar County Jail
Woman charged in a brutal bat attack was released during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she’s on the run.A woman who was let out of the Bexar County Jail during a wave of releases late last month — despite the violent nature of her charge — is once again a wanted fugitive, l...
Massive line seen outside methadone clinic weeks after COVID-19 pandemic reached San AntonioDays after the KSAT 12 Defenders recorded footage of a massive line of people waiting for methadone treatments, officials from the center that operates the facility said ...
'A Petri dish ready to explode’: After complaints about masks by inmates, sheriff says supply at jail will quadruple soonBexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar on Friday said two large shipments of masks arriving in the coming days should more than quadruple the supply for inmates to wear as t...
As SA man remains in jail on nonviolent charge, attorney pleads for his release because of health conditionA San Antonio man remains at the Bexar County Jail on a nonviolent state parole violation, despite having a health condition that he and his attorney believe makes him mo...
Sheriff’s dispatcher taught cadet class before testing positive for COVID-19. Now 13 of the 20 cadets have the virus.A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher who tested positive for COVID-19 last week taught a class to cadets at the agency’s training academy late last month. More than...
Westover Hills pulls out of plan to house COVID-19 patientsWestover Hills has pulled out of a plan to house COVID-19 patients, San Antonio city officials confirmed Tuesday.
