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The estate of a man who died at the Bexar County Jail in 2022 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bexar County, Bexar County’s Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Javier Salazar, according to court documents.
In a message to San Antonio-area police chiefs this week, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar provided details of a new streamlined process for providing care to prisoners needing medical attention at the jail.
Brad Simpson, who is charged with murder in connection with his wife’s presumed death, was indicted on Tuesday by a grand jury, according to Bexar County records.
Two people are dead, and another is injured after a shooting on the East Side, according to San Antonio police.
A 22-year-old suspect was formally charged in the shooting death of a man at a North Side apartment complex in March 2023.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced on Wednesday that the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) has placed the Bexar County jail out of compliance.
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has identified a teenager arrested and charged with manslaughter and injury to a child in connection with the death of another teen during a donut stunt crash, according to a spokesperson for the agency.
An inmate at the Bexar County Jail who attempted to kill herself last week died on Sunday, deputies said.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar informed the Commissioners Court on Tuesday that the county’s Adult Detention Center is over capacity.
Brad Simpson is facing a federal charge for illegally owning a firearm, according to court records obtained by KSAT Investigates on Tuesday evening.
Brad Simpson’s bond reduction hearing for Tuesday morning has been canceled due to a federal detainer, or hold, that was placed on Simpson last week, KSAT confirmed Monday.
A Bexar County Jail inmate died after suffering a medical episode stemming from detoxing conditions, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
An investigation is underway after a Bexar County Jail inmate died from a medical episode, according to officials.
The death is the fifth at the jail since July 29 and the second this month. So far this year, there have been nine reported inmate deaths at the jail.
A Bexar County Jail inmate died after suffering a medical episode stemming from withdrawal symptoms, authorities said.
A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy was suspended earlier this year after a bullet he accidentally fired from his service weapon traveled through the wall of his residence, striking his neighbor’s home, suspension records state.
The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer for failing to pat down a teenager who shot and killed himself in the Bexar County Jail earlier this year.
The man who killed a 62 year-old inmate, Jose Barrera, on Tuesday at the Bexar County Jail was identified as Anthony Chase Mcgruder, according to an affidavit from Bexar County.
A 46-year-old Bexar County Jail inmate died following a medical episode Monday, according to authorities.
With the Bexar County jail near its capacity, BCSO has been housing 120 to 150 inmates between the Burnet and Kerry County jails at any given time to ensure they have room. The inmates are all “paper ready,” meaning they have been convicted and are just waiting for Texas Department of Criminal Justice to pick them up and bring them to prison.
Another University of Texas at San Antonio football player was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, according to jail records.
A mother fought nine days for her son to be released from the Bexar County Jail after he was arrested in late May.
A new computer system installed county-wide last week led to delays in booking and releasing inmates from the Bexar County jail, according to the sheriff's office. Even though the system is said to be up and running, some say the problems persist.
An inmate at the Bexar County Jail is facing additional charges after child pornography was found on his cellphone.
Shad Modesett, 52, charged with five counts of endangering a child. Police say he was asleep inside the apartment while the children were left hungry and filthy.
Authorities have arrested a San Antonio man after a dispute turned deadly last month.
Curtis Smith, 66, was killed by a fellow inmate in a holding cell who used a sock and a bandana to choke and suffocate him.
Newly released body-worn camera video shows multiple San Antonio Police Department officers failed to thoroughly search a teen who killed himself while being booked into the Bexar County jail earlier this month.
A third person was arrested for fatally shooting a man over “bad” methamphetamine in January, according to Bexar County Jail records.
A teen who bragged about shooting a homeowner during a car burglary is facing a new charge, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
A 41-year-old man was arrested after San Antonio police say he sent explicit messages to an officer who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.
A 21-year-old man is behind bars on Monday after being caught on camera trying to break into a far West Side home with a prybar. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Culebra Road and Galm Road.
A 30-year-old man was arrested in connection with a fiery crash and rollover that killed a 76-year-old driver earlier this month.
A man has been arrested after brutally murdering his next-door neighbor and burning the body, San Antonio police say. 39-year-old Baltazar Castaneda is being charged with murder, according to police documents.
A man is behind bars after police found his disabled daughter alone and malnourished with a black eye, according to San Antonio police. Edwin William Dones Garcia is being charged with injury to disabled – SBI, the arrest affidavit said.
A woman was arrested after Bexar County deputies say she concocted a drink and told her child to give it to a fellow student who wound up at the hospital.
A 21-year-old man was arrested after state authorities found multiple files of child pornography at his East Side home.
A man was arrested a month after taking an unresponsive 4-month-old baby with brain and spine injuries to the hospital.
Another suspect was arrested in a December shooting that involved 28 shots fired at a teenager and his infant in a car.
A woman who came forward and told San Antonio police about her role in the kidnapping of a couple at their South Side home has been arrested, according to court records.
A 38-year-old inmate at the Bexar County Jail was charged with beating up a fellow inmate and causing a permanent disfigurement to his nose, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Two brothers are in the Bexar County Jail after stealing a fellow youth football league parent’s gun while restraining him and beating him, according to the Converse Police Department.
A man accused of capital murder following a series of attacks that left six people dead in Bexar County and Austin on Tuesday was bonded out of the Bexar County Jail by a Texas organization nearly two years ago.
A driver was arrested after striking a park police officer with his Lexus, fleeing the scene and then hitting a second officer on Friday night in downtown San Antonio, according to police.
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a woman who was found in a field on the Southeast Side.
A man was arrested after San Antonio police say he poured scalding hot water on a woman with a disability and then set her on fire twice.
A woman was arrested for killing another woman during an argument at a North Side apartment complex, according to booking records.
EMS was called to the jail, where the man was pronounced dead shortly after 12 p.m. The man is believed to have died of natural causes; however, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office will rule the exact cause.
A man who claimed self-defense when he killed his neighbor on Tuesday night has been arrested and charged with murder, according to court records.
A man died at the Bexar County Jail following an apparent medical episode after an altercation with deputies during the booking process, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The man accused of shooting two San Antonio Police officers and injuring a third on Thursday had been let out of jail twice in the past year.
A man was arrested after he fired shots at a home and vehicle and sprayed them with graffiti in retaliation for a death of a friend, according to San Antonio police.
A man sentenced more than a decade ago to 99 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child is recovering at a hospital after fellow inmates at the Bexar County Jail assaulted him, sheriff’s officials confirmed Friday.
A woman was charged in connection with the death of her weeks-old son after she said she hit him “hard” out of frustration, according to San Antonio police.
A 17-year-old is facing charges after two teenagers were robbed during a meetup to purchase a PlayStation game console, according to San Antonio police.
A man was arrested after a 2-month-old boy was hospitalized with three skull fractures, a brain bleed and lacerations, according to San Antonio police.
A teen was heading home from work on his bicycle when he was hit and killed by a pickup truck on the South Side, according to San Antonio police. The driver responsible, 66-year-old Daniel Martinez, was arrested Saturday.
A man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after authorities said he hit another man with his vehicle and left him to die without calling 911.
A San Antonio man accused of shooting a young mother and their two young children Monday night had recently been divorced from the woman, court records obtained by KSAT Investigates confirm.
A teenager was arrested for fatally stabbing a John Jay High School student during a fight at a West Side restaurant earlier this week, records show.
There are 280 inmates at the Bexar County Jail that have been designated “incompetent to stand trial” because of mental health issues, intellectual disabilities, or other problems. If they can’t make bail, they’re stuck waiting for a bed in the heavily back-logged state hospital system.
San Antonio police have identified the driver of a car that smashed into the back of a police cruiser over the weekend, leaving himself and two others hospitalized.
