Residents in Olmos Park “say they feel a sense of relief after police arrested three suspects in connection with a rash of home burglaries,” according to Kens5 News. All three arrested are facing felony burglary charges after being caught in the middle of burglarizing a home while one suspect waited in a Jeep outside. The Jeep matched the description of…
Two kids from Texas are suspected of being the masterminds behind a rash of bomb threats to colleges in Texas. Perhaps a modern “Bonnie and Clyde” situation, Dereon Jayronne Kelly and his girlfriend or ex,Brittany Henderson terrorized the campus’ of Texas A&M as well as Texas State University. Over the course of the last month, the two have sent emails…
According to My Fox DFW, the mothers of several children that died or were seriously injured finally got their day in court. The case of Jessica Tata and the February 2011 home daycare fire that led to her being indicted of 9 felony charges. Four of the nine charges are for murder. She is facing up to a life sentence…
After a week of conversations that kept getting more and more obscure, Glen Birdow drove to Forth Worth to check up on his brother. His brother, Derrick, was acting paranoid, but refused to go to a hospital. Derrick Birdow ended up leaving his house in Forth Worth, driving past of a number of churches, and eventually crashing his car into…
A 25-year-old San Antonio man was accused of lying about his age and sexually assaulting a teenager, according to Kens5 News Radio. According to the report, in mid-September, “the pair allegedly met at a local department store. At the time, the suspect claimed he was in high school.” The man, Rafael Vera, then allegedly enticed the 14-year-old “into meeting him…
Two admitted drunken drivers were convicted of intoxication manslaughter in separate jury trials on October 11, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Rene Moreno, 27, was ordered to serve 20 years in prison, and Janeth Herrera, also 27, ended up in prison, but for nine years. They both had pleaded guilty and asked for probation; however, their requests were rejected…
A San Antonio family is “clinging to life” at University Hospital after what started as an undercover drug bust “ended in a deadly crash along I-35” in mid-September,according to Channel 5 News. Walter Maspero, a 3-year-old, was killed in the crash, and his mother, father, and two younger siblings were in critical condition. The family’s other child, who was also…
A man was shot on September 18 in the parking lot of an elementary school, because he started arguing with a drug dealer about prices. Fortunately, the man survived the situation with a grazed leg. Mysanantonio.com reported a story about the incident. Erick Velasquez, 21, had arranged to meet with the dealer to buy a pound of marijuana, he told…
According to the San Antonio News-Express, Anthony Regalado, 29, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Thursday, September 13th. Regalado had deceived his ex-girlfriend Angela Salinas into embezzling nearly $100,000 for him. Salinas, 20, pleaded guilty to bank fraud earlier this year. Salinas was a bank teller for BBVA Compass Bank in Alamo from July 2009 to August 2010, the plea…
A 16-year-old teenager has been charged with the murder of a 63-year-old woman with whom he was living with. The accused, Isaac Rodriguez, appeared confused and sat quietly when the judge read the charges on Thursday, September 13th. Rodriguez merely said, “What are you talking about?” and denied the murder allegations. The judge ordered Rodriguez held for 10 days in…