CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

A Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy has been suspended after an internal investigation found he advised the son of Somerset Independent School District’s superintendent to delete explicit photos and a video of a female classmate off his phone.

Judge Velia Meza ruled that evidence from warrants in 2021 child pornography and bribery cases against Erik Rodriguez must be suppressed, meaning that evidence cannot be used by prosecutors moving forward.

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 28 years in prison on Thursday for producing child pornography on a social media live chat, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A 40-year-old Ingram man was arrested and charged for sexual assault of a child and child pornography after a victim came forward Thursday, according to the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Schertz Police Department corporal charged with secretly recording a teenager was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison Thursday, a U.S. Department of Justice official confirmed.

A man facing 12 charges related to the promotion of child pornography has been indicted, according to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office.

AdThat draft was sent at 1:15 p.m. to Schertz Police Captain Manny Casas and Schertz Police Lieutenant Kelly Kallies, both of whom are members of the agency’s command staff. AdHansen, who referred to Aleman as “Ric” in the email, said the corporal cooperated with the investigation and was forthcoming. AdAleman is accused of coercing a teenager into engaging in sexually explicit conduct between mid-April and late August 2019, according to his federal indictment. He is also accused of possessing a portable hard drive that contained child pornography, records show. A continuance in the case was granted earlier this week, pushing Aleman’s tentative trial date to May 10, federal court records show.

SAN ANTONIO A 62year-old San Antonio man was arrested Thursday on allegations that he distributed child pornography, federal officials said. According to a news release, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the residence of Juan Benavidez and seized his cellphone. Upon examination of the cellphone, agents found multiple images depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit activity and the use of the mobile messaging application, Kik, to receive and distribute files depicting child pornography between April and June, federal officials said. Benavidez remains in federal custody pending a detention hearing scheduled for next week. If he is found guilty of the charge, Benavidez faces between five and 20 years in federal prison.

CIBOLO, Texas – A Cibolo Police Department officer was arrested this week after investigators from multiple states helped secure evidence showing that he created pornographic videos involving a child, according to records released Friday to the KSAT 12 Defenders. Chris Ybarra, 37, faces two charges of possession of child pornography and one charge of obscene wholesale promotion with deviant sex acts. Two images of child pornography were found in that email account, the warrant states. The case was later transferred to the Texas Rangers since Ybarra was identified as a peace officer, records show. Ybarra confessed to viewing and saving child pornography on his cell phone and to recording the video in question, according to a felony complaint filed against him.