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1 month ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
KSAT InvestigatesFormal complaint against Corey Jones filed with Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Published: April 29, 2025 at 10:00 AMTags: KSAT Investigates, Corey Jones, Windcrest, Animal Care Services, animal crueltyWINDCREST, Texas – Animal Care Services has suspended the commercial boarding permit at a Northeast Side facility and reported its owner to state investigators, but will not pursue animal cruelty charges against him, ACS officials confirmed to KSAT Investigates.
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1 month ago | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
A San Antonio police officer served a five-day suspension this month after investigators said he used excessive force on a suspect accused of hitting a Bexar County sheriff’s deputy with a car, city discipline records show. Officer Anthony Espinosa was among a group of SAPD officers who took suspect Adrian Arellano into custody in mid-October, a little more than a week after investigators said Arellano hit the off-duty deputy with a car as he directed traffic outside of a school.
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1 month ago | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
SAN ANTONIO – A state district judge on Friday denied a motion to remove Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales from prosecuting the sons of Michelle Barrientes Vela, stating past comments from the DA did not rise to the level of due process violations.
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2 months ago | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Three San Antonio police officers all faced contemplated indefinite suspensions after being accused of criminal wrongdoing in New Braunfels in separate incidents over an 11-month period. None of them, however, have ever faced criminal charges, an analysis by KSAT Investigates revealed. “It was like a punch in the gut.
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2 months ago | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders |Erica Hernandez |Rebecca Salinas
SAN ANTONIO – Brad Simpson, the Olmos Park man charged with murdering his wife last year, made another court appearance on Wednesday morning. The discovery hearing, originally scheduled for March 12, was held in Judge Joel Perez’s 437th District Court. Perez had initially set the 30-day window as evidence from the Texas Rangers was still being collected.
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2 months ago | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders |Erica Hernandez
SAN ANTONIO – The next hearing for Brad Simpson, the Olmos Park man charged with murdering his wife last year, will be in 30 days, a judge said Wednesday. The case against Simpson, 54, was handled before Judge Joel Perez in the 437th District Court. Simpson’s next court appearance was initially scheduled for March 12; however, it was moved to March 19. Perez had offered Simpson’s attorney 60- or 90-day options for the subsequent hearing; however, he chose to stick to the 30-day window.
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Mar 4, 2025 | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
MEDINA COUNTY, Texas – A former Medina County sheriff’s deputy said she was terminated last fall after raising concerns about an unlawful search conducted by a fellow deputy. Alexis Mireles (formerly Spengler) was formally relieved of her duties in early September, days after meeting with Sheriff Randy Brown. In a recording of an Aug. 29 meeting provided by Mireles to KSAT Investigates, Brown said he had always supported Mireles but that her performance on the job had made her a danger to herself.
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders |Erica Hernandez
SAN ANTONIO – The next hearing for Brad Simpson, the Olmos Park man charged with murdering his wife last year, will be in 30 days, a judge said Wednesday. The case against Simpson, 54, was handled before Judge Joel Perez in the 437th District Court. Perez had offered Simpson’s attorney 60- or 90-day options for the subsequent hearing; however, he chose to stick to the 30-day window. Evidence from the Texas Rangers was taking longer than expected to be received by the state.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County’s two largest law enforcement agencies saw the number of criminal charges filed against their members decline for a third consecutive year in 2024. Overall, arrests within the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office and San Antonio Police Department were down a combined 33% this year. Seven BCSO deputies and cadet applicants were taken into custody on criminal charges in 2024. Two of the criminal cases have already made their way through the court system.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
tspantx.com | Dillon Collier |Daniela Ibarra |Joshua Saunders |Eddie Latigo |Erica Hernandez
SAN ANTONIO – Questionable actions in the criminal justice arena and two high-profile law enforcement shooting incidents were among the biggest stories covered by KSAT Investigates in 2024. For months, KSAT dug into the working relationship between Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales and an Austin-based criminal justice reform group called the Wren Collective.
