Posted on: August 17, 2022
A San Antonio woman was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for the shooting death of a man she met on a social media site.
Aliza Cantu, 26, pled guilty to murder Wednesday in the 186th District Court. Evidence showed on July 14, 2019, Cantu met Marc Ant...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: August 17, 2022
A Devine man was sentenced to 50 years in prison for a 2021 shooting that left two people dead.
Fernando Rojas, 39, pled guilty Tuesday to charges of murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Evidence showed on Aug. 3, 2021, Rojas had been involv...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: August 12, 2022
This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 232 felony indictments.
Uriah Huffman and Darryl King are charged in separate indictments with the following:
- Aggravated kidnapping: The indictments allege that on April 23, 2022, Huffman and King intentional...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: July 28, 2022
A local woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a drunk driving crash that killed a man in front of his family.
Blanca Torres, 42, was found guilty of intoxication manslaughter in March for the Oct. 16, 2018, crash. Evidence showed Mauricio Rodriguez...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: July 8, 2022
This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 73 felony indictments.
Jorge Rivera is charged with murder. The indictment alleges that on Aug. 21, 2016, Rivera intentionally and knowingly caused the death of Javier Soto by striking Soto with a deadly wea...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: June 16, 2022
A murder defendant who cut off his GPS monitor while on bond awaiting trial was arrested late Tuesday.
Amir Powell posted $150,000 bond in September 2020. Court-ordered conditions of his release required Powell to wear a GPS monitor while under partial hou...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: May 24, 2022
Daniel Calvillo, 29, a citizen of Piedras Negras, pled guilty to the Dec. 9, 2020, murder of Giovanna Barrera. Evidence showed Calvillo walked up to Barrera while she was sitting in a car and demanded her cell phone before he shot her.
In exchang...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: May 19, 2022
A San Antonio man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday for driving under the influence of drugs and killing a 16-year-old girl who tried to get out of the moving car.
Steven Xzavier Medina, 20, pled guilty to a charge of intoxication manslaughter in...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: May 19, 2022
A Bexar County Jury sentenced a San Antonio man to 30 years in prison for a fatal bar shooting.
David Hinojosa, 32, was found guilty on a murder charge earlier this week. Joseph Torres, 37, and David Hinojosa were both regulars at the Sugartime Lounge in t...
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District Attorney - Press Releases
Posted on: May 13, 2022
This week, Bexar County Grand Juries handed down 325 felony indictments.
Michael Burger is charged with capital murder. The indictment alleges that on Feb. 20, 2022, Burger intentionally and knowingly caused the death of William Burger by shooting William ...
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