COURTS

A Del Rio man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for possession of child pornography.

A Dallas man was sentenced to seven years in prison this week for his alleged involvement in transporting migrants through San Antonio and throughout the state.

A San Antonio man was found guilty Thursday in the shooting death of his on-and-off-again girlfriend.

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for robbing a pawn shop of firearms and then sold them on social media.

A Bexar County jury on Wednesday found a man guilty of fatally beating his ex-girlfriend’s 5-year-old son.

The high-profile case of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old boy is coming to a close.

Danial Garcia trial: Day 5

A medical examiner and a forensic anthropologist testified Friday that they could not determine the cause or manner of death of a 5-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by his mother’s boyfriend.

The high-profile case of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old boy is being tried in a Bexar County courtroom.

Daniel Garcia trial day 3

The high-profile case of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old boy is being tried in a Bexar County courtroom.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has changed its process for accepting outside resources at scenes after footage captured by KSAT showed a convicted sex offender standing with deputies in a city park as authorities searched for a missing mother and her son this spring.

Family members testify during Day 2 of Daniel Garcia's trial.

A woman accused of driving drunk in a fatal 2020 crash was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday.

The high-profile case of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old boy is being tried in a Bexar County courtroom.

The final moments of a 5-year-old boy’s life were shown to a jury Tuesday on the first day of a trial for a man charged in the child’s death.

The high-profile case of a man accused in the death of a 5-year-old boy will be tried in a Bexar County courtroom beginning Tuesday.

A woman accused of driving drunk in a fatal crash pleaded guilty Monday in a case that’s nearing four years to resolve.

Daniel Garcia trial to begin on Tuesday, May 21; KSAT will stream proceedings

It’s been just over a year since the horrific attack on a San Antonio woman and her two young daughters. The man accused in that attack, Stephen Clare, was in court Friday for a status hearing.

A Bexar County jury sentenced a man Thursday to 26 years in prison for a violent DWI crash that claimed the life of a woman in 2022.

The one remaining wrongful death lawsuit filed after 10 people were killed during a deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld music festival has been set for trial in civil court in September, a judge said Tuesday.

A man found guilty and sentenced to 99 years in prison for severely beating his son is now awaiting to go to trial on a separate charge of capital murder of a child under 10.

Victim had bruises all over body, broken bones and possible second-degree burns on arms, back and legs

San Antonio City Councilman Marc Whyte (D10) briefly appeared in court for the first time Tuesday morning, four-and-a-half months after his Dec. 29 arrest for DWI.

After she was shot and her two children stabbed, Mariah Gardner shares her story with Texas Crime Stories in ‘Fractured Family’ episode

A civil lawsuit has been filed against a former gymnastics coach in Boerne who is serving a prison term for sexually abusing several young girls at a gym camp.

Mark Walton will officially be sentenced on July 22. The maximum punishment he can get is 10 years in prison.

Jury selection took place Friday for the trial of Daniel Garcia.

Several cases more than six-months old remain with no indictment.

Coleman Thomas Blevins, 31, was sentenced on Wednesday, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas.

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 80 years in prison for child sex abuse.

A woman who was taking care of a 3-year-old girl in 2022 was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the child’s death as part of a plea deal.

A mother charged in the death of her 5-year-old son pleaded guilty in court on Wednesday.

A man was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday for his role in the robbery and fatal shooting of a man in front of his girlfriend.

Reflejo Court is a 12-month program for first-time offenders of family violence

The City of San Antonio will pay $118,800 to a man whom San Antonio Police shot twice with less-lethal ammunition during a May 2020 protest.

A man was sentenced Thursday to 40 years in prison in connection with the shooting death of a nursing student during a botched robbery.

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting a woman.

A judge set a trial date Wednesday for a former San Antonio Police Department officer charged in the shooting of a teenager in a McDonald’s parking lot.

A scam about jury duty is making the rounds in Bexar County.

A San Antonio man who was charged in five cases, including the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison.

A Bexar County jury has awarded $81 million in damages to the family of a UTSA student who was killed by a deputy U.S. Marshal who was driving drunk.

A judge on Monday sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison in connection with the torture death of her 5-year-old daughter.

San Antonio police were called to a downtown bar Wednesday after an attorney accused Bexar County Court 7 Judge Melanie Lira of assaulting her during a Fiesta gathering of legal professionals, police records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

A San Antonio man who was found not guilty of murder in 2022 has been rearrested and charged with murder in a separate incident.

A woman who was accused in the fatal broad daylight shooting of a man was sentenced to 18 years in prison Monday.

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.

Rene Gonzales has been certified as an adult in one murder case and certification is pending in a second case.

A woman who was found guilty in the starvation death of her 4-year-old stepson was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison..

Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales this week announced changes to how his office will prosecute misdemeanor family violence matters after internal records obtained by KSAT Investigates showed the dismissal rate for these type of cases had reached 80%.

A jury returned a guilty verdict on Wednesday against Miranda Casarez, who is charged in the starvation death of her stepson.

A family member of Miranda Casarez described her to a jury during her trial on Tuesday as a good mother.

Christian Henricksen has been a part of Bexar County DA's office DA Joe Gonzales took office in 2019.

A San Antonio man was sentenced to prison for fatally beating a man who disciplined his son in 2022.

Miranda Casarez accused of starving her step son to death.

Erik Cantu, the teen who was shot by an SAPD officer outside a McDonald’s in 2022, has filed a civil lawsuit against former SAPD officer James Brennand and the City of San Antonio.

Former Texas Wolverine All-Stars coach Lex Luis Bazan was arrested in 2021 when he was 23 years old.

The older brother of 4-year-old Benjamin Cervera loves art and drawing trees. But the picture he painted of his stepmother, Miranda Casarez, in a Bexar County courtroom on Thursday was dark.

A San Antonio man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine into the U.S. from Mexico.

One of the owners of two dogs that attacked and killed a man testified in court on Wednesday in hopes of getting the charges dismissed.

Miranda Casarez is charged with injury to a child in the death of her 4-year-old stepson Benjamin Cervera.

A Uvalde man was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in federal prison for distribution of child pornography.

A man who led Medina County sheriff’s deputies on a fatal high-speed chase while transporting a group of migrants was sentenced Thursday to 16 years in federal prison.

Taveres Anderson accused of fatally shooting 26-year-old man in 2021.

A convicted felon on Wednesday was sentenced again, this time for murder.

A murder trial got underway Tuesday in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting another man at an apartment complex in the Medical Center in 2021.

A San Antonio cancer care network and a diagnostic reference laboratory have agreed to pay more than $4 million in civil settlements after federal officials uncovered an illegal kickback arrangement, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas said.

Four South Texas residents pled guilty this week for their roles in separate but connected illegal operations, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas said.

A former vet tech is accusing Atascosa County's animal control chief of ignoring animal welfare concerns and costing him another job.

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that a former Comfort High School teacher has been arrested and accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Jose Ruiz was given a life sentence, and Katrina Mendoza is awaiting sentencing after accepting a plea deal in the torture death of Mercedes Losoya.

In the 227th District Court, Judge Christine Del Prado sentenced Jose Rocha to the maximum sentence allowed by law.

A man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for fatally shooting another man.

Three suspects in the shooting deaths of pregnant teen Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra were indicted by a Bexar County grand jury on Wednesday.

Fabian Aranda Rodriguez was given the maximum sentence by 175th District Court Judge Catherine Torres-Stahl.

A San Antonio Police Department detective was questioned in a hearing Monday about missing evidence that caused a mistrial in a murder case last year.

The Bexar County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday that it will be recusing itself from Erik Cantu’s evading arrest cases.

Nearly two weeks after attorneys argued whether the case of former SAPD officer James Brennand should be moved to another county or stay in Bexar County, a judge is ready to announce her ruling.

Damion Campbell was sentenced to 42 years in prison as part of a plea deal for the May 2020 murder of Helle Jae O'Regan. Her family and a survivor of the attack faced him in court before he began his sentence.

Jurors deliberated for a little under an hour before delivering their verdict against Jose Ruiz, who is charged with injury to a child causing serious bodily injury in connection with the death of 5-year-old Mercedes Losoya in February 2022.

The injury to a child trial of Jose Ruiz is scheduled to resume at 9 a.m. on Monday.

A proposed rule by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton would allow him to remove some DA's who do not provide additional reporting on certain cases.

A family of four was sentenced to federal prison in connection with a human smuggling organization based in San Antonio.

The ex-girlfriend of a man accused of physically abusing and torturing her 5-year-old daughter testified against him in court Thursday.

Judge Laura Parker dismissed the case on March 12.

A jury on Wednesday was shown video of inside a man’s apartment where he allegedly physically abused and tortured a 5-year-old girl.

A nurse who provided treatment to a 5-year-old girl told a jury Tuesday that the child was “completely unresponsive” and had bruises “head to toe” and “front and back” on her lifeless body.

Day four of the injury to a child trial of Joe Ruiz was halted shortly after it got underway on Friday after one of the defense attorneys fell ill.

A man was found guilty Monday of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend.

Open Court: The Jose Ruiz Trial

A jury on Friday awarded $110 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to Andreen McDonald’s mother and young daughter, according to the Davis Law Firm.

A candidate for Bexar County state district court judge who listed herself as gathering signatures from voters on the same days she was on a cruise has forced a runoff against the opponent who unsuccessfully attempted to have her removed from the ballot.

A fired San Antonio police officer accused of shooting a teenager in a moving vehicle outside a North Side McDonald’s in 2022 no longer faces an attempted murder charge in connection to the case, court records obtained this week by KSAT Investigates show.

Earlier this week the state was ordered to turn over conversations between Wren Collective and DA's Office about the case.

A judge on Wednesday set a trial date in a more than three-year-old intoxication manslaughter case despite another delay.

The murder trial for a man accused of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and injuring her boyfriend began on Tuesday.

Jury selection is scheduled to start on Tuesday in a civil lawsuit filed by Andreen McDonald’s mother, her child and her estate. The trial will be heard in the 288th District Court.

A man convicted of murder in late January was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday.

Two high-profile defendants will have hearings in the same courtroom Monday.