WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Joe Gomez, the suspect who took his own life after being shot twice by a San Antonio Park Police Department officer outside an airport terminal Thursday, had a long criminal history in Bexar County but no history of violence or weapons-related offenses, court records revealed Saturday.Gomez, 46, with Officer John Maines outside Terminal B of San Antonio International Airport.While SAPD officials originally said Gomez was shot and killed by Maines, after he confronted the suspect as he drove the wrong way toward the...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Joe Gomez, the suspect who took his own life after being shot twice by a San Antonio Park Police Department officer outside an airport terminal Thursday, had a long criminal history in Bexar County but no history of violence or weapons-related offenses, court records revealed Saturday.Gomez, 46, with Officer John Maines outside Terminal B of San Antonio International Airport.While SAPD officials originally said Gomez was shot and killed by Maines, after he confronted the suspect as he drove the wrong way toward the...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SCHERTZ, Texas – As Texas Rangers last year issued a felony warrant for a Schertz Police Department corporal accused of secretly recording a teen in her bedroom and bathroom, the head of the police department the corporal had just resigned from was praising his work and admonishing fellow officers who ‘spread gossip’ about the investigation, email records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders Wednesday reveal.Corporal Ricardo Aleman, 42, , and charged with felony invasive visual recording, after admitting to investigators he had been...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SCHERTZ, Texas – As Texas Rangers last year issued a felony warrant for a Schertz Police Department corporal accused of secretly recording a teen in her bedroom and bathroom, the head of the police department the corporal had just resigned from was praising his work and admonishing fellow officers who ‘spread gossip’ about the investigation, email records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders Wednesday reveal.Corporal Ricardo Aleman, 42, , and charged with felony invasive visual recording, after admitting to investigators he had been...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A video uploaded to the social networking site Parler appears to show Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann standing near the steps of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, as a mob clashed with Capitol Police Officers.Members of that mob later invaded the Capitol building, forcing members of the United States Congress to evacuate or shelter in place. Five people were killed, more than 140 were injured and well .Biedermann, a Trump-aligned Republican in the Texas House representing Kendall, Comal and Gillespie counties, on Jan....…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: WASHINGTON, D.C. – A video uploaded to the social networking site Parler appears to show Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann standing near the steps of the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, as a mob clashed with Capitol Police Officers.Members of that mob later invaded the Capitol building, forcing members of the United States Congress to evacuate or shelter in place. Five people were killed, more than 140 were injured and well .Biedermann, a Trump-aligned Republican in the Texas House representing Kendall, Comal and Gillespie counties, on Jan....WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas state representative from Fredericksburg has refused a request from the KSAT 12 Defenders to release public emails from the dates surrounding to Washington, D.C., to attend a President Donald Trump rally.The Jan. 6 rally immediately preceded a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that has led to hundreds of federal charges and a massive FBI investigation.Days after the siege, state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, a Trump-aligned Republican in the Texas House representing Kendall, Comal and Gillespie counties, the deadly...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas state representative from Fredericksburg has refused a request from the KSAT 12 Defenders to release public emails from the dates surrounding to Washington, D.C., to attend a President Donald Trump rally.The Jan. 6 rally immediately preceded a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol that has led to hundreds of federal charges and a massive FBI investigation.Days after the siege, state Rep. Kyle Biedermann, a Trump-aligned Republican in the Texas House representing Kendall, Comal and Gillespie counties, the deadly...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – When Bob Rose sat down to before the Texas Legislature last week, members of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce were hearing from a licensed meteorologist with more than four decades of experience.Rose, the chief meteorologist for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), described in great detail to state senators for more than 45 minutes how multiple waves of arctic wind last month had brought historic cold to Texas.He also walked through the steps he took to make sure LCRA was aware of what was bearing down...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – When Bob Rose sat down to before the Texas Legislature last week, members of the Senate Committee on Business & Commerce were hearing from a licensed meteorologist with more than four decades of experience.Rose, the chief meteorologist for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), described in great detail to state senators for more than 45 minutes how multiple waves of arctic wind last month had brought historic cold to Texas.He also walked through the steps he took to make sure LCRA was aware of what was bearing down...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – A lawsuit filed in Bexar County district court last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls for San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus to be removed from office over his handling of a 2017 immigrant release incident.The “quo warranto” lawsuit, which seeks to remove McManus due to an alleged violation of the Texas Government Code, was filed Jan. 15, court records released to the KSAT 12 Defenders show.“Quo warranto” is a Latin phrase meaning “by what warrant?” and essentially requires someone in a...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – A lawsuit filed in Bexar County district court last month by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls for San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus to be removed from office over his handling of a 2017 immigrant release incident.The “quo warranto” lawsuit, which seeks to remove McManus due to an alleged violation of the Texas Government Code, was filed Jan. 15, court records released to the KSAT 12 Defenders show.“Quo warranto” is a Latin phrase meaning “by what warrant?” and essentially requires someone in a...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Top officials of ERCOT, the Texas council that regulates the state’s electric grid, spent less than 40 seconds discussing the impending winter storm during the entity’s board meeting last week, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.ERCOT President & CEO Bill Magness briefly addressed the winter weather at the start of his report before quickly moving on.“One thing I want to say before I really get into the presentation is it’s actually going to be winter here pretty soon, as many of...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Top officials of ERCOT, the Texas council that regulates the state’s electric grid, spent less than 40 seconds discussing the impending winter storm during the entity’s board meeting last week, according to a recording of the meeting obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.ERCOT President & CEO Bill Magness briefly addressed the winter weather at the start of his report before quickly moving on.“One thing I want to say before I really get into the presentation is it’s actually going to be winter here pretty soon, as many of...WW…

LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar fired more than 100 deputies during his first term in office and only a handful were able to win back their jobs, records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.The termination records, which cover 2017 through the end of last year, show that 102 deputies were dismissed from the agency.Only five deputies were ever reinstated, either through civil service or a court order, the records show.The data set does not include deputies who resigned in lieu of being terminated by the agency.“I’ve...…LIVETags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar fired more than 100 deputies during his first term in office and only a handful were able to win back their jobs, records obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders show.The termination records, which cover 2017 through the end of last year, show that 102 deputies were dismissed from the agency.Only five deputies were ever reinstated, either through civil service or a court order, the records show.The data set does not include deputies who resigned in lieu of being terminated by the agency.“I’ve...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Prominent San Antonio attorney Martin Phipps was arrested Monday after investigators said he harassed a woman to the point that she fled to Mexico in fear for her life.Phipps was taken into custody on a misdemeanor warrant for telephone harassment, according to charging documents obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.The victim said she fled to Mexico a day after Christmas after Phipps confronted her “in an aggressive and agitated state,” the warrant states.The woman believed Phipps was under the influence of drugs at...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Prominent San Antonio attorney Martin Phipps was arrested Monday after investigators said he harassed a woman to the point that she fled to Mexico in fear for her life.Phipps was taken into custody on a misdemeanor warrant for telephone harassment, according to charging documents obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders.The victim said she fled to Mexico a day after Christmas after Phipps confronted her “in an aggressive and agitated state,” the warrant states.The woman believed Phipps was under the influence of drugs at...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office corporal was arrested on Easter Sunday under suspicion of driving while intoxicated.The sheriff’s office and San Antonio police sources confirmed that corporal Susan Palomo was taken into custody Sunday night in the 2900 block of Thousand Oaks Drive.A vehicle driven by Palomo nearly struck an SAPD patrol vehicle and failed to yield the right of way, according to preliminary information released by SAPD Tuesday morning.Palomo went through a field sobriety test at the scene and after...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office corporal was arrested on Easter Sunday under suspicion of driving while intoxicated.The sheriff’s office and San Antonio police sources confirmed that corporal Susan Palomo was taken into custody Sunday night in the 2900 block of Thousand Oaks Drive.A vehicle driven by Palomo nearly struck an SAPD patrol vehicle and failed to yield the right of way, according to preliminary information released by SAPD Tuesday morning.Palomo went through a field sobriety test at the scene and after...WW…