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1 week ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
KSAT InvestigatesOfficer Kenneth Cortez is currently serving a 30-day suspension that ends on April 26Published: April 17, 2025 at 1:15 PMTags: KSAT Investigates, Broken Blue, SAPD, Northwest SideSAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer was suspended 30 days in March after body-worn camera footage showed him using a knife to puncture bicycle and trailer tires at a Northwest Side homeless encampment.
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1 week ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Erica Hernandez |Joshua Saunders
SAN ANTONIO – Authorities have arrested a man accused of trying to run over a former San Antonio police officer following the ex-officer’s court hearing late last month, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. James Michael Cox, 58, was wanted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He also faces charges of evading arrest with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest in Medina County, records with the Bexar County Jail show.
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1 week ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
KSAT InvestigatesTestimony: DA Gonzales said he would hold Michelle Barrientes Vela personally responsible if her sons’ harmed him or his family Published: April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PMTags: KSAT Investigates, Joe Gonzales, Michelle Barrientes Vela, courtsCarlos (left), Anthony (center) and Michael (right) Barrientes Vela seated in court Friday morning.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Erica Hernandez |Joshua Saunders
SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff’s Office investigators have issued a felony warrant for a man accused of trying to run over a former San Antonio police officer following the ex-officer’s court hearing late last month, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. James Michael Cox, 58, is wanted on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
WINDCREST, Texas – The director of San Antonio Animal Care Services confirms a Northeast Side pet boarding facility and operator are under investigation for possibly artificially inseminating French bulldogs. Confirmation of the investigation into Corey Jones, owner of Texas Canine Boarding & Pet Services, comes amid ongoing scrutiny of the City of Windcrest’s decision to pay Jones more than $195,000 to care for the city’s stray cats and dogs in 2023 and 2024.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
Published: April 7, 2025 at 2:11 PMTags: KSAT Investigates, Windcrest, Corey Jones, Domestic Violence, PoliticsWINDCREST, Texas – The City of Windcrest defended its decision to continue paying the owner of an animal boarding facility after he was arrested twice in seven months in separate felony assault cases. One of the incidents occurred at a home in Windcrest, a mile from city hall, charging records show.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
Published: April 6, 2025 at 6:05 PMTags: KSAT Investigates, Windcrest, Greg Turner, Corey Jones, Texas Canine Boarding and Pet ServicesWINDCREST, Texas – In early September, Windcrest Councilman Greg Turner stood before the city’s ethics commission and said he did not have a personal or professional relationship with Corey Jones, the owner of a nearby boarding facility that had recently housed the city’s stray cats and dogs for nearly a year.
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1 month ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer is serving a 15-day suspension after body-worn camera footage showed him verbally abusing a man taken into custody on misdemeanor charges. Officer Michael McCaffety, a four-year veteran of SAPD, was suspended in early February for rules violations including neglect of duty and being discourteous to the public, city discipline records show.
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1 month ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders
Published: March 25, 2025 at 10:00 AMTags: KSAT Investigates, Broken Blue, SAPD, New Braunfels, New Braunfels Police DepartmentSign up for our NewslettersPublished: March 25, 2025 at 10:00 AMTags: KSAT Investigates, Broken Blue, SAPD, New Braunfels, New Braunfels Police DepartmentNEW 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.
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1 month ago | 
ksat.com | Dillon Collier |Joshua Saunders |Erica Hernandez |Rebecca Salinas
SAN ANTONIO – Brad Simpson, the Olmos Park man charged with murdering his wife last year, is expected to make a court appearance on Wednesday morning. A discovery hearing, originally scheduled for March 12, will be held in Judge Joel Perez’s 437th District Court. KSAT will livestream the hearing in this article, on KSAT.com and KSAT Plus. Perez had initially set the 30-day window as evidence from the Texas Rangers was still being collected.
