Joshua Saunders
Photojournalist
Joshua Saunders is an Emmy award-winning photographer/editor who has worked in the San Antonio market for the past 20 years. Joshua works in the Defenders unit, covering crime and corruption throughout the city.
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Records: Medina County sheriff’s lieutenant searched suspect’s home without a warrant
Read full article: Records: Medina County sheriff’s lieutenant searched suspect’s home without a warrantProsecutors in Medina County dismissed a felony charge against a car theft suspect last year amid accusations that a sheriff’s lieutenant searched the man’s home without a warrant, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Fired Windcrest police chief stands by decision to file more than a dozen ethics complaints
Read full article: Fired Windcrest police chief stands by decision to file more than a dozen ethics complaintsIn his first public comments since being terminated by city council last month, ex-Windcrest police chief Jimmie Cole said he had a responsibility to file more than a dozen ethics complaints.
Army veteran visits late wife’s grave site every day since she passed away in 2016
Read full article: Army veteran visits late wife’s grave site every day since she passed away in 2016For Army Veteran Larry Haven, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery is a place where he can visit his late wife, Margrate Haven.
Number of law enforcement members arrested decreases in 2024, continuing years-long trend
Read full article: Number of law enforcement members arrested decreases in 2024, continuing years-long trendBexar 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.
KSAT Investigates year in review: From murky criminal justice issues to law enforcement shootings
Read full article: KSAT Investigates year in review: From murky criminal justice issues to law enforcement shootingsQuestionable 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.
Changing narrative on SAPD officer’s death latest in pattern of conflicting info from Chief McManus at police shootings
Read full article: Changing narrative on SAPD officer’s death latest in pattern of conflicting info from Chief McManus at police shootingsWithin two days of an officer’s death, San Antonio police contradicted the chief’s own statement about how the shooting happened.
Victim: Bexar County DA left her in the dark on plea deal offered to man accused of beating her with a metal pipe
Read full article: Victim: Bexar County DA left her in the dark on plea deal offered to man accused of beating her with a metal pipeA Bexar County woman severely beaten outside an Elmendorf home in 2022 said prosecutors recently offered a plea deal without her consent to the man accused of attacking her.
Cost of transparency: Records show SAISD pays attorneys nearly a teacher’s salary to review requests
Read full article: Cost of transparency: Records show SAISD pays attorneys nearly a teacher’s salary to review requestsIn a year full of financial challenges KSAT Investigates found San Antonio Independent School District spent nearly a teacher’s salary’s worth on attorneys to review records requests made by news agencies.
Windcrest employee survey notes 'highly toxic' culture within police department
Read full article: Windcrest employee survey notes 'highly toxic' culture within police departmentA city of Windcrest employee survey this summer noted numerous morale issues and complaints about leadership, specifically within the town’s police department, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
BCSO records: Man’s detention officer position pulled due to wife’s devotion to La Santa Muerte
Read full article: BCSO records: Man’s detention officer position pulled due to wife’s devotion to La Santa MuerteA San Antonio man hired as a detention officer for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office had the job offer pulled days before starting at the academy because of his wife’s devotion to La Santa Muerte, a federal lawsuit and internal BCSO records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
‘Absolutely betrayed’: SA woman slams Sheriff Salazar after felony bully prank case is rejected by prosecutors
Read full article: ‘Absolutely betrayed’: SA woman slams Sheriff Salazar after felony bully prank case is rejected by prosecutorsA San Antonio woman who helped her son mix a drink that later sent an elementary school student to the hospital said the Bexar County Sheriff’s rushed to charge her with felony injury to a child, even though the child was not injured.