Four years ago, Chad William Schreiber ran over a motorcyclist while on his way home. The motorcyclist did not survive the incident and Schreiber was charged with intoxication manslaughter. On January 25, Schreiber pleaded no contest to misdemeanor driving while intoxicated, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Schreiber, who entered law school in 2009 and finished his studies after the…
According to to a story by My San Antonio, states that Jacob Ryan Evans will indeed be charged with capital murder. Evans’ lawyers had previously asked that the capital murder charge be dropped to a lesser charge for the October murder of his mother and sister. The two choices for sentencing the defendant are either execution or life in prison…
The trial began recently for a young woman who died in a hit and run accident. On May 27th, 2011, Courtney Griffin was walking on the streets of Austin late at night after going to some bars with friends. Unfortunately, the 30 year old nanny and vet technician never made it home. Hours after the car accident, Austin Police questioned…
According to this article, Kimberly McCarthy, the first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010—has been given a few extra months. She was just hours away from being lethally injected when State District Judge Larry Mitchell rescheduled her execution for April 3. This delay will allow lawyers time to determine if McCarthy’s guilt was improperly selected based…
A Houston-area recruiter was charged with multiple criminal counts of sex crimes on January 4th. Tech Sargent Jaime R. Rodriguez is alleged to have had sexual misconduct with at least 18 different women who were looking to join the military. Rodriguez is a 13 year veteran of the Air Force who received a court-martial at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, which…
Last year Bexar County D.A. Susan Reed “delivered a strong message” against driving while intoxicated, according to Kens5News. This included the implementation of a “no-refusal” policy in San Antonio, meaning that drivers who were suspected of drunk diving would no longer have the option of refusing a Breathalyzer test. According to the D.A.’s office, deaths caused by intoxication are down…
In July of 2011, half dozen former state employees were arrested by the FBI at gunpoint. They were charged with defrauding the Medicaid program. They used their positions in the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to use funds to their own benefit to the tune of at least $200,000. FBI Spokesperson Eric Vasys said, “This group of employees was…
Cornelio Garcia-Mata, 45, who was recently sentenced to life in prison for his eighth DWI conviction, now wants a new trial. His defense argued that valid defense objections and motions were improperly denied during his court proceedings. District Attorney Jennifer Tharp did not agree, however. In her opinion, Garcia-Mata’s harsh penalty was a sign of community intolerance for drunken driving.…
A Thanksgiving Day double murder shocked the small San Antonio suburb of Utopia, in which 80-year-old Juana Tweedy and her friend, 79-year-old Muriel Teed were murdered by Tweedy’s son-in-law, according to Kens5 News. The Uvalde County Sheriff Charles Mendeke told Kens5, that Tweedy “had filed an eviction notice on her son-in-law and her daughter who had been living in a house on…
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…