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Posted on: November 14, 2022

Jury sentences SA man to life in prison for sexually abusing young girl

Bexar County Jail Booking photo of Mario Morales

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to life in prison for sexually abusing a young girl several times for more than two years.

Mario Morales, 46, was convicted Monday of continuous sexual abuse of a child. Evidence showed that Morales began abu...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: November 1, 2022

Jury sentences SA mother to life in prison for death of her 4-year-old daughter

Jessica Briones booking photo from the Bexar County Sheriff's Office

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio woman to life in prison Tuesday for causing the death of her daughter.

Jessica Briones, 39, was found guilty Monday of Murder. Evidence showed Briones took her four-year-old daughter Olivia to a police substation...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: October 12, 2022

S.A. man receives decades-long prison sentence for sexually abusing 2 young girls

BCSO booking photo of Aaron Welgraz

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to effectively life in prison on Tuesday, October 12, 2022, for sexually abusing two young girls. The abuse occurred over a span of more than 10 years. 

Aaron Welgraz, 39, was found guilty of multipl...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: October 10, 2022

S.A. man sentenced to 35 years in prison for killing his mother

Ivan Castro booking photo

A Bexar County Judge sentenced a man to 35 years in prison for the murder of his mother.

Ivan Castro, 33, was found guilty of the May 24, 2018, murder of his mother, Leticia Barnett. Evidence showed Barnett was stabbed multiple times in the neck and face w...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: October 4, 2022

Man sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder of stepfather

jarren diego garcia booking photo

A Bexar County Jury on Friday sentenced a local man to 18 years in prison for the shooting death of his stepfather.

Evidence showed that on March 5, 2021, Mark Ramos and his wife, who is Jarren Garcia’s mother, had been arguing in their living room. Garcia...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: September 23, 2022

Jury sentences SA man to 52 years in prison for continuous family violence

Booking photo of Esteban Herrera

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a local man to 52 years in prison for a charge of continuous family violence.

Steve Herrera, 41, was found guilty on Tuesday. During the trial, evidence showed Herrera and the victim had been in a relationship for years. Recor...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: August 26, 2022

Bexar County Grand Juries hand down indictments in 2 separate murder cases

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 242 felony indictments.

Quovante Walls is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on May 31, 2022, Walls intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Mario Miller by shooting Miller with a deadly...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: August 17, 2022

Jury sentences man to 70 years for brutal murder of local woman

Rafael Castillo booking photo from Bexar County Jail

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 70 years in prison for the brutal 2020 murder of a woman.

Rafael Castillo, 27, was convicted Tuesday of murder. Evidence showed Castillo became angry with Nicole Perry inside a home on Nov. 19, 2020. &...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: August 8, 2022

S.A. woman indicted on charges she caused her child's death

A Bexar County Grand Jury has indicted a local mother on charges she caused her child’s death.

D’Lanny Chairez was indicted this morning for injury to a child-intentionally or knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a child. The indi...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: August 5, 2022

S.A. man sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting death of girlfriend

Jorge Izquierdo booking photo from Bexar County Jail

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 50 years in prison for the August 2020 shooting death of his girlfriend.

Jorge Izquierdo, 31, was found guilty of murder Thursday. Evidence showed Izquierdo returned to the home with Cora Nickel on Aug. 20...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: August 5, 2022

Jury sentences man to 46 years on charges of indecency with a child

Arnoldo Diaz booking photo from Bexar County Jail

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 46 years in prison for inappropriately touching a young girl.

A jury found Arnoldo Diaz, 53, guilty of two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure on Thursday. Durin...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: July 21, 2022

Jury sentenced SA man to 50 years for sexually abusing girl multiple times for 2 years

David Oscar Saldivar booking photo from the Bexar County Jail

A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for sexually abusing a child.

On Wednesday, a jury in the 399th District Court found David Oscar Saldivar, 37, guilty of the charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child. Evidence showed that Saldi...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: July 1, 2022

S.A. man, 59, sentenced to 70 years in prison for violent attack on woman

Gary Franz Devaughn booking photo from Bexar County Jail

A San Antonio man is headed to prison for a violent attempted rape of a woman.

Gary Franz DeVaughn, 59, was found guilty following a jury trial in April for charges of attempted aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. &nb...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: June 16, 2022

Jury sentences SA man to two 40-year sentences for sex assault of child

Juan De Los Santos-Salas Bexar County Jail booking photo

A Bexar County Jury sentenced a local man to two 40-year prison sentences for sexually assaulting a young girl.

Juan De Los Santos-Salas, 37, was found guilty of two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony. During the trial, p...

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District Attorney - Family Violence
Posted on: May 20, 2022

Grand Jury indicts man for fatal Dec. 2021 shooting

This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 306 felony indictments.

Aaron Gutierrez is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Dec. 16, 2021, Gutierrez intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Maria Gonzales by shooting Gonzales wit...

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District Attorney - Family Violence