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DA Joe Gonzales gives himself a report card after two years in office FacebookTwitterEmail Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-News Bexar County District Attorney Joe D. Gonzales released a 32-page “midterm report” Tuesday on his first two years in office, giving himself high marks for reorganizing his 500-plus staff to pursue criminal justice reforms, creating new divisions and programs and revamping old ones. He also touted his commitment to transparency, posting the report on his office’s web page and pointing to the availability of prosecution statistics updated regularly on online dashboards to show the community the work underway. Despite COVID-19 putting many court proceedings on hold for more than a year, Gonzales said he has accomplished much of what he promised while campaigning in 2018. ....
COVID froze the machinery of justice - now, in-person jury trials could resume in June FacebookTwitterEmail State District Judge Ron Rangel is optimistic that in-person jury trials could begin by June. Bexar County has not had one in more than a year.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer After a year’s unprecedented freezing up of most of the machinery of public justice, Bexar County might see in-person jury trials again as early as June, thanks to local vaccination numbers rising and infections subsiding. It will still be “a very slow ramp-up,” to ensure the health and safety of courtroom participants and visitors entering the judicial complex, said state District Judge Ron Rangel, the administrative judge for the county’s civil and felony courts. ....
Former nurse and inmate charged in Bexar County jail smuggling scheme were romantically involved FacebookTwitterEmail Gabriel Moreno, left, listens to his lawyer during his retrial on a murder charge in 2018. He was acquitted in the beating and suffocation death of Jose Luis Menchaca (and subsequent dismembering and burning of his body) but is in prison for possessing a weapon in jail. Now he has been charged with being part of a separate scheme to smuggle contraband into the jail.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News A former Bexar County jail nurse was romantically involved with the inmate she now is accused of helping smuggle contraband into the lockup, officials confirmed Tuesday. ....
Bexar County man charged with hacking woman to death in front of her fiancé FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 Rafael Castillo was indicted by a Bexar County grand jury. He is charged with murder in the gruesome killing of Nicole Perry, who was dismembered and hacked to death November 19, 2020. He faces up to life in prison if convicted. Show MoreShow Less 2of2 Priscilla Caballero was indicted by a Bexar County grand jury. She is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Yvette Salinas, who died January 5, 2021. She faces up to life in prison if convicted. Show MoreShow Less A man accused of hacking a woman to death in front of her fiancé has been indicted on a charge of murder. ....
It smells : Bexar County courts still cleaning up areas damaged by water during winter freeze FacebookTwitterEmail 1of10 Paralegal Jose Medellin works on a makeshift desk in a training room Tuesday, March 9, 2021, as a section of the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office and at least two courtrooms affected by water damage are awaiting renovations.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of10 Damage from last month’s winter storm can be seen in a courtroom on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Furniture, files, equipment and personnel have had to relocate even as court proceedings continue to take place.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less ....