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5 days ago | 
expressnews.com | Jacob Beltran |Nancy Johnson
Three Bexar County jail deputies are out of a job, and several others - four inmates and four civilians - face charges as part of a major drug smuggling investigation inside the jail, authorities said. Of the three deputies, two were fired and one resigned, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said at a Monday afternoon news conference. Jesse Pollard Plata 23, wasserved with a notice of proposed termination on May 22, but he resigned instead on Wednesday. Salazar said Plata, who was hired Feb.
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1 week ago | 
expressnews.com | Gabriella Ybarra |Nancy Johnson
A San Antonio mother accused of helping her son plan a school shooting appeared in court Thursday for the first time since her arrest, telling the judge she couldn't pay her bills and was too afraid to ask anyone for help. Ashley Pardo, 33, asked a judge to modify the conditions of her bond so that she could return to work - despite prosecutors arguing she remains a danger to the public. Pardo was arrested on May 13 and charged with aiding in the commission of terrorism.
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3 weeks ago | 
expressnews.com | Nancy Johnson |Jacob Beltran
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus has revealed disturbing new details about a foiled school shooting plot at Rhodes Middle School - and announced the case marks the first terrorism charge ever filed in Bexar County. During a news conference Thursday morning, McManus said there were "very disturbing things found in the mother's house," though he didn't indicate what they were.
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1 month ago | 
expressnews.com | Sig Christenson |Nancy Johnson
An Army helicopter pilot from Cibolo was found dead Saturday in Honduras, prompting an investigation by the Honduran National Police. The body of 1st Lt. Marciano Parisano, 25, was found beside a shallow river. Neither the Army nor Honduran authorities indicated whether his death was the result of foul play. Parisano was a 2018 graduate of Byron P. Steele II High School in Cibolo. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 2023.
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1 month ago | 
expressnews.com | Nancy Johnson |Jacob Beltran
A man who spent nearly nine hours perched in a tree on San Antonio's West Side to avoid federal immigration officers has surrendered.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
expressnews.com | Gabriella Ybarra |Nancy Johnson
An arrest affidavit for Brad Simpson, husband of missing Realtor Suzanne Simpson, alleges he transported "large bulky item," bought cement and bleach, went to dump site. Courtesy of BCSOAn arrest affidavit for missing real estate agent's husband alleges he transported a "large bulky item," bought cement and bleach, went to dump site.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
expressnews.com | Emilie Eaton |Nancy Johnson
Missing real estate agent Suzanne Clark Simpson's husband Brad Chandler Simpson faces two new charges — tampering or fabricating with physical evidence and possession of a prohibited weapon, both felonies. He was previously arrested and charged with unlawful restraint and assault causing bodily injury of a family member — both misdemeanors. And he faces a federal charge for an unregistered gun.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
expressnews.com | Emilie Eaton |Sig Christenson |Patrick Danner |Nancy Johnson
James Val Lee Cotter, a former business partner of Brad Chandler Simpson, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. His case is related to missing Realtor Suzanne Simpson's disappearance, authorities said. Cotter, 65, who goes by "Val," was arrested by the Department of Public Safety on Monday, according to court records. A magistrate judge set his bail at $500,000. Department of Public Safety Sgt.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
star-telegram.com | Emilie Eaton |Sig Christenson |Jacob Beltran |Nancy Johnson
Police are continuing their search of an East Side landfill for the remains of Suzanne Simpson, a missing San Antonio area real estate agent. Barton Tinsley Simpson, Suzanne Simpson's brother-in-law, said the Olmos Park Police Department sent him a message Monday indicating that investigators feel "there is a good chance of recovering Suzanne" at a East Side landfill.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
expressnews.com | Emilie Eaton |Sig Christenson |Jacob Beltran |Nancy Johnson
Law enforcement personnel search for evidence in the disappearance of real estate agent Suzanne Clark Simpson at the Republic Services Tessman Road Landfill of FM 1516 on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. The excavator removes debris from an area of interest which is then inspected by a crew in hazmat suits at the top of the hill.
